Shaznay Lewis
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Shaznay Lewis is a British female singer-songwriter and a former member of All Saints
.
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. 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".
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. 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". 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.
or All Saints discography
for details of Lewis' releases with All Saints.
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|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|K-Gee
music video for "I Don't Really Care"
|align="left"|Guest appearance
|-
|align="left"|2001
|align="left"|Bend It Like Beckham
|align="left"|Mel, supporting role
|-
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|Hideous Man (film)
|align="left"|Minor role
|-
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Estelle
's music video for "Free"
|align="left" rowspan="2"|Guest appearance
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|align="left"|2005
|align="left"|N-Dubz
's music video "Lifeless"
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All Saints (group)
All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...
.
Biography
Shaznay Lewis was a member of the popular girl groupGirl group
A girl group is a popular music act featuring several young female singers who generally harmonise together.Girl groups emerged in the late 1950s as groups of young singers teamed up with behind-the-scenes songwriters and music producers to create hit singles, often featuring glossy production...
All Saints (1996–2001 and 2006–2009). Her musical influences include rap
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
and Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott , is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actressA five-time Grammy Award winner, Elliott, with record sales of over seven million in the United States, is the only female rapper to have five albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one...
; in addition, she grew up listening to Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
and Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
. 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
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...
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
Curiosity Killed the Cat
Curiosity Killed the Cat was a British pop band that found success in the UK Singles Chart in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Career:The band tried to play soulful, jazzy, and funky pop music and was initially signed to Phonogram Records' Mercury imprint. They first came to notice of the UK music...
by her friends who took her to the Metamorphisis recording studios on All Saints Road, London and started doing backing vocals. It was at the Metamorphosis recording studios where she met Melanie Blatt
Melanie Blatt
Melanie Ruth Blatt is a singer, actress, television personality and was a member of the multi-million selling girl group All Saints. Following their split she launched a solo career.-Early life:...
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
All Saints (group)
All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...
. Soon after Rainford left the group and Nicole
Nicole Appleton
Nicole Marie Appleton-Gallagher is a Canadian pop singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of All Saints. She was formerly a member of Appleton along with her older sister Natalie.-Early life:...
and Natalie Appleton
Natalie Appleton
Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett is a Canadian pop singer and actress who rose to fame as a member of the band All Saints. During All Saints' five years of inactivity, she was a member of Appleton with her younger sister Nicole.-Biography:...
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
Ivor Novello
David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter...
Award for best songwriting. After the group broke up, Lewis released her debut solo single "Never Felt Like This Before
Never Felt Like This Before
"Never Felt Like This Before", Shaznay Lewis' first single from the Open album, was released 2004. It peaked in the UK charts at #8.-Track listing:-Song information:-Charts:-Video:...
" in July 2004. It reached no. 8 and is taken from the Top 30 album Open. The next single released was "You
You (Shaznay Lewis song)
"You" is Shaznay Lewis' second single from the Open album and was released 2004. It peaked in the UK charts at #56.-Tracklist:-Song information:-Charts:-Remixes:"You"* Housebreakerz Remix* Single edit* Srdjan Radio Remix* Switch Remix...
" 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
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...
(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
Band Aid 20
Band Aid 20 was the 2004 incarnation of the charity group Band Aid. The group, which included Chris Martin of Coldplay, Bono of U2, and Paul McCartney, re-recorded the 1984 song "Do They Know It's Christmas?", written by Band Aid organizers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure.-Recording:The song was recorded...
re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas".
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
Studio 1 (album)
-Special edition DVD:-Singles:-Release history:-Charts:-External links:*...
on 13 November 2006. 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
Studio 1 (album)
-Special edition DVD:-Singles:-Release history:-Charts:-External links:*...
. The album peaked at no. 40 in the UK album charts. Parlophone Records then released their second single "Chick Fit
Chick Fit
"Chick Fit" is a song performed by British-Canadian recording girl group All Saints from their third and final studio album Studio 1. It was released as a promotional single from the album on 26 February 2007...
", but this failed to reach the top 200. All Saints then parted with the record label.
In January 2008 Lewis featured on the Wideboys
Wideboys
The Wideboys are UK house, Bassline and UK garage Record producers and remixers.The Wideboys are managed by Matt Waterhouse from MWR/Hyperactive. In 2008, they signed to Sony ATV Music Publishing. Prior to this, The Wideboys had been signed in various deals with the likes of Warner, Univeral and...
track, "Daddy O". The single was released on 5 May 2008. Lewis is currently writing songs for other projects. She's credited as songwriter in Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...
