The Cheetah Girls (group)
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The Cheetah Girls are an American girl group created by The Walt Disney Company, and made famous by the eponymous Disney Channel original film and its sequel. The group consists of three members: Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Kiely Williams.
Group's coming
In early 2005, Disney decided to capitalize on the surprise success of The Cheetah Girls by turning the girls into a recording act outside of the movies. However, due to her busy schedule as well as being already signed as a solo act, Raven Symone decided to not be apart of the actual group. Leaving just the trio of Bailon, Williams, and Bryan. In January 2005, the girls recorded for the first time as a trio and recording act for the 2005 DisneyMania soundtrack, remaking the song "I Won't Say I'm In Love from the Hercules soundtrack.
Cheetah-licious Christmas: (2005)
The girls released their first recording in October, 2005 under Walt Disney Records, Cheetah-licious Christmas, the holiday album included classic Christmas songs, as well as several original songs, one of which was co-written by all three girls. The album peaked at number 74 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The lead single, "Cheetah-licious Christmas", was rotated on Radio Disney and a music video for the song was shown on Disney Channel. A second single from the album, "Five More Days 'Til Christmas" was released as a Radio Disney-only single. The girls went on tour to support the album that fall. Along with Aly & AJ as the opening act, the tour was successful.
TCG: (2006-2007)
The Cheetah Girls began work on their debut album in January 2006. However, when filming and recording for The Cheetah Girls 2 came up, the album was put on hold. "We'll be making a real album, not a soundtrack", Adrienne Bailon says. "Some of the music on there will be produced by will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas", she says. "It's important for people to see us as a real musical group. We have all this great marketing around us, with the movies and other things. But we are a musical group."
In an interview with Billboard about the album, Sabrina Bryan stated that the girls worked on writing for the album on their Party's Just Begun tour and that they hope to gather an audience of older fans while simultaneously staying true to their younger fan base.[1]. Bryan also stated that the girls would work with producers they've worked with in the past as well as exploring new producers, such as Timbaland.[1] It was also stated that the album would be released on Hollywood Records.[1] Group member, Adrienne Bailon also announced that Girls Just Want to Have Fun was to be their first single from the album. In an interview with teen magazine Bop, the girls confirmed that they had already recorded tracks for this album.
During their The Party's Just Begun tour, the group performed several new songs including: Falling For You, Cheetah-licious ,Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Fuego, Do No Wrong and Fall Apart. In the end, all of the above mentioned songs were cut from the album with the exception of Do No Wrong and Fuego.
The release date of the album was confirmed as June 19, 2007, however in late March 2007, the album was pushed back and was set to be released on September 25, 2007 featuring production from J. R. Rotem of Britney Spears and Rihanna fame.[2]
It was also announced in early spring of 2007, that the release of the Girls' version of Girls Just Want to Have Fun was canceled so they could instead release So This Is Love in its place. The song is a cover version of the 1950 Disney classic from Cinderella and appears on the Disneymania 5 compilation album. A music video was shot for the single in Los Angeles over two days.[3] It was rumored to be added to the tracklisting of the new album, but this was later found to be false.
Recently in an issue of Hip-Hop Weekly Magazine, where Adrienne was being interviewed, the title of this album was confirmed to be Who We Are.[4] However, the title was changed to TCG in August 2007.[5]
The track So Bring It On was released as the album's first single. It was performed at the closing ceremonies of the 2007 Disney Channel Games, however only the group's performance of Strut was aired on Disney Channel on August 25, 2007.
The girls stated in the DVD to their In Concert: The Party's Just Begun Tour CD/DVD combo that, with this album, the fans will get to know them as "Adrienne, Sabrina, and Kiely" and not as their characters from the films.
Not long after So Bring It On was released to Disney Channel and Radio Disney, the Girls announced that Fuego would serve as the second single from the album[6]. Kiely initially stated that she was interested in directing the video[6] and that the video would be a "destination video" with a luau theme and was to be filmed in an "exotic" location.[6] This concept for the video was later scrapped and the Girls filmed a completely new concept for the song's official music video.
In August 2007, the Girls launched an official MySpace page to promote their music.
The Girls recorded their own version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas for the holiday compilation album, A Disney Channel Holiday, which was released on October 16, 2007.
2008: One World & Other Projects
The spanish edition and deluxe edition of TCG with a bonus DVD were scheduled to be released in early 2008 but were confirmed to be cancelled by Hollywood Records. Recently the girls covered the song Someday My Prince Will Come from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for the DisneyMania 6 album release.
