The Cheetah Girls ← Previous revision Revision as of 20:55, 4 November 2009 Line 23: Line 23: ===The Cheetah Girls=== ===The Cheetah Girls=== - {{BLP unsourced section | date=December 2008}} + The group, The Cheetah Girls, had a television movie, based on a bestselling series of young adult books of the same name by Deborah Gregory, was debuted on August 15, 2003. The film won several awards including Black Reel awards, an Image Award. The movie's DVD sold over 800,000 copies.<ref>(http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6363935.html)</ref> The film received over 84 million viewers worldwide and remained a hit in the ratings for months afterwards. The Cheetah Girls were also supposed to be a TV series for ((American Broadcasting Company | ABC)) in their 2004-2005 season.<ref>(http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480888/20031202/3lw.jhtml 3LW To Star In TV 'Cheetah Girls' - News Story Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News<!-- Bot generated title -->)</ref> Although a pilot was shot in late 2003, ABC decided not to pick up the series. - Williams was cast as Aqua in the ((Disney Channel original Movie)) ''((The Cheetah Girls (film)|The Cheetah Girls))'' alongside ((Raven Symone)), which spawned a multi-platinum soundtrack and an even more popular sequel with accompanying soundtrack. ((Adrienne Bailon)), also of ((3LW)), was also cast as Chanel in both movies. The film became such a success, Williams, along with fellow cast members Bailon and ((Sabrina Bryan)) became their own official girl group, respectively called ((The Cheetah Girls (band)|The Cheetah Girls)).   - In 2005 , the girls released a Christmas album entitled '' (( Cheetah-licious Christmas )) '' and toured the U.S. on their (( Cheetah Girls tours|Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour )) to promote the album and the soundtrack to the first movie. After the release of the Disney Channel original Movie ''(( The Cheetah Girls 2 ))'', the girls hit the road again, on their (( Cheetah Girls tours|The Party ' s Just Begun Tour )) , to promote the sequel ' s soundtrack. + Due to her busy schedule , as well as already being signed to the same label ( (( Hollywood Records )) ) as a solo act, (( Raven Symoné )) decided not be a part of the actual recording act, leaving the trio of just Bailon, Bryan and Williams. 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 (1997 film)|Hercules))'' soundtrack. - The group released their official debut studio album ''((TCG (album)|TCG))'', on September 25, 2007. The first single from the album, "((So Bring It On))", was released to ((Radio Disney)) on August 25, 2007. The video for the song premiered on ((Disney Channel)) on September 7, 2007.   - They recently filmed a 3rd movie , titled ''(( The Cheetah Girls: One World ))'', in India for 3 months ( January 2008–March 2008 ), which was then released as yet another Disney Channel original Movie . They kicked off their 3rd and final tour on October 8, 2008, relevantly titled (( One World Tour )), which lasted from October 8, 2008 to December 21, 2008 . + 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 ( song ) |Cheetah-licious Christmas))"'' , was rotated on ((Radio Disney)) and a music video for the song was shown on (( Disney Channel )) . The girls went on tour to support the album that fall. Along with (( Aly & AJ )) as the opening act and ((The Jonas Brothers)) as special guests , the tour was successful . - In January 2009 , ((Adrienne Bailon)) confirmed in an interview with Just Jared Jr . that the group had officially disbanded.<ref> ( http://justjaredjr . buzznet . com/2009/01/27/adrienne-bailon-confirms-cheetah-girls-split/ ) Adrienne Bailon Confirms Cheetah Girls Split</ref> + 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.''" - The cheetah girls went their separate ways and Kiely went into her solo career +   + ''((The Cheetah Girls 2))'' premiere received a total of over 8.1 million viewers, making it the highest rated premiere for a ((Disney Channel original Movie)) at the time.   +   + In an interview with ((Billboard)) about the postponed album, ((Sabrina Bryan)) stated that the girls worked on writing for the album on their Party's Just Begun tour and that they hoped to gather an audience of older fans while simultaneously staying true to their younger fan base.<ref name=billboard>(http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003316020 Sabrina Bryan Interview with Billboard) </ref> 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)).<ref name=billboard/>   +   + The album was originally titled ''Who We Are'',<ref>(http://www.cybertlcforums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1016421#1016421 Adrienne in Hip-Hop Weekly) </ref> and set to be released on June 19, 2007<ref name=tommy>(http://www.tommy2.net www.tommy2.net)</ref> but this was postponed to September 25, 2007, with a release name of ''((TCG (album)|TCG))''.   +   + The track ((So Bring It On)) was released as the album's first single. ((Fuego (The Cheetah Girls song)|Fuego)) was released as the second single from the album.<ref name="radiodisney_kiely">((Kiely Williams)) via Radio Disney Uncut Interview Podcast recorded 2007-07-10</ref> 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.   +   + The girls began filming their third ''Cheetah Girls'' movie, entitled ''((The Cheetah Girls: One World))'', in March 2008. It is the only movie to not feature ((Raven-Symone)) and premiered on August 22, with its soundtrack released on August 19. The movie debuted with 6.2 million viewers, the lowest-ever rated premiere for the series. In the fall of 2008, the group went on tour to support the ''One World'' movie, which would be their last tour together. In January 2009, the group disbanded. The girls are currently pursuing solo projects. ===Solo career=== ===Solo career===