's track "Reach Out", which was featured on their 2009 album Where We Are
Where We Are
Where We Are is the ninth studio album and tenth album overall by the Irish boyband Westlife. It was released on 27 November 2009 in Ireland and 30 November 2009 in the UK through Syco Music...
, and also co-wrote the CocknBullKid
CocknBullKid
Anita Blay better known by her professional name CocknBullKid, is an English singer-songwriter. Her first releases were released under the name thecocknbullkid.-Career:...
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 SaintsAll Saints (group)
All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...
or All Saints discography
All Saints discography
The discography of the British pop group All Saints, consists of three studio albums, two compilation albums, one remix album, one live album, one video album and ten singles between London Records and Parlophone Records.-Studio albums:-Compilation albums:...
for details of Lewis' releases with All Saints.
Albums
| Statistics | Singles |
|---|---|
Open
|
Never Felt Like This Before "Never Felt Like This Before", Shaznay Lewis' first single from the Open album, was released 2004. It peaked in the UK charts at #8.-Track listing:-Song information:-Charts:-Video:... " You (Shaznay Lewis song) "You" is Shaznay Lewis' second single from the Open album and was released 2004. It peaked in the UK charts at #56.-Tracklist:-Song information:-Charts:-Remixes:"You"* Housebreakerz Remix* Single edit* Srdjan Radio Remix* Switch Remix... " |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
GER Mediabase Mediabase is a music industry service that monitors radio station airplay in 180 US and Canadian markets. Mediabase publishes music charts and data based on the most played songs on terrestrial and satellite radio, and provides in-depth analytical tools for radio and record industry professionals... |
ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... |
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| 2003 | "Dream the Dream" (Cancelled single) |
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| 2004 | "Never Felt Like This Before Never Felt Like This Before "Never Felt Like This Before", Shaznay Lewis' first single from the Open album, was released 2004. It peaked in the UK charts at #8.-Track listing:-Song information:-Charts:-Video:... " |
8 | 19 | 82 | — | ||||
| "You You (Shaznay Lewis song) "You" is Shaznay Lewis' second single from the Open album and was released 2004. It peaked in the UK charts at #56.-Tracklist:-Song information:-Charts:-Remixes:"You"* Housebreakerz Remix* Single edit* Srdjan Radio Remix* Switch Remix... " |
56 | — | — | 69 | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
As featured performer
| Year | Single | Chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
IRE Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
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... |
NZ | ||||||
| 1997 | "I Wanna Be Your Lady I Wanna Be Your Lady "I Wanna Be Your Lady" was the first single released from the Hinda album of Hinda Hicks and features Shaznay Lewis on vocals. It charted at 109 in the UK Singles Chart on its first release, but peaked on #14 on its second release of 15 August 1998.... " (Hinda Hicks Hinda Hicks Hinda Hicks is a Tunisian born singer, with British nationality having moved to West Sussex as a child.-Introduction:Hicks originally sang with an R&B band called the Fabulous Fug Band and at one time sent a demo of her vocals alongside Aretha Franklin's "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" to Phil... featuring Shaznay Lewis) |
14 | — | — | — | ||||
| 2008 | "Ice Cream" (Anthony Asher featuring Shaznay Lewis) | 25 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Daddy-O" (Wideboys Wideboys The Wideboys are UK house, Bassline and UK garage Record producers and remixers.The Wideboys are managed by Matt Waterhouse from MWR/Hyperactive. In 2008, they signed to Sony ATV Music Publishing. Prior to this, The Wideboys had been signed in various deals with the likes of Warner, Univeral and... featuring Shaznay Lewis) |
32 | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||
Filmography
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|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|K-Gee
K-Gee
K-Gee is the alias for Karl Gordon, a British DJ, producer and songwriter and former member of the Outlaw Posse.Gordon was brought up listening to reggae by his father and was inspired to become a DJ after listening to Grandmaster Flash's "The Message" and other early hip-hop tracks.K-Gee and his...
music video for "I Don't Really Care"
|align="left"|Guest appearance
|-
|align="left"|2001
|align="left"|Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...
|align="left"|Mel, supporting role
|-
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|Hideous Man (film)
|align="left"|Minor role
|-
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Estelle
Estelle (singer)
Estelle Fanta Swaray commonly known as Estelle, and formerly as Est'elle, is an English R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer.-Early Life:Estelle was born 18 January 1980 in Hammersmith, London, England...
's music video for "Free"
|align="left" rowspan="2"|Guest appearance
|-
|align="left"|2005
|align="left"|N-Dubz
N-Dubz
N-Dubz are a British hip hop group from Camden Town, London. The group consists of members Dappy, Tulisa Contostavlos and Fazer.N-Dubz were previously signed to Polydor Records before joining All Around the World Records...
's music video "Lifeless"
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