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[awardinary]

Hello all, and welcome to The Solo Challenge!

The purpose of this event I'm running, with the support of the Chart mods, is to discover, with your input, who the best solo artist is who formerly was a member of a group, but has gone on to achieve some level of chart success in their own rights.

When you consider that so many different artists decide to break free from their groups to pursue their own music career, it's no wonder that a topic on this subject be created and discussed.

In this thread, I am looking for suggestions for both male and female recording artists who were formerly in a group but who have pursued solo projects.

The criteria is that the artist must have been in a group of 3 or more members, and that they have achieved a UK Top 40 single in their own rights.

Once all the best and most noteworthy names are collated, a series of finals will be run to determine the overall winner, both male and female, of the best solo artist formerly of a group.

From my own research, and from the input of others, here is who we have so far;

The Boys (in no particular order)

Michael Jackson (from Jackson 5)
Robbie Williams (from Take That)
Gary Barlow (from Take That)
Ronan Keating (from Boyzone)
Sting (from The Police)
Phil Collins (from Genesis)
Simon Webbe (from Blue)
Aston Merrygold (from JLS)
Zayn Malik (from One Direction)
Bryan McFadden (from Westlife)
Justin Timberlake (from N'Sync)
Dane Bowers (from Another Level)
Paul McCartney (from The Beatlesa)
Sisqo (from Dru Hill)
Brian Harvey (from East 17)
Travie McCoy (from Gym Class Heroes)
Nick Jonas (from Jonas Brothers)
Pharrell Williams (from N*E*R*D)
Darren Hayes (from Savage Garden)
Lionel Richie (from The Commodores)
Nathan Sykes (from The Wanted)
Marti Pellow (from Wet Wet Wet)
Kevin Simm (from Liberty X)
will.i.am (from The Black Eyed Peas)
Boy George (from Culture Club)
Dappy (from N-Dubz)
Matt Willis (from Busted)
Niall Horan (from One Direction)
Donny Osmond (from The Osmonds)
Freddie Mercury (from Queen)

The Girls (in no particular order)

Geri Halliwell (from Spice Girls)
Victoria Beckham (from Spice Girls)
Emma Bunton (from Spice Girls)
Melanie B (from Spice Girls)
Melanie C (from Spice Girls)
Mutya (from Sugababes)
Siobhan Donoghy (from Sugababes)
Cheryl Cole (from Girls Aloud)
Nadine Coyle (from Girls Aloud)
Nicola Roberts (from Grils Aloud)
Alesha Dixon (from Mis-Teeq)
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (from TLC)
Beyoncé Knowles (from Destiny's Child)
Kelly Rowland (from Destiny's Child)
Gwen Stefani (from No Doubt)
Louise (from Eternal)
Tulisa (from N-Dubz)
Lisa Scott-Lee (from Steps)
Rachel Stevens (from S Club 7)
Liz McClarnon (from Atomic Kitten)
Nicole Scherzinger (from Pussycat Dolls)
Kym Marsh (from Hear'say)
Annie Lennox (from Eurythmics)
Fergie (from The Black Eyed Peas)
Diana Ross (from The Supremes)
Debbie Harry (from Blondie)
Björk (from The Sugarcubes)
Belinda Carlisle (from Go-Go's)
Selena Gomez (from Selena Gomez & The Scene)
Sharleen Spiterri (from Texas)
Heather Small (from M People)
Mollie King (from The Saturdays)

Please continue to suggest others.

This post has been edited by awardinary: Nov 26 2016, 08:06 PM