Girl groups
A girl group is a musical group featuring several young female singers who generally harmonize together. The term girl group is generally not applied to girl bands or all-women bands, in which women play instruments as well as sing.
Bardot
- UC3 - Destiny's Child - The
Pussycat Dolls - TLC - The
Spice Girls - Bananarama
- Eternal -
The Supremes -All Saints - Martha and the Vandellas - Exposé
- Girls Aloud -
The
Dixie Chicks - Atomic Kitten-
Often they are aimed at either a young teenage section, or younger people for their commerical success. Often they use sex appeal to sell their name.
Bardot
Australian female pop group which formed in 2000 on the original Australian reality television series of Popstars. It remains the most successful winning act of all four Australian seasons, releasing two albums, Bardot and Play It Like That, as well as six consecutive top twenty singles including notable hits "Poison" and "I Need Somebody". Bardot toured twice in its homehand and achieved considerable success overseas also, charting in a number of international markets including parts of Asia, New Zealand, India and the UK. The group parted ways in May 2002.
Former members
Years active 2000–2002
Tiffani
Wood
Sophie Monk
Sally Polihronas
Belinda Chapple
Katie Underwood
(up until mid 2001)
Studio albums: Bardot (2000) - Play it Like That (2001)
Singles: "Poison" - "I Should've
Never Let You Go" - "These Days"
"ASAP" - "I
Need Somebody" - "Love Will Find a Way"
UC3
American all female trio of pop singers from Tampa Bay, Florida. They have performed throughout the U.S. and overseas in several countries. They are particularly well known among U.S. service personnel overseas, who they have repeatedly performed for.
The current members are Eileen Esposito, Cristal Bermudez, and Tracy Williams. Former member Kristy Scott was replaced by Eileen Esposito. The group is sponsored by Hooters, who distributes their music in some of their restaurants, which complements traditional sales. They were part of the Hooters organization's "Operation Let Freedom Wing" group of talent which toured Afghanistan and other places with U.S. forces. Touring with them overseas was singer Angela Lanza.
Within the US, the largest number of people who saw them, were at NFL and other major league games, where they sang.
The group is apparently on hiatus (possibly permanently), and has not performed or recorded together since early 2005. In addition, their official website, www.uc3online.com, no longer works.
Destiny's Child
three-time Grammy Award-winning American
R&B group. Originally a quartet, the group eventually became a trio whose
members were Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. According
to the World Music Awards, Destiny's Child is the best selling female group of
all time, thus far. On June 12, 2005, they announced on tour in Barcelona that
they would no longer be performing together, but pursuing individual careers in
music, theatre, television and film.
Years active 1997–2005
Beyoncé
Knowles (1990–2006)
Kelly Rowland (1992–2006)
Michelle Williams
(2000–2006)
LaTavia Roberson (1990–2000)
LeToya Luckett (1993–2000)
Farrah
Franklin (2000)
The Spice Girls
A BRIT Awards-winning English all-female pop/r&b group. They formed in 1994 in London and embraced merchandising and helped to introduce the term Girl Power into popular discourse. After releasing their debut single, "Wannabe", in 1996, the group became a pop phenomenon.
Selling
in excess of 53 million records, they are one of the most commercially successful
female groups of all time. They released three studio albums and ten singles and
starred in the film Spiceworld, which grossed $75 million (USD) globally at the
box office. The Spice Girls are cited as one of the most influential and successful
girl bands of all time.
Years active 1994–2000 (disbanded)
Victoria Beckham- Melanie Brown - Emma Bunton - Melanie Chisholm - Geri Halliwell
Studio albums: Spice (1996) - Spiceworld (1997- Forever (2000)
Singles:
"Wannabe" - "Say You'll Be There" - "2 Become 1"
- "Who Do You Think You Are" / "Mama"
"Spice Up Your
Life"- "Too Much" - "Stop" - "Viva Forever"
- "Goodbye" - "Holler" / "Let Love Lead the Way"
Girls Aloud
Smash Hits Poll Winners, TMF award-winning and BRIT Award nominated British girl group created on ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group, consisting of Cheryl Cole (nee Tweedy), Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh, has gone on to become one of the most successful pop groups of the decade with a record breaking fifteen consecutive Top 10 singles (including three number ones), four platinum albums (including a number one) and record sales in excess of 4 million in the UK alone. They have also scored successes around Europe with Number One singles in Greece and Ireland. They are also recognised for their stunning looks as winners of a Glamour Women of the Year Award and an FHM Bloke Award.
2003
Sound of the Underground 2
2004 What Will the Neighbours Say
2005 Chemistry
2006
The Sound of Girls Aloud
2007
The Sugababes
female pop group trio from London, England formed in 1998. Releasing eighteen singles and five albums that have reached top 40 charts worldwide, including five UK number one singles and a UK number one album, the Sugababes have more top ten hits with original songs than any other girl group since The Supremes and Bananarama.
