Louise Redknapp
Redknapp with husband Jamie at a party hosted by Elton John, July 2007.
Background information
Birth name	Louise Elizabeth Nurding
Also known as	Louise
Born	November 4, 1974 (1974-11-04) (age 33) Lewisham, London, England
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Presenter
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1993 - 2004, 2008 -
Associated acts	Eternal

Louise Elizabeth Redknapp (born Louise Elizabeth Nurding, November 4, 1974) is an English singer and television presenter, best known as a member of the girl group Eternal and subsequently as a solo singer (billed simply as "Louise"). Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973 in Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire) is a well-known former English footballer of the 1990s and early 2000s and current football pundit with Sky Sports. ... Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making music. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... See also: 1993 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1993 Record labels established in 1993 // Date Unknown- Christian Rock label Tooth and Nail Records is formed. ... For the Australian heavy metal band, see The Eternal. ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... The Supremes A Go-Go (1966) was the first album by a female group to reach the top position of the Billboard magazine pop albums chart in the United States. ... For the Australian heavy metal band, see The Eternal. ...

Among UK sport fans she is known as the wife of English footballer-turned-pundit Jamie Redknapp. England national football team playing at Wembley Stadium Football is the national sport of England, and as such has an important place within English national life. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973 in Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire) is a well-known former English footballer of the 1990s and early 2000s and current football pundit with Sky Sports. ...

In the July 2004 edition of FHM, she was named Sexiest Woman of the Decade. FHM or For Him Magazine is an international monthly lads mag. ...

Music career

Eternal

While out illegally clubbing (at the age of 16) Nurding met music producer Denis Ingoldsby who was forming a girl band. She subsequently introduced him to her friend Kéllé Bryan.^[1]

Bryan and Nurding, together with sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, formed Eternal in 1993. They performed a mixture of heavy R&B, soul, pop and dance. Eternal's debut single "Stay" entered the UK charts at number 4, and their album, Always and Forever sold over 1.5 million copies in the UK. For the Australian heavy metal band, see The Eternal. ...

In June 1995 Nurding left the band.

Solo career with EMI

In late 1995 Nurding signed a record deal with First Avenue management and EMI Records. Professionally now known simply as "Louise", her debut solo single was the orchestral ballad "Light of My Life" (which reached #8 on the UK charts), followed by "In Walked Love" (previously a hit from the self-titled 1992 album by the dance/pop group Exposé). Exposé is the third album released from the group Exposé. I Think Im In Trouble (4:11) You Dont Know What You Got (4:20) I Wish The Phone Would Ring (4:34) As Long As I Can Dream (4:49) In Walked Love (5:12) Ill... Exposé is an American vocal group. ...

Her third single, "Naked" reached number 5 in the UK, remaining in the top 20 for many weeks; it also charted charts in the rest of Europe.

Nurding 's debut solo album, also entitled Naked, was released shortly after the single. The album received lukewarm reviews.^{[citation needed]} Nevertheless, it peaked at number 7 in the UK album charts, quickly received platinum certification, and sold over a million copies. Two further singles were released: 'Undivided Love' UK #5 - an up-tempo track and the sultry, R&B track 'One Kiss From Heaven' UK #9.

In 1997 Nurding returned with the single "Arms Around The World"; the song was criticised by media for sounding like Janet Jackson's "Runaway", yet the single reached number 4. This article is about the singer. ... Design of a Decade 1986/1996 track listing Runaway (1) What Have You Done For Me Lately (2) Runaway is a 1995 single by Janet Jackson, and the first single from Janets greatest hits album, Design of a Decade 1986/1996. ...

Louise's second solo album, Woman in Me reached number 5 in the UK charts and also charted throughout Europe. The reviews from the album were generally very good, many classing it as a mature and diverse pop album.^{[citation needed]} Louise embarked on a sold-out tour of over 20 dates, including Wembley Arena.^{[citation needed]}

"Let's Go Round Again" (a cover of a song by The Average White Band) was the second single released on the album. While the song only reached number 10 in the charts it became Louise's biggest selling single, selling over 250,000 copies. The Average White Band (also AWB) is a Scottish funk and R&B band who had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980. ...

