BOOTY LUVE
Booty Luv are an English dance group formed in June 2006 via the Hed Kandi
label. It is fronted by two R&B vocalists, Cherise Roberts and Nadia Shepherd,
both of whom were in the original line-up of the successful hip hop band Big
Brovaz.[1] To date, they have released one BPI Silver studio solo album as a
twosome, and have had four consecutive top twenty hits in the UK, including
a much-coveted Silver-certified single Boogie 2nite. They have also achieved
international success, gaining hits in Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Poland,
Netherlands and Germany. To date, Nadia and Cherise are one of the few
singers to attain UK Top 20 hits in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007 as part
of both Booty Luv and Big Brovaz, as well as achieving the rarity of having
three consecutive UK Dance Chart number ones.
Intro
Cherise, and her friend Nadia, both began their career in the R&B group Big
Brovaz, who had considerable success following their launch in 2002. Cherise
was an established singer before the group's success, recording a solo album
- "Look Inside" and single "2nd Best". The album was much praised and won a
MOBO Award. After scoring top five hits with songs such as Favourite Things
and Nu Flow, Big Brovaz received rave reviews from fans and critics for their
unique style, and received comparisons with other groups such as Outkast
and solo artists such as Eminem, Nelly and Jamelia. After a lengthy hiatus
following one member's drug addiction being revealed, Big Brovaz re-instated
their career in 2004 with new single "Yours Fatally". Expectations were high
following their previous string of top ten hits, although the single
disappointingly stalled at Number 15 in the UK Top 40 and third female
member Dionne left the band. Subsequently, the band were dropped by their
record label. This resulted in a three year gap before they finally released a
second studio album. In April 2007, new album Re-Entry was released,
although it was a commercial disaster and failed to chart.
Booty Luv was created during early recordings of Big Brovaz' Re-Entry album
when music executives offered Cherise and Nadia the chance to record and
promote a new version of R&B/soul singer Tweet's club hit "Boogie 2nite".
Following the poor sales of early singles from Re-Entry in mid-2006, the
girls accepted the offer and began recording their new version of the song,
initially only as a promotional track for the record label Hed Kandi. Six
months later in December, however, Booty Luv's version of "Boogie 2nite" was
decided to be released as an actual single in the UK and mainland Europe
following positive reviews from club DJs on the dance scene.
Boogie 2nite: 2006-2008
In late 2006 the video for "Boogie 2nite" was sent to top music channels and
the song was heavily promoted. The original dance remix by Seamus Haji was
chosen for the song's download and physical releases, while the video was
chosen to feature the remix by the group DB Boulevard.[2] The song
continued its success onto digital music video channels, holding Number 1
positions on the The Hits Most Selected and TMF Hitlist UK. The song was
released on download format a week before the physical release, and shot to
Number 1 on the 3 Download Chart and iTunes Top 100. This furthered its
success into the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at Number 19 on download
sales before climbing as high as Number 2 following its physical release. It
also became their first Number 1 single in the UK Dance Charts. Spending 17
weeks inside the UK Top 75, the positive response for "Boogie 2nite" resulted
in Booty Luv extending their contract with Hed Kandi to four follow up singles
and an album. The single has been certified silver by BPI denoting 200,000
copies sold.
In 2007, after taking several months to record their debut album, Booty Luv
released the follow-up single "Shine", a cover of the Luther Vandross song on
14 May.[3] It was well received by radio and added to the A-List on BBC Radio
1, peaking at Number 17 on the UK Airplay Chart. In its first week of release,
"Shine" entered the UK Singles Chart at Number 25 on downloads alone, and
became the group's second top ten single the following week when it jumped
15 places to Number 10 following its physical release, spending an eventual
seven weeks inside the UK Top 40. It also managed to hit the top spot on the
UK Dance Charts.
