| Cherise & Nadia | |
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| Also known as | Booty Luv |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | Dance-pop, house, R&B |
| Years active | 2006–Present |
| Labels | Hed Kandi, Ministry of Sound, The Industry Sound |
| Associated acts | Big Brovaz, Sugababes |
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| Nadia Shepherd Cherise Roberts |
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Cherise & Nadia, also known as Booty Luv, are an English dance group formed in June 2006 via the Hed Kandi label. The group comprises 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-certified studio solo album as a twosome, and have had five top twenty hits in the UK.[2] They have also achieved international success, gaining hits in Ireland, Poland, the Netherlands and Germany.
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Roberts and Shepherd both began their career in the R&B group Big Brovaz, who had considerable success following their launch in 2002. Roberts 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 Singles Chart and third female member Dionne left the band. Subsequently, the band were dropped by their record label. In April 2007, a third album, Re-Entry, was released, although it failed to chart.
Booty Luv was created during early recordings of Re-Entry, when music executives offered Roberts and Shepherd 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.
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.[3] The song became their first number-one single in the UK Dance Chart. Spending 17 weeks inside the UK Top 75, "Boogie 2nite" resulted in Booty Luv extending their contract with Hed Kandi to four follow-up singles and an album.
In May 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.[4] It was well received by radio and became the group's second top ten single, spending an eventual seven weeks inside the UK Top 40. It also hit the top spot on the UK Dance Chart.
Their debut album, Boogie 2nite, was released in September 2007, one week after third single "Don't Mess With My Man" (a cover of a Lucy Pearl song) peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart and became their third number-one dance hit. The album featured five original tracks co-written by Booty Luv, including the fourth single, "Some Kinda Rush" (a number 19 hit in December 2007).[5] Boogie 2nite entered the UK Albums Chart at number 11 and was certified Silver by the BPI in late 2008, denoting 60,000 copies sold. In late 2007, the UK iTunes Store offered the track "Something to Talk About" as its 'Free Single of the Week'.
A fifth single from the album, "Dance Dance", was given a limited release across Europe in 2008, and reached the top five on the Netherlands dance chart (peaking at number 27 on the main chart).
Roberts and Shepherd 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 wanted the album to contain only original songs.[6] In an interview with Digital Spy in July 2009, Shepherd revealed that the band had been working with multiple producers and that the album had a "an edgier style". 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." Roberts stated that they had been working with Fraser T. Smith.[7]
The first single from the new album, "Say It", and was premiered in April 2009.[8] The first performance of the single was at Sony Ericsson's Dance Nation Festival. The single was released in August 2009 and continued the band's run of UK top 20 hits, debuting at number 16.
Booty Luv have a new name, Cherise & Nadia, and a new official website at www.cheriseandnadia.com. They performed in 2011 at Nottingham Pride and Cardiff Pride. They have been signed to the Industry Sound record label and will release a single entitled "This Night".
As confirmed in December on Booty Luv's official Facebook The single published in 2011 'This Night' was only intended to be a 'buzz single' and therefore was never meant for an official commercial release.
Following on from 'This Night' will be their official first single 'Black Widow' which will be accompanied by a music video recently filmed at a night club in Hurghada, Egypt which includes a latex scene as mentioned on Booty Luv's official Twitter earlier in December 2011. 'Black Widow' is intended for an early 2012 release but no official release date has been confirmed.
It is still not yet confirmed if the duo are releasing material under Booty Luv, Nadia & Cherise or Booty Luv: AKA Nadia & Cherise but an album will Black Widow
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| 2009 | "Say It Now"
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| 2006 | "Boogie 2nite" |
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| 2007 | "Shine" |
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| 2008 | "Dance Dance" 1 |
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| 2009 | "Say It" |
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| 2011 | "This Night" |
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| Year | Video | Director(s) |
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| 2006 | "Boogie 2Nite" | Jonny Mourgue[12] |
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| 2008 | "Dance Dance" | |
| 2009 | "Say It" | Emile Nava[13] |
| 2011 | "This Night" | Moonrunners[14] |
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