Tina Barrett

This article is about the singer-songwriter. For the professional golfer, see Tina Barrett (golfer).

Tina Barrett
Birth name	Tina Ann Barrett
Born	16 September 1976 (1976-09-16) Hammersmith, London, England
Genres	Pop, R&B
Occupations	Singer, actress
Years active	1999–2004 2009–present
Labels	Polydor Records (1999–2003) Interscope Records (1999–2001) A&M Records (1999–2001) Universal Records (2002)
Associated acts	S Club, S Club 8, Face 2 Face, Mis-Teeq, Natasha Bedingfield, Liz McClarnon

Tina Ann Barrett (born 16 September 1976) is a London based singer-songwriter and actress. Her major breakthrough came in 1999, at the age of 22 when she became a member of the pop group/band, S Club 7 where she enjoyed five years of hit singles, arena tours and awards. Barrett was born to an English father and Guyanese mother.

Life and career

Early career

She was at London's Arts Educational School for a period of eight years. Her first job was dancing in a pantomime with Lionel Blair. She was originally going to be in the band Face 2 Face, which later went on to become Mis-Teeq. She assisted with the group's choreography during her time there.

1998–2003: S Club (7)

Main article: S Club

Barrett became a member of S Club 7 after a series of auditions, along with members Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens in 1999. During five years they released four number one singles and one number one album. They also had a series of TV shows, which were: Miami 7, L.A. 7, Hollywood 7 ajnd Viva S Club, and they also starred in a film, Seeing Double. Barrett led some of the tracks on the groups' albums, such as "I'll Be There" and "Stronger". Stronger was set to be a single, but was canceled when Paul Cattermole left the group. The six remaining members stayed together until 2003, when they split after releasing their greatest hits album.

After S Club

In 2004, Barrett, along with singers Natasha Bedingfield and Atomic Kitten member Liz McClarnon, recorded a single, a cover of Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? by Rod Stewart.

She kept a relatively low profile for about six years after the split. When S Club first announced they were to break up, she expressed interest in working on a solo career. However, there was no information about Barrett beginning a career as a solo artist.

In 2008, Tina and Jon Lee supposedly signed up to join Bradley McIntosh, Paul Cattermole and Jo O'Meara in their mini S Club pubs and clubs tour, but neither she nor Jon performed with the group.

2009–present: Fire

Barrett has been planning to release an album for a while. In 2009, she started recording new material and performed an upcoming single, "Fire," at "Born Free Wild and Live" at the Royal Albert Hall in November 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Not much was heard about the album but in spring 2010, Tina announced on Facebook that her single was nearly ready. In August 2010, Tina's record label sought help to promote her single and album on some of S Club's many social networks.^{[citation needed]} In November 2011, she mentioned a music video for "Fire".

Discography

Main article: S Club discography

Singles as featuring artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
		UK	IRL
"Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (as The Girls of FHM)	2004	10	25	Single release only

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2003	Seeing Double	Herself	First film
2002	Viva S Club	Herself	TV Series
2001	Hollywood 7	Herself	TV Series
2000	L.A. 7	Herself	TV Series
1999	Miami 7	Herself	First television appearance

External links

• Tina Barrett's Myspace page
• Info on IMDb