The Stunners

The Stunners
The Stunners in 2009 (L–R: Allie Gonino, Tinashe, Marisol Esparza, Hayley Kiyoko, and Kelsey Sanders)
The Stunners in 2009
(L–R: Allie Gonino, Tinashe, Marisol Esparza, Hayley Kiyoko, and Kelsey Sanders)
Background information
OriginUnited States
Genres
Years active2007–2011
Labels
Past members

The Stunners were an American girl group formed in Los Angeles in 2007. Originally the members were Allie Gonino, Hayley Kiyoko, Marisol Esparza, Kelsey Sanders, and Tinashe. In July 2009 after the debut single "Bubblegum", Sanders left the group and was replaced by Lauren Hudson. The group disbanded in 2011.

Career

2007–2009: Beginning and Sanders departure

In 2007, Allie Gonino, Hayley Kiyoko, Kelsey Sanders, Marisol Esparza, and Tinashe formed the group, after record producer Vitamin C brought the group together.[1] Six months later, the group signed with Columbia Records and contributed a song to the iCarly soundtrack. The debut single wasn't released and, in 2009, the group left Columbia[2] and signed a production deal with Lionsgate Entertainment, who also produced a scripted television show pilot based on the group, which was ordered by MTV.[2][3] On March 18, 2009, they released a single titled "Bubblegum" to iTunes along with the official video for the single. In July 2009, Sanders left the group to pursue her acting career[4] and was substituted by Lauren Hudson.

2009–2011: The Stunners, My World Tour and split

On September 29, 2009, the girls released a 5-song EP influenced by Madonna, Gwen Stefani, and Rihanna.[4] They released a holiday single in December 2009, produced by Desmond Child, and written by the five members of the group,[5] titled "Santa Bring My Soldier Home" and encouraged donations the USO for soldiers overseas, not with their families for the holidays.[6] The group performed the song on The Today Show[7] as well as The Wendy Williams Show.[2][6] On December 13, 2009, they appeared on Anything Anything with Rich Russo where they performed an a cappella version of "Santa Bring My Soldier Home".

The Stunners performing on Justin Bieber's My World Tour in July 2010 (L–R: Hudson, Tinashe, Gonino, Kiyoko, and Esparza)

They released the single "We Got It" with a music video in February 2010.[2] Later in 2010, they signed to Universal Republic Records[2] and released the single "Dancin' Around the Truth" to iTunes as well as Top 40 radio stations.[8] The music video premiered June 2, just before the group was announced as an opening act on Justin Bieber's My World Tour.[9]

They had finished their run after twenty dates on the tour and returned to LA to record new songs with producers and writers such as Toby Gad, The Cataracs, Dave Broome,[10] Livvi Franc,[11] Sheppard Soloman, Jimmy Harry and Tony Kanal of No Doubt fame.[12] They shot a fourth music video in the desert of California in November for their new song "Spin The Bottle" which premiered on December 31, 2010. A full album along with an official second single titled "Heart Stops Beating", written by Tinashe and Allie and produced by Orange Factory Music was planned,[13] but canceled when the group disbanded in 2011.[2][14][15]

Members

Discography

Extended play

Title EP details
The Stunners[16][17]

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart
positions 		Album
US
Dance
[18] 		US
A/C
[19]
"Bubblegum"[20] 2009 — — Non-album single
"Santa Bring My Soldier Home"[21] — 19
"We Got It"[22] 2010 14 — The Stunners
"Dancin' Around the Truth"[23]
(featuring New Boyz) 		— —
"Spin the Bottle"[24] — — Non-album singles
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Other appearances

Title Year Album
"Let's Hear It for the Boy" 2008 iCarly

Music videos

Title Year Director
"Bubblegum" 2009 Mike Nazzaro[25]
"We Got It" 2010 Garrett Rosenblum and Ori Ravid[26]
"Dancin' Around the Truth" Smallz and Rasking[27]
"Spin the Bottle" Travis Hoffman[28]

Concert tours

Opening act

References

  1. ^ "The Stunners Biography on MTV". MTV. Viacom. Archived from the original on January 7, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Lindell, Karen (July 16, 2010). "Hayley's Comet". Ventura County Star. Archived from the original on September 7, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "Listen to The Stunners' New Self-Titled EP". AOL. Nadine Cheung. September 20, 2009. Archived from the original on July 29, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "The Stunners: Biography". Allmusic. March 22, 2012.
  5. ^ "Garner Debuts Country Version of Santa Bring My Soldier Home". All Access Music Group. December 10, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  6. ^ a b "The Stunners – "Santa Bring My Soldier Home" + Wendy Williams Show performance". BandWebLogs. December 9, 2009. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  7. ^ "HELLO! Meet the Stunners!". Archived from the original on September 19, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  8. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases". All Access Music Groupaccessdate=2010-04-25.
  9. ^ "Justin Bieber presents The Stunners!". June 3, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  10. ^ "BMI Repertoire Search – The Stunners – MAKE ME SING". Retrieved December 29, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  11. ^ "ASCAP search results – The Stunners – SAY NO". Retrieved December 29, 2011.
  12. ^ Leeuwis, Jermy (October 6, 2009). "The Stunners to release Debut EP album". Music Remedy. Archived from the original on March 18, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  13. ^ "ASCAP search results Stunners – HEARTS STOP BEATING". Retrieved December 29, 2011.
  14. ^ "The Stunners (group)". eNotes. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
  15. ^ "The Lying Game's Allie Gonino Dishes On Her New Role, Makeup Tricks and Shoe Splurging". Elle Girl. Karen Hor and Jaclyn Palazzolo. October 12, 2011. Archived from the original on November 14, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  16. ^ "The Stunners EP". BOP and Tiger Beat. Tiger Beat. March 22, 2012.
  17. ^ "The Stunners – EP". iTunes. May 30, 2011. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. ^ "Dance Singles – August 29, 2010". Billboard. September 8, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  19. ^ "Adult Contemporary – January 9, 2010". Billboard. September 8, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
  20. ^ "Bubblegum – Single". iTunes. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  21. ^ "Santa Bring My Soldier Home – Single". iTunes. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  22. ^ "The Stunners We Got It". Discogs. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  23. ^ "Dancin' Around the Truth – Single". iTunes. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  24. ^ "Spin the Bottle". Discogs. May 30, 2011. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  25. ^ "Tinashe: like a boss". Dazed Digital. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  26. ^ "The Stunners We Got It- MUSIC VIDEO". Mr Video. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  27. ^ "The Stunners – Dancin' Around the Truth". VEVO. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  28. ^ "The Stunners – Spin the Bottle". Richard Vialet Cinematographer. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
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