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Louise Redknapp
Redknapp at the BAFTA Awards 2009
Born
Louise Elizabeth Nurding

(1974-11-04) 4 November 1974 (age 50)
Lewisham, London, England
Other namesLouise
Alma materItalia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupations
  • Singer
  • media personality
  • dancer
  • actress
  • television presenter
Spouse
(m. 1998; div. 2017)
Children2
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1992–present
Labels
Formerly ofEternal
Websitelouiseofficial.co.uk

Louise Elizabeth Redknapp (née Nurding; born 4 November 1974), professionally known as Louise, is an English singer, dancer and media personality. She was a member of Eternal, an R&B girl group which debuted in 1993 with their quadruple-platinum studio album Always & Forever. In 1995, she departed from the group for a solo career. Aside from music, Redknapp has presented several television shows and was a judge on the UK version of So You Think You Can Dance. She was married to the English former footballer Jamie Redknapp. In 2016, Redknapp reached the final in the fourteenth series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. Redknapp's memoir entitled You've Got This: And Other Things I Wish I Had Known was released in 2021.[1]

Redknapp has released four studio albums: Naked (1996), Woman in Me (1997), Elbow Beach (2000) and, following a 17-year hiatus from recording, Heavy Love (2020). Redknapp's Greatest Hits was released on 2 June 2023 and contains reimagined versions of her past singles plus five new songs. As of 2023, Redknapp has sold over 5 million records in the UK and 15 million records worldwide.

Early life and education

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Redknapp was born Louise Elizabeth Nurding in Lewisham, London.[2] Her father was a builder and her mother worked at Gatwick Airport.[3] Redknapp and her two younger brothers grew up in Eltham, London, and Oxted, Surrey. She describes herself as having come from a single-parent family with her mother.[4]

At the age of 11, Redknapp won a scholarship[4] to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London, where she met her future Eternal colleague Kéllé Bryan on her first day.[5]

Career

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1989–1995: Career beginnings and Eternal

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While out clubbing at the age of 15, Redknapp met the music manager Oliver Smallman of First Avenue Management, who was forming an all-girl group.[3][6] She subsequently introduced Denis to Kéllé Bryan.[6][7] Kéllé and Redknapp, together with sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, formed the band Eternal in 1992.[6] The group performed R&B, and recorded a number of hits during the 1990s.[8] Eternal's debut single "Stay" entered the UK charts at number sixteen and climbed to number four.[2] Redknapp left the group in 1995 to pursue a solo career,[9] amid unsubstantiated rumours that she was forced to leave because a radio station in the United States dedicated to black music would not promote the racially mixed group.[10] Redknapp says that she left because she was miserable and homesick.[4]

1995–1997: Naked and Woman in Me

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In late 1995, Redknapp signed a record deal with First Avenue management and EMI Records. Now professionally known simply as "Louise", her debut solo single was the orchestral ballad "Light of My Life" (which reached number eight on the UK charts). Her second solo release, "In Walked Love" (previously a hit from the self-titled 1992 album by the dance/pop group Exposé), fared less well and missed the UK top ten. However, Redknapp's third single, "Naked", turned things around and became her biggest hit to date, peaking at number five in the UK. Redknapp's debut solo album, also entitled Naked, was subsequently released in 1996 on the back of the single's success. The album received lukewarm reviews,[citation needed] but nevertheless peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart. It was later certified Platinum by the BPI for over 400,000 copies sold in the UK alone and over a million copies worldwide. Two further singles were released: "Undivided Love" (UK No. 5) and "One Kiss from Heaven" (UK No. 9).

In 1997, Redknapp returned with the single "Arms Around the World", which reached number four in the UK. Her second solo album, Woman in Me, peaked at number five in the UK and went on to gain platinum status in the UK and sold over a million units worldwide. The album also made an impact across Europe, charting in a number of countries. To support and celebrate the success of the album, Redknapp embarked on a UK-wide 'sell-out' arena tour of over twenty dates, including Wembley Arena. "Let's Go Round Again" (a cover of a song by the Average White Band) was the second single released from the album, which reached number ten. She was voted "Sexiest Woman in the World" by the readers of SKY Magazine in 1997.[11]

1998–2001: Elbow Beach and Changing Faces

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At the start of 1998, Redknapp's career was at a high point: her second album had gone platinum, she was on the cover of magazines such as Smash Hits and GQ, and she had been voted Sexiest Woman in the World by the readers of FHM magazine.

