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Jenny Frost Profile |
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Birth Date: February 22, 1978
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Birth Place: Liverpool, England, UK
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Birth Name: Jennifer Frost
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
Jenny Frost was born on February 22, 1978, in the
illustrious British city of Liverpool. However, it's in
Manchester that she and her sister Shelley were raised.
Jenny, as she's always been known, benefitted from a father
who was musically inclined. When she was 9, for instance, he
picked her up from school and took her to a Level 42
concert.
So music was always a part of her life. In those days, her
music playlist assembled different genres such as New Kids
on the Block, Duran Duran, and Motown sounds. Still, Jenny
had other passions growing up.
In school, she was part of every sports team, as she was
quite apt physically. Through these activities, she not only
found time to dance, but her beauty led her to take on some
modeling assignments while she was still a teenager.
Upon her high school graduation, she began her show business
career by becoming the host of the popular TV show BBC
Holiday Programme. In this capacity, she traveled the world,
reporting on exotic locations like South Africa, Japan and
the Greek Isles.
In late 1998, Jenny and her best friend Sophie McDonnell
wanted to get into the music industry and form a band. At
the same time, they ran across an ad from Medicine
Management, which had the same band-creating goal.
Interested by the idea, Jenny and Sophie auditioned and soon
they were selected, along with Kalli Clark-Sternberg, Anya
Lahiri, and Louise Rose. This new group, which was for all
intents and purposes corporately motivated, came to be known
as Precious.
Recording was a priority and "Rewind" and "Say It Again"
were their first two singles. They both climbed to the Top
10 charts in Britain. The hit "Say It Again" was a winner at
the Great British Song Contest and it was then selected to
represent the United Kingdom in 1999's Eurovision Song
Contest.
Jenny and the Precious girls performed in Jerusalem, but
didn't win the competition, which was seen throughout the
world by over 350 million viewers. Nevertheless, "Say It
Again" was released in North America and Precious was
offered a recording contract from EMI.
The first and only Precious album was a self-titled affair
released in 2000. The band received a lot of airplay and
even found itself performing at the same shows as fellow
popular British female act, Atomic Kitten.
Atomic Kitten was a female trio -- made up of Kerry Katona,
Liz McLarnon and Natasha Hamilton -- that came to be in late
1999.
With songs like "Right Now," "See Ya," and "I Want Your
Love," these girls sold records by the millions and the Top
10 charts practically had their name engraved permanently.
However, in the beginning of 2001, Kerry Katona was getting
tired of the music scene. Her and husband-to-be Bryan
McFadden, a singer from Westlife, were expecting a baby and
so she left Atomic Kitten. Not wanting the group to
disintegrate, a replacement had to be found.
In January 2001, it was announced that Jenny Frost, who was
good friends with the Kitten members, would join the band.
Precious was now defunct and Jenny wanted to continue on her
musical path. She got there right in time for the release of
the first Atomic Kitten album called Right Now, which would
hit music stores in August of that year.
The band's new single was "Whole Again" and, at the last
minute, they replaced Kerry's vocals with Jenny's. The song
went straight to No. 1 in England and stayed there for four
consecutive weeks. It became one of the best sellers of
2001.
Their next release was the Bangles cover "Eternal Flame." It
too reached No. 1.
Not only did their debut album hit No. 1 in the UK in 2001,
they also garnered awards such as the Disney Award for Best
Pop Act, Smash Hits Poll Winners, and TV Hits Awards. The
band even got its slogan pinned on Prince Charles' chest at
the 2001 Party in the Park.
Jenny's personal life was also doing great. In January 2002,
she announced her engagement to her longtime boyfriend
Dominic Thrupp, known in club circles as DJ Dom T.
Also in 2002, the second Atomic Kitten album, Feels So Good,
was released. It found success as well, thanks to tracks
like "Be With You" and "The Last Goodbye."
Virgin Records wanted to cash in on this popularity and so
they offered the girls a U.S. deal. This American CD, simply
called Atomic Kitten, was released in April 2003. Even
though the sales numbers didn't equal those in Europe,
everyone was satisfied.
A third British album titled Ladies Night burst onto the
market in late 2003. The song "Someone Like Me" was the
first single, but it was obvious to everyone that the early
enthusiasm for Atomic Kitten was not to be repeated.
In January 2004, the radioactive pussycats announced that
they were splitting up. Natasha Hamilton was now a mother
and found it too stressful to juggle a music career and a
family. Instead of finding a replacement for her, the ladies
decided to call it quits after a March 2004 concert. A
Greatest Hits album was released around the same time as the
final farewell.
Yet Jenny wasn't ready for retirement. In April 2004, she
signed a solo record deal. Instead of taking the lucrative
big-time record label deal that was offered to her, she
chose the quieter path of a new company created just for her
by her management team. With this creative control, her
first single "Hey Kitty," which she recorded with Wu-Tang
Clan, is due out by the end of 2004.
With the ink still drying on her new contract, she signed
another deal. This time it was with modeling agency Premier
Model Management. Jenny plans on walking the catwalks for
fashion houses such as Dior and Gucci.
And as if this wasn't enough, she has also secured the
services of the American management company DAS, the guys
behind Wyclef Jean and Black Eyed Peas. This will allow her
to get a foothold in the United States. In the meantime,
Jenny is happily living in London. |
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Other
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Joined Atomic Kitten replacing Kerry Katona who left the
band to have a baby. [2001]
Was previously a member of a girl group Precious, who
represented the United Kingdom in the 1999 Eurovision Song
Contest
Member of pop group Atomic Kitten.
Jan 2002: Announced her engagement to long-term boyfriend
Dominic Thrupp, otherwise known as DJ Dom T |
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