Appleton (music duo)

Appleton are a Canadian musical sister duo comprising of sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton, and were born in 1973 and 1974 respectively, to their British mother Mary and Canadian father, Ken. They also have two elder sisters, Lori and Leigh. Their parents divorced in the late 1970's, and so the sisters switched frequently between England and Canada. They stayed in Britain eventually, and became students at the highly noted Sylvia Young Theatre School in North London, which was to tutor their fellow All Saints colleague and Nic's schoolmate, Melanie Blatt as well as Denise Van Outen and Samantha Janus.

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Canadian - Natalie - Nicole Appleton - British - 1970 - Sylvia Young Theatre School - Melanie Blatt - Denise Van Outen - Samantha Janus

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On May 19, 1992, Natalie gave birth to her first daughter, Rachel, by her first husband, ex-Dream Boy Carl Robinson, but she left him due to being a victim of domestic violence. The sisters were back in the UK in 1994, and became members of former schoolmate Melanie Blatt's band, All Saints, who also had another member, Shaznay Lewis. The group signed their deal with London Records in 1996, the year the Spice Girls came to prominence, and the rest was history (see the article about All Saints for more on their success). In 2001, the group disbanded due to tensions, and Nat & Nic by that point went and formed Appleton, while Nat got married to The Prodigy's Liam Howlett that summer, and Nicole had her first son, Gene with Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher in the autumn. The couple got engaged in late 2002.

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Rachel - Dream Boy - Carl Robinson - Melanie Blatt - All Saints - Shaznay Lewis - London Records - Spice Girls - The Prodigy - Liam Howlett - Oasis - Liam Gallagher

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In September 2002, Nat and Nic finally launched themselves back onto the music scene, with their first single "Fantasy" written with Andy Hayman and Gareth Young reaching #2 in the UK chart. Their autobiography "Together" came out the next month, and in 2003, they had two more top 30 hits with "Don't Worry" and "Everything Eventually" and the album, "Everything's Eventual" which went gold in the UK after just two months. They decided to sign a deal with Concept Music in late 2004 because of differences with their previous label, Polydor.

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Concept Music - 2004 - Polydor

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Nicole has been presenting Hell's Kitchen on ITV and Natalie recently (if somewhat controversially) appeared on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! in 2004.

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Hell's Kitchen - ITV - I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! - 2004

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