In 1998, Redknapp focused on making what she described[citation needed] as her "most personal album to date", Elbow Beach, released in 2000. Redknapp was more involved in the process of this album than her previous two, co-writing all 12 tracks and co-producing most of them.

The lead single from Elbow Beach, the R&B-styled "2 Faced" went straight into the charts at number three, and became Redknapp's highest-charting single. Despite initial hype and critical praise, total sales for Elbow Beach were weaker than the previous two productions, and the album peaked at number twelve. The same year, Redknapp was hired to 'sex up' the 2000 National Egg Awareness Campaign.

After Elbow Beach was released, Redknapp had one album left on her five-album deal with EMI (including Eternal's Always and Forever). In 2001, the label decided to release a greatest hits compilation, incorporating all of her top ten hit singles (including those she had performed with Eternal), called Changing Faces – The Best of Louise. The collection featured three new tracks, including a cover of Five Star's 1987 hit "The Slightest Touch". The album peaked at number nine in the UK, and she embarked on the second solo tour of her career.

EMI later released a second greatest hits album entitled Finest Moments, with a slightly different track listing.

2002–2016: Music hiatus

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In 2002, Redknapp signed a £1.5 million contract[citation needed] with her manager Oliver Smallman's Positive Records (a division of Universal Music) to record her fourth solo album. The album was due for release in 2004 alongside the single "Bounce Back". However, due to the singer becoming pregnant with her son Charley, the album was never released. The only single released from the album was the double A-side "Pandora's Kiss"/"Don't Give Up", which peaked at number five and raised money for Tickled Pink/Breast Cancer Care. The unreleased album saw Redknapp work with the likes of Sylvia Bennett Smith and Marc 'M2E' Smith, Mark Hill and Pete Martin. The album would also have included Redknapp's first duet with boy band 3rd Wish on the track "Don't Ever Change". In the July 2004 edition of FHM magazine, Redknapp was named the "Sexiest Woman of the Decade".[12][13]

2017–present: Heavy Love and Greatest Hits

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In August 2017, Redknapp posted a picture of herself in the recording studio on her Instagram account, showing that she had been working on new music. On 13 September 2017, Redknapp revealed she would be returning to the music industry by announcing her first live show in more than 15 years at Under The Bridge in London on 22 December 2017. Titled 'Intimate & Live', the show had enough demand for tickets selling out in under 5 minutes, leading promoters and Redknapp to announce additional dates for January 2018 in Manchester, Glasgow, and Birmingham.[citation needed] On 1 February 2018, Warner/Chappell UK confirmed Redknapp had signed a deal with them to release new material later in the year.[14] In February 2019, Redknapp announced she had signed a global record deal with ADA / Warner Music. On 25 March 2019, Redknapp announced that her fourth solo album Heavy Love would be released on 18 October 2019. The lead single, "Stretch", was released on 26 March 2019 to critical acclaim. She then released follow-up singles "Lead Me On", "Small Talk", "Breaking Back Together", "Not the Same" and "Hurt" as a bonus single after announcing Heavy Love was to be pushed back to a 2020 release.

On 10 November 2022, Redknapp released the single "Super Magic".[15][16][17] In an interview with Fault magazine, Redknapp shared, "I wanted to make music I loved rather than just ticking a box for what worked in the industry. I think I’ve forever had to fight to prove myself [...] I’m still fighting to prove myself. I feel that the hardest hurdle is to keep on knocking down those doors to prove myself."[18] "Super Magic" is Redknapp's first release under BMG.[19] It debuted at number 89 on the UK Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100 on 18 November 2022.[20]

