Biography
Widely regarded as possessing the standout vocal prowess among Girls Aloud’s lineup, Nadine Coyle became the second member of the phenomenally popular outfit to venture into solo work, mirroring the path previously taken by Cheryl Cole. She entered the world in Derry, Northern Ireland, during 1985 and, spurred on by her parents, began performing from a tender age before committing an early recording to tape and forwarding it to Boyzone manager Louis Walsh.
During 2001 she tried out for the Irish edition of Popstars and secured a spot in the mixed boy/girl group Six, only to be removed once officials realized she was just 16—two years below the contest’s minimum age requirement. Walsh urged her toward Popstars: The Rivals, the program designed to assemble both a chart-topping boy band and girl group; she advanced to the live shows, where renditions of “Fields of Gold,” “When I Fall in Love,” and “Show Me Heaven” positioned her as a frontrunner. Ultimately she was chosen third for the final roster, yet a mere fortnight afterward the freshly minted Girls Aloud claimed the summit of the charts with “Sound of the Underground,” outpacing the show’s parallel creation, One True Voice.
The quintet emerged as one of the defining pop forces of the noughties, amassing twenty successive Top Ten singles, two chart-topping albums, and a Brit Award for Best British Single with “The Promise.” Following the members’ 2009 announcement of an indefinite break, Coyle turned to independent projects and laid down tracks—still unreleased—with Boyz II Men and Jay Sean. Her initial solo outing arrived the next year when she delivered “Love Me for a Reason” on a television homage to Stephen Gately.
Although early speculation suggested a Geffen Records contract, she instead revealed an unanticipated alliance with Tesco’s fledgling imprint, an arrangement that would restrict her debut album to the supermarket’s shelves—a strategy previously employed by Faithless and Simply Red. Titled Insatiable, the record arrived at the close of 2010 and incorporated input from Lucie Silvas, Tiësto, and William Orbit, along with the title track penned by Guy Chambers. Coyle also established her own imprint, Black Pen Records; acquired the Los Angeles pub Nadine’s Irish Mist; and featured in the clip for Natasha Bedingfield’s “I Wanna Have Your Babies.”
During 2001 she tried out for the Irish edition of Popstars and secured a spot in the mixed boy/girl group Six, only to be removed once officials realized she was just 16—two years below the contest’s minimum age requirement. Walsh urged her toward Popstars: The Rivals, the program designed to assemble both a chart-topping boy band and girl group; she advanced to the live shows, where renditions of “Fields of Gold,” “When I Fall in Love,” and “Show Me Heaven” positioned her as a frontrunner. Ultimately she was chosen third for the final roster, yet a mere fortnight afterward the freshly minted Girls Aloud claimed the summit of the charts with “Sound of the Underground,” outpacing the show’s parallel creation, One True Voice.
The quintet emerged as one of the defining pop forces of the noughties, amassing twenty successive Top Ten singles, two chart-topping albums, and a Brit Award for Best British Single with “The Promise.” Following the members’ 2009 announcement of an indefinite break, Coyle turned to independent projects and laid down tracks—still unreleased—with Boyz II Men and Jay Sean. Her initial solo outing arrived the next year when she delivered “Love Me for a Reason” on a television homage to Stephen Gately.
Although early speculation suggested a Geffen Records contract, she instead revealed an unanticipated alliance with Tesco’s fledgling imprint, an arrangement that would restrict her debut album to the supermarket’s shelves—a strategy previously employed by Faithless and Simply Red. Titled Insatiable, the record arrived at the close of 2010 and incorporated input from Lucie Silvas, Tiësto, and William Orbit, along with the title track penned by Guy Chambers. Coyle also established her own imprint, Black Pen Records; acquired the Los Angeles pub Nadine’s Irish Mist; and featured in the clip for Natasha Bedingfield’s “I Wanna Have Your Babies.”
Albums
Singles