The girls began filming their third Cheetah Girls movie, entitled The Cheetah Girls One World, in April of 2008. The movie, which will be the first in the series not to co-star Raven-Symone, will air on Disney Channel in the summer of 2008 with a soundtrack to be released the Tuesday before the film premieres.
Outside of the group, the girls are also pursuing solo projects. Bailon is currently recording a solo album, Bryan will release a book titled Princess of Gossip later this year, and Williams will have a role in the 2008 film The House Bunny.
In a post on her official blog in May of 2008, group member Adrienne Bailon announced that the group would begin touring soon and that the tour would most likely be world-wide rather that in just North America, as the group's previous tours had been.
The girls are scheduled to release their sophomore album using the new CDVU+ technology sometime in 2008, according to the official CDVU+ website.[7]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Cheetah Girls | The Cheetah Girls [Raven Symone as Galleria Garibaldi, Adrienne Bailon as Chanel Simmons, Kiely Williams as Aquanette Walker, and Sabrina Bryan as Dorinda Thomas] | Filmed in Toronto, Canada and Manhattan, New York, Starred Raven-Symoné as Galleria Garibaldi. |
| 2006 | The Cheetah Girls 2 | The Cheetah Girls [Raven Symone as Galleria Garibaldi, Adrienne Bailon as Chanel Simmons, Kiely Williams as Aquanette Walker, and Sabrina Bryan as Dorinda Thomas] | Filmed in Barcelona, Spain, Starred Raven-Symoné as Galleria Garibaldi. |
| 2008 | The Cheetah Girls: One World | The Cheetah Girls [Adrienne Bailon as Chanel Simmons, Kiely Williams as Aquanette Walker and Sabrina Bryan as Dorinda Thomas)] | Filmed in Udaipur, India. |
| 2010 | The Cheetah Girls 4 | The Cheetah Girls | Confirmed at The Disney Channel Upfront Press Meeting. |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Themselves | Performed their song Five More Days 'Til Christmas |
| The 2005 ABC Christmas Day Parade | Themselves | Performed their song Cheetah-licous Christmas | |
| 2006 | The 2006 Teen Choice Awards | Themselves | Presented an award to Fall Out Boy |
| Arthur Ashe Kids' Day | Themselves | Performed Cheetah Sisters chorus acappella then The Party's Just Begun | |
| Good Day L.A. | Themselves | Guests, one episodes, talked via satellite | |
| Good Morning America | Themselves | Guests, one episodes, performed The Party's Just Begun with Raven-Symoné | |
| Live With Regis and Kelly | Themselves | Guests, only one episode, performed The Party's Just Begun | |
| The Cheetah Girls: In Concert | Themselves | Special concert performed at Disney's California Adventure. | |
| Martha | Themselves | Guests, only one episode, performed The Party's Just Begun | |
| The View | Themselves | Guests, only one episode, sang their hit single Strut | |
| The 2006 American Music Awards | Themselves | Presented an award to Nickelback | |
| The Tonight Show With Jay Leno | Themselves | Guests, only one episode, performed Step Up | |
| The Today Show | Themselves | Guests, only one episode | |
| 2007 | Blue Peter | Themselves | Guests, only one episode, performed The Party's Just Begun |
| GMTV | Themselves | Guests, only one episode, performed So Bring It On | |
| 2007 Disney Channel Games | Themselves | Adrienne on the red team, Sabrina on the yellow team, and Kiely on the blue team.