Members
Keisha
Buchanan
Heidi Range (2001-)
Amelle Berrabah (2005-)
Former members
Siobhán Donaghy (1998-2001)
Mutya Buena (1998-2005)
Albums:
One Touch - Angels with Dirty Faces - Three - Taller in More Ways
Atomic Kitten
English girl group from Liverpool composed of Liz "Lil" McClarnon, Natasha "Tash" Hamilton, and Jenny Frost - who replaced original member Kerry Katona in January 2001. Atomic Kitten has sold over 12 million albums and singles around the world. Many of their singles and albums entered the Top 40 charts worldwide such as "Right Now," "Whole Again," "Eternal Flame," "The Tide Is High," and "Ladies Night."
Award-winning American music, dance and burlesque ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995. It began as a dance troupe based in Los Angeles, was "re-cast" as a music group in 2003, and expanded in 2005 with a parallel troupe at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The group released their first single in 2004, and have gone on to international commercial success.
Ashley Roberts - Asia Nitollano - Carmit Bachar - Jessica Sutta - Kimberly Wyatt - Melody Thornton - Nicole Scherzinger
Former members
Carmen Electra, Chelsea Rafanan, Cyia Batten, Erika Le, Staci Flood, Kasey Campbell, Lindsley Allen, Kaya Jones, Rachel Sterling, Nadine Ellis, Rebecca Pickering, Kiva Dawson, Erica Gudis
Albums: PCD - Double the Trouble
Singles: "Sway" - "Don't Cha" -"Stickwitu" -"Beep" -"Buttons" -"I Don't Need a Man" -"Wait a Minute"
Other
songs: "Right Now (NBA Version)" -"Disco B*tch" (with Jazze
Pha & Cee-Lo)
TLC
American music group, whose repertoire spans R&B, hip hop and pop. Originally known as 2nd Nature, the group, TLC was formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991 by Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Crystal Jones. Before signing to LaFace Records through a production deal with R&B singer Peri "Pebbles" Reid, the group's name was changed to "TLC", and Crystal Jones was replaced by Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas.
One of best selling female groups of all time, selling 22 million
record in the US. TLC has been awarded five Grammy Awards and released four multi-platinum-selling
albums. Their second album, CrazySexyCool (1994), which was one of the first albums
to be awarded diamond certification by the RIAA for selling at least 10 million
copies. The group was just as well-known for their controversy as well as their
success, from their use of condoms as fashion accessories in the early 1990s,
to Left-Eye's troubles with both the law and her groupmates during much of the
rest of the group's career.
Members
Tionne "T-Boz"
Watkins
Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas
Former members
Crystal Jones
Lisa
"Left Eye" Lopes (1991-2002)
Studio albums: Ooooooohhh....
On the TLC Tip (1992) • CrazySexyCool (1994) • FanMail (1999) •
3D
(2002)
Other albums: Now and Forever: The Hits (2003)
DVDs: Now and Forever: The Video Hits (2007)
Singles: "Ain't
2 Proud 2 Beg" - "Baby-Baby-Baby" - "What About Your Friends"
- "Hat 2 Da Back" -
"Get It Up" - "Creep" -
"Red Light Special" - "Waterfalls" - "Diggin' On You"-
"Silly Ho" - "No Scrubs" - "Unpretty" - "Dear
Lie"- "Girl Talk" - "Hands Up"- "Damaged" -
"Turntable" - "Come Get Some" - "I Bet"
No Secrets
Bananarama
English girl group that has had success with pop and new wave songs since 1982. The group has had ten singles in the top-ten of the UK singles chart to date, as well as three U.S. top-ten hits, one of which hit number one. Some of their biggest international hits include "Cruel Summer", "Venus", "Love in the First Degree" and "I Heard a Rumour". They are known for their unique vocal style which features all members singing the same notes in unison (rather than three-part harmonies). Lead vocals and background vocals were recorded in this way, and much of Bananarama's early material was recorded with all three members at the same microphone at the same time.
