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Infobox musical artist|name = H & Claire|background = group_or_band|origin = United Kingdom |instrument = Vocals |Associated Acts = Steps (group)|Steps |label = Warner Bros. Records|WEA |genre = Pop music|Pop |years_active = 2002-2003|past_members = Ian Watkins (Steps)|H Claire Richards H & Claire were a pop music|pop duet (music)|duo , consisting of former Steps (group)|Steps members Claire Richards and Ian Watkins (Steps)|Ian "H" Watkins . They released one studio album and three top ten single (music)|singles in 2002 before disbanding in 2003 due to poor album sales. They reformed there original group Steps (group)|Steps in May 2011.
History
Following the split of Steps on 26 December 2001, H & Claire formed the duo. The pair released their debut single " DJ (H & Claire song)|DJ " on Warner Bros. Records|WEA Records on 6 May 2002. The single debuted and peaked on the UK Singles Chart at #3, spending a week in the Top 40|Top 10 .
Their second single, " Half A Heart " followed on 12 August 2002, peaking at #8. Their third and final single release was a double A-side and B-side|A-side of an original song entitled " All Out of Love (H & Claire song)|All Out of Love " and a cover of the Disney song " Beauty and the Beast (1991 song)|Beauty and the Beast ". The single was released in November 2002 and peaked at #10, spending 3 weeks on the United Kingdom|UK Top 40 . Their debut album, Another You Another Me , followed. However, it peaked at #58 in the UK Albums Chart , and WEA Records soon dropped the pair.
Taking a break from singing to plan her wedding (a marriage which subsequently failed), Richards never recorded again with Watkins, and the duo dissolved in 2003. More recently, Richards has left a message on a website dedicated to her, stating that she is planning a return to a singing career in the near future. http://www.claire-richards.com ClaireRichards.co.uk - The Definitive Claire Richards Website! In December 2006, she announced that she would be expecting her first child , and on 8 May 2007, she gave birth to a baby boy, named Charlie.
Watkins decided to take a musical theatre course at the Royal Academy of Music . He was filmed through the course and it was broadcast as a reality TV series, H-side Story , which followed him as he tries to make a new career in acting. At the end of the course Watkins passed his examination and graduated from the academy. He has since appeared in stage productions of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat , Cinderella , and Fame (musical)|Fame . On 3 January 2007, Watkins coming out|came out as gay in an interview with The Sun (newspaper)|The Sun newspaper.Emma Cox, http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,11049-2007000218,00.html 'I was only gay in the village', The Sun , 3 January 2007 His interview was published the same day he entered the Celebrity Big Brother 2007 (UK)|Celebrity Big Brother house. He finished in fourth place on Celebrity Big Brother 2007 .
Discography
Albums
2002: Another You Another Me - UK Albums Chart|UK #58
cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 239
Singles
2002: " DJ (H & Claire song)|DJ " - UK Singles Chart|UK #3
2002: " Half a Heart " - UK #8
2002: " All Out of Love (H & Claire song)|All Out of Love " / " Beauty and the Beast (1991 song)|Beauty and the Beast " - UK #10
cite web|url= http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_H1.HTM|title=Chart Log UK: H & Claire - Nick Heyward|accessdate=2006-07-27
STEPS Category:Musical duos Category:British pop music groups Category:Musical groups established in 2002 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2003
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