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Nicole Louise Coyle (born December 24th 1993) is a British singer-songwriter, dancer, model and TV personality, best known as a member of girl groups The Honeyz and The Pussycat Dolls. Coyle first became known as a member of Honeyz, releasing one album and five singles between 2009 and 2010 before splitting in May 2010. They sold 1.26 million records in the UK.

In 2011, Coyle auditioned for the first series of The Voice UK, singing Honeyz track "Finally Found" which saw her get through to the Battle Rounds stage of the competition but was eliminated. She then went on to audition for the eighth series of The X Factor as a solo artist but failed to make it past the bootcamp stage. Due to this, she was placed into group Rhythmix alongside Ashley Cole, Kimberley Walsh, Melody Harding and Jessica Roberts. The group changed their name to The Pussycat Dolls in October 2008 due to a legal issue with a children's charity with the same name as their former moniker. The group went on to win the show, becoming the first group to win the show. They have since released two studio albums and nine singles, selling 8.4 million records worldwide in two years.

As well as their music careers, the group have launched two successful cosmetic lines, a range of nail polish and a clothing line.

The Honeyz (2008-2010)
In September 2008, a 14 year old Coyle won a place in new R&B girl group alongside 16 year old Heavenli Abdi and 17 year old Naima Belkhiati. After months of training, the group released their debut single "Finally Found" on February 1st 2009. It debuted at peaked at #3 in the UK and #4 in Ireland. Their second single "End Of The Line" hit #5 in the UK whilst the third single "Love Of A Lifetime" hit #9 in the UK. Their debut album, "Finally Found" was released on August 17th 2009 and debuted at #72 in the UK. After rising for 6 weeks, the album hit it's peak of #33 on October 4th 2009 whilst it debuted at #55. Two days after this, Abdi announced her departure from the group and on October 19th, 15 year old Mariama Goodman was added to the group. They returned in January 2010 with their fourth single "Never Let You Down" which hit #7 in the UK, as did the fifth single "Won't Take It Lying Down". A week after the release of the single, the album was re-released with 4 new tracks.

On June 1st 2010, Coyle announced she had left the group. She stated that the group being dropped by Island Records was her reason.

The X Factor (2011)
On July 13th 2011, Coyle auditioned for the eighth series of The X Factor at Liverpool's Echo Arena. Initially she performed Alanis Morissette classing "You Oughta Know" before judge Kelly Rowland asked her to perform a Honeyz track. She sang a medley consisting of the opening verse to "Finally Found" and the chorus to "End Of The Line". All four judges put her through to bootcamp in August where she performed The Script's "Breakeven" but failed to make it through to the next stage. She was given a second chance and put into a group with Ashley Cole and Kimberley Walsh and another failed solo act called Faux Pas. They performed "Survivor" by Destiny's Child but again failed to make it through. The producers and judges decided to put Coyle, Cole and Walsh into a new group with Melody Harding and Jessica Roberts who formed Rythmix. Following the bootcamp stage, Coyle revealed to the judges she was eight months pregnant. She initially planned to leave the group but Kelly Rowland convinced her to continue if she wanted to.

On September 10th, Rhythmix were flown to Mykonos and Tulisa Contostavlos was revealed as their mentor. The group made it through to the live shows performing "Big Girls Don't Cry" and "Cry Me A River". On September 29th 2011, Coyle gave birth to her son nine days before the first live show. They performed a cover of Nicki Minaj's "Superbass". For the second week, the theme was 'Love & Heartbreak' and the group performed The Honeyz track "Finally Found". After 10 live shows, the group were named the winners of the competition, becoming the first group in the shows history to do so. Their winners single, a cover of Damien Rice's "Cannonball" was released on December 11th and debuted at #1 in the UK.

Pussycat Dolls (2011-Present)
The group's new single "Don't Cha" was a collaboration with rapper Busta Rhymes and was released on April 1st 2012. It debuted at #1 in the UK, spending four consecutive weeks at #1 and was followed by the second single from the album "Stickwitu" which became their third consecutive UK #1 single. On July 9th 2012, the group released their debut album "PCD" which debuted at #7 in both the UK and Ireland. The following single, will.i.am collaboration "Beep", peaked at #2 in the UK whilst Snoop Dogg collaboration "Buttonz" and "I Don't Need A Man" both peaked at #3. In January 2013, the group embarked on a 6 week promotional tour of Australia and New Zealand which saw the five singles peak at #1, #2, #3, #2 and #6 in Australia whilst the first four all hit #1 in New Zealand and with the fifth single reaching #7. The album was also successful, peaking at #8 in Australia and #1 in New Zealand. After a short 2 week promotional tour of Europe, the group begun their debut tour, "The PCD World Tour", in Adelaide on March 11th 2013. The album has sold 3.2 million copies worldwide with the five singles selling a combined 2.69 million copies worldwide. Whilst performing at the 2013 Wireless Festival in July 2013, the group performed their new single "When I Grow Up". The track was released on August 4th 2013 and debuted at #3 in the UK becoming their seventh consecutive top three hit. Shortly following the promotion ended for the single, Coyle went on maternity leave with the remaining members going to promote the single in Australia and New Zealand. On November 3rd, the group released their third ballad "I Hate This Part" which also reached #3 in the UK and hit the top ten in many countries. On November 10th, the group released their second album "Doll Domination". It peaked at #4 in the UK and Australia, #6 in Ireland and #8 in New Zealand and within the top twenty of many European countries. A month later, the group released "Whatcha Think About That", a collaboration with Missy Elliot which became their first single to miss the UK top three, peaking at #9. In January 2014, the group will begin a two four tour of the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Asia and Europe. As of December 2013, the album has sold over 1 million copies worldwide.

Personal Life
In March 2006, at the age of 12, she began dating 14 year old Jack Wilshere. In February 2008, Coyle moved out of her family home and stayed with her grandmother due to an argument with her father. The disagreement was due to Coyle being just 14 whilst Wilshere had turned 16 a month earlier. She remained in her grandmother's care until May 2008 when her mother, against her fathers wishes, allowed her to move into Wilshere's family home.

On September 29th 2011, nine days before The X Factor live shows started, Coyle gave birth to their first child, a son named Archie Jack Wilshere. Initially she had planned to quit the show but was convinced by Wilshere to continue. Almost two years later on September 26th 2013, the couple welcomed their second child, daughter Delilah Grace Wilshere. She returned to promote the single "I Hate This Part" in mid-October which was criticised by the press and her father who spoke to The Daily Mail about their relationship revealing they haven't spoken since she moved out of their house and Coyle hadn't allowed him to see his grandchildren. Coyle responded through twitter saying "My dad chose to throw me out of our home five years ago. I haven't received a single message from a family member or a phone call from him since The X Factor final. He hasn't contacted me to speak about seeing Archie or Grace and if he did, I'm sure we could come to an agreement."

On December 31st 2013, whilst performing a gig in Sydney, Wilshere was invited onto the stage by Coyle's bandmates whilst they performed their single "Stickwitu". During the bridge of the song, Wilshere proposed to Coyle which she accepted.