Members
Keren Woodward
Sara Dallin
Former members
Siobhan Fahey (1981-1988)
Jacquie
O'Sullivan (1988-1991)
Discography
Studio albums: Deep Sea Skiving
-Bananarama - True Confessions - Wow!-Pop Life - Please Yourself - Ultra Violet
/ I Found Love - Exotica - Drama
Compilations: Greatest Hits Collection - Greatest
Remixes Collection - Bunch of Hits - Master Series - The Essentials - The Very
Best of Bananarama - Venus and Other Hits - Really Saying Something: The Platinum
Collection - The Twelve Inches of Bananarama - Greatest Hits and More More More
Singles:
Aie a Mwana - T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) - Really Saying
Something - Shy Boy -Cheers Then - He's Got Tact -Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
- Cruel Summer - Robert DeNiro's Waiting - Rough Justice - King of the Jungle
- Hot Line to Heaven - The Wild Life - Do Not Disturb - Venus - More Than Physical
- A Trick of the Night - Set on You - I Heard a Rumour - Love in the First Degree
- I Can't Help It - I Want You Back- The Bananarama Mega-Mix - Love, Truth and
Honesty - Nathan Jones - Help! - Cruel Summer '89 - Megarama '89 - Only Your Love
- Preacher Man - Long Train Running - Tripping on Your Love - Movin' On | Last
Thing on My Mind - More, More, More - I Found Love - Every Shade of Blue - Take
Me to Your Heart- Careless Whisper - If | Really Saying Something (Solasso Remix)-
Move in My Direction- Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango)
The
Dixie Chicks
thirteen-time Grammy Award-winning female country music/rock music trio from the United States comprising Emily Robison, Martie Maguire and Natalie Maines. They are the highest-selling female band in any musical genre, having sold 30 million albums as of June 2006.
At the 49th Grammy Awards Show in 2007, the Chicks, as they are informally known, won all five categories for which they were nominated, including the coveted Song, Record, and Album of the Year, in a vote they interpret as partly a statement for free speech.
The Supremes
The Supremes were a Motown all-female singing group. Active as The Supremes from 1961 until 1977, the Supremes performed, at various times, doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelia and disco.
One of Motown's signature acts, The Supremes were the most successful African American musical act of the 1960s, recording twelve American number-one hits between 1964 and 1969. Many of these singles were written and produced by Motown's main songwriting and production team, Holland-Dozier-Holland. The crossover success of the Supremes during the mid-1960s paved the way for future black soul and R&B acts to gain mainstream audiences both in the United States and overseas.
Former members
Florence Ballard
Diana Ross
Mary Wilson
Cindy Birdsong
Jean Terrell
Lynda
Laurence
Scherrie Payne
Susaye Greene
Album title
1962 Meet
the Supremes 8
1964 Where Did Our Love Go
(40th anniversary deluxe rerelease
in 2004) 2
1964 A Bit of Liverpool 95
1965 The Supremes Sing Country,
Western and Pop 79
1965 We Remember Sam Cooke 75
1965 More Hits by the
Supremes 6
1965 The Supremes at the Copa (live) 11
1965 Merry Christmas
-
1966 I Hear a Symphony 8
1966 The Supremes A' Go-Go 1
1967 The Supremes
Sing Holland-Dozier-Holland 6 15
1967 The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart
20 25
All Saints
A commercial English Pop girl band that released a debut self titled album in 1997. They were panned by critics. The band consists of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and siblings Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton.
Albums: All Saints - Saints & Sinners -Studio 1
Other albums - The Remix Album - All Hits
Eternal
London based 1990s R&B girl group that found fame in 1993 and went on to become one of the UK's most successful girl groups of all time, achieving both domestic and global success.
The group was made
up of church-going sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett and school friends Kéllé
Bryan and Louise Nurding (also known as Louise and Louise Redknapp), who both
went to the famous Italia Conti Academy stage school.
Easther
Bennett (1993-99)
Vernie Bennett (1993-99)
Kéllé Bryan (1993-98)
Louise
Nurding (1993-95)
Martha and the Vandellas
were one of the most successful groups in the Motown roster during the 1960s and fully active from 1960 to 1972, performing at various times doo-wop, blues, pop rock and roll
The label's second most-successful all-female singing group after The Supremes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas were known for a churchier, more southern-styled soul than the Supremes, as typified in Motown hits such as "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave", "Nowhere to Run", "Honey Chile" and, their signature song, "Dancing in the Street".
Former members
Martha
Reeves
Rosalind Ashford
Annette Sterling
Gloria Williamson
Betty Kelley
Sandra
"Lois" Reeves
Sandra Tilley
Exposé
popular music girl group of the 1980s formed by record producer and songwriter Lewis A. Martineé.
Members
Ann Curless
Jeanette Jurado
Gioia Bruno
Kelly Moneymaker
Former
members
Sandra Casanas (1984-1986)
Aléjandra Lorenzo (1984-1986)
Laurie
Miller (1984-1986)
Albums
1987: Exposure
1989: What You Don't Know
1992: Exposé
Compilations
1995: Greatest Hits
1999: Master Hits
2001: The Encore Collection: Seasons Change
2002:
Exposé's Greatest Dance Mixes
2005: Exposé: Dance Mixes
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