Precious (group)
- Pop
- dance-pop
- teen pop
- Louise Rose
- Anya Lahiri
- Sophie McDonnell
- Kalli Clark-Sternberg
- Jenny Frost
Precious was a British girl group consisting of Louise Rose, Anya Lahiri, Sophie McDonnell, Kalli Clark-Sternberg, and Jenny Frost. They first achieved fame as the UK's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 and went on to become a moderately popular act until the group disbanded in late 2000.
Biography
Precious was established in late 1998[where?] by friends Sophie McDonnell and Jenny Frost. A set of auditions saw the remaining members join: Anya Lahiri, Kalli Clark-Sternberg and Louise Rose.[1] Rose took up lead vocals.
In March 1999, Precious was voted in to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem in May 1999. Their song "Say It Again" proved popular and the group signed with EMI to release the song as a single on 17 May. It debuted at No. 6 in the UK singles chart. In the Eurovision Song Contest, Precious did not carry off the grand prix with "Say It Again", sharing the 12th position.[2]
Precious went on to put together their debut self-titled album, working with songwriters and producers such as the Danish, Cutfather, and Joe and Chris Porter. On 20 March 2000 they released their second single "Rewind", which reached No. 11 in the UK. Precious released their third single, "It's Gonna Be My Way", on 26 June 2000 and it reached No. 27. Their final single was "New Beginning". The song failed to make an impact on the UK Singles Chart; it reached No. 50, becoming their only single not to reach the top 40.
The group's debut album Precious was released 20 November 2000 but failed to chart and the group was dropped by their label. McDonnell later began presenting for BBC TV and Radio including their CBBC brand, Frost replaced Kerry Katona in the group Atomic Kitten, and Lahiri returned to her modelling activities. Lahiri was one of the FHM Pit Girls in 2003, and she started a career as an actress, performing with Jacqueline Bisset and Daniel Bernhardt, and as a personal trainer. Lead singer Rose has worked with a number of other acts including D'Influence on the song "32 Flavours" in 2002, and Italian producers DB Boulevard on the song "Believe" which reached #8 in Spain and #12 in Italy. She has also become an actress; her credits include the 2008 mini-series "Diamonds". Clark-Sternberg has since become a session singer.
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Album details |
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Precious |
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Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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UK [3] | BEL (FL) [4] | SWE [4] | |||
1999 | "Say It Again" | 6 | 36 | 34 | Precious |
2000 | "Rewind" | 11 | — | — | |
"It's Gonna Be My Way" | 27 | — | — | ||
"New Beginning" | 50 | — | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
Music videos
Title | Year |
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"Say It Again" | 1999 |
"Rewind" | |
"It's Gonna Be My Way" | 2000 |
"New Beginning" |
References
- ^ AskMen.com Archived 2007-06-04 at the Wayback Machine Biography Jenny Frost (Retrieved: September 15, 2006)
- ^ O'Connor, John Kennedy. The Eurovision Song Contest – The Official History. Carlton Books, UK. 2007 ISBN 978-1-84442-994-3
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 433. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ a b Steffen Hung. "Precious - Say It Again". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
External links
- Precious discography at Discogs
- Official Precious Myspace Profile
Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by Imaani with "Where Are You?" | UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | Succeeded by |
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- Note: Entries scored out signify where the United Kingdom did not compete