Eden's Crush
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Eden's Crush was a girl group based in Los Angeles created on the American television series Popstars which aired on The WB Television Network in early 2001.Nicole Scherzinger was one of the group members and later got an singing career in the very successfull group The Pussycat Dolls.
The group is best known for their debut single, "Get Over Yourself (Goodbye)," which topped the Canadian Singles Chart and reached the U.S. Hot 100 top ten. Their single "Love This Way" was also a mild hit. Their album Popstars was certified gold and peaked at no. 6 on the Billboard 200, but failed to match the sales of Popstars acts from other countries. The group featured a multicultural membership of Dominican, Puerto Rican, Russian, Filipino, Hawaiian, Irish, German, and Colombian descent.
The band's record label, London Sire along with Diddy Record Labels, folded in 2002. A planned move to Atlantic Records failed, and with the group floundering, the members decided to disband and pursue individual interests. A planned Spanish language version of their debut album was never released and is currently destroyed.
Discography
Popstars (May 2001)
- What's Good 4 The Goose (Blackman/Cham/Ferguson/McLaughlin/Ridel/Dawkins/Sandstrom)
- Let Me Know (Klaus Derendorf/Ascencio/Jeeve)
- Get Over Yourself (Gerrard/Keller/Vice)
- Anywhere But Here (Kopatz/Kasha)
- Love This Way (Harman/Golde/Livingston)
- No Drama (Burris/Loftin)
- I Wanna Be Free (G-Sleep/Ascencio/Jeeve/Nubar/Klaus Derendorf)
- The Glamorous Life (Prince)
- 1,000 Words (Mil Palabras) (Hunter/Jeeve/Klaus Derendorf)
- Two Way (Kara DioGuardi/Brain/Young)
- It Wasn't Me (Marvel/Holland)
- You Know I Can (Kipner/Goldmark/Frank)
- Promise Me (Bonus Track)
Get Over Yourself (March 2001)
- Get Over Yourself (Gerrard/Keller/Vice)
- Get Over Yourself (Instrumental)
- Ana Maria's Message
- Ivette's Message
- Maile's Message
- Nicole's Message
- Rosanna's Message
- Solo Piensas En Ti (Get Over Yourself - Spanish Lyrics by: Connie Blue Puche)
Album Sales
The album made a very brief appearance in the Top 50:
- Week 1: 104,000 (104,000)
- Week 2: 42,000 (146,000)
- Week 3: 31,000 (177,000)
It fell off the top 50 after just three weeks.
Trivia
- Eden's Crush appeared in an episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a group known only as The Popstars.
- Kelly Clarkson had a stint in the Popstars season that created Eden's Crush and the experience almost convinced her not to audition for the season of American Idol that she eventually won.
- Several other American Idol contestants were also contestants from the first season of Popstars include Alexandra Bachelier and Nikki McKibbin.
- Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas co-wrote "What's Good 4 The Goose" on the group's debut album.
- Nicole Scherzinger was 22 years old when she auditioned for the part she eventually won in Eden's Crush on Popstars. She later went on to find success as the lead singer of pop phenomenon The Pussycat Dolls.
- Camille Guaty, best known for a recurring role in Prison Break and Disney's Gotta Kick It Up was a Top 10 contestant on Popstars and was one of the final girls not to win a spot in Eden's Crush. She is also one day older than Nicole Scherzinger.
- The bonus track "Promise Me" was initially written for actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, but she turned the song down.
- Actress Taryn Manning was a contestant on Popstars before eventually going on to find her own fame as an actress in several films such as Crossroads (alongside fellow pop-star Britney Spears), crazy/beautiful, 8 Mile and Cold Mountain. She and her older brother Kellin also later released an album of their own original music under the name Boomkat.
- T.V. Carpio from the musical film Across the Universe, where she was the character Prudence, was a Top 26 contestant on Popstars.
Eden's Crush Members Today
The members of Eden's Crush have remained close to the entertainment industry, despite their very brief success together.
- Ivette Sosa has appeared in numerous music videos and MTV programs as a background dancer. She also had an acting role in the movie Chasing Papi.
- Maile Misajon is married. She recently performed on the Soul Train Awards with Michael Bolton and Richard Marx. She helped design the Red Buddha Lounge. She is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee, where she now performs as a country/pop artist.
- Ana Maria Lombo is working on a Spanish language album.
- Nicole Scherzinger is the lead singer of The Pussycat Dolls, and is currently working on a solo album which will be released in November, 2007 titled Her Name Is Nicole. Scherzinger co-starred with Sosa in Chasing Papi as the character Miss Puerto Rico.
- Rosanna Tavarez works as an entertainment reporter and presenter on television. She worked on On Air With Ryan Seacrest, a Spanish language show titled Fuzion, and currently with the TV Guide Network.
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