Rachel Stevens is back with a collection of
songs so strong and inventive
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About
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Rachel Stevens is back
with a collection of songs so strong and inventive that, like Rachel, they
are simply impossible to ignore - I want to put pop music back on the map,
she states.
Without hyperbole, pop sensation and knockout Rachel Stevens is, in our
opinion, the hottest Brit to ever catch our eye. Her looks almost make us
forget that she is quite the accomplished singer and needs not rely on that
killer body to bring in the dough. Of course, she would never be in the
poorhouse if she had to depend on it... When Rachel Stevens first came onto
the scene in '99, she immediately blew our socks off. Despite being on stage
with six co-performers and dozens of dancers, she stood out beautifully --
it was love at first sight. Of course, with her goddess-like face and body,
do you really blame us for falling so hard?
The style of her new material pitches the new album light years ahead of its
predecessor. And while Rachel is proud of the first album she happily admits
that it represented only the first step in pinpointing her personality as a
solo star. It would be a boring life if I just released the same album
every two years, she explains.
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Rachel Stevens's Birthday |
Born April 9th
1978 in London, England, she showed a flair for entertaining even as a
toddler. At 5 years old, she had already begun drama school, but gravitated
toward fashion as the years wore on. An early highlight came at the age of
15, when she beat out 4999 competitors in a modeling competition sponsored
by Just 17 magazine. After attending the London School of Fashion and
working in PR, Stevens changed her mind, and gravitated toward a career in
music instead -- she had always displayed a real talent for singing. An
audition for a new British pop band came up, and, after several cuts and
callbacks, Stevens was selected as one of the seven members of the band,
joining Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Jo
O'Meara, and Tina Barrett.
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Rachel Stevens as Singer |
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After attending
the London School of Fashion and working in PR, Stevens changed her mind,
and gravitated toward a career in music instead -- she had always displayed
a real talent for singing. An audition for a new British pop band came up,
and, after several cuts and callbacks, Stevens was selected as one of the
seven members of the band, joining Bradley McIntosh, Hannah Spearritt, Paul
Cattermole, Jon Lee, Jo O'Meara, and Tina Barrett. Called S Club 7, the
group and its managers at Polydor Records aimed to find a niche in the very
convoluted UK pop market. They did this by marketing an array of both
fast-paced tracks and ballads while simultaneously working on a TV deal.
Fame was almost immediate for this group of talented twenty-somethings, as
their first single "Bring It All Back" debuted at No. 1 on the UK charts in
June of 1999. "S Club Party" followed up as their No. 2 hit in September,
and their self-titled album sold like hotcakes on the strength of these
hits. Their success spurned the debut of their popular TV series S Club 7 in
Miami. The winter ushered in the song "Two In A Million" and, of course,
more success. Though at times restrained in the group's wholesome,
teeny-bopper image, Stevens reveled in the spotlight and received most of
the media attention as the band's hottest member. More flattering comments
came after Interscope Records picked up the band's American distribution
rights in 2000, and released the band's albums across the ocean. Always
working on -- and writing -- new songs, 7 saw their fan base grow with two
more hits in the spring: "Don't Stop Movin'" and "Never Had a Dream Come
True." Despite some trials and tribulations, including a controversy over a
marijuana possession charge implicating the three male members of S Club,
the band, and Stevens in particular, continued to soar. Another season of
their show was filmed in 2000 and, the following year, readers of FHM voted
Stevens the second sexiest woman on the planet, behind only the heavenly
Jennifer Lopez. Other magazines, such as Arena, also concentrated on this
beauty's natural assets around the same time. |
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Rachel Stevens's Album |
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2005 Come
and Get It
2004 Funky Dory
2005 Negotiate with Love, Pt. 1
2005 Negotiate With Love [CD #2]
2005 Negotiate With Love [CD #1]
2005 More More More [CD #1]
2005 I Said Never Again (But Here We Are), Pt. 2
2004 Sweet Dreams My L.A. Ex
2004 Some Girls
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Yeah, kinda
weird and scary, ain't it? Anyway, I'm sure your all gong to be confused
by the new number and all for the first couple weeks, so maybe this post
will make the transition a little easier for you. |
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