Girlband was an Australian pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 group formed in 2006. There were four members, Renee Armstrong, Renee Bargh

Renee Bargh

Renee Bargh is an Australian celebrity and TV presenter, who is best known as a host of Channel [V] Australia. She is currently the weekend co-host and correspondent for Extra.- Early life :Renee was born in Southport, Queensland...

, Jess Smith and Patrice Tipoki.

Biography

The girls released their first single Party Girl

Party Girl (Girlband song)

"Party Girl" is a pop rock written by Kara DioGuardi and Greg Wells, recorded by Australian pop group Girlband as the first song released from their debut album Coming Out Fighting.-Music video:...

on 7 October 2006, it debuted and peaked at number forty-three on the ARIA Charts

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

. Their second single, Electric, was released on 28 April 2007.

In February 2007, the group traveled to Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, India to film a promotional song for Sajid Nadiadwala

Sajid Nadiadwala

- Career :Nadiadwala started as an AC Technician and then later worked as spot boy and graduated to become production assistant in his uncle's production house before establishing his own production company called "Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment"...

's fifteen million rupee 'Heyy Babyy'.

Later that year, the group supported a national tour for The Rogue Traders before disbanding in April 2007.

Before Girlband

Jess Smith has appeared in Blue Water High

Blue Water High

Blue Water High is an Australian television drama series, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on ABC1 and on Austar/Foxtel Nickelodeon channel in Australia and on various channels in many other countries...

, Home & Away and Always Greener

Always Greener

Always Greener was an Australian television drama/comedy series that aired on the Seven Network which followed the fortunes of two families, one from the city and the other from the country, when they decide to switch homes and start a new direction in life for themselves...

, as well as appearing in a range of stage productions that include Caroline O'Connor - All That Jazz

All That Jazz

All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Bob Fosse's manic effort to edit his...

.

Renee Bargh has been a back-up singer for Delta Goodrem

Delta Goodrem

Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...

 and appeared in a theatre productions that include Hats Off 2005 and Wimbledon Charity Ball 2004.

Renee Armstrong has appeared in Bootmen

Bootmen

Bootmen is a 2000 Australian comedy-drama film, directed by Dein Perry. It was distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures in Canada and USA and 20th Century Fox Distribution in Australia and funded by the Australian Film Finance Corporation...

(both film and stage productions), Home & Away and Always Greener.. Most recently she played Amber in the stage production of Hairspray in both Melbourne and Sydney.

Patrice Tipoki, is a WA

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

 Academy of Performing Arts Musical Theatre Graduate and has toured with a number of musical theatre productions, including We Will Rock You

We Will Rock You (musical)

We Will Rock You is a jukebox musical, based on the songs of Queen and named after their hit single of the same name. The musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor...

, Disney's The The Lion King

The Lion King (musical)

The Lion King is a musical based on the 1994 Disney animated film of the same name with music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice along with the musical score created by Hans Zimmer with choral arrangements by Lebo M. Directed by Julie Taymor, the musical features actors in animal costumes as well...

 (as the lead character of Nala) and most recently Wicked

Wicked

Wicked is generally used as an adjective to mean evil or sinful.Wicked may also refer to:* Wicked Pictures, an American pornographic studio...

, alternating the lead role of Elphaba

Elphaba

Elphaba Thropp is a fictional character in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway and West End adaptations, Wicked. In the original L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West is unnamed and little...

 with Jemma Rix

Jemma Rix

Jemma Rix is an Australian theatre performer, currently starring as Elphaba in the Australian touring production of Wicked. Previously, she played the role during the Sydney season, served as standby in Melbourne, and performed in the 30-minute show at Universal Studios Japan...

..

Singles

Year	Song	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...  chart peak
2006	"Party Girl Party Girl (Girlband song) "Party Girl" is a pop rock written by Kara DioGuardi and Greg Wells, recorded by Australian pop group Girlband as the first song released from their debut album Coming Out Fighting.-Music video:... "	43
2007	"Electric"	73

2008 Heyy Babyy (Indian movie special song appearance)

Albums

Year	Album	AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... chart peak
2006	"Coming Out Fighting"

External links

• Girlband official website