Performed So Bring It On, Strut, and Girl Power at the closing ceremonies. Although, only Strut was shown during the televised concert special. | |
| The Cheetah Girls Chit Chat | Themselves | Small clips shown on the Disney Channel in which they talk about their music, fans and what they get up to backstage. | |
| Good Day L.A. | Themselves | Guests, one episode. | |
| Good Morning America | Themselves | Guests, one episodes, performed Fuego | |
| The Early Show | Themselves | Guests, one episode, performed Fuego and Break Out This Box | |
| KTLA Morning Show | Themselves | Guests, one episode | |
| Kristi Yamaguchi Friends & Family | Themselves | Performed Fuego, Step Up, Homesick and So Bring It On. | |
| A Hollywood Christmas Celebration | Themselves | Performed Break Out This Box and Cheetah-licious Christmas. | |
| 2008 | American Idol | Themselves | Guests, seen in audience. |
| The Road to Cheetah Girls: One World | Themselves | Interstitials on the Disney Channel's Made In India event showing a behind-the-scenes look at the third movie. | |
| The Suite Life of Zack and Cody | Themselves | Guests, one episode - Doin' Time in Suite 2330. | |
| 2008 Disney Channel Games | Themselves | Will be taking part and performing. |
Discography
For further information see: The Cheetah Girls discography
Albums
- 2005:Cheetah-licious Christmas
- 2007:TCG
Live Albums
Soundtracks
- 2003:The Cheetah Girls
- 2006:The Cheetah Girls 2
- 2008:The Cheetah Girls 3: One World
Singles
| Year | Title | Album | Chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | UK | iTunes peak | Radio Disney | |||
| 2004 | "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" | DisneyMania 3 | — | — | — | 30 |
| 2005 | "Shake a Tail Feather" | Chicken Little | — | — | — | — |
| "Cheetah-licious Christmas" | Cheetah-licious Christmas | — | — | — | — | |
| "Five More Days 'Til Christmas" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "I Won't Say (GRRL Power Remix)" | DisneyRemixMania | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | "If I Never Knew You" | DisneyMania 4 | — | — | — | — |
| "Route 66" | The Cheetah Girls 2 Re-Release Special Edition | — | 118 | — | 22 | |
| 2007 | "So This Is Love" | Disneymania 5 | — | — | — | 12 |
| "So Bring It On" | TCG | - | - | - | 21 | |
| "Fuego" | 122 | - | - | 4 | ||
Other Songs
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Disney Channel Holiday)
- Some Day My Prince Will Come (DisneyMania 6)
Singles from films
- With Raven-Symoné
| Year | Title | Chart positions | soundtrack | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. | UK | NZ | |||
| 2003 | "Cinderella" | — | — | — | The Cheetah Girls |
| "Girl Power" | — | — | — | ||
| "Cheetah Sisters" | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | "The Party's Just Begun" | 85 | 53 | 13 | The Cheetah Girls 2 |
| "Strut" | 53 | — | — | ||
| "Step Up" | 103 | — | — | ||
| "Amigas Cheetahs" (featuring Belinda) | 121 | — | — | ||
- Without Raven-Symoné
| Year | Title | Chart positions | soundtrack | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | "One World" | — | — | — | The Cheetah Girls: One World |
| "Dance Me If You Can" | — | — | — | ||
| "Cheetah Love" | — | — | — | ||
- (*) means the song charted in bubbling under charts
- (**) means the song was released as a single only to Radio Disney
Concert tours
- 2005:Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour
- 2006-2007:The Party's Just Begun Tour
- 2008: TCG tour
Merchandise
Awards
- Radio Disney's Song Of The Year Award (2003, Cinderella)
- Radio Disney's best song from a TV-movie (2003, Cinderella)
- National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications Awards' Best Music Video Award (2007, Strut)[8]
- Radio Disney's Best Dance Style Award (2007)[2]
- Radio Disney's Best Group Award (2007)[2]
- Radio Disney's Best Song To Wake Up To Award (2007, Step Up)[2]
- Radio Disney's Best Song To Dance To Award (2007, Strut)[2]
Tours
Notes
- Group member Adrienne Bailon's favorite song to perform is The Party's Just Begun.
- Kiely Williams and Adrienne Bailon were also members of the group 3LW.
- Sabrina Bryan released a dance-workout DVD and CD called BYou in between the first two Cheetah Girls films.
- The Girls love watching Bride and Prejudice, and are big fans of Aishwarya Rai.
- Oddly, before The Cheetah Girls were formed, all three girls were guest stars on the Disney Channel original series The Jersey. Adrienne and Kiely guest starred with their other group 3LW and Sabrina was a co-star for an episode.
- Adrienne Bailon and Kiely Williams once performed as The Cheetah Girls alone when Sabrina went to a wedding.
- Sabrina Bryan competed on the fifth season of Dancing With The Stars which started September 24, 2007. Adrienne and Kiely could be seen in the audience cheering on Sabrina for several episodes of the show.
References
- ^ a b c Sabrina Bryan Interview with Billboard
- ^ a b c d e www.tommy2.net
- ^ Shane Drake to Direct New 'Cheetah' Video
- ^ Adrienne in Hip-Hop Weekly
- ^ Amazon.co.uk Listing
- ^ a b c Kiely Williams via Radio Disney Uncut Interview Podcast recorded 2007-07-10
- ^ www.cdvuplus.com
- ^ Scholastic News Accessed 2007-04-13