What is Vanity (singer)?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Vanity | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Denise Katrina Matthews | alias = Denise Matthews–Smith,<br>D.D. Winters | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1959|1|4}}<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=uLYDAAAAMBAJ Vanity 6 Lives Out Daring Fantasies On Stage (Jet Magazine, January 24, 1983)]</ref> | birth_place = [[Niagara Falls, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|15|1959|1|4}} | death_place = [[Fremont, California]]<br>[[United States]] | origin = | instrument = Vocals | genre = {{hlist|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[funk]]}} | occupation = {{hlist|[[Singer]]|songwriter|model|actress|dancer}} | years_active = 1978–1997 | label = {{hlist|[[Motown]]|[[A&M Records|A&M]]|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]|[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Vanity 6]]|[[Prince (musician)|Prince]]|[[Apollonia 6]]|[[Morris Day]]|[[The Time (band)|The Time]]| [[Nikki Sixx]]}} | website = | notable_instruments = }} '''Denise Katrina Matthews''', also known as '''Vanity''' (January 4, 1959 – February 15, 2016), was a [[Canadians|Canadian]]-[[Americans|American]] [[singer]], songwriter, [[actress]], dancer and [[model (person)|model]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vanity|publisher=elev8|url=https://elev8.hellobeautiful.com/608682/denise-matthews-formerly-known-as-vanity-i-knew-i-wasnt-fit-for-the-kingdom|access-date=Feb 16, 2016|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306083254/https://elev8.hellobeautiful.com/608682/denise-matthews-formerly-known-as-vanity-i-knew-i-wasnt-fit-for-the-kingdom/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She was the lead singer of the female trio Vanity 6 between 1981 until it disbanded in 1983. The group was well known for their 1982