IQ (girl group)

IQ
Origin Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA
Genres Pop/Hip-hop, R&B
Years active 20052008
Labels Bungalo Records/Universal Music
Website IQMusicGirls.com
Past members Nyla Williams
Lauren Mafera
Gicelle Valerio
Sadiea Williams
Mikayla Campbell

IQ was an American teenage pop and hip hop girl group. The group consisted of sisters Sadiea and Nyla Williams, Gicelle Valerio and Lauren Mafera, all from Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Mikayla Campbell is from Fitchburg, Massachusetts left the group in 2007, Mafera as her replacement. The group split in 2008 to pursue other projects.

Members

History

IQ first formulated through a school talent show. Sisters Sadiea and Nyla, asked their father, Mark, to compose songs for their performances. The girls performed the song "School" (a later song on their debut album). The overall response from young people was outstanding. Campbell and Valerio joined the group later to make the group four. In the group, the Williams sisters and Valerio both rap and perform back-up singing vocals. Mafera is the main vocalist (The group's former main vocalist, Campbell left IQ in 2007).

IQ performed in Boston, New York and Hollywood to promote the release of their EP, It's Like That, initially released on Apple iTunes in May 2005. On New Year's Eve of 2005, they performed at the Disney Jingle Jam in Boston with B5, Everlife and Jada. In 2006, they released a re-make of the Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons song "Big Girls Don't Cry" as their first single on Radio Disney[3]

IQ continued to perform shows with Radio Disney and obtained the prestige of becoming a Radio Disney Incubator artist. In July 2006, their debut album, Roll Call in July, distributed by WPE Music, LLC through Bungalo/Universal.

In February 2008, the group released their sophormore album, Crush on Bungalo Records/Universal Music. The debut single from the album is "Crush on U" and a remixed version which includes artists such as Mighty Mystic; a Jamaican musician, Baby Boy Da Prince, CL Smooth and J. R. Writer from Dipset.

Campbell departed from the group to pursue a career on Broadway in 2007. Lauren Mafera replaced Campbell during the grouo's final year as a group. In 2008, the group split up when all the members went to different colleges.

Discography

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