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School Gyrls Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S. Genres Pop, urban pop Years active 2008–present Labels Island Records, Ncredible records Associated acts Colette Carr, Aaron Fresh, Wonder Girls, Mariah Carey Website SchoolGyrls.net Members Monica Parales (2008-present)
Sade Austin (2010-present)
Lauren Chavez (2010-present)
Natalie Aguero (2011-present)
Rae Bello (2011-present)Past members Jasmine Villegas (2008)
Amanda Mosley (2008-2010)
Jacque Pyles (2008-2010)
Brittany Oaks (2011)School Gyrls is an American girl group. Signed to Nick Cannon's NCredible Entertainment, the group starred in an eponymous movie that premiered on Nickelodeon on February 21, 2010.[1] The group formed in 2008, and their self-titled studio album was released on March 23, 2010, charting at #118 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and was preceded by the single "Something Like a Party" and "Get Like Me".
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History
Nick Cannon was first introduced to Mandy Rain (real name Amanda Moseley, the daughter of actor/comedian Mark Moseley) on the set his reality show "Star Camp", where she was the youngest member of the Star Camp group, "The Giggle Club". After "Star Camp" wrapped, Cannon considered a solo career for Mandy, but decided instead to use her as the nucleus of a girl group; he also formulated a movie concept about three private school girls who meet in detention.
Cannon brought in Monica Anne Parales, who had auditioned for "The Giggle Club", but she wound up working on the "Jam-X Kids" project instead. Jasmine Villegas was the original third member of the group, but she left early on to pursue a solo career, after which Jacque Pyles was chosen.
The School Gyrls made their television debut with Nick Cannon on the season finale of E! television series Party Monsters Cabo in January 2009. The group's first CD was released under the Island Def Jam imprint. They opened for Korean-pop acts the Wonder Girls and 2PM at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, CA, on June 11, 2010.
The film, also called School Gyrls, written and directed by Cannon, premiered in February 2010.[2] It centers around three teen girl and their lives in high school, and features cameos from Reverend Run, Vanessa Simmons, Justin Bieber , Kristinia DeBarge, Soulja Boy, Mathias Anderle, Diggy Simmons, and others. A Very School Gyrls Holla-Day premiered on Nickelodeon on December 4, 2010. A couple of weeks ahead of filming the holiday movie, Cannon announced he was adding two new girls to the group, (then) 15 year old Sade Austin, and 18 year old Lauren Chavez. They also recorded a new Christmas album, A Very School Gyrls Holla Day, released in December, and a single, "Going to the Mall". In December 2010 Amanda Moseley and Jacquelyn Rae Pyles quit the School Gyrls to pursue solo careers. In 2011 Natalie Agureo and Brittany Oaks were added to the group but unfortunately Brittany Oaks left the School Gyrls due to personal reasons. In late 2011 Briana "Rae" Bello was added to the group to make The School Gyrls 5 members again.In 2011 the School Gyrls announced that they are coming out with a third movie called the wonder girls at the Apollo starring the Korean pop girl group, Wonder Girls and the School Gyrls sometime in 2012. On September 9th, the Gyrls performed at Crenshaw Plaza performing their new song, Slow Down, for the back-to-school bash.[3]
Discography
Albums
Year Album Peak chart positions U.S. U.S. Heat 2010 School Gyrls - Debut album
- Released: March 23, 2010
- Formats: CD, digital download
118 1 2010 A Very School Gyrls Holla-Day - Second album
- Released: December 14, 2010
- Formats: CD, digital download
— 1 Singles
Year Song Peak
chart
positionsAlbum U.S. Dance 2010 "Something Like a Party" 5 School Gyrls "I'm Not Just a Girl" — "Get Like Me" — "pump ya breaks(slow down)" Filmography
- School Gyrls meeting Marquis Evanx (2009)
- A Very School Gyrls Holla-Day (2010)
- Wonder Girls At The Apollo (film) (2012)
References
- ^ Starr, Michael (2009-12-15). "Cannon shot". New York Post. http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/cannon_shot_e2e3xbDLUyOSBuvr8qiKHJ#ixzz0b4KBWVmo.
- ^ Lloyd, Robert (20 February 2010). "'Gyrls' adds sass in class". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/feb/20/entertainment/la-et-school-gyrls20-2010feb20. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ http://www.mandmglobal.com/news/09-05-11/jy-park-brings-the-wonder-girls-to-the-apollo.aspx
External links
Singles "Something Like A Party" · "I'm Not Just a Girl" · "Get Like Me"Related articles Categories:- School Gyrls
- American pop music groups
- American girl groups
- Musical groups established in 2008
- Musical quintets
- Island Records artists
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