My Babes List (#67)
#67 Myleene Klass
Myleene Klass (born Myleene Angela Klass on April 6, 1978, in Norfolk) is a classically-trained pianist, and former member of the British manufactured pop group Hear'Say, who achieved four top 10 singles, two of which were UK Number 1s. They also released two albums Popstars, and Everybody. She is of Spanish and Filipino descent.
Moving On
Almost a year after the Hear'say break-up on 13 May 2003, Myleene signed a 5 album deal with Universal Classics and Jazz which was estimated to be worth "millions". The first promotional single for the album had been recorded, and Myleene stated that she would be going into the studio to finish the album off for release in October. Promotion started with the release of the main promotional single Toccata and Fugue to TV channels and was the first ever classical piece to appear on British music television channel The Box. The video was a huge success with large numbers of requests and showings on TV channels especially Classical FMTV.
Myleene's album, titled 'Moving On', was launched on the 20th October at [Harrods], London. The launch included two performances (Toccata and Fugue and Moonlight Sonata), as well as a press photoshoot and a signing for fans who had come along. The album was described as "a refreshing collection of beautiful classical pieces" and included reworked versions of popular classical pieces such as [Faure]'s 'Pavane', 'Now We Are Free' (from Gladiator), the theme from 'The Piano' by Michael Nyman, Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' and Satie's 'Gymnopedie No.2'. It also included new arrangements for piano of more contemporary works including Daniel Bedingfield's recent chart-topping hit ' If You're Not The One', and 'Crawling' by Linkin Park. After a week of release it peaked at the No. 2 spot in the Classical charts being beaten by Hayley Westenra, and by mid-December 2003 it had been certified Silver and has since gone Gold.
Classical Brits
Things went a little quiet over the next few months, with little further promotion for the album and no new promotional videos made. Myleene continued to perform at various events, many of which corporate and some not. Come 15th May 2004, 'Moving On' was nominated as 'Peoples Album of the year' in the Classical Brit Awards. Myleene was ecstatic but very nervous of the result and stated she did not expect to win. Come the awards night, dressed in a stunning white dress designed by her stylist and long time friend Kyri, Myleene was even more nervous as she was up against some many talented musicians. As she predicted, Myleene lost out on the Classical Brit award for 'Album of the Year' to Bryn Terfel, whose platinum-selling record, simply titled 'Bryn' won the peoples vote.
Transition
Rumours started appearing of a re-release of 'Moving On' with a predicted 5 new tracks. This was later confirmed by Myleene herself, although no new information was given. It was later revealed that the re-release had been pushed back due to conflicts between Myleene's new management company (Mel Bush Organisation) and her previous (Safe Management) regarding royaltees. Finally the plan was scrapped and the only reminisce of the plans is the Asian release of Moving On, which includes three new tracks namely Trouble (Coldplay cover, with Myleene's vocals), Sahara and Le Onde. It was then revealed by Myleene herself that she would be working on a new album, which would include a number of tracks in which her vocals appeared. However, on 23rd October 2004 it was announced that Myleene would not be releasing any further material through her current label Universal Classics and Jazz. In a statement through her official fansite she revealed that she had plans to move toward a pop career, as many people had been wondering why she was not singing. However little information has been heard about such an album.
As Myleene's then current management company (Mel Bush Organisation) specialised only in classical artists, Myleene moved to a new management company Shalit Global, who continue to manage her today. Since Myleene has made various appearances at premieres, store openings as well as an appearance on Queen Mania performing the Queen classic Too Much Love Will Kill You. She has also been the face of various charity campaigns such as stop text bully and ChildLine, and most recently help aid the Niger famine appeal by manning the phonelines.
In August 2005, Myleene was signed as a host for the ITV1 music show CD:UK alongside Lauren Laverne and Johny P, with her first appearance shown on 17 September 2005. Four months on, and since her debut on CD:UK Myleene and co-presenters have doubled the viewing figures and have been offered further 3 month contracts for the show. Myleene also helped present coverage of the Channel 4 hoax television show Space Cadets.
In December 2005, Myleene was attacked by a group of teenagers in a newsagent in Bermondsey. She had a bag of chips dropped on her head, and was pushed to the ground. The teenagers attempted to take photos of her on their mobile phones. Source
In December 2005, it was reported that CD:UK is to be axed in March 2006, because of "poor ratings".
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