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Origin | United States |
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Years active | 2007–2011 |
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The Stunners were an American girl group formed in Los Angeles in 2007. Originally the members were Allie Gonino, Hayley Kiyoko, Marisol Esparza, Kelsey Sanders, and Tinashe. In July 2009 after the debut single "Bubblegum", Sanders left the group and was replaced by Lauren Hudson. The group disbanded in 2011.
In 2007, Allie Gonino, Hayley Kiyoko, Kelsey Sanders, Marisol Esparza, and Tinashe became friends and formed the group. Six months later, the group signed with Columbia Records and contributed a song to the iCarly soundtrack. [1] The debut single wasn't released and, in 2009, the group left Columbia [2] and signed a production deal with Lionsgate Entertainment, who also produced a scripted television show pilot based on the group, which was ordered by MTV. [2] [3] On March 18, 2009, they released a single titled "Bubblegum" to iTunes along with the official video for the single. In July 2009, Sanders left the group to pursue her acting career [4] and was substituted by Lauren Hudson.
On September 29, 2009, the girls released a 5-song EP influenced by Madonna, Gwen Stefani, and Rihanna. [4] On December 13, 2009, they appeared on Anything Anything with Rich Russo where they performed an a cappella version of "Santa Bring My Soldier Home". In late December 2009, they released the single "We Got It", with a music video released in February 2010. [2] The group performed the song on The Today Show [5] as well as The Wendy Williams Show . [2] [6] In 2010, they signed to Universal Republic Records [2] and released the single "Dancin' Around the Truth" to iTunes as well as Top 40 radio stations. [7] The music video premiered June 2, just before the group was announced as an opening act on Justin Bieber's My World Tour. [8] They released a holiday single in December 2010, produced by Desmond Child, and written by the five members of the group, [9] titled "Santa Bring My Soldier Home" and encouraged donations the USO for soldiers overseas, not with their families for the holidays. [6]
They had finished their run after twenty dates on the tour and returned to LA to record new songs with producers and writers such as Toby Gad, The Cataracs, Dave Broome, [10] Livvi Franc, [11] Sheppard Soloman, Jimmy Harry and Tony Kanal of No Doubt fame. [12] They shot a fourth music video in the desert of California in November for their new song "Spin The Bottle" which premiered on December 31, 2010. A full album along with an official second single titled "Heart Stops Beating", written by Tinashe and Allie and produced by Orange Factory Music was planned, [13] but canceled when the group disbanded in 2011. [2] [14] [15]
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The Stunners [16] [17] |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
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US Dance [18] | US A/C [19] | |||||||||||||
"Bubblegum" [20] | 2009 | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
"We Got It" [21] | 14 | — | The Stunners | |||||||||||
"Dancin' Around the Truth" [22] (featuring New Boyz) | 2010 | — | — | |||||||||||
"Spin the Bottle" [23] | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||||||||
"Santa Bring My Soldier Home" [24] | — | 19 | ||||||||||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Album |
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"Let's Hear It for the Boy" | 2008 | iCarly |
Title | Year | Director |
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"Bubblegum" | 2009 | Mike Nazzaro [25] |
"We Got It" | 2010 | Garrett Rosenblum and Ori Ravid [26] |
"Dancin' Around the Truth" | Smallz and Rasking [27] | |
"Spin the Bottle" | Travis Hoffman [28] | |
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