4/2/2023 0 Comments Lioness eyes![]() ![]() The song was eventually recorded by Green and Lauren Bennett for his album The Lady Killer. Thornton's recording of the Cee Lo produced song "Love Gun" leaked to the internet around this time. On Vibe Magazine she stated that she is also working with Dre and Vidal. In June 2010 Rap-Up first announced that Thornton was working on her solo album with collaborators including Cee Lo Green, Polow da Don, and Lil Wayne. On February 20, 2010, in an interview for The Source Thornton explained that her songs will be different from the group's sound but will not going to abandon that pop demographic that she acquired through the Pussycat Dolls. Since her departure from the Pussycat Dolls, Thornton has remained an independent artist. In June 2010, Thornton confirmed she had departed the Pussycat Dolls and was working on a solo album. The group would then announce a hiatus Thornton then cameoed on Keri Hilson's music video " Slow Dance" and appeared as a panelist on E!'s Bank of Hollywood in which contestants must appeal to a celebrity panel to receive money. This would go on to lead to a public outburst by Thornton during the group's tour appearance while opening for The Circus Starring Britney Spears. ![]() Following the release of the group's single 2009 " Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)", tensions in the group rose due to Scherzinger being billed as a featured artist on the release. ![]() In January 2009, the group embarked on the Doll Domination Tour, their second headlining concert tour, which highlighted stops in Europe, Oceania and Asia, and grossed over $14 million. Doll Domination included the singles " When I Grow Up" and " I Hate This Part", which reached the top twenty on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Their second and final studio album Doll Domination was released in September 2008, the album attained its highest peak position on the US Billboard 200, but it is considered a commercial disappointment selling less than 400,000 copies in the US. Thornton was featured on Jibbs' single " Go Too Far", which was released on March 2007 it entered the top-twenty on the New Zealand Singles Chart. PCD went on to sell seven million copies worldwide and established the Pussycat Dolls as viable in the music industry earning them a reputation among the century's few breakout successes. Subsequent singles, " Stickwitu and " Buttons" also reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. They released their self-titled debut album in September 2005. Thornton didn't like the song in the beginning, as she found too controversial. The group released their first single, " Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes), which stands as group's most successful single to date peaked number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached the top in other 15 countries. Thornton was the youngest and the only member who did not have a background in dance. Thornton along with Bachar supplied vocals as secondary vocalists, while Scherzinger assumed the majority of the vocals as the lead singer. Thornton was selected to strengthen their vocal ability and joined Carmit Bachar, Ashley Roberts, Nicole Scherzinger, Jessica Sutta, and Kimberly Wyatt, and signed a contract with the Pussycat Dolls partnership, receiving a percentage of the group's revenues. The group's founder Robin Antin, struck a deal with Interscope Geffen A&M Records' Jimmy Iovine to develop the Pussycat Dolls into a brand and create a separate recording pop group. Thornton (second to the right) with the Pussycat Dolls performing onstage.Īt the age of 19, Thornton traveled to Burbank, California to audition for the Pussycat Dolls. After high school, she enrolled in college with the intention to major in music engineering, but dropped after one semester to join the Pussycat Dolls. Her first performance was at her school, where she sang " This Little Light of Mine" at the age of six, and continued to perform at local talent shows in Arizona. She was educated in Camelback High School. Melody Thornton is a native of Phoenix, Arizona and was born on September 28, 1984, to a family of Mexican and African-American descent. She has also done several stage works, including playing Rachel Marron in the musical The Bodyguard. Outside her music, she has competed on reality shows, Popstar to Operastar (2011), Dancing on Ice (2019) and won the fourth season of the Australian version of The Masked Singer (2022). As part of the group, she has received a Grammy Award nomination.įollowing her departure from the group in 2010, Thornton independently released a mixtape, P.O.Y.B.L (2012), and an EP, Lioness Eyes (2020). After graduating high school, Thornton became one the main vocalists of the pop girl group the Pussycat Dolls and released the albums PCD (2005) and Doll Domination (2008) becoming one of the world's best-selling girl groups. Melody Thornton (born September 28, 1984) is an American singer and television personality. ![]()
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