Lisa Scott-Lee

Lisa Scott-Lee (born 5 November 1975) is a Welsh singer from St Asaph, Wales. She is a member of the pop group Steps, formed in 1997. Scott-Lee signed a record deal with Mercury Records and launched a solo career in 2003, achieving only minor success after the release of debut single "Lately". She was dropped after her second solo single. She released her debut solo album Never or Now in 2007 through Concept Records.

Lisa Scott-Lee was born on 5 November 1975 in St Asaph to parents Anthony and Janet. Her younger siblings are Andy, Anthony and Steven, who were in the group 3SL. She attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts stage school. Her grandfather, Jason Scott Lee, was the first footballer of Chinese heritage to play for Manchester United albeit in wartime league matches.

Scott-Lee is a member of the UK pop group Steps. The group, which came together in 1997 and had 14 top 5 singles in the UK, split up on Boxing Day 2001 before reforming in May 2011.

Ever since the group's break-up, rumours had been circulating that they would reunite in one form or another. In 2009, Lee Latchford-Evans revealed that the group had been approached to perform a series of concerts. He hinted that a future reunion was possible, but that "it isn't the right time right now".

Scott-Lee spent a short time managing her three younger brothers, including Andy, in a group of their own called 3SL. After little success they were dropped from their label and disbanded. Scott-Lee then signed a solo recording contract with Mercury Records, releasing her debut solo single, "Lately", which she co-wrote, in May 2003. The song became a UK top 10 hit, peaking at number 6. On 8 September 2003, Scott-Lee released her second single (which she also co-wrote), "Too Far Gone", which narrowly missed out on the top 10, peaking at number 11. Mercury parted company with Scott-Lee when they feared her success as a solo artist might be limited, which left her without a record company. As a result, her album, Unleashed, was cancelled, although promotional samplers had already been released.

Scott-Lee went on to be featured in the Girls of FHM music video for "Do You Think I'm Sexy?" in the summer of 2004, while preparing to release a new single, "Get It On", with Intenso Project. As both Scott-Lee and Intenso Project did not have a record deal, the music video was self-funded. Eventually Ministry of Sound picked up the song and released it on 28 November 2004. Despite numerous personal appearances, various promotional events, and a B-list placing on Capital Radio, the song peaked at number 23. The "Get It On" music video, however, was ranked in the FHM top 100 sexiest music videos.

In the summer of 2005 it was revealed that a camera crew from MTV UK had been following Scott-Lee, as well as her husband (Johnny Shentall of Hear'Say), her brother (Andy Scott-Lee), her publicist (Sean Borg), her manager (Nathan Moore), and her brother's girlfriend Michelle Heaton (of Liberty X) for nearly a year. The show, which was intended as the UK version of MTV's US hit Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica followed Scott-Lee's attempts to revitalise her career. In the show, titled Totally Scott-Lee (originally Scott-Lee Unlimited), Scott-Lee vowed that she would quit the music industry if her next release missed the UK top 10.

Scott-Lee was signed to a small record label, Concept Records, and began recording songs for her next single. Concept chose "Electric" and started making plans for its release. The single had to be released on 10 October 2005 to meet with deadlines for the show, with the chart position to be revealed live on MTV on Sunday 16 October 2005. Roseann McBride, assistant to managing director Max Bloom of Concept Records went on record several times to indicate that she was against the record being released on this date, as it would have very little promotion time (5 weeks as opposed to the usual 8–10 weeks). The song was released as planned, but despite a television show backing her and extensive media coverage, it failed to reach the top ten, charting at number 13.