At the start of 1998, Nurding's career was at a high point: her album had gone platinum and sold over a million copies, she was on the cover of magazines such as 'Smash Hits' and 'GQ' and had been voted The Sexiest Woman In The World by the readers of FHM magazine. The Louise Soft and Gentle No Sweat Tour, one of the first tours to be choreographed by director/choreographer Jamie King^{[citation needed]}, was sold out. The cover of a May 1981 edition of Smash Hits magazine Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at children and young teenagers, and originally published in the United Kingdom. ... GQ can refer to several things: Gentlemens Quarterly, a mens magazine The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Equatorial Guinea GQ, a replacement Quake 1 game engine This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... FHM or For Him Magazine is an international monthly lads mag. ... This article is about the male choreographer. ...

After getting married, Redknapp spent just under a year making what she described^{[citation needed]} as her most personal album to date, Elbow Beach. Creatively Louise was more involved in the process of this album than her previous two, co-writing all 12 tracks and co-producing most of them. After the success of the album Woman In Me, Louise spent most of 1999 out of the public eye, as she married long-time boyfriend Jamie Redknapp. ...

The lead single from 'Elbow Beach', the R&B-styled "2 Faced" went straight into the charts at number 3, and became Louise's highest charting single. Despite the initial hype and critical praise, total sales for Elbow Beach were weaker than the previous two productions, and the album peaked at number 12.

After the 'Elbow Beach' was released Redknapp had one album left on her five-album deal with EMI (including Eternal's Always and Forever). The label decided to release a greatest hits compilation, incorporating all of her 15 top-10 hit singles. It was called Changing Faces - The Best Of... and featured 3 new tracks, including a cover of Five Star's "The Slightest Touch". For the 1988 album by country music artist Randy Travis, see here. ... After the Elbow Beach period Louise was coming to the end of her 5-album deal with EMI (1 includes Always and Forever). EMI were worried about releasing another studio album after the relatively mediocre sales of Elbow Beach; and if Louise was to release another album under them they... Five Star on the cover of their Treat Me Like A Lady single from 1990 Five Star (aka 5 Star) is a British pop / R&B group, from Romford in Essex, England which was formed in 1983. ... The Slightest Touch is the name of a 1987 hit single by British pop group Five Star, peaking at UK #4 in April of that year and later becoming their third biggest-selling 7 inch with over 175,000 sales recorded. ...

The album was successful enough to merit a second solo tour. Louise played smaller locations across the UK, and all 36 dates sold out.^{[citation needed]}

EMI later released a second greatest hits album entitled Finest Moments with a slightly different tracklisting. Naked Thats The Way I Like It Never Too Late One Kiss From Heaven Ill Fly Away Arms Around The World All That Matters I Pray Woman In Me Who Do You Love 2 Faced Beautiful Inside First Kiss (The Wedding Song) For Your Eyes Only In Our...

After EMI

In 2002 Redknapp signed a £1.5 million contract with her manager Oliver Smallman's Positive Records, a division of Universal Music to record her fourth solo album. She worked with producers on both sides of the Atlantic including teams who had worked with the likes of Destiny's Child, Jamelia, Michael Jackson, Craig David and Sugababes^{[citation needed]}, but the album was never released. This article is about the group. ... Jamelia Niela Davis (born on 11 January 1981), better known as Jamelia, is an English R&B and pop singer and songwriter who found fame in early 2000 after impressing music executives at Parlophone Records with self-written a cappella songs. ... For other persons named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation). ... Craig Ashley David (born May 5, 1981) is an English R&B singer. ... Sugababes are a BRIT Award-winning English pop group trio from London. ...

After switching managers again (to Merlin Elite), in 2004 several songs were given Internet-only releases: Bounce Back, Slam, Lil' Lou, Don't Ever Change and Make it Fit (co-written by Jamelia). Jamelia Niela Davis (born on 11 January 1981), better known as Jamelia, is an English R&B and pop singer and songwriter who found fame in early 2000 after impressing music executives at Parlophone Records with self-written a cappella songs. ...

