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Lisa Scott-Lee

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Image:lisa395_1.jpg frame|Lisa Scott-Lee'''Lisa Scott-Lee''' (born 5 November 1975 in St. Asaph, Denbighshire, Wales) is a United Kingdom British singer, best known for her five years with one of the most successful United Kingdom UK pop music pop groups of all time, Steps.

Career story

Steps (1997-2001)
Lisa is best known for her five years with one of the most successful United Kingdom UK pop music pop groups of all time, Steps. The group, which came together in 1997 and had 14 top 10 singles in the UK, split up at the end of 2001.

Early solo projects and career (2002-2004)
She spent a short time managing her three younger brothers, including Andy Scott-Lee Andy in a group of their own called 3SL, but after no huge success they were dropped from their label, and split up. Deciding she would go solo, Lisa was signed to Mercury records and stepped back into the limelight in April 2003 for her first single, Lately, a song which she wrote. The single was released on 12 May of the same year and pulled into the singles chart at number 6. On 8 September 2003 Lisa released her second single (also written by her), ''Too Far Gone'', and it pulled into the charts at number 11. Her third single was rumored to be a double a-side featuring ''I'll Wait For You'', a ballad, and ''U Sure Do'', a cover that Lisa had been performing at PA events, however it never saw the light of day. Mercury wanted all of Lisa's singles to reach the top ten and because Too Far Gone just missed, they dropped Lisa. Lisa went on to be featured in the Girls of FHM music video for Do You Think I'm Sexy? in the summer of 2004, all the while preparing to release a new single. The single, ''Get it on'', was a collaboration between Intenso Project and herself. At the time the song was created they had yet to score a record deal for the song and were forced to fund the video for it themselves. Eventually the Ministry of Sound picked the song (just the song, not them as a group or Lisa as solo) up and it was released on 28 November. Despite a string of PA performances the song charted at a dismal number 23. Though they failed on their first attempt Lisa said she would work with Intenso Project again and they would release another single, but after problems which are known only to them, they decided they would not release another song.

''Totally Scott-Lee'' (2005)
In the summer of 2005, it was revealed that a camera crew from MTV had been following Lisa for nearly a year, tracking her life, and those of her husband (Johnny Shentall of Hear'Say), her brother (Andy Scott-Lee), manager (Nathan Moore), and her brother's girlfriend Michelle Heaton (of Liberty X). The show was to be the UK version of Newlyweds. As time passed more information was revealed. The show, penned Totally Scott-Lee, was to follow Lisa on her last ditch effort at a solo career. The challenge posed to Lisa was that she had to score a top ten hit with her next single, or she would be forced to quit the music industry. In a rush Lisa was signed to a small record label, Concept Records, and began recording songs for her next single. Concept chose Electric and starting making plans for its release. The single had to be released on 10 October in order to meet with deadlines for the MTV show. The female head of Concept Records has gone on record (on the show and in private) several times saying that she was against the record being released on this date. One of the main reasons for this was that it would have very little promotion time (5 weeks as opposed to the usual 8-10 weeks). It was also likely that critics would accuse the record company of cashing in on the success of the show (which had become one of MTV's highest rating programmes at that point). The song was released and, despite a television show backing her, it failed to reach the top ten, as ''Electric'' charted at number 13. Other "highlights" of the show include Lisa's brother Andy proposing to his then-girlfriend Michelle Heaton in a restaurant, the constant arguments between Lisa and her family and an interesting insight into record company politics (Electric had initially only made number 26 during the mid-week predictions, but an error with the sales at Woolworths later pushed it to 15, finally to 13 on the following Sunday). The show has attracted widespread some criticisms from some viewers and critics. One of the over-bearing problems seems to aimed at the mismanagement of Lisa's career. Manager and former boyband member Nathan Moore often seems to have unusual ideas as to how Lisa should promote herself. He often uses publicity events to promote his agenda ahead of his client's. Lisa's mother makes no secret of her distrust of him, culminating in a small argument prior to the televised finale of the show, where Lisa learns that she has failed to make the top 10.

Further solo career plans (2005-2006)
Following the failure of Electric to achieve its targeted top 10 position, Lisa's solo career was facing a major dilemma - what to do next. Record labels in Japan, Australia, Germany and South Africa were interested in her, so it was announced she was going to release singles in those countries. In December 2005, Lisa leaked the song "Boy On The Dancefloor", a song from her unreleased album, on her website as a Christmas gift to her fans for supporting her. The MP3 download came with this note "Merry Xmas from Lisa and all of the LSL team, we hope you love this free Xmas gift and have a great time singing and dancing along." In February 2006, Lisa Scott-Lee won three Naomi Awards: Worst British Female Solo Artist, Worst Pop Act and Worst British Single (''Electric'').

Personal life
Lisa's husband is the former Steps dancer and Hear'Say singer, Johnny Shentall. He also released a single as part of a group: Boom! - Falling This reached #11 in January 2001. Nothing else was heard of them again.

UK Discography
* Lately (single) Released 12 May 2003. Chart peak: #6. * Too Far Gone (single) Released 8 September 2003. Chart peak: #11. * Get It On (single) (Intenso Project featuring Lisa Scott-Lee) Released 28 November 2004. Chart peak: #23. * Electric (single) Released 10 October 2005. Chart peak: #13.(13-47-76)Top 100

International Discography
* Get It On (single - Aus Rel.) [Intenso - Feat Lisa Scott Lee Release 24 Jan 2005 Chart Peak: #56 Electric (Australia- 24th April 2006) Tracklisting # Electric (Radio Edit) # Electric (Firesigns Dirty On The Dancefloor Remix) # Electric (Club Remix) # Electric (James Arnold 121 Rerub) # Lately # Electric (Video) Electric is soon to be released in Asia, Italy, Germany and South Africa

External links

- Lisa Scott-Lee Lisa Scott-Lee Official *{{imdb name|id=0779951|name=Lisa Scott-Lee}}
- GenSTEPS A site with the most up-to-date news on all of STEPS. Category:1975 births Scott-Lee, Lisa Category:British female singers Scott-Lee, Lisa Category:Eurasians Scott-Lee, Lisa Category:Living people Scott-Lee, Lisa

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