Lauren Bennett | |
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Born | Kent, United Kingdom |
23 June 1989
Genres | Pop, R&B |
Occupations | Singer, model, dancer |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Interscope Records, Will.i.am music group |
Website | www.lauren-bennett.com |
Lauren Bennett (born 23 June 1989) is a British singer, dancer and model. She is best known for her involvement with girl group the Paradiso Girls and her work with Cee Lo Green and LMFAO. She is the new lead singer in the new line-up of the Pussycat Dolls.
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Bennett was raised in Meopham, Kent and went to a song and dance school in Tunbridge Wells. She also auditioned for the third series of The X Factor in 2006 and made it to bootcamp, but was sent home.
Bennett was part of a girl group called Paradiso Girls. The group consisted of seven members at its formation in 2007, but by 2008 it had dropped to five. Each member comes from a different country: Chelsea Korka from the United States, Aria Crescendo from France, Kelly Beckett from Barbados, Shar Mae Amo from the Philippines and Lauren herself from the United Kingdom. The band was signed to Interscope Records. Their debut single "Patron Tequila" featuring Lil’ Jon and Eve was released on 12 May 2009 and reached 3 on the Hot Dance Club Play Chart and 82 in Canadian Hot 100. After their second single, "Who's My B***" was unsuccessful, the group was put on an indefinite hiatus in 2010.
After the group was put on an indefinite hiatus in 2010, she then went on to pursue a solo career. She featured in a remix of will.i.am's "I Got It from My Mama". She also joined in the Party Rock Tour with LMFAO. Later on that year she met Cee Lo Green, she was then featured on his album The Lady Killer on the track "Love Gun".
The following year, she was featured on LMFAO's international hit "Party Rock Anthem", which has sold over 5,000,000 digital downloads in the United States and reached number one in the U.S. for six weeks. She also is modeling for ViolentLips.[1]
Bennett still works with Robin Antin and is featured in the Pussycat Dolls' second fitness DVD. Talking to Billboard.com on the red carpet at the American Music Awards, Bennett confirmed herself as a part of the newly regrouped recording group. This makes her the first member of a brand new lineup that creator Robin Antin confirmed to Billboard was in the process of being built. "We're currently figuring out who's in the group and we're working on an album," Bennett says of the Pussycat Dolls.[2] In 2011 it was announced that a new line-up of the "sexy brand" would debut in February 2012 in a Go Daddy advertisement at the Super Bowl. A video posted showed Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Chrystina Sayers, Erica Kiehl Jenkins and Paula van Oppen as the current line-up.
Her debut solo single "I Wish I Wish"[3] was released on 21 November 2011 via Interscope Records.[4] The track was written by Esmée Denters, Billy Mann and produced by David Schuler.
Year | Single | Format | Notes | Album |
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2011 | "I Wish I Wish" | Digital download | Available through Amazon.com and iTunes.[5] | TBA |
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US | US Dance | CAN | BEl (FL) | AUS | DEN | FRA | NZ | IRE | UK | |||
2010 | "Love Gun" (Cee Lo Green featuring Lauren Bennett) |
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The Lady Killer | |||||||||
2011 | "Party Rock Anthem" (LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock)[6] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sorry for Party Rocking |
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yeah i'm flying coach but i'm so f*cking g6
my boyfriend ain't broke but my kiss is expensive
spending all the cash like i'm going out of business
so don't forget to celebrate, mondays are contagious
and i wish that: everyday we'll celebrate
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
i'll be dancing to the nuch
nobody knows
i don't wanna sleep,
i don't wanna sleep
take out all your money, spend it like a freak
everyday won;t stay a day
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
drinking from the tap but it tastes like champagne
yea, i'll be rocking my shades, i don't care if it's gonna rain
i'm singing in the shower like a sold out stadium
now all the ladies strike a pose
cause you know that you'll be killing them
yeah, yeah, yeah
and i wish that: everyday we'll celebrate
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
i'll be dancing to the nuch
nobody knows
i don't wanna sleep,
i don't wanna sleep
take out all your money, spend it like a freak
everyday won;t stay a day
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
i don't wanna sleep through life
i don't wanna sleep through life
i wish, i wish, i wish
i don't wanna sleep through life
i don't wanna sleep through life
no, no
i wish, i wish, i wish
no, no
i wish that:
and i wish that: everyday we'll celebrate
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
i'll be dancing to the nuch
nobody knows
i don't wanna sleep,
i don't wanna sleep
take out all your money, spend it like a freak
everyday won;t stay a day
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
oh-uh-oh oh, oh
i wish, i wish, i wish
i wish, i wish, i wish