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Twizzle. They opened for

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and

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on tour. The band split up in April 2012 after only one charting single, "Don't Know Why", which peaked at number 45 in the

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. They released a sampler for their debut album, ''Something to Dream About'', which was never released. The sampler includes the tracks "Don't Know Why", "I'm the Fool" (feat. Twizzle), "Planes in the Sky", "Hero", and "Something to Dream About". They premiered another two of their songs, "The Game" and "Walking on Air", on their

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account. Beardshaw, Redmond and Shortland subsequently began solo careers under the names

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, respectively. In 2019, Shortland competed in the audition stage of ''

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'', where she chose

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as coach.

Discography

Singles

Promotional singles

References

External links

SoundGirl on YouTube
21st-century British musicians English girl groups British contemporary R&B musical groups British musical trios British vocal groups Black British musical groups Musical groups established in 2010 Musical groups disestablished in 2012 Vocal trios 21st-century English women musicians British R&B girl groups Mercury Records artists 2010 establishments in the United Kingdom {{UK-band-stub