The Pussycat Dolls are a female burlesque dance troupe based in Los
Angeles, as well as in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The group was
founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1993.
A number of celebrities have also guest-performed with the group. The
dancers perform in lingerie and old-fashioned pin-up costumes and
there is no nudity or explicit sex in their performances. The group
has become nationally popular and has been featured in magazines,
television specials for MTV and VH1, ad campaigns, and movies. Carmen
Electra has been the group's lead performer for many of these magazine
articles and television appearances, and she has been featured on
stage with the Pussycat Dolls most frequently of all the celebrity
performers. Nicole Scherzinger (a.k.a. Nicole Kea), a former member of
the American Popstars winners Eden's Crush, has now become the group's
lead singer. Other past and present members of the group include
Carmit Bachar, Cyia Batten, Kasey Campbell, Kaya Jones, Ashley
Roberts, Rachel Sterling, Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly
Wyatt.
They congratulated themselves with their first hit "Don't Cha"
(featuring Busta Rhymes, originally recorded by Tori Alamaze), in 2005
by performing it in a club for their fans. It has peaked at #2 on the
US Billboard Hot 100 and reached #1 on the Pop 100 and Hot Dance
Music/Club Play singles charts. It has also reached #1 on the
Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, and debuted at #1 on the official UK
Singles Chart on September 11, 2005. In doing so, the Pussycat Dolls
became only the fourth ever girl band to enter the UK charts at #1
with their debut single. (The other girl bands are B*Witched, the
Spice Girls, and Girls Aloud.
The Pussycat Dolls released their debut album, PCD, on September 13,
2005. It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 selling about 99,000
copies, but quickly fell off the charts. The album features tracks
produced by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland, Rich
Harrison, Polow, and Ron Fair. Will.i.am produced and rapped on
"Beep", while Timbaland produced and rapped on "Wait A Minute".
Current members:
Carmit Bachar
Ashley Roberts
Nicole Scherzinger
Jessica Sutta
Melody Thornton
Kimberly Wyatt
Discography
Albums
2005 PCD #5 US, #8 UK
Singles
2005 "Don't Cha" (featuring Busta Rhymes) #2 (#1 on pop chart) US, #1
UK, #1 New Zealand, #1 Australia, #9 Slovakia, #4 Denmark, #3
Netherlands, #1 Belgium, #3 Norway, #15 Finland, #7 Sweden, #1 Italy,
#6 France, #2 Austria, #1 Germany, #1 Ireland, #1 Europe, #1 Canada,
#1 World: Music Charts Singles
2005 "Stickwitu" #67 US
2005 "Beep" (featuring will.i.am)
Official website: www.pussycatdolls.com.