On 12 January 2023, Redknapp announced that her Greatest Hits collection, spanning thirty years in the music industry, would be released in June 2023. The compilation will contain five new songs, including a cover of Janet Jackson's 1997 single "Together Again".[21][22][23] In the same month, Louise revealed she had been cast as Teen Angel in the summer 2023 production of Grease.[24] Louise released reimagined versions of her singles "Just A Step From Heaven" and "Naked" as promotional singles from her Greatest Hits compilation.[25][26] Her single "High Hopes" was released on 27 April 2023.[27] On 1 June 2023, Louise performed in concert at the Shepherd's Bush Empire;[28][29] Michelle Gayle appeared as a guest and former Eternal bandmate Kéllé Bryan made a surprise appearance on stage to perform 1994 single "Crazy".[30] Louise's compilation album Greatest Hits was released on 2 June 2023.[31]

On 15 September 2023, Louise released the Lil' Lou extended play, which featured five previously-unreleased songs originally recorded for her 2000 album Elbow Beach;[32][33][34] the EP debuted and peaked at number 73 on the UK Albums Downloads Chart one week later.[35]

On 25 September 2023, it was reported that Redknapp and her former bandmate Kéllé Bryan had pulled out of a purported Eternal reunion tour scheduled for 2024 after a row occurred because their former bandmates, sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, purportedly refused to play at LGBTQ and Pride events over objections that the trans community had “hijacked” Pride.[36] Eternal's original manager, Denis Ingoldsby defended the sisters Easther and Vernie by stating the sisters have supported the LGBT community and played at many events.[37] Ingoldsby stated “Louise [and her team] have misrepresented the facts to suit their own agenda, ‘thrown [the Bennett sisters] under the bus’, and are trying to get founding members Easther and Vernie cancelled. He stated “the girls loved playing Pride”. "Vernie said she had some concerns about the Pride movement being hijacked - and she is not alone - but this has been weaponised against her" [38]

Television career

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On television, Redknapp has presented editions of SMTV Live, CD:UK, Soccer Aid: Extra Time, This Morning, three series of the revived The Clothes Show for UKTV Style, and in March 2007 the controversial documentary The Truth About Size Zero for ITV.[39][40][41]

Louise Redknapp has been seen as the face of a number of advertising campaigns: the "Safe and White" campaign for Boots, Flora's "Omega 3" products, Boots and BT. She became brand ambassador for Orbit gum in 2007[42] and a model for Avon. In autumn 2007, Redknapp was unveiled as the new face of Triumph lingerie for 2007, 2008 and 2009. In November 2008, her family was also unveiled as the Wii Family for a Christmas 2008 advertising campaign, followed by The Louise Redknapp Wii Fit Campaign in March 2009. In 2010, Louise and Jamie Redknapp fronted a new campaign by Thomas Cook promoting their holidays on TV and throughout the media.

In 2009, Louise Redknapp filmed a follow-up documentary The Truth About Super Skinny Pregnancies displaying the pressures on women to stay in shape during and after their pregnancies. Later that year in September 2009, Redknapp presented The Farmer Wants a Wife for Five, a relaunch of a series that originally appeared on ITV in 2001.[43] In 2009, Redknapp was also announced as the face of online fashion retailer Fashion Union. The following year in January 2010, Redknapp took over as the full-time presenter of the BBC Sunday morning programme Something for the Weekend for two years.[44]

Redknapp was a judge on the UK version of So You Think You Can Dance, broadcast on BBC One.[45] In 2011, Redknapp made her acting debut alongside Ray Winstone as Diana Smith in the feature film The Hot Potato. Redknapp had a cosmetic range named Wild About Beauty, which she launched with make-up artist Kim Jacob;[46] which she sold in 2017.

On 15 August 2016, Redknapp was announced as a contestant for the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.[47] She reached the 2016 finals with professional dancer Kevin Clifton.[48] In April 2018, Redknapp made her radio debut, guest-presenting two evening shows on Heart, on Sunday 8 April and Sunday 15 April.[49] On 23 October 2018, Redknapp recorded herself narrating Roald Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile for an audio cassette release.

In May 2021, Redknapp appeared on The Masked Dancer masked as Flamingo. She was the second celebrity to be unmasked.[50][51] That same month, Redknapp appeared on the first series of BBC game show I Can See Your Voice, performing "Let's Go Round Again".[52][53][54]

Other endeavours

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In 2003, Redknapp published a magazine called Icon, aimed solely at professional sports stars and celebrities with then-husband Jamie Redknapp and former footballer Tim Sherwood. They later sold the magazine to another publisher.

