this is booty luv

mixed by mark roberts / ultimix

featuring...

Boogie 2nite

Don't Mess With My Man

Some Kinda Rush

Shine

Booty Luv is a British dance music group formed in June 2006 via the Hed Kandi label. It is fronted by two R&B vocalists, Cherise Roberts and Nadia Shepherd, both of whom were in the original line-up of the successful hip-hop band Big Brovaz. Booty Luv's 'breakthrough' came when their debut single stormed the charts, spending fifteen weeks inside the UK Top 20. Since then they have released three follow up singles and their debut album peaked at #11 on the UK Album Chart.

the formation...

Booty Luv was created during early recordings of Big Brovaz 'Re-Entry' album when music exectutives offered Cherise and Nadia the chance to record and promote a new version of RnB singer Tweet's club hit "Boogie 2nite". Following the poor sales of early singles from 'Re-Entry' in mid-2006, the girls accepted the offer and began recording their new version of the song, initially only as a promotional track for the record label Hed Kandi. Six months later in December, however, Booty Luv's 'Boogie 2nite' was released as an actual single in the UK and mainland Europe following fantastic reviews from club DJs on the dance scene.

commercial success...

In late 2006 the video for Boogie 2nite was sent to top music channels and the song was heavily promoted. The original dance remix by Seamus Haji was chosen for the song's download and physical releases, while the video was chosen to feature the remix by the group DB Boulevard. The song continued its success onto digital music video channels, holding #1 positions on the The Hits Most Selected and TMF Hitlist UK. The song was released on download format a week before the physical release, and shot to #1 on the 3 Download chart and iTunes Top 100, furthering its success into the Official UK Top 40 where it peaked at #19 on download sales before climbing as high as #2 following its physical release. Spending 17 weeks inside the UK Top 75, Boogie 2nite proved right the reviews and resulted in Booty Luv extending their contract with Hed Kandi to four follow up singles and an album.

In 2007, after taking several months to record their debut album, Booty Luv released the follow-up single "Shine", a cover of the Luther Vandross song on the 14 May. It was well received by radio and added to the A-List on BBC Radio 1, peaking at #17 on the UK Airplay Chart. In its first week of release, "Shine", entered the UK Singles Chart at #25 on downloads alone, jumping 15 places to #10 the following week following its physical release.

Their debut album "Boogie 2nite" was released one week after third single Don't Mess With My Man (a cover of a Lucy Pearl song) made the UK Top 20 at #11. The album features the three hit singles Boogie 2nite, Shine and Don't Mess With My Man, a new cover as well as five original songs, including the latest UK Top 40 hit Some Kinda Rush. The album is co-written by Booty Luv and two co-writers. On September 24, 2007, "Boogie 2nite" entered the UK Albums Chart at a respectable #11, but fell to #26 and quickly dropped off the chart.

The fourth single to be released from the album was Some Kinda Rush, the first original release by the group. On the week commencing November 28, 2007, the song had a surge in download sales solely from the album following the songs early promotion, when it entered the UK Top 100 at #93, four weeks before its official download release. It continued to hold inside the UK Top 100 before becoming Booty Luv's fourth consecutive UK Top 20 hit when it rose to #19 following its combined physical and download sales. On the week commencing 28 January 2008, the single outlasted Don't Mess With My Man in the UK Top 75 despite its lower peak. Their debut album "Boogie 2nite" also experienced a resurgence into the UK Top 100 following the success of Some Kinda Rush. It re-entered the UK Top 100 Albums at #96, before climbing as high as #87. The album has so far spent four weeks inside the UK Top 100 following the release of Some Kinda Rush, and eight weeks in total.

On the 14 January 2008, Kelly Osbourne exclaimed her hope that Booty Luv would be nominated for a BRIT Award. Osbourne stated that "Booty Luv are my favourite act right now. I listen to their album when I’m getting ready to go out. They are the best chart group around. I’m serious.” Unfortunately, the group didn't receive any nominations.

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boogie 2nite

boogie 2nite

don't mess with my man

some kinda rush

shine