Tulisa Contostavlos Biography and Sexy Photos
Tula Paulinea "Tulisa" Contostavlos (born thirteen July 1988), typically known mononymously as Tulisa, could be a British actreess, singer and songwriter. She is best known for being a member of the currently defunct Camden-based hip hop cluster N-Dubz, along with her cousin Dappy and their friend Fazer fashioned in 2000 and along releasing 3 studio albums before saying their hiatus in 2011. Contostavlos is currently a decide on the The X issue and mentored the "Groups" class in her initial year as well as very little combine, the primary ever cluster to win the competition so far. Tulisa Contostavlos can unleash her debut solo album within the summer of 2012. On sixteen March 2012 throughout a Twitter dispute along with her cousin and bandmate Dappy Contostavlos announced that N-Dubz had indeed break up and weren't taking a possibility as stated in 2011.
Tulisa Contostavlos Life and career
Tulisa Contostavlos Early life and Career beginnings
Contostavlos was born in Camden city, North London, to an Irish mother, Anne Byrne (who, along with her 3 sisters, was a member of the Eighties band Jeep) and Steve Contostavlos, a Greek Cypriot father (part of Mungo Jerry). When Tulisa was 5, her mother, who has bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, was sectioned beneath the Mental Health Act. Tulisa Contostavlos' father left the family home when Tulisa Contostavlos was fourteen years previous. She said that she was cited in an exceedingly three bedroom house and experienced plenty as a teenager: violence, drug abuse, depression, anorexia nervosa, alcohol abuse, money difficulties, mental health problems and bullying.At 13 she was terribly emotional . She revealed that she twice tried to kill herself as a teen and additionally used to self-harm to undertake to assist her deal with everything she was researching. With support from her uncle, N-Dubz's former manager, Byron Contostavlos, at age fourteen she enrolled at Haverstock Secondary faculty, later attending Quintin Kynaston faculty in St John's Wood, however she did not sit her GCSE examinations.
Tulisa Contostavlos 2000–11: N-Dubz and cluster disbandment
Dappy and Fazer, who had already started rapping along, set they wished a feminine voice within the cluster, that was known as the Lickle Rinsers Crew at the time, and therefore invited Tulisa Contostavlos to be a part of the cluster. They started performing along as a bunch around Camden from as young as twelve years previous. For N-Dubz's second album, she did a solo song known as "Comfortable". Performing because the Lickle Rinsers Crew, they released the singles "Life Is obtaining Sicker by the Day" and "Bad Man Riddim", that became hits on English pirate radio stations. when Lickle Rinsers Crew, they then became NW1, when the realm they hail from, creating their initial music video in 2005 for the track "Everyday Of My Life", that received airplay on Channel U, recording a lot of demos as NW1 like "Don't Feel Like Moving", "Girl On Road" and "Livin Broke". Their initial single to be released was "You higher Not Waste My Time" that was obtainable for download solely till their 2006 self-released single, "I Swear", that gained them their initial mainstream notice. It wasn't till 2007's "Feva Las Vegas" (also self-released) that the cluster appeared on the united kingdom charts, peaking at No. 57. every member appeared on the second series of Channel 4's Dubplate Drama when they began to induce noticed as a bunch.In could 2008, a song entitled "Ouch" surfaced beside a music video. The video for "Ouch" attracted over four million viewers on networking website YouTube in only over a month when unleash. On six August 2008, it had been announced that the cluster had left Polydor Records and had signed to any or all round the World records. The label predominantly makes a speciality of dance music; but, they need sometimes released hip hop records like Ice Cube's you'll be able to Do It. The press unleash stated that the label would be releasing "Ouch" because the group's initial single on the label in September 2008. The group's initial album, Uncle B, was released on Revolutionary Organization 17 November 2008. The album includes "Love for My Slums", "You higher Not Waste My Time", "Feva Las Vegas", "I Swear", "Ouch", "Papa are you able to Hear Me?" and "Defeat You". "Strong Again" was touted because the third single to be released from the Uncle B album on sixteen February 2009 and a music video was created, before the physical CD released of the song was cancelled for unknown reasons. The song charted for 5 weeks within the UK Singles Chart, peaking highest at range twenty four. cluster member Dappy was featured in Tinchy Stryder's 2009 Number one single tentatively with titled "Number 1" the video additionally featured cameo appearances from all N-Dubz's members. attributable to the success of their debut album, the cluster commenced their initial headlining tour Uncle B Tour that was originally planned for sixteen dates however attributable to high demand five further dates were added. This was supported by Stevie Hoang and Tinchy Stryder with whom N-Dubz collaborated with on his No. one single "Number 1". The tour sold out inside days. throughout one performance, Tulisa fainted on stage. Multiple news sources reported that it had been attributable to suspected swine flu. "Wouldn't You" was then announced to be the seventh and last single to be released from the Uncle B debut album. The song was released digitally on twenty five could 2009 and peaked at Number sixty four within the UK.
The lead single from the group's second album titled "I would like You" was released on nine November 2009 and charted at No. five within the UK Singles Chart. Against All Odds, was released on sixteen November 2009, and charted at No. six within the UK Album Chart. The album went platinum inside approximately a pair of months of unleash. The second single, "Playing with Fire" options R&B/pop musician, Mr Hudson. The song reached No. fifteen within the UK Charts on album downloads alone; but, when the only was released, it fell to No. 16, reaching a brand new peak at No. fourteen the week when. The music video for the third single taken from the album, "Say It's Over", was released on five March 2010 on Channel AKA. it had been announced that the only are going to be released on twenty five April, it reached No. twenty seven on album downloads alone before the only was released. In late 2009, N-Dubz announced that they'll tour their current album, Against All Odds in spring 2010, creating it their third tour in 2 years, beginning on thirty one March and finishing on twenty April. It included seventeen shows with supporting acts Skepta, Talay Riley and Ultra. On one April 2010, they released their initial book, N-Dubz – Against All Odds: From Street Life to Chart Life, that they described as "the answer to the critics, there's plenty of dangerous press concerning N-Dubz at the instant and this can be progressing to place the record straight concerning who we actually are and what we're about" saying they need to place "everything out there", and Fazer additionally adding "It's progressing to surprise you". The book additionally offers access to a secret N-Dubz web site.
