Cleopatra (group)

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Cleopatra
Cleopatra in 2008. From left to right: Yonah, Zainam, and Cleo Higgins
Cleopatra in 2008.
From left to right: Yonah, Zainam, and Cleo Higgins
Background information
Also known asCleopatra ZYC
OriginMoss Side, Manchester, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1997–2001
  • 2005
  • 2008–2009
  • 2013
  • 2017
Labels
Members

Cleopatra are an English

UK Singles Chart at number 3,[2] and the Billboard Hot 100 at number 26.[3]

Biography

Comin' Atcha!

The girl group was originally based in

hit single.[1][4]

The next three singles—"Life Ain't Easy", a cover of

Bahamas
cruise.

Cleopatra were invited to support the

tribute album of the same name. They were also asked to record a cover of the disco song "Right Back Where We Started From" for An Extremely Goofy Movie by Disney
.

Steppin' Out

Cleopatra moved onto their second album

television programs including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The Queen Latifah Show.[citation needed
]

Also as the new spokeswomen for

Sultan of Brunei and his royal family.[citation needed
]

However, changes within

Warner and everyone who was working on the Cleopatra project led to lack of promotion of their UK single, "Come and Get Me" which entered the UK Singles Chart at #29; the Steppin' Out release date for the UK was pushed back, and the album was eventually never released in the UK. The label wanted Cleo as a solo artist, and this led to the group's parting ways with Warner.[10]

Television sitcom

On Christmas Eve 1998, CITV premiered Cleopatra's one-hour Christmas Special for their new sitcom, with a host of stars to help launch the show. The series had two seasons: Season 1 Comin' Atcha! and Season 2, In the House. The show was twenty minutes per episode and a mix of music and comedy. The plot followed the girls' lives on tour and at home with their family. Their mother and younger sister were featured in both seasons as themselves.[citation needed]

Later works

In 2005, the group came together for a one-off performance on ITV1's Hit Me, Baby, One More Time. They later appeared on Living TV's Pop Goes the Band in 2009. On 17 November 2009, Cleopatra performed a comeback show live at Embassy in London. As of 2016, the band have yet to release any new music.[11]

Cleo appeared as a contestant on

series 2 of The Voice UK, exiting the show at the semi-finals.[12][13]

Members

Current

  • Cleo Higgins – lead vocals
  • Yonah Higgins – backing vocals

Former

  • Zainam Higgins – backing vocals

Discography

Cleopatra discography
Studio albums2
Singles8

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
Certifications
UK
[14] 		AUS
[15] 		NZ
[16] 		SCO
[17] 		US
[18]
Comin' Atcha! 20 78 34 42 109
Steppin' Out
  • Released: August 2000
  • Label: WEA, Maverick
 — — — — —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[20]
 AUS
[21][15] 		BEL
[22]
FRA
[23]
GER
[24]
 IRE
[25]
NED
[26]
 NZ
[27] 		SWE
[28] 		US
[29]
1998 "Cleopatra's Theme" 3 25 14 47 46 11 10 6 21 26 Comin' Atcha!
"Life Ain't Easy" 4 37 — — 72 20 52 7 — 81
"I Want You Back" 4 — — 19 98 26 67 13 49 —
1999 "A Touch of Love" 24 — — — — — — 40 — —
"
Steps, Tina Cousins, B*Witched and Billie
) 		4 9 23 — 97 5 14 6 8 — ABBAmania
(ABBA tribute album)
2000 "Come and Get Me" 29 — — — 77 — — — — — Steppin' Out
"U Got It" — — — — — — — — — —
2001 "Yes This Party's Going Right" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ a b "Cleopatra". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "CLEOPATRA". Official Charts. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Cleopatra Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  4. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
    .
  5. ^ "Inbaseline.com". Archived from the original on 15 August 2007.
  6. ^ "Girl Power coming to Wembley". BBC News. 18 September 1998.
  7. ^ UK.music.yahoo.com Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Sean Connery takes control". news.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ "CLEO CARRY ON UP THE VATICAN - NME". 18 November 1998.
  10. ^ Higgins, Cleo; Rymajdo, Kamila (26 November 2018). "I Was in Cleopatra, One of the UK's First Black 90s Girl Groups". Vice.
  11. ^ Corner, Lewis (5 March 2016). "What Cleopatra look like now and what happened next?". Digital Spy.
  12. ^ Rigby, Sam (10 February 2014). "Voice, X Factor stars in Thriller Live". Digital Spy.
  13. ^ Hurst, Ben (16 June 2013). "Birmingham hopeful axed from The Voice". BirminghamLive.
  14. ^ "UK Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  15. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 60.
  16. ^ "New Zealand Albums". charts.nz. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Scottish Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Cleopatra Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  19. ^ "Cleopatra". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  20. ^ "UK Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  21. ^ "Australian Singles". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  22. ^ "Belgian Singles". ultratop.be. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  23. ^ "French Singles". lescharts.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  24. ^ "German Singles". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  25. ^ "Irish Singles". irishcharts.ie. Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  26. ^ "Netherlands Singles". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  27. ^ "New Zealand Singles". charts.nz. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  28. ^ "Swedish Singles". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  29. ^ "Cleopatra Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  30. ^ "UK Certification". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  31. ^ "ARIA Charts Accreditations - 1999 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 12 March 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  32. ^ "New Zealand Chart Certification". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
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