The Pussycat Dolls

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The Pussycat Dolls is a female burlesque dance troupe based in Los Angeles, as well as in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The group was founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995, and the group released their first single in 2004.

Biography

A number of celebrities have also guest-performed with the group. The dancers perform in lingerie and old-fashioned pin-up costumes and there is no nudity or explicit sex in their performances. The group has become internationally popular and has been featured in magazines, television specials for MTV and VH1, ad campaigns, and movies. Carmen Electra has been the group's lead performer for many of these magazine articles and television appearances, and she has been featured on stage with the Pussycat Dolls most frequently of all the celebrity performers. Nicole Scherzinger (a.k.a. Nicole Kea), a former member of the American Popstars winners Eden's Crush, has now become the group's lead singer. Other past and present members of the group include Carmit Bachar, Cyia Batten, Kasey Campbell, Kaya Jones, Ashley Roberts, Rachel Sterling, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt.

They congratulated themselves with their first hit "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes, originally recorded by Tori Alamaze) in 2005 by performing it in a club for their fans. It has peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on the Pop 100 and Hot Dance Music/Club Play singles charts. It has also reached #1 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, and debuted at #1 on the official UK Singles Chart on September 11, 2005. More recently, "Stickwitu" reached the No.1 spot in UK charts on 12/11/05.

The Pussycat Dolls released their debut album, PCD, on September 13, 2005. It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 selling over 99,000 copies.The album slipped down to number 15 on its second week, 23 its third week, 36 its fourth week, but returned to the top 30 thanks to the new single "Stickwitu".The album has been doing great on sales, since its release it has sold over 500,000 copies, acheiving a Gold certification. It continues to receive attention, spending its 20th week at number 20. The album features tracks produced by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland, Rich Harrison, Sean Garett, and Ron Fair. Will.i.am produced and rapped on "Beep", while Timbaland produced and rapped on "Wait A Minute".

In December 2005, the band won a Billboard Music Award for "Don't Cha" as Top Hot/Dance Club Play Single of the Year, the song was also nominated for Top-selling Single of the Year and Top-selling Dance Single of the Year.

In January 2006, the album PCD went platinum. In February 2006, they released the news that they would be going on tour with the Black Eyed Peas. Later that week MTV News released information on the group's next single, Buttons featuring Snoop Dogg.

Members

Current members

  • Carmit Bachar
  • Ashley Roberts
  • Nicole Scherzinger
  • Jessica Sutta
  • Melody Thornton
  • Kimberly Wyatt

Past members

  • Cyia Batten
  • Nadine Ellis
  • Staci Flood
  • Kasey Campbell
  • Rachel Sterling
  • Rebecca Pickering
  • Kaya Jones

Awards & nominations

  • 2005 Billboard Music Award win Top-selling R&B/Hip-Hop Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha' feat. Busta Rhymes.
  • 2005 Billboard Music Award win for Top Dance/Club Play Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha'.
  • 2005 Billboard Music Award nominations for Top Dance/Club Play Artist of the Year, Top-selling Dance Single of the Year for 'Don't Cha', and Top-selling Single of the Year.
  • 2005 UK Smash Hits Awards - win for Best Video of The Year ("Don't Cha")
  • 2006 DIE GOLDENE KAMERA IN GERMANY - win for Pop International
  • 2006 NOMINATED - Australia's VMAs - R&B Video of the Year

Discography

Albums

  • 2005 PCD: #5 US (RIAA Certification: Gold) #8 UK (Certification: 2xPlatinum), #16 AUS

Singles

Tours

  • 2005 Don't Cha Promotional Tour - US
  • 2005 X-mas Radio Show Tour - Jingle Ball & Santa Slam
  • 2005 PCD Album Promotional Tour
  • 2005 Don't Cha Promotional Tour - World Wide
  • 2005 Stickwitu pomotional Tour
  • 2006 Honda Civic Tour

Celebrities who have performed with the group

The Pussycat Dolls, with member Carmen Electra (bottom center), featured in Interview (magazine)

Female guests

  • Britney Spears
  • Carmen Electra
  • Pamela Anderson
  • Christina Applegate
  • Samaire Armstrong
  • Nikka Costa
  • Stacy Ferguson
  • Willa Ford
  • Paris Hilton
  • Shannon Elizabeth
  • Christina Aguilera
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Eva Longoria
  • Brittany Murphy
  • Kelly Osbourne
  • Pink
  • Jaime Pressly
  • Gwen Stefani
  • Charlize Theron
  • Dita Von Teese
  • Drew Barrymore
  • Lucy Liu
  • Cameron Diaz
  • Patti LaBelle

Male guests

  • Marc Almond
  • Chris Judd
  • Tom Jones
  • Andy Dick
  • Snoop Dogg

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