Their debut album Boogie 2nite was released 17 September 2007, one week
after third single Don't Mess With My Man (a cover of a Lucy Pearl song) made
the UK Top 20 at Number 11, and the UK Dance Charts at Number 1, taking
their number of UK Dance Number 1 singles to three. The album features the
three hit singles "Boogie 2nite", "Shine" and "Don't Mess with My Man", a new
cover as well as five original songs, including the latest UK Top 20 hit Some
Kinda Rush. The album is co-written by Booty Luv and two co-writers. On 24
September 2007, Boogie 2nite entered the UK Albums Chart at a respectable
Number 11 and just missed the top twenty the next week, falling to Number
26. It was officially certified as Silver by the BPI in late 2008, denoting 70,
000+ copies sold.
The fourth single to be released from the album was Some Kinda Rush, the
first original release by the group.[4] On the week commencing 28 November
2007, the song had a surge in download sales solely from the album
following the song's early promotion, when it entered the UK Top 100 at
Number 93, four weeks before its official download release. It continued to
hold inside the UK Top 100 before becoming Booty Luv's fourth consecutive
UK Top 20 hit when it rose to Number 19 following its combined physical and
download sales. On the week commencing 28 January 2008, the single
outlasted Don't Mess With My Man in the UK Top 40 despite its lower peak,
with Some Kinda Rush spending seven weeks on the chart, and Don't Mess
With My Man spending only four. Their debut album Boogie 2nite also
experienced a resurgence into the UK Top 100 following the success of Some
Kinda Rush. It re-entered the UK Top 100 Albums at Number 96, before
climbing as high as 87. The album has so far spent four weeks inside the UK
Top 100 following the release of Some Kinda Rush, and eight weeks in total.
In late 2007 iTunes offered fans the chance to download one of the original
songs from the album - "Something To Talk About" free of cost, since it was
the 'Free Single Of The Week'.
A fifth single from the album, "Dance Dance", was given a limited release
across Europe in 2008, managing to achieve Top 5 success in the
Netherlands' Dance Chart. It furthered this success onto the official
Netherlands chart, peaking at number 27. The CD tracklisting included two
new remixes and a megamix of the group's singles so far.
Say It, new album: 2009-present
Nadia and Cherise have confirmed in an interview with Digital Spy in 2007
that they planned to begin work on their second album in 2008. They also
mentioned that they were talking about future plans with Hed Kandi and
didn't want the next album to feature any cover versions, but for the new
album to contain only original songs.[5]
The first single from the new album is titled "Say It", and was premiered on
Friday 10 April 2009.[6] The first performance of the single was at Sony
Ericsson's Dance Nation Festival where the girls did a set. The musicality of
the song differs slightly to the previous material released by the band, being
more bassy and featuring lower pitched vocals. The single is due to be
released on 31 August 2009, and has already premiered on the official Hed
Kandi website and the video sharing site Youtube, gaining a review of
"amazing" and "incredible" from the former. The single was one of Popjustice's
'Single of the Day' on 10 April 2009. The official video has now been released
and is being played on the internet and on music channels, building up to the
song's official release. However, it has yet to gain mainstream play on 4music
and TMF, something which may affect the song's eventual chart position.
Nevertheless, it has been added to the B List on BBC Radio 1. So far the single
has climbed to number 23 on the UK Club Chart and number 30 on the World
chart. [7]
In an interview with Digital Spy in July 2009, Nadia revealed that the band had
been working with multiple producers, whereas with Boogie 2nite they only
worked with one. It was thus revealed that the album had a "an edgier style",
as described by Shepherd. She also commented that "some tracks have a real
R&B vibe to them, others are proper dance tracks and some are typical poppier
tracks. It's a really exciting mixture of sounds." Bandmate Cherise also stated
that they had been working with Fraser T. Smith, the producer behind Tinchy
Stryder's number one hit "Number One". The track they worked on with him is
apparently entitled "One Dance". As promotion for the track they have
performed the new single on GMTV and Party in the Park to name a few.
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