Forever (group)
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School Gyrls in 2010. Left to right: Sade Austin, Jacque Pyles, Mandy Rain, Lauren Chavez and Monica Parales.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | School Gyrls |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Pop, Teen pop |
| Years active | 2008–2012 |
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| Website | twitter.com/__ForeverMusic |
| Past members |
Jasmine Villegas Mandy Rain Jacque Pyles Sade Austin Lauren Chavez Natalie Aguero Brittany Oaks Rae Bello |
FOREVER (formerly known as School Gyrls) was an American girl group formed in 2008. They were signed to Nick Cannon's NCredible Entertainment. The group starred in an eponymous movie that premiered on Nickelodeon on February 21, 2010. The group's self-titled debut album was released on March 23, 2010. The album peaked at number 118 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and was preceded by the singles "Something Like a Party" and "Get Like Me". After the commercial success of their film and their single "Something Like A Party", the girls released another movie called "A Very School Gyrls Holla-Day", which was followed with a second studio album of the same name. Shortly after this, two of the group's original members Mandy Rain and Jacque Pyles, decided to leave to pursue respective solo careers. They were replaced by Brittany Oaks and Natalie Aguero.
After all the line up changes, the group had decided to change their name to "Forever" (stylized as FOREVER). This decision was so that their name would fit their more mature appearance. Shortly after the name change, the remaining members Rae Bello, Sade Austin and left the group. Their departure from the group caused the girl group to disband.
Nick Cannon was first introduced to Mandy Rain on the set his reality show Star Camp, where she was the youngest member of the Star Camp group "The Giggle Club". After Star Camp wrapped, Cannon considered a solo career for Mandy, but decided instead to use her as the nucleus of a girl group; he also formulated a movie concept about three private school girls who meet in detention, based on "Detention", a song Mandy had already recorded which later appeared on their debut album.
Cannon brought in Monica Anne Parales, who had auditioned for "The Giggle Club", but she wound up working on the "Jam-X Kids" project instead. Jasmine Villegas was the original third member of the group, but she left early on to pursue a solo career. After Jasmine's departure, Jacque Rae Pyles was chosen and added to the group.
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