Stooshe
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| (L-R) Karis Anderson, Courtney Rumbold and Alexandra Buggs |
An English R&B girl group
which is composed of Alexandra Buggs, Courtney Rumbold and Karis Anderson. The
group was originated from London ,
England
The group was created on May 2010
and has recording contract last August 2011 to Warner Music Group. The
writer/manager Jo Perry put the members and created Stooshe after a series of
auditions. Luckily, Alexandra, Karis and Courtney were the successful
auditionees. Karis Anderson exposed that their band name originated from the
urban word “Stoosh” which means ”describes something ‘expensive’”
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| Courtney Rumbold |
The group released their first
single, “Betty Woz Gone” in October 2011 and it was then announced that Stooshe
was nominated for BBC’s Sound of 2012
poll on the 5th of December in the same year. Stooshe garnered
another achievement after they release their next single, “Love Me” featuring
the American rapper Travie McCoy on YouTube on March 14, 2011 and the video
went viral and soon called as “an internet hit”. Moreover, ”Love Me” peaked
number 5 on the UK Single Charts.
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| Alexandra Buggs |
The group recorded another video, the “Hot Stepper” which is a cover of the 1994 hit “Here Comes the Hot Stepper” by Ini Kamoze. The video has the appearance of Adele and Bruno Mars. In addition, Stooshe’s album, Stooshe sold 37, 789 copies and still counting.
Stooshe was also nominated in
Rising Stars of 2012 and the aforementioned Sounds of 2012.
#TheBlackHeartExperience
Stooshe released their second
single, “Black Heart” last June 17
this year. “Black Heart” peaked to the Top 3 on UK chart. The music video was now
becoming viral on social media site. In lieu to that, the group also recorded
an acappella version of the song and also an acoustic version.
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| Karis Anderson |
After hearing the song, “Last
Song Syndrom” or LSS would probably dominate listeners, furthermore, due to its
popularity of the video, Stooshe uploaded a video titled “Do The Black Heart
Routine” wherein the girls is teaching
the ‘Black Heart” dance.
#TheGirls
Alexandra Stephanie Buggs was
born on November 1, 1989 (22 years old). She is living with her parents and her
four siblings. She joined the group in June 2010.
Courtney Mariah Rumbold is the
youngest of the group. She was born on July 11, 1992 (20 years old) and she was
the first to join. Courtney is very open that she prefers females.
Karis Lya Anderson, the eldest of
the group born on October 17, 1989 with the age of 22. She is currently
residing with her father.
website: http://www.stooshe.com/
Images from Google.com
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stooshe
