Shaznay Lewis

Shaznay Lewis
Background information
Birth name	Tricia Marie Lewis
Born	14 October 1975 (1975-10-14) (age 36)
Origin	London, England
Genres	Hip hop, R&B, electronica
Instruments	Singing
Years active	1993–2001, 2006–2010 (group) 2004–2005 (solo)
Labels	London Records
Associated acts	All Saints
Website	Shaznay Lewis

Shaznay Lewis (born Tricia Marie Lewis^[1] 14 October 1975 in Islington, London) is a British female singer-songwriter and a former member of All Saints.

Biography

Shaznay Lewis was a member of the popular girl group All Saints (1996–2001 and 2006–2009). Her musical influences include rap and Missy Elliott; in addition, she grew up listening to Bob Marley and Johnny Mathis. As a teenager Lewis played three matches for Arsenal Ladies, a successful ladies' football team in London, UK. She returned to football in the 2002 hit movie Bend It Like Beckham in the role of the team captain and can be seen playing football in several training and match scenes.

Lewis had been entering singing contests since the age of thirteen. At a party she was introduced to Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot of Curiosity Killed the Cat by her friends who took her to the Metamorphisis recording studios on All Saints Road, London and started doing backing vocals.^[2] It was at the Metamorphosis recording studios where she met Melanie Blatt in 1993 and they proceeded to record together. Together with Simone Rainford they formed the group All Saints 1.9.7.5 which was later renamed All Saints. Soon after Rainford left the group and Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined.

Lewis was the most active songwriter of the All Saints and was responsible for writing most of their songs including many hits. In 2001 she won the Ivor Novello Award for best songwriting. After the group broke up, Lewis released her debut solo single "Never Felt Like This Before" in July 2004. It reached no. 8 and is taken from the Top 30 album Open. The next single released was "You" which charted at #56 and which featured a romantic video with an image of her husband in the clouds.

Lewis has also appeared in several films. In Bend it like Beckham (2002) she played Mel. She also played a role in Hideous Man (2002). On 14 November 2004 Shaznay was involved in the Band Aid 20 re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas".^[3]

On 21 August 2004 Lewis married dancer Christian "Storm" Horsfall. They had her first child, a son named Tyler-Xaine, in February 2006. On 24 January 2006 it was announced that All Saints had reformed with a new recording contract and would release a new album, Studio 1 on 13 November 2006.^[4] She performed with All Saints on live television for the first time since reforming on the UK light entertainment program, Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on 21 October 2006. All Saints' comeback began well, with their single, "Rock Steady", reaching no. 3 in the UK charts. They quickly followed this with the release of their comeback album Studio 1. The album peaked at no. 40 in the UK album charts. Parlophone Records then released their second single "Chick Fit", but this failed to reach the top 200. All Saints then parted with the record label.

In January 2008 Lewis featured on the Wideboys track, "Daddy O".^[5] The single was released on 5 May 2008. Lewis is currently writing songs for other projects. She's credited as songwriter in Westlife's track "Reach Out", which was featured on their 2009 album Where We Are, and also co-wrote the CocknBullKid track "Distractions" from her 2011 album Adulthood In November 2009, Lewis and her husband had their second child, a daughter named Tigerlily.

Discography

See also All Saints or All Saints discography for details of Lewis' releases with All Saints.

Albums

Statistics	Singles
Open Released: 19 July 2004 Label: London Records Sales: ? UK Albums Chart – #22	"Never Felt Like This Before" "You"

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions				Album
		UK[6]	NZ	GER	ITA
2003	"Dream the Dream" (Cancelled single)	—	—	—	—	Bend It Like Beckham OST
2004	"Never Felt Like This Before"	8	19	82	—	Open
	"You"	56	—	—	69
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

As featured performer

Year	Single	Chart positions				Album
		UK	IRE	AUS	NZ
1997	"I Wanna Be Your Lady" (Hinda Hicks featuring Shaznay Lewis)	14	—	—	—	Hinda
2008	"Ice Cream" (Anthony Asher featuring Shaznay Lewis)	25	—	—	—
	"Daddy-O" (Wideboys featuring Shaznay Lewis)	32	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Filmography

This is a list details Lewis' appearances in various films / music videos:

Year Appearance Role 2000 K-Gee music video for "I Don't Really Care" Guest appearance 2001 Bend It Like Beckham Mel, supporting role 2002 Hideous Man (film) Minor role 2004 Estelle's music video for "Free" Guest appearance 2005 N-Dubz's music video "Lifeless" References ^ "LEWIS TRICIA MARIE". Births Registered in January February March 1976. London: General Register Office. pp. (page 727). http://content.ancestry.co.uk/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=8964&path=1976.Q1-Jan-Feb-Mar.L.32. Retrieved 13 October 2008.  Scanned image of the original document. Restricted access. ^ All Saints A to Z biography Accessed 2 December 2006 ^ Shaznay.com news page Accessed 2 December 2006 ^ Contact music: All Saints confirm reunion Accessed: 7 Aug 2006 ^ http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=96242641 ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 320. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.  External links Shaznay Lewis' Official Site Shaznay Lewis at the Internet Movie Database Persondata Name Lewis, Shaznay Alternative names Short description Date of birth 14 October 1975 Place of birth Date of death Place of death