The cluster filmed a six half documentary, Being... N-Dubz, that premiered on twenty one June 2010 on 4Music and was later renewed for a second series in 2011. when a lot of speculation, it had been confirmed that US label Def Jam signed the cluster. the primary unleash was the album Love Live Life, N-Dubz's third studio album. it had been released within the UK on twenty nine November 2010. The cluster began recording the album following the success of Against All Odds. "We Dance On" was released on could twenty, 2010, because the album's lead single. It peaked at #5 on the united kingdom Singles Chart. The song was additionally included on the soundtrack to the film Streetdance 3D. The Album "Best Behaviour" was released on October seventeen, 2010 because the second single from the album. It peaked at ten in each the united kingdom and Scotland, and have become a prime forty hit in eire. The song additionally seems on Skepta's album Doin' It once more. "Girls" was released because the album's third single on December twelve, 2010. It peaked at nineteen on the united kingdom Singles Chart. A fourth track from the album, "So Alive" was released as single on February six, 2011. 5 singles were released from Love.Live.Life. The first, "We Dance On", had previously been released in could 2010 from the StreetDance soundtrack. On one September 2010, N-Dubz announced via Facebook that their initial new single from the album would be "Best Behaviour", that was eventually released on seventeen October. The music video premiered on Channel AKA and Clubland TV on eight September and was uploaded on YouTube by AATW Records later that day. the ultimate 3 singles from Love. Life. Live were "Girls", "So Alive" and "Morning Star". Love. Life. Live became N-Dubz' third platinum selling album. On sixteen March 2012 throughout a Twitter row along with her cousin and bandmate Dappy Contostavlos announced that N-Dubz had, in fact, break up and weren't taking a possibility as stated in 2011.
Tulisa Contostavlos 2011–present: The X issue and Young
In August 2011, it emerged that N-Dubz had parted company with record label Def Jam, stating that they we have a tendency tore "Never progressing to co-operate with them once they set to vary what we are". With Tulisa taking on a job as a decide on eighth series of The X issue and Dappy releasing his solo single "No Regrets", N-Dubz' gig on eighteen September 2011 was described as "their final gig for the foreseeable future".On thirty could 2011, Tulisa was confirmed as a decide for the eighth series of The X issue, alongside Louis Walsh, Kelly Rowland and Gary Barlow. the primary public auditions began on twenty three June 2011, with the new judging panel being sighted along for the primary time. Contostavlos mentored the teams class and mentored a pair of Shoes, Nu Vibe, The Risk, and Rhythmix (later renamed very little Mix) throughout the live shows. when 3 out of 4 of her acts were eliminated within the initial 5 weeks of the competition, Constostavlos was left with very little combine. The cluster then went on to become the foremost successful woman band within the X issue history, having avoided the ultimate showdown each week and winning the show within the method, creating them the primary cluster to try to to therefore within the show's eight year history.
In 2011, Tulisa confirmed that she had started work on a solo album that may be released on September seventeen, 2012. Tulisa has additionally recently confirmed by twitter that the primary single to be released from the album is entitled 'Young', the promo video for 'Young' was filmed on a pair of March in Miami, this song has been made by Richard 'Fazer' Rawson and written by Peter Ibsen, Ali Tennant and Fazer. On twenty nine April 2012 Tulisa released her single "Young" as a part of a remixes EP, that charted at range 5 on the Irish Singles Chart and #1 within the UK.
Contostavlos was named at range fifteen in FHM's '100 Sexiest ladies within the World list' within the could 2010 issue. The singer received the highest ranking in FHM's could 2012 issue.
Tulisa Contostavlos Acting career
Contostavlos played the role of Laurissa (a cocaine addict who is in R&B cluster The Fam) within the TV series Dubplate Drama. she is going to play herself within the upcoming film, Bulla, and is to form her huge screen debut in Arjun Rose slasher Demons Never Die.Tulisa Contostavlos Personal life
Starting in 2008 and lasting for around eighteen months, Contostavlos dated South London primarily based DJ/rapper, Justin Edwards, whom she additionally helped in developing his music career. In early 2012, a video of her performing oral sex on Edwards appeared on the web. Contostavlos was granted an injunction (Contostavlos v Mendahun) that legally blocks the distribution of the tape worldwide. She later recorded a video response within which she clarified the link on her YouTube account "Tulisaconto", and stated that she was each heartbroken and devastated by its unleash by her ex-boyfriend.Contostavlos was in an on/off relationship with DJ Adam Bailey, to whom she was reportedly engaged in early 2009. Bailey was accused of grievous bodily damage against her and she or he gave proof in his trial. In December 2009, Bailey was cleared of involvement within the attack.
In 2010, Contostavlos was on a BBC programme known as Tulisa: My Mum And Me describing her life before N-Dubz taking care of her mother. She was in an exceedingly relationship with N-Dubz band-mate Fazer from could 2010 however the link ended when an argument on vacation in early February 2012.
Tulisa Contostavlos Sexy Photos
See more Tulisa Contostavlos photos in sexy bikini