Puma Washington

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Puma Washington
Background information
Birth name	Sabrina Fredrica Washington
Born	27 October 1978
Origin	Harlesden, London, England
Genre(s)	R&B / Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter
Years active	2001-2005 (Band) 2005-Present (Solo)
Label(s)	Telstar (2001-2004) Reprise (2004-2005) Boomtunes (2006-Present)
Website	Official MySpace Profile

Puma Washington (born Sabrina Fredrica Washington on 27 October 1978 in Harlesden, London) is an English singer and dancer who rose to fame as the lead singer of the UK girl band, Mis-Teeq. Currently, Washington is recording tracks for her solo debut album Comfort Zone, to be released in Spring 2007.

1 Biography
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 Singles
3 External links

[edit] Biography

Washington's career begins in 1999, when she met Alesha Dixon and they joined Dance Attic (a popular dance class school in West London), and they became a duo. In 2000, when both Alesha and Puma were auditioning, they soon met with Su-Elise Nash, and formed a trio. Soon, they were signed to Inferno Records with the addition of a new member, Zena McNally, and they became the popular Garage/R&B girl band, Mis-Teeq. However, right after the release of their debut single "Why?", Zena McNally left the band to pursue her own solo career, and Mis-Teeq was signed to a higher record deal, Telstar Records.

Puma Washington (during her time and days in Mis-Teeq) went by her real name: Sabrina Washington.

Sabrina, Alesha, and Su-Elise released their debut album, Lickin' On Both Sides, in 2001. It featured the hits "All I Want", "One Night Stand", "B With Me" and "Roll On / This Is How We Do It". In 2003, they released their second album, Eye Candy featuring hits such as "Scandalous" (a song that rose to fame in Europe and United States), "Can't Get it Back" and "Style". Following the two albums, they toured the United States in 2004 and released their American self-titled debut album Mis-Teeq, a compilation of the two albums "Lickin' On Both Sides" and "Eye Candy", featuring such hits as "Scandalous" and "One Night Stand".

Telstar Records soon went backrupt and the band joined with Universal Recording Co. only to have agreed to have released a greatest hits and departing ways.

In 2005, they released a greatest hits compilation that contained all of the hits they released on both audio and video from Lickin' On Both Sides and Eye Candy . The last song they recorded together was "Shoo Shoo Baby", a song that was released for the Disney animated film Valiant. It was also a bonus track with the Greatest Hits.

In 2006, Washington signed a deal with indie record label, Boomtunes, and released a sub-division of her own: Miss Washington. She switched her name to Puma Washington and has received speculation from her name change. In June 2006, she released her own MySpace profile with a song titled Pocket Rocket. She has confirmed to recording the music video for the song in late August 2006, but has yet to have it released. Her solo debut album, titled Comfort Zone is expected to be released in Spring 2007.