On 3 October, 2007, Louise appeared on The Alan Titchmarsh Show and stated that her next goal was to reprise her music career, and begin working on a new album in 2008. "I miss it so much," she said.^{[citation needed]} The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British chat show on the ITV Network, airing weekdays at 3pm. ...

Career outside of music

On television, Louise has presented editions of SMTV Live, CD:UK, Soccer Aid: Extra Time, This Morning (interviewing fashion designer Tracy Boyd and others), three series of the revived The Clothes Show for UKTV Style, and in March 2007 the controversial documentary The Truth About Size Zero for ITV1. SMTV Live (an abbreviation of Saturday Morning Television Live also written SM:TV Live and in early promotional material SMTV://live) was a British Saturday morning childrens television programme, first broadcast on ITV1 on 29 August 1998 and last broadcast on 27 December 2003. ... Soccer Aid was a British charity event held on 27 May 2006 that raised £3 million in aid of UNICEF. The event was a football match between two teams comprising celebrities and World Cup legends, one representing England and the other the Rest of the World. ... This Morning logo (ITV1) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ... With a growing interest in fahion amongst the british public in the 1980s, the BBc decided to create a modern and stylish fashion show to cater for this. ... UKTV Style (previously UK Style) is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels, and launched on 1 November 1997. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...

Alongside her husband Jamie Redknapp and former footballer Tim Sherwood, Redknapp is publishing a magazine called Icon Magazine, aimed solely at professional sports stars and celebrities. Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973 in Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire) is a well-known former English footballer of the 1990s and early 2000s and current football pundit with Sky Sports. ... Tim Sherwood (born 02 February 1969 in St Albans, England) is a professional footballer. ...

She has been seen as the face of a number of advertising campaigns: the Safe And White campaign for Boots, Flora's' Omega 3 products, the new cosmetics company Think Happy: Organics, Hovis Invisible Crust and work for the RSPCA, Boots and BT. She is currently brand ambassador for the new Orbit^[2] Complete detox guide to teeth and mouth and a model for Avon. Alliance Boots LTD is a British based pharmaceuticals company, operating as a high street retailer, pharmacist and pharmaceuticals wholesaler. ... Simplified schematic of an islands flora - all its plant species, highlighted in boxes. ... Hovis bread on the shelf Hovis is a UK brand of flour and bread, now owned by Premier Foods. ... The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is a charity in England and Wales that promotes animal welfare. ... Boots is the name of at least five different albums and singles: Boots by Nancy Sinatra (1966) Boots by Mighty Gabby (1984) Boots by Condemned Eighty Four (2001) Boots by KMFDM (2002) Boots by Noe Venable (2003) It is also the name of a large chain of chemists in the... BT may stand for: Baal teshuvah, a Jew who became Orthodox (female version: Baalat teshuvah) BT tank, any of a series of Soviet military tanks Bacillus thuringiensis, a bacterium which forms Bt toxins Banjo-Tooie, a video game for the Nintendo 64 Baronet, a title in the British honours... Two bodies with a slight difference in mass orbiting around a common barycenter. ... Avon Products, Inc. ...

In autumn 2007 Redknapp was unveiled as the new face of Triumph lingerie for 2007 and 2008. Triumph International is an underwear manufacturer from Germany, now operative all over the world. ...

Discography

Albums

After leaving Eternal Louise did not get back in the studio straight away. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... After the success of the album Woman In Me, Louise spent most of 1999 out of the public eye, as she married long-time boyfriend Jamie Redknapp. ... After the Elbow Beach period Louise was coming to the end of her 5-album deal with EMI (1 includes Always and Forever). EMI were worried about releasing another studio album after the relatively mediocre sales of Elbow Beach; and if Louise was to release another album under them they... Naked Thats The Way I Like It Never Too Late One Kiss From Heaven Ill Fly Away Arms Around The World All That Matters I Pray Woman In Me Who Do You Love 2 Faced Beautiful Inside First Kiss (The Wedding Song) For Your Eyes Only In Our...

