Célena Francine Alexandra Cherry (born 26 April 1977) is an English singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer of the girl group

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Early life and career

Cherry attended

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, London. Her parents are from

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and

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. Before forming Honeyz, she was in another girl group called Illusion.

Honeyz

Honeyz formed in 1997 until being dropped in 2001 and split a year later, the group reformed throughout 2005–06 for one-off appearances. In May 2012 it was announced that the group would officially reform for the

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series ''

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'', which started airing from 31 January 2013. Due to the success of the show, Honeyz went on an arena tour in May 2013.

Solo career

After the failure of the second Honeyz album, Cherry teamed up with her cousin Alani (former Kleshay singer) under the name Anotherside. They released one single together, "This Is Your Night", through

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. In 2005, Cherry released her first solo album, ''Celena Cherry'', through her official website. This exclusive limited edition CD featured new interpretations of some of her Honeyz hits, plus some new material and personal favourites along with a selection of festive songs. Cherry has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the soap operas ''

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'' and ''

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''. In an interview with'' Just Celebrity'' Magazine, she said she would love to get back into acting. Celena also attended the launch of a new stage school in Harpenden on Friday 13 September 2013 (part of Top Hat Stage & Screen School). According to Cherry's official website, Honeyz are currently recording a new album as a group. She is at the same time working on her second solo album. Three songs, "Gave You My Love", "Tell Me Why" and "Conscience Calling", are on her Myspace page.

Personal life

Cherry has two children, Sienna and Michael and was married to Danny Oliver, who is a

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tribute artist. In 2018, Cherry and Oliver auditioned for the twelfth series of ''

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''; their audition was shown on spin-off show ''

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''. Judge

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, who was a member of fellow girl group

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, recognised her. When asked by

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to tell the judges about themselves, Cherry said "I used to be in a girl group called the Honeyz", implying that the band were over.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

* English women singers British contemporary R&B singers 21st-century Black British women singers Honeyz members 1977 births Living people People from Hammersmith English people of Kenyan descent {{UK-singer-stub