Res 2226919 218798601 2008-06-12T06:05:53Z MuzikJunky 4018503 {{otheruses}} [[Image:Res.jpg|thumb|200px|Res on the cover of her 2001 debut album ''How I Do'']] '''Shareese Renée Ballard''', better known as '''Res''' ({{pronEng|ˈriːs}} ''reese'') is a female [[rock music|Rock]]/[[R&B]] singer from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. Her music is a mixture of [[soul music|soul]] and [[rock music|rock]]. She released her debut album, ''How I Do'', in [[2001]] featuring the first single "Golden Boys." In spite of the video's heavy rotation on [[VH1]], the song was not a hit on radio. Later the same year she released her second single "Ice King" featuring rapper [[Nas (rapper)|Nas]], like "Golden Boys" the song did not appeal to a mainstream audience and a video was never released for the single. In [[2002]] she released her third (and first hit) single "They Say Vision," which hit number one on the [[Hot Dance Music/Club Play|Billboard Dance chart]] and number 37 on the [[Hot 100 Singles Sales]] chart. With the success of the single, the album entered the [[Billboard 200]] for the first time. A fourth single, "Sittin' Back," was also released. Res did a remake of a Jefferson Starship song titled "Miracles" for the movie [[Maid in Manhattan]] (Starring [[Jennifer Lopez]]). Shortly after, she also became a poster child for [[Marc Ecko|Marc Ecko's]] "Ecko Red" clothing line and appeared in print advertising. After a near four years' hiatus she is currently touring supporting vocals with [[Gnarls Barkley]] and is in the process of releasing her second album. She recently released a song on the ''[[Akeelah and the Bee]]'' (starring [[Keke Palmer]], [[Laurence Fishburne]] and [[Angela Bassett]]) movie soundtrack called "To Empower." As of July 2006, Res' album ''How I Do'' has sold 244,000 copies in the U.S. One of the better albums among a pool of Pop and Neo-Soul releases that came up at the start of the century, the album suffered from a combination of poor promotion, wrong choices for singles / videos and most importantly radio format identity crisis - Could not fit into either Urban or Rock / Pop markets. In 2008 Res released ''Black.Girls.Rock''' via her MySpace page using the music distribution service Snocap. The album is only available to US internet users. However, Res is currently seeking to distribute it globally. She is planning on releasing a collaborative album in 2008 with emcee [[Talib Kweli]] as [[Idle Warship]]. The album is tentatively titled ''Party Robot''. ==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''How I Do'' (2001) U.S. #115 R&B #43 *'''Black.Girls.Rock'' (2008) [available via MySpace] ===Singles=== * 2001 "Golden Boys" U.S. Dance #30 * 2001 "Ice King" * 2002 "They Say Vision" U.S. Dance #1 * 2002 "Sittin' Back" * 2007 "Theres No Way" ==See also== *[[List of number-one dance hits (United States)]] *[[List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart]] ==External links== *[http://www.geffen.com/res Label website - npt updated] *[http://www.resmusic.com/ Label Site 2 - not active] *[http://myspace.com/res MySpace.com Page with up-to-date content] *[http://www.sirensofsong.com/res.htm Sirens of Song: Res] [[Category:Musicians from Philadelphia]] [[Category:African American singers|Res]] [[Category:American dance musicians]] [[Category:American female singers|Res]] [[Category:American rhythm and blues singers|Res]] [[Category:American soul singers|Res]] [[Category:Neo soul singers|Res]] [[Category:Black rock musicians|Res]] {{US-RnB-singer-stub}}