Style Icon :Nicola Roberts

Nicola Maria Roberts (born 5 October 1985) is a British recording artist and entrepreneur. In 2002 Roberts auditioned for the reality televisions series and competition Popstars The Rivals which saw her finish in the final line-up of a girl group named Girls Aloud. From that point on the girl group battled against a boy group for a record deal based on the commercial success of their debut single, of which Girls Aloud’s “Sound of the Underground” topped the UK Singles chart. The success of the band widened and soon they became the most successful television reality group as well as having 20 consecutive top ten singles. The band which consisted of four other members spawned five albums and enjoyed positive responses from critics. Although during her time in the band Roberts was referred to as the ugly one, and her pale complexion and red hair amongst other issues sent her into a serious depression.

However in 2008 Roberts started producing a make-up collection named Dainty Doll which after expansion enjoyed success at stores such as Harrods. Her solo work continued in an investigative documentary into compulsive tanning named Nicola Roberts: The Truth About Tanning as well as her taking a public stance against underage tanning working alongside MP’s. In 2011 it was announced that Roberts had been producing her debut album named Cinderella’s Eyes, her debut solo single “Beat of My Drum” gathered acclaim although commercially its performance was mixed. A follow-up single “Lucky Day” garnered positive reviews but like the previous commercially its performance was weak charting at number 40 in the UK. The following week Cinderella’s Eyes was released, inspired by her time in Girls Aloud it featured production from Dragonette, Diplo and Joseph Mount. Roberts described the album as electronically lead and critically it garnered universally positive reviews and commercially it peaked at number 17 in the United Kingdom.