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Shaznay Lewis |
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14th October 1975 |
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Islington, London, England, UK |
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Shaznay Tricia Lewis was born 14 October 1975 in Islington, London, UK and is a British female singer/songwriter and a former member of All Saints. Shaznay is 1 m 74 (5' 7"), multi-racial (Jamaican/Barbadian) and nick named Bart because she sounds like Bart Simpson when she raps.
She was generally regarded as the chief talent behind the popular girl group, who separated in 2001. Her musical influences are Rap and Missy Elliott and grew up listening to Bob Marley and Johnny Mathis. It was the music of Alanis Morissette who encouraged Shaznay to take her music one step further. On 21 August 2004 Shaznay married Christian Storm and is currently pregnant and expecting a baby.
Singing came natural for Shaznay who 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 Metamorphisis recording studios where Shaznay met Melanie Blatt in 1993 and proceeded to record together. Together with Simone Rainford they formed the band All Saints 1.9.7.5 which was later renamed to All Saints when Simone left and Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined Melanie and Shaznay.
Shaznay has been the most active songwriter of the All Saints and was responsible for writing most of the songs including many hits. In 2001 Shaznay won the Ivor Novello Award for best songwriting. After the group broke up, Shaznay was the last All Saint to pursue a solo career, releasing her debut single Never Felt Like This Before in July 2004. It reached #8 and is taken from the Top 30 album Open.
Shaznay also played in several films. In Bend it like Beckham (2001) Shaznay played Mel and also played a minor role in Hideous Man (2002). On November 14, 2004 Shaznay was involved in the Band Aid 20 re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas".
Discography
Albums
Solo
- Open (#22) (July 19, 2004)
With other bands
- All Saints (#2) with All Saints (November 24, 1997)
- The Remix Album (#104) with All Saints (December 29, 1998)
- Saints & Sinners (#1) with All Saints (October 14, 2000)
- All Hits (#18) with All Saints (November 5, 2001)
Singles
Solo
- Never Felt Like This Before (#8) (July 5, 2004)
- You (#56) (October 18, 2004)
With other bands
- Silver Shadow with All Saints 1.9.7.5. (February 1995)
- Let's Get Started with All Saints 1.9.7.5. (April 1995)
- If You Wanna Party with All Saints 1.9.7.5. (September 25, 1995)
- I Know Where It's At (#4) with All Saints (August 18, 1997)
- Never Ever (#1) with All Saints (November 10, 1997)
- Under The Bridge / Lady Marmalade (#1) with All Saints (April 27, 1998)
- I Wanna Be Your Lady with Hinda Hicks (August, 1998)
- Bootie Call (#1) with All Saints (August 31, 1998)
- War Of Nerves (#7) with All Saints (November 23, 1998)
- Pure Shores (#1) with All Saints (February 26, 2000)
- Black Coffee (#1) with All Saints (October 14, 2000)
- All Hooked Up (#7) with All Saints (January 27, 2001)
Other releases
- K-Gee feat. Shaznay Lewis - Stuck in yo head
- Featured on the Bounce to this album
- Played Mel in the Bend it like Beckham movie (2001)
- Played in the Hideous Man movie (2002)
- Cameo appearance on the I Don't Really Care video (2000) by K-Gee
External link
- Shaznay Lewis' Official Site
- Shaznay.com fansite
- Shaznay Lewis' Filmography at the Internet Movie Database
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