Tina Ann Barrett (born 16 September 1976) is an English singer and actress. Her major breakthrough came in 1999 when she became a member of the pop group,

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. She has been a member of spin-off group

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(previously "S Club 3") since 2014. She is also a former member of the girl group

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, though she never appeared on any of their recordings.

Early life

Tina Barrett was born in

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, England to an English father and a Guyanese mother. She was at London's Arts Educational School for a period of eight years. Her first job was dancing in a pantomime with

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. She was originally going to be in the group Face2Face, which later went on to become

. She assisted with the group's choreography during her time there.

Career

1996–98: Mis-Teeq

In 1996, Barrett,

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and

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became friends in a dance studio in

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. The trio, named Face2Face, performed singing and dancing. The group had started work on their debut album when Barrett left to join

after a successful audition for

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. After her departure, the group changed their name to

and replaced her with two new members,

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and

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1999–03: S Club 7 and hiatus

Barrett became a member of S Club 7 after a series of auditions, along with members

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, Jon Lee,

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Jo O'Meara Joanne Valda O'Meara (born 29 April 1979) is an English pop singer. She is best known for being a member of pop group S Club 7 between 1999 and 2003. Born and raised in Romford, she launched her career at age 16 working with Max Martin. O'Mear ...

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and

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in 1999. During five years they released four number one singles and one number one album. They also had a series of TV shows, which were: ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and they also starred in a film, '' Seeing Double''. Barrett led some of the tracks on the groups' albums, such as "I'll Be There" and "Stronger", which was set to be a single, but was canceled when

left the group. Barrett co-wrote two other songs that she also led: "Discotek" (the B-side to the single "

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") and "Secret Love", a song from the group's final album '' Seeing Double''. The six remaining members stayed together as "S Club" until 2003, when they split after releasing their greatest hits album. When the group announced they were to break up, Barrett expressed interest in working on a solo career, but she was unsuccessful to sign with a label or an entrepreneur. She took a nine-year hiatus from her career, appearing only on red carpets and social events.

2012–present: Music releases and S Club Allstars

In May 2012, a teaser video for Barrett's debut solo single "Fire" was released on YouTube and a short clip of the still unfinished video was shown during an interview on ''LIVE!''. The final version of the music video was finally released on 27 September 2012. Barrett announced that her debut album would be released in the end of 2013 and that she intends to tour with the album, but the album has not yet materialised. Barrett has also appeared in other music videos which include

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's version of "

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" and as the main dancer in Asian artist

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's song "Shudaayi". Barrett is also heard in a song called "Boom" by Old Boy which also features rapper Nasty Jack; an accompanying music video has been shot but has not yet been released. In 2014 Barrett joined with O'Meara, McIntosh and Cattermole in the S Club 3, which became S Club Party. In November 2014, Barrett reunited with the full group for a medley of S Club 7's greatest hits on BBC Children in Need. Later, the group announced a sold out arena reunion tour, titled Bring It All Back 2015, which toured the UK in May 2015. Following the reunion tour, Barrett continued to perform with O'Meara and McIntosh as S Club 3. In November 2016, Barrett released the single "All Fired Up". In January 2020, Barrett released "Mwah Mwah", along with the music video filmed in Canada during the S Club 3 tour in the summer of 2019. When O'Meara left in 2020, she was replaced the following year by

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original member Stacey Franks, and the group was renamed "S Club Allstars".

Personal life

In June 2016, she gave birth to a boy named Roman.

Discography

Singles

Music videos

Stage work

Filmography

References

External links

Tina Barrett's Instagram account
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