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Atomic Kitten are an English pop group, consisting of members Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon and Jenny Frost, formed in 2010. The group originally consisted of McClarnon, Kerry Katona and Perrie Edwards and finalised it's line-up in March 2010. Edwards would leave the group seven months and was replaced by Hamilton.

In 2012, the group debuted with their single "Right Now" which hit #10 in the UK. An album of the same name was released in October 2013 which was a commercial failure, debuting at just #36 with under 3,000 sales. On January 18th 2014, Katona quit the group after falling pregnant. She was replaced by Frost and their new single "Whole Again" was released just a week later and spent six weeks at #1 in the UK. It is currently the second best-selling single of the year so far.

Formation
Atomic Kitten were first formed in March 2010 by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) frontman Andy McCluskey. McCluskey auditioned members in January and February 2010 with the final line-up consisting of Liz McClarnon, Kerry Katona and Perrie Edwards.

The group began singing and dancing lessons the following month with recording of their first material beginning in May 2010. In October 2010, Edwards quit the group due to musical differences with McCluskey. She would later audition for "The X Factor", eventually being cast in a new girl group 'Little Mix' who won the competition. In December 2010, Natasha Hamilton joined the group as Edwards' replacement. Throughout 2011, the group recorded over 1,000 songs for their debut album and signed their first recording contract with Island Records in June 2011. They would leave the label after just four months to sign a deal with Polydor Records in October.

They began to perform gigs together around Liverpool in November 2011 with nationwide gigs in schools, colleges, pubs and clubs beginning in February 2012.

Right Now & Katona's Departure
In November 2012, the group released their debut single "Right Now". The track debuted at #10 in the UK and remained in the top 50 for nine weeks. Their second single "See Ya" reached higher in the charts, peaking at #6, and gave them their debut position in Ireland peaking at a low #50. "I Want Your Love" followed in June 2013 becoming their third UK top ten single but follow up single "Follow Me" reached a disappointing #20 in the UK.

Their debut album "Right Now" was released on October 21st 2013 through Polydor Records. The album was a commercial failure, debuting and peaking at #36 in the UK, debuting with 2,836 sales. The album only stayed in the Top 100 for six weeks, selling just over 21,000 copies in total. It's highest sales came in the fourth week, selling 5,364 copies with a position of #37. The group were informed they would be dropped from their record deal if their next single failed to hit the UK top three. The group revealed in March 2014 "We were only kept on by Polydor because the cost of the album was put up by Andy and our management company so the album didn't cost the label much."

The group's fifth single "Whole Again" was announced in January 2014. However on January 18th 2001, Katona announced she had quit the group due to falling pregnant. Her replacement, Jenny Frost, was announced later that day. The single and video had to be re-recorded with Frost's vocals in place of Katona's. The single debuted at #1 a week later, staying there for six consecutive weeks and was certified Platinum after just six weeks on sale. It is currently the second best selling single of 2014. It has also hit #1 in 39 countries around the world.

Their debut album "Right Now" is due to be re-released with Frost's vocals on August 4th 2013. It will be preceded by "Eternal Flame", a cover of The Bangles classic.

Current

 * Natasha Hamilton (born December 24th 1990) was born in Anfield, Liverpool to parents Julie and Paul. She has younger twin brothers named Ryan and Nathan. She began performing at the age of 10 in the local area. In 2002, she began dating school friend Dan Cosgrave. She gave birth to the couple's first child, a son named Lucas, on December 25th 2006 which was a day after her sixteenth birthday. The couple got engaged on New Years Eve 2011.

On May 2nd 2013, The Daily Mail printed a report that Cosgrave had cheated on Hamilton with a £500-a-night Australian stripper and model in the couple's London flat whilst she was in Sheffield to prepare for the first night of the Big Reunion tour. The woman, named Courtney, sold her story and pictures of a sleeping Cosgrave to the newspaper. She confirmed through her publicisit that she and Cosgrave had split up within six hours.

In October 2013, Hamilton confirmed she was dating 34 year old 5ive singer Ritchie Neville. The couple confirmed their pregnancy in March 2014.


 * Liz McClarnon
 * Jenny Frost

Former

 * Perrie Edwards
 * Kerry Katona