Lollipop (Italian band)

Lollipop
Lollipop in 2001. From left: Marta, Dominique, Roberta, Marcella, Veronica.
Background information
Origin	Italy
Genres	Pop Dance Europop
Years active	2001–2004 2013–present
Labels	WEA Records / Warner Music Italy (2001–2004) Get Over Records (2013–present)
Website	http://lollipop.warnermusic.it
Members	Marcella Ovani Marta Falcone Roberta Ruiu Veronica Rubino
Past members	Dominique Fidanza

2001–2004

WEA Records / Warner Music Italy (2001–2004)

Lollipop is an Italian girl group formed in 2001 on the international television sensation Popstars (originated in New Zealand), a precursor to the Idols shows. They sing mainly in English although they recorded two songs in Italian. They enjoyed good success in their home country.

In spring 2004 the band announced they would no longer perform together, after being dropped by their record label.

In 2013 the group, excepting Fidanza, reunited and started a comeback tour.

Lollipop were an Italian group performing on the pop scene between 2001 and 2004. The members were Dominique Fidanza (Domy), Marcella Ovani (Marcellina), Marta Falcone, Roberta Ruiu and Veronica Rubino. They debuted with a single that stayed in singles chart many weeks, and in just its first four weeks it sold over 100,000 copies, an enormous success for a single in the Italian music market which is traditionally much more concentrated on album sales. They then released their debut album, Popstars, which spawned the follow-up single "Don't Leave Me Now" (number 9 on the single chart) and their third single "When The Rain",a ballad conceived for the Christmas market whose video was their first to be broadcast on MTV and reached No. 5 on TRL. The single charted in the Top 20. During the summer the group performed in many Italian discos and clubs with the Popstar 2001 Tour.

In March 2002 the group took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with their first song in Italian, "Batte Forte", after which they were highly criticized by the press, above all because of their poor live performance. The single was also included in the re-release of their first album, Popstars Remixed, featuring a second CD with the remixed versions of all their songs, "Batte Forte" included. During the summer of the same year, the group embarked on the Popstars 2002 Tour all over Italy.

In March 2003 they released their second single in Italian "Credi A Me", which was featured in the Italian-dubbed version of the Disney movie The Jungle Book 2.

The group decided to take a break and only in January 2004 released their second album Together, which spawned two singles "Dreaming of love" and the digital single "You". The album, released without any promotion by WEA, didn't gain much success and the group broke up after being dropped by their record label.