Originally posted by Complex

It is strange to see the other girls in a girl group have no singing parts at all for the majority of the songs. In the U.K the girl groups all have some part to play even if it is small. The Sugababes always had all three working away but trio groups are usually seen to focus more on harmonies and Heidi was the bridge/middle 8 (if that's what it is called) girl. Nicola from Girls Aloud was also great at the bridge and the other girls had their little singing parts with Nadine mostly lead. Even Frankie and Mollie of the Saturdays get speaking/small singing parts and they just autotune them sometimes .

Michelle of Destiny's Child never got a lot in the songs but she still got some parts. Usually the good thing with girl groups is that they are supposed to make a stronger unit and one makes up for the other's weakness. You may get the main lead vocalist, a good little rapper, a great bridge girl. Someone who can hit the high notes, and someone that can do the softer parts of a song. Girl groups have been seen to support one another and each plays their role. We began to individually separate girls since the Spice Girls with Baby Spice, Sporty and so on. With the Pussycat Dolls I couldn't name one of the girls at the back or even remember what they looked like half the time.

It probably didn't do the sales any harm and maybe if the others did sing, the songs may not have been as strong. I don't know, but they are definitely different to the other girls groups and I am not sure if I like them taking such a passive role. But then if that's what they were hired for and if they knew what they were getting into they have to accept it. They probably didn't do too badly on the payroll, but Nicole must have earned significantly more.

I hope this song and Jessica's full album is as good as the two singles released.

Originally posted by Jeffsuxx

shes still with Hollywood Records?

Originally posted by Jeffsuxx

shes still with Hollywood Records?

Originally posted by J-esper

The thing is that PCD never was the traditional girlgroup, it was basically based on the burlesque troupes who have various dancers and a few singers!

Originally posted by Inverted

The original Sugababes were a real group that were formed on their own and Girls Aloud were cast together. Same with the Spice Girls. The Pussycat Dolls were originally dancers for a burlesque show and then Nicole and Melody were hired to be singers when Robin Antin wanted to turn them into a pop act. Before that, singers like Christina Aguilera were guest performers in their show and sang for them.

I'm sure Michelle Williams got her tiny parts in Destiny's Child songs because the group was used as a platform to launch Beyonce's solo career and it would have reflected poorly on her if she sang everything and would have contradicted the sisterly image they were going for. Wasn't that one of the complaints about the original lineup?

They did accept it, but I think the Jai Ho! issue with Nicole credited separately created issues within the group. The song was originally supposed to be just Nicole, but PCD was added later to make it more bankable.

Originally posted by Complex

Thanks for the background it makes it a lot clearer how they were set up . It seemed there was a lot of complaining after they split, so I thought they were moaning because they wanted it to be like a real group. Maybe some people are happy to be in the background and others crave some of the attention and spotlight more. If Jessica wanted more exposure perhaps this shows in how much energy she has used chasing her own career in singing. I am not sure what was happening with Destiny's Child, but don't female groups seem to be more prone to more in-fighting than the boybands. I could be wrong. Take That had their share of tensions with Gary and Robbie and whatever else was going on.

Originally posted by Inverted

I think it's natural for performers to want more of the spotlight unless it's someone like Michelle Williams who knew that she was in the best position she could possibly be in and that if she complained she'd be fired just like Farrah Franklin and the original two members were when they complained about their treatment. It's inevitable for there to be conflicts within any group of people in any type of situation, but it's probably exaggerated with women because people want to believe females are prone to fighting with each other.