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The Pussycat Dolls are an American female Pop singing group. The group began
as a burlesque dance troupe based in Los Angeles, as well as in Caesars
Palace in Las Vegas. The group was founded by choreographer Robin Antin in
1995, and the group released their first single in 2004.
A number of celebrities have also guest-performed with the group. The
dancers perform in lingerie and old-fashioned pin-up costumes and there is
no nudity or explicit sex in their performances. The group has become
internationally popular and has been featured in magazines, television
specials for MTV and VH1, ad campaigns, and movies.
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Carmen Electra has been the group's lead performer for many of these
magazine articles and television appearances, and she has been featured on
stage with the Pussycat Dolls most frequently of all the celebrity
performers. Nicole Scherzinger (a.k.a. Nicole Kea), a former member of the
American Popstars winners Eden's Crush, has now become the group's lead
singer. Other past and present members of the group include Carmit Bachar,
Cyia Batten, Kasey Campbell, Kaya Jones, Ashley Roberts, Rachel Sterling,
Jessica Sutta, Melody Thornton, and Kimberly Wyatt.
They congratulated themselves with their first hit "Don't Cha" (featuring
Busta Rhymes, originally recorded by Tori Alamaze) in 2005 by performing it
in a club for their fans. It has peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100
and reached #1 on the Pop 100 and Hot Dance Music/Club Play singles charts.
It has also reached #1 on the Australian ARIAnet Singles Chart, and debuted
at #1 on the official UK Singles Chart on September 11, 2005. More recently,
"Stickwitu" reached the No.1 spot in UK charts on 12/11/05.
The Pussycat Dolls released their debut album, PCD, on September 13, 2005.
It debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 selling over 99,000 copies.The album
slipped down to number 15 on its second week, 23 its third week, 36 its
fourth week, but returned to the top 30 thanks to the new single
"Stickwitu".The album has been doing great on sales, since its release it
has sold over 500,000 copies, acheiving a Gold certification. It continues
to receive attention, spending its 20th week at number 20. The album
features tracks produced by will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, Timbaland,
Rich Harrison, Sean Garett, and Ron Fair. Will.i.am produced and rapped on
"Beep", while Timbaland produced and rapped on "Wait A Minute".
In December 2005, the band won a Billboard Music Award for "Don't Cha" as
Top Hot/Dance Club Play Single of the Year, the song was also nominated for
Top-selling Single of the Year and Top-selling Dance Single of the Year.
In January 2006, the album PCD went platinum. In February 2006, they
released the news that they would be going on tour with the Black Eyed Peas.
Later that week MTV News released information on the group's next single,
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