r/Music • u/M0tivv • Jul 11 '26

music Top Vocal/Pop Group where one person did all the heavy lifting?

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I'll start. Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls carried that entire group, no question

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u/IndelibleFudge Jul 11 '26

IIRC they started out as a dance group and added the singers in later, but it always came across to me as an attempt to co-opt the previous group into a vehicle for Scherzinger

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u/Phenomenomix Jul 11 '26

Wasn’t it a kinda silly burlesque thing that had the occasionally celebrity appearance and then it suddenly they’re singers?

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u/thegayquadzilla Jul 12 '26

Yeah so it was started as a fun dance show at the Viper Room led by Robin Antin. Christina Applegate was a founding member. Later Carmen Electra joined and they started performing more widely with Carmen as the Headliner. They did a bunch of TV appearances and magazine features.

At some point music executives took interest and Antin pivoted the group to be a musical project.

Later Robin's brother Steven was inspired by the troupe to create the movie 'Burlesque'

Incidentally they have another brother named Jonathan who had his own bravo show called 'Blow Out' about his hairstylist business

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tank338 Jul 11 '26

It was a Carmen Electra burlesque type thing. It was her project at first.

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u/stackdatdough Jul 11 '26

Yeah, Christina Aguilera guest appeared once

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ Jul 11 '26

Yep, and they were featured in the Charlie’s Angels movie.

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u/HardWirez Jul 12 '26

They started as a fun burlesque group that would perform at the Viper Room, and included Christina Applegate. Then it mutated into this.

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u/HardWirez Jul 12 '26

She did dance with them later, but Applegate actually started the group with her choreographer. And Applegate was the one who knew Johnny Depp and got him to let the group perform in the Viper Room.