Trends come and go with the
influx of new years and new seasons, but they always have a habit of repeating
themselves. This is certainly true in music: Everywhere we look, a boy band is
reuniting and preparing to put out a new single. Unfortunately, girl bands are
not taking the same cue. So, we investigated some of our favorite girl groups
gone south—hopefully they’ll make comebacks…that are bigger and better than the
boy bands!
Spice Girls
This U.K. girl band came
together in 1994 and churned out chart-topping hits such as “ Wannabe” and
“Headlines.” Their astronomical success
in ’96 through ’98 were unfortunately followed by group strife, and their
eventual disbandment. Various members have gotten together after the break-up
for different appearances; and they’ve had one major reunion, but it didn’t
last very long. The gang’s rumored to
reunite and perform at the Olympics closing ceremonies Aug. 12. Could this be
true?!
Destiny’s Child
An American R&B girl group
that made a huge impression on music in the ’90s and ’00s, they’ve had multiple
successful singles like “Say My Name,” “Survivor,” “Soldier,” and
“Bootylicious.” The group went through multiple member changes, but ultimately
had an extremely successful 14 years together.
We’d still love to see ’em blow up the stage one again.
Danity Kane
This all-American girl group
was created on the third installment of the reality TV series Making the Band. Their hit singles
include “Damaged” and “Show Stopper.” However, soon after their formation,
tension between group members and manager/mentor Sean “Diddy” Combs, caused the
gang to fall apart at the seams. They never were able to produce a third studio
album.
Pussycat Dolls
This girl pop group was
formed in 2004 by Robin Antin and released many different songs, which had a
pop-meets-burlesque vibe. Their hit singles? “Don’t Cha,” “Stickwitu” and
“Buttons.” The group performed from 2004-2009, and eventually disbanded, with a
second revival of the group, featuring completely different members, happened
in 2009. While the second coming of the PCD is great, we’d still love to see
the original dolls come back into the spotlight!
Dixie Chicks
This four-women country
music band came together in 1989, and produced multiple albums with hit singles
“ Wide Open Spaces,” “Cowboy Take Me Away,” and “Not Ready to Make Nice.” The
group became involved in widespread political controversy after publicly
disapproving of the war in Iraq and they’re currently on hiatus to be with their
families. Hopefully this group can make a comeback soon—they are role models
not only in music, but in the realm of freedom of expression.
The Cheetah Girls
We’d like to consider them
the Disney queens. The band became largely popular after the success of the
Disney Channel original movie The Cheetah
Girls. How could you forget their songs “So Bring it On” and “Fuego.”
Shortly after the premiere of their “One World” movie and tour, though, the
group was no more. These girls, now women, are such talented vocalists and
dancers—we hope to see them together again someday soon!
Which girl group do you want
to see reunited? Blog about it, babes.
BY CAMERON O’BRIEN ON 7/31/2012 10:00:00 AM
POSTED IN entertainment, concert, music, music we love, Celebs, television, Disney