Singles

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Other tracks

• 1995 "Real Love" ("Light of My Life" B-side)
• 1996 "All of You" ("In Walked Love" B-side)
• 1996 "Do Me Right" ("Naked" B-side)
• 1996 "Keep the Lovin' In" ("Naked" B-side)
• 1996 "How in the World" ("Undivided Love" B-side)
• 1996 "Better Next Time" ("Undivided Love" B-side)
• 1997 "Don't Be Shy" ("Arms Around the World" B-side/Woman In Me album track)
• 1997 "Intimate" ("Arms Around the World" B-side)
• 1997 "Just When I Thought" ("Let's Go Round Again" B-side)
• 1997 "How You Make Me Feel" ("Let's Go Round Again" B-side)
• 1997 "Distraction" (Japanese Woman In Me album bonus track)
• 1998 "Woman In Me (Live)" ("All That Matters" B-side)
• 1998 "When Will My Heart Beat Again (Live)" ("All That Matters" B-side)
• 1998 "If I Can't Have You" (A Tribute To The Bee Gees album track)
• 2000 "Say Yes" ("2 Faced" B-side)
• 2000 "Lost" ("2 Faced" B-side/Elbow Beach album track)
• 2000 "Clear Water" ("Beautiful Inside" B-side)
• 2000 "Better Back Off" ("Beautiful Inside" B-side)
• 2003 "Don't Give Up" ("Pandora's Kiss" B-side)

In 1997 Louise returned with the single Arms Around The World, which offered a slightly different sound - still pop, yet not typically conventional, incorporating worldly sounds. ...

Internet-only releases

• 2004 "Bounce Back"
• 2004 "Slam"
• 2004 "Lil Lou"
• 2004 "Make It Fit"
• 2004 "Don't Ever Change" (features Lifford)

Personal life

Redknapp was born Louise Elizabeth Nurding in Lewisham, London, to her builder father, and mother who works at Gatwick Airport. Louise and her two younger brothers grew up in Eltham, London, and Oxted, Surrey, where she attended the local Roman Catholic school. At the age of 11, she joined the Italia Conti Academy stage school and met Kéllé Bryan on her first day.^[3] Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Gatwick Airport (IATA Airport Code: LGW, ICAO Airport Code: EGKK) is Londons second airport and the second largest airport in the UK after Heathrow. ... Eltham is a place in the London Borough of Greenwich. ... , Oxted is a town in Surrey,United Kingdom situated at the foot of the North Downs north-east of East Grinstead and south of Croydon. ... This article is about the English county. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Italia Conti Academy is Britains oldest theatre arts training school. ... Kelle Bryan: picture taken from the Eternal music video for their 1995 hit Power Of A Woman Kéllé Bryan (born 12 March 1975 in east London, England) is a British R&B singer // Aged 11, Bryan joined the Italia Conti Academy stage school, where she completed eight years of...

Louise married now-retired Liverpool and England football player Jamie Redknapp on June 29, 1998. After diagnosis of back pain from endometriosis, through treatment by laser surgery, on 27 July 2004 Redknapp gave birth to a boy named Charley William Redknapp at the Portland Hospital. The boy's name was in honour of Louise's grandfather, who died on the day she found out that she was pregnant with Charley.^[4]. She is currently expecting her second child, due in late 2008 Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ... First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Biggest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Ireland; 18 February 1882) Biggest defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First in... Soccer redirects here. ... Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973 in Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire) is a well-known former English footballer of the 1990s and early 2000s and current football pundit with Sky Sports. ... is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Laser (disambiguation). ... is the 208th day of the year (209th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, usually referred to simply as the Portland Hospital, is a hospital in Great Portland Street in central London, England. ...

Louise is a vegetarian, who exercises through boxing. For other meanings of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer. ...

Charitable activity

Louise participated in a celebrity edition of The Apprentice in order to raise money for charity.^[5] Sport Relief Does The Apprentice is part of the BBC's annual charity initiative and aired on March 12 and March 14 2008. Over £400,000 was raised.

References

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External links

• Louise Redknapp's Official website
• Louise's Official MySpace
• Louise Nurding at the Internet Movie Database