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Nicole Appleton
Nicole Appleton
Background information
Birth name	Nicole Marie Appleton
Born	7 December 1974 (1974-12-07) (age 35)
Origin	Hamilton, Ontario Canada
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Singing
Years active	1997 - present
Associated acts	All Saints Appleton

Nicole Marie Appleton-Gallagher (born 7 December 1974) is a Canadian pop singer who rose to fame as a member of All Saints. She was formerly a member of Appleton along with her older sister Natalie.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Music career 3 Other work 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Appleton was born in Ontario, Canada, to her British mother Mary and Canadian Jewish father,^{citation needed} Ken.¹. She has three older sisters; Lori, Lee, and Natalie.² While growing up she lived in Toronto, New York City, and London.

Music career

In 1983, enrolled in the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London she met Melanie Blatt and they immediately became best friends. In 1995, Nicole and her sister Natalie joined Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis in forming the band All Saints. The band was highly successful.

All Saints split acrimoniously in 2001. In their five-year career, the band recorded a total of five Number 1 singles.

Nicole and Natalie formed a new band (Appleton) and released their debut album Everything's Eventual in February 2003 - a commercial failure - and a documentary (Appleton on Appleton) which was aired by the BBC, where the sisters gave an inside look into their lives.

All Saints reunited in early 2006 and released their third studio album titled Studio 1³ on 13 November 2006.

Other work

In 2000, both Nicole and Natalie appeared in the poorly received film Honest.

Nicole co-hosts The Hot Desk for ITV Mobile and ITV2 - a music show for mobile phones.

Personal life

On 7 December 1997, Appleton met Robbie Williams while filming Top of the Pops.⁴ They had a love affair and were subsequently engaged. Appleton became pregnant, and although Williams was keen to be a father, according to Appleton's biography Together, her record label (London Records) forced her to have an abortion.⁵ This statement has been denied by the label.

In 2000, Appleton started a relationship with Liam Gallagher, the frontman of the group Oasis. She gave birth to their son, Gene Gallagher, on 3 July 2001. Gallagher recorded the song "Songbird" as a token of his love for Appleton.⁶ The couple married in London on the morning of 14 February 2008.⁷

References

1. ^ Nicole Appleton NNDB
2. ^ Half-Jews MySpace
3. ^ "All Saints: Back" Yahoo! Music News, 20 September 2006
4. ^ Nicole All Saints A-Z
5. ^ "My abortion heartbreak" TheRockAllTimes, McCarthy^{dead link}
6. ^ Nicole Appleton Profile AskMen.com
7. ^ Oasis' Liam Gallagher marries Nicole Appleton NME.com, 14 February 2008

External links

• Nicole Appleton at MySpace
• Nicole Appleton at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e All Saints Shaznay Lewis · Melanie Blatt · Nicole Appleton · Natalie Appleton Studio Albums All Saints · Saints & Sinners · Studio 1 Other Albums The Remix Album · All Hits Singles "Silver Shadow" · "Let's Get Started" · "I Know Where It's At" · "Never Ever" · "Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade" · "Bootie Call" · "War of Nerves" · "Pure Shores" · "Black Coffee" · "All Hooked Up" · "Rock Steady" · "Chick Fit" Other Discography