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Honeyz are a United Kingdom|British -based Contemporary R& B|R& B girl group formed in 1997. Honeyz are composed of Célena Cherry , Mariama Goodman and Naima Belkhiati

Chart success

The Honeyz were nominated for the BRIT Awards in the categories Best Newcomer and Best R& B Act. Their most famous single Single (music)|single , " Finally Found ", peaked at number 4 in the UK Singles Chart , and went on to sell more than half a million copies. The follow-up, " End of the Line (Honeyz song)|End of the Line "(written by award winning songwriter Paul Begaud), notched up similar sales figures, peaking at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart and reaching #1 on the UK R& B Charts. Their debut album Wonder No. 8 went gold in the United Kingdom|UK with sales of over 250,000 copies.
Aside from their success in the United Kingdom , they performed with a full orchestra in the Netherlands , to 8,000 people at Childline in Dublin , duetted with Lionel Richie in Italy , and saw their first single, "Finally Found", go double platinum in Australia . In the United States , they signed to The Island Def Jam Music Group|Def Jam/Island , providing backing vocalist|backing vocals to a Foxy Brown (rapper)|Foxy Brown track and also worked with record producer|producer Stevie J .

History

Early years

The lineup was initially made up of Heavenli Roberts (Heavenli Abdi at the time), Naima Belkhiati , and Célena Cherry .

Departure of Roberts and the arrival of Goodman

During their second promotional trip to Australia in March 1999, Belkhiati and Cherry heard that Roberts had decided to quit the group for personal reasons, including spending more time with her boyfriend, Matthew Marsden .

The gap left by Roberts' departure opened an opportunity for former Solid HarmoniE vocalist Mariama Goodman . Her arrival was announced exclusively on BBC One 's Live & Kicking on 10 April 1999, in time for the release of the group's third single, " Love of a Lifetime ", which reached number 9 later that month. The new lineup performed over the summer of 1999, at venues including London's Mardi Gras and Capital Radio 's Party in the Park concert in Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park in July. At the radio event, performed in front of 100,000 people, Honeyz sang their hits "Finally Found" and "End Of The Line", before duet (music)|duetting with Another Level (band)|Another Level on the Help A London Child single "Holding Back The Years". This was followed later in the month by a performance at the Wicked Women concert in Hyde Park, in aid of Breast Cancer Research. In September, Honeyz supported Five (band)|Five at London's Brixton Academy and Manchester Apollo , in events organised in conjunction with Cadburys and MTV .

October 1999 saw the release of their fourth single, " Never Let You Down ", a track recorded for inclusion on a re-packaged version of Wonder No. 8 , and the first single to feature the vocals of Goodman. The single entered into the UK Singles Chart at number 7, making it their fourth consecutive Top 40|Top 10 hit.

Honeyz performed another newly recorded album track, " Won't Take It Lying Down ", at the MOBO Awards , held on 6 October 1999 in the Royal Albert Hall , where they had two nominations in the 'Best Newcomer' and 'Best R& B Act' categories. "Won't Take It Lying Down" went on to be released at the end of February 2000, reaching number 7. It became the last Top 10 single that Honeyz achieved.

At the 2000 Maxim (magazine)|Maxim awards, they picked up the award for the Best British Girl Band, beating The Spice Girls , Hepburn (band)|Hepburn , Thunderbugs and Eternal (band)|Eternal to the title.

Departure of Goodman and the return of Roberts

By the summer of 2000, a new song had been recorded, which was confirmed as not only the first single to be taken from a planned forthcoming new album, but also a chosen single from the Nutty Professor II: The Klumps original soundtrack, with the Honeyz featuring on the UK version alongside Sisqó and Janet Jackson . The single, " Not Even Gonna Trip ", was initially scheduled for release in September 2000.

It was during the run-up to the single release, in August, that Goodman announced her departure from the Honeyz. Former member Roberts rejoined and her vocals were added to "Not Even Gonna Trip". The revised lineup was announced on ITV 's SMTV/CD:UK , on 19 August 2000, along with a performance of "Finally Found". It was also the song sung on the first performance by a band on CD:UK on its launch almost two years earlier.

"Not Even Gonna Trip" peaked at Number 24 in October 2000. Their next single, " I Don't Know (Honeyz song)|I Don't Know ", was released in August 2001 and reached number 28.

They were to release another single, "Talk to the Hand", in late 2001. A music video|video was filmed, however Mercury Records made the decision to drop the group, and plans for the release of the group's second album, Harmony (Honeyz album)|Harmony , were shelved; following this and a departure from their management company First Avenue Records the group decided to go their separate ways in 2002.

Brief reunion and disbandment

2005 saw the band reform. In January 2005, Honeyz contributed to an Asian tsunami relief charity single, "Grief Never Grows Old", collaborating with Boy George and Cliff Richard . The same year they appeared on the ITV singing contest Hit Me Baby One More Time , performing their debut single "Finally Found" and a cover version|cover of Nickelback 's hit " How You Remind Me ". This was the last performance with founding member Belkhiati who left the band shortly after; her placement was temporarily filled by Cherry's sister Candace Cherry, formerly a member of Kleshay .

In August 2006 Roberts left the band due to pregnancy and was replaced, again, by Goodman, who filled in for Roberts for the remainder of their committed shows, and since then has returned to the Honeyz line up performing their hit singles at gigs all over the country.

Solo material

In June 2003, Cherry released a single with her cousin Alani (also a former member of Kleshay) under the name Anotherside, through V2 Records . The song, "This Is Your Night", reached Number 41 in the UK Chart, and their brief partnership came to a close.

In 2005, Célena Cherry released a self-titled solo album available through her website. It included three Honeyz hits (re-arranged and re-recorded), three Christmas songs and four new songs. According to Cherry's website, Honeyz were recording a new album as a group at that time, following her acting appearances on the soaps Hollyoaks and Doctors (BBC soap opera)|Doctors .

Discography

Albums

Date	Title	UK )	Comment
1998	Wonder No. 8	33	Original release
2001	Harmony	n/ a	Unreleased
2006	The Collection	-	Greatest hits

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions					Album
Year	Single	UK cite book	IRL	AUS	NZ	SWE	Album
1998	" Finally Found "	4	4	3	23	6	Wonder No. 8
1998	End of the Line "	5	7	24	—	35
1999	Love of a Lifetime "	9	26	—	—	—
1999	" Never Let You Down "	7	—	—	—	—
2000	" Won't Take It Lying Down "	7	30	—	—	—
2000	" Not Even Gonna Trip "	24	—	—	—	—	Harmony (Honeyz album)
2001	I Don't Know "	28	—	—	—	—
2001	"Talk to the Hand"	—	—	—	—	—

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