Six D were a British dance group and band who formed in early 2011 and split up in January 2012. The band was made up of six members, hence the name Six D, short for Six Dimensions. The members were Chantelle Bernard, Pierre Angus, Kieran Edmonds, Kimmy Campbell, Cassie Macmillan and Levon De Silva. They ranged in age from 16 (De Silva) to 24 (Edmonds). The band performed a school tour throughout the UK during 2010 and 2011 until the release of their first single "
Best Damn Night" on 24 July 2011. They also toured with
JLS
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and
The Saturdays
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in 2011 and performed at
T4 on the Beach 2011.
History
The band had previously done a number of events to publicise themselves this included a mini-school tour, street dancing performances in the streets of places such as Glasgow, Birmingham, London and Cardiff and interacting with fans on
Facebook
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and
Twitter
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. They also appeared on ''
The Dance Scene
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'' on
E! in two episodes, one recording the video for "Best Damn Night" and they also performed as the opening act for
JLS
JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing) are an English boyband, which consists of members Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill, originally formed by Williams. They initially signed to Tracklacers production company Ne ...
and
The Saturdays
The Saturdays were a British-Irish girl group based in London, England. The group formed during the summer of 2007 and have been on hiatus since 2014. The lineup consists of Frankie Bridge, Una Healy, Rochelle Humes, Mollie King, and Vanessa Wh ...
on their arena tour. The group's debut single "
Best Damn Night" was released on 24 July 2011 and debuted on the
UK Singles Chart
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at number 34.
Split
Following the release of their single the band hit a rough patch in their short career, as following the shut down of
Jive Records
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the band were left without a record label, and Edmonds decided to leave the group in late 2011, and the group decided to split in January 2012.
Discography
Singles
References
External links
Official website
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British pop music groups
English pop music groups
Jive Records artists
RCA Records artists
Musical groups established in 2011
Musical groups disestablished in 2012
2011 establishments in the United Kingdom