Personal life

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Louise Nurding married football player Jamie Redknapp at a ceremony in Bermuda on 29 June 1998.[55][56] They have two sons.[57] Prior to giving birth to her first son, Louise Redknapp suffered from endometriosis which was treated with laser surgery.[58] The couple confirmed in September 2017 that they had separated.[59] A family court in central London granted a decree nisi for divorce after 19 years of marriage on 29 December 2017.[60]

In 2003, Louise Redknapp's single "Pandora's Kiss"/"Don't Give Up", was released to raise money for Breast Cancer Care's "Tickled Pink" campaign.[61] She also participated in a celebrity edition of The Apprentice in 2008, to raise money for charity.[62] Redknapp organised a charity sale of celebrity designer clothes at the London department store Selfridges for the charity Mothers4Children in November 2009.[63]

Discography

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[64]
FRA
[65]
NLD
[66]
SCO
[67]
Naked 7 16
Woman in Me
  • Released: 6 October 1997
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
5 65 76 11
Elbow Beach
  • Released: 31 July 2000
  • Label: EMI
  • Format: CD, cassette, digital download, streaming
12 23
Heavy Love
  • Released: 17 January 2020
  • Label: Warner, Lil Lou
  • Format: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
11 6

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications
Title Year Chart positions Certifications
UK
[71]
Changing Faces – The Best of Louise
  • Released: 10 September 2001
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Format: CD, digital download
9
Finest Moments
  • Released: 23 December 2002
  • Label: Parlophone
  • Format: CD, digital download
Greatest Hits
  • Released: 2 June 2023[73]
  • Label: BMG
  • Format: CD, streaming, digital download
11

Extended plays

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List of compilation albums, with selected details, chart positions and certifications
Title Year Chart positions
UK Digital
Lil' Lou
  • Released: 15 September 2023
  • Label: Tag8; BMG
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
73[74]

Singles

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List of singles, showing year, selected chart positions and album
Title Year Chart positions Album
UK
[64]
AUS
[75]
FRA
[65]
IRL
[76]
NLD
[66]
SCO
[77]
"Light of My Life" 1995 8 18 11
Naked
"In Walked Love" 1996 17 22
"Naked" 5 70 7
"Undivided Love" 5 7
"One Kiss from Heaven" 9 13
"Arms Around the World" 1997 4 95 9
Woman in Me
"Let's Go Round Again" 10 30 70 8
"All That Matters" 1998 11 13
"2 Faced" 2000 3 13 4
Elbow Beach
"Beautiful Inside" 13 17
"Stuck in the Middle with You" 2001 4 44 3
Changing Faces – The Best of Louise
"Pandora's Kiss/Don't Give Up" 2003 5 5
Non-album single
"Stretch"[78] 2019
Heavy Love
"Lead Me On"[79]
"Breaking Back Together"
"Not the Same"[80]
"Hammer"[81]
"Super Magic"[82] 2022 [a]
"High Hopes" 2023

Promotional singles

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List of promotional singles
Song Year Album
"Small Talk"[83] 2019 Heavy Love
"Hammer" 2019
"Just a Step from Heaven (Reimagined)" 2023 Greatest Hits
"Naked (Reimagined)"

Tours

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  • Soft & Gentle No Sweat Tour (1997)
  • Changing Faces Tour (2001)
  • Heavy Love Tour (2020)

Awards and nominations

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Awards and nominations received by Louise Redknapp
Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
Brit Awards 1997 British Female Solo Artist Herself Nominated [84]
1998 Nominated [85]
NME Awards 1998 Best Solo Artist Nominated [86]
Most Desirable Person Won
1999 The Pop Personality You Would Most Like To Be Marooned On A Desert Island With Won
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1996 Best Female Singer Won [87]
Best Album Naked Nominated
Best Album Cover Nominated
2000 Most Fanciable Female Herself Nominated [88]
Best Dressed Female Nominated

Notes

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  1. ^ "Super Magic" did not enter the Official UK Top 100 Chart, but peaked at number 89 on the UK Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100 and 96 in the UK Official Singles Sales Chart on 18 November 2022.[20]

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