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Nadine Elizabeth Louise Coyle (born 15 June 1985 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish singer for the pop group Girls Aloud. She was born to Lillian and Niall Coyle, with two sisters, Charmaine and Rachael.

Early career

Before finding fame, Coyle recorded a demo CD which was distributed to Louis Walsh (now ex co-manager of Girls Aloud) and The Late Late Show. This songs included "Fields Of Gold", "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", "Love Is" and "Summertime". The demo CD is very rare as only a few copies were made (Coyle gave most to her friends and family); one found its way onto eBay and earned a high price.

Coyle first found fame in 2001 when, while attending Thornhill College, Derry, she entered the Irish version of the talent show Popstars. As one of the winners of the show, Coyle was selected to become a member of the group Six. Shortly after the group was formed, the bandmates moved into a house together and all were interviewed on camera.

Coyle gave a string of information about herself but then stopped suddenly and whispered "What date of birth did I give...?" She initially maintained that she had simply made a mistake when stating her birthday, but later broke down off camera and admitted that she had lied about her age and was in fact only 15 years old. As the minimum age stipulated by the producers was 18, she had to be dropped from the group and returned to her secondary grammar school, Thornhill College. Six's first single, "Whole Lot Of Loving", went on to become the fastest-selling single in Irish history.

Girls Aloud

In 2002 Coyle returned to enter the UK talent show Popstars: The Rivals at the invitation of manager, Louis Walsh. As she got through the first few rounds, her first fansite opened. She polled the third-highest number of votes in the final and was chosen to join the group Girls Aloud. During the series, she had been a hot favourite to make the group. When asked to name a highlight from the show, presenter Davina McCall simply answered "Nadine".

The group's first single "Sound of the Underground" was released in December 2002 and went to number one in the UK and Ireland.

With Girls Aloud she has scored 19 top 10 singles (four of which have been #1s) and five platinum albums (including a #1). Nadine is often seen as "the voice" of the band and has the most vocal experience in the group, having taken part in and won two series of Popstars, the only person in the world to do so. Nadine has showed off her vocal talent several times whilst on UK tours with her band mates.

Louis Walsh has promised to make Nadine a solo star if and when Girls Aloud go their separate ways. However, she has constantly denied reports she will leave the girl group to become a solo artist.

Nadine has also co-written a few songs whilst in the group, including:

• "100 Different Ways" (What Will the Neighbours Say?)
• "Why Do It" (B-side to I Think We're Alone Now)
• "Sexy! No, No, No..."

Other work

Coyle filmed a cameo appearance in Natasha Bedingfield's video for "I Wanna Have Your Babies" in Los Angeles. In 2007, Coyle and the other members of Girls Aloud made a cameo appearance as schoolgirls in the film St. Trinian's. The theme song of the official movie soundtrack that she recorded with her bandmates reached number 51 in the UK charts. Coyle also appeared on Keith Barry's show The Great Escape which aired on ITV on 29 December 2007.

She was reportedly approached by Gillette to advertise their female range of razors.

Coyle has made FHM's "100 Sexiest Females" list for the past six years, reaching her highest ranking in 2007. FHM Rankings:

• 2003 - Ranked 87
• 2004 - Ranked 46
• 2005 - Ranked 35
• 2006 - Ranked 45
• 2007 - Ranked 26
• 2008 - Ranked 43

Coyle was voted the 238th least annoying celebrity of 2007 with more than 7 million votes being placed on the American "Am I Annoying" website. She was the only Girls Aloud member to make it onto the least annoying list.

Personal life

Coyle currently lives in Los Angeles, where her family recently moved to open a string of authentic Irish Pubs. She and her family are currently leasing a mansion in Huntington Beach, California.

In 2004 Coyle split with her footballer boyfriend Neil McCafferty because of their busy schedules. The pair had met in school and had been dating since 2000, but would remain friends.

Coyle met American actor Jesse Metcalfe in February 2006, and started dating. On 21 April 2007 Metcalfe's publicist confirmed the couple had split and denied Metcalfe had cheated on Coyle after his stint in rehab, which Coyle later confirmed on Saturday Night With Miriam, saying they had already split before pictures were taken of Metcalfe with another woman.

Despite reports to the contrary, Coyle told The Sun that she and Metcalfe had not re-established their relationship, and only met up with Metcalfe as friends. The couple has been split for some time, with Coyle's father saying "she did well to get shot of him."

In September 2008, it was reported that Nadine was suffering from shingles, therefore was unable to take part in Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on Radio 1, where the rest of the band performed a live version of their 19th single The Promise, as well as covering Apolgize the hit from One Republic.

References

1. Nadine Coyle: I demanded an Irish flag for Girls Aloud album cover
2. "Nadine In Tash Bedingfield Vid". MTV. 30 January 2007.
3. "Nadine In ITV's Great Escape". The Sun. 29 December 2007.
4. "Nadine's looking a pins-up Girl". The Sun. 13 January 2007.
5. "Nadine on the least annoying list". Am I Annoying. 3 January 2008.
6. Simpson, Eva. I FELL OUT OF LOVE SAYS GIRLS ALOUD'S NADINE. Daily Mirror, 23 February 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
7. Alexander, Bryan. Jesse Metcalfe, Pop-Star Girlfriend Nadine Coyle Split. People Magazine, 21 April 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
8. Girls Aloud star Nadine Coyle: 'My ex Jesse didn't cheat on me'. Daily Mail, 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
9. Kilkelly, Daniel. Nadine Coyle not back with Metcalfe. Digital Spy, 3 September 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
10. Hilton, Beth. Coyle's dad happy with Metcalfe split. Digital Spy, 12 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-14.

External links

• Official Girls Aloud Website
• Nadine Coyle at IMDb

• 1985 births
• Girls Aloud members
• Living people
• Irish female singers
• People from Derry
• Reality show winners
• Irish pop singers
• British female singers
• Northern Irish female singers