Belinda Chapple

Belinda Chapple
Belinda Chapple
Background information
Birth nameBelinda Barbara Chapple
Born (1975-01-15) 15 January 1975 (age 49)
GenresDance-pop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • model
  • stage director
  • interior designer
Years active1999–2005, 2020-present
Formerly ofBardot

Belinda Barbara Chapple (born 15 January 1975) is an Australian singer, creative director and interior designer.[1] She is a former member of all-female pop group Bardot.

Career

In late 1999, at the age of 24, Chapple auditioned for the first Australian series of Popstars, a reality television show which aimed to produce a new girl group. Belinda was selected out of over 2,000 girls that auditioned across Australia, and formed part of the group Bardot.

Popstars was one of the highest-rating television programs in Australia of 2000 and with this exposure, Bardot's debut single "Poison" and self-titled debut album both entered the Australian ARIA charts at number one, achieving multi-platinum sales. Bardot performed at the 2000 ARIA Music Awards where they were nominated in three categories.

In 2001 Bardot released their second album, Play It Like That, which included the singles "ASAP" and "I Need Somebody", both which charted in the Australian top five. During their time together Bardot performed two concert tours across Australia and made promotional visits to Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, New Zealand, India and the United Kingdom. In 2002, the group disbanded.

After Bardot's split Chapple developed two live acts; a jazz show with Darren Mapes, and a dance and pop performance with choreographer and dancer Michael Boyd. She released two solo singles: the Olympic Games-inspired ballad "Where It All Began" in August 2004 and "Move Together" in April 2005. A dance-pop collaboration with UK mix master Solitaire, "Move Together" peaked at number 26 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[2] Chapple later became a creative director of the stage show, Sydney After Dark with The X Factor Australia's finalist Natalie Conway as a lead vocalist.[3][4]

Chapple then moved onto working behind the scenes in the entertainment industry as creative director for Ice TV for Asia's Next Top Model in Singapore and as Company Manager for the talent at Universal Studios Singapore. She later studied interior design at the National Design Academy in the United Kingdom and now runs her own interior design business, House of Chapple.[1]

In April 2020, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the release of their debut single "Poison", Chapple and Bardot bandmates Tiffani Wood and Katie Underwood reunited remotely online to perform the song.[5] In September 2021, it was announced that Chapple and Underwood would professionally reunite as a duo under the name Ka'Bel, with their debut single "Broken Hearted" released on 15 October 2021.[6]

In 2023 Chapple published a memoir outlining her time in Bardot called The Girl in the Band.[7] The book became the basis of the 2023 fictional TV series Paper Dolls.[8][9]

Discography

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[10][2]
As lead artist
"Where It All Began" 2004 — Non-album singles
"Move Together" 2005 26
As part of Ka'Bel[1]
"Broken Hearted" 2021 — Non-album singles
"Heartstrings" 2022 —
"Follow" 2023 —
"One In a Million" 2024 —

Other appearances

List of other appearances
Song Year Album
"Take Me to the City" (Peachy Club Mix) 2008 DJ Masters Unmixed #8

Notes

1.^ Ka'Bel is a collaboration between Chappel and Katie Underwood.

References

  1. ^ a b "Bardot's 20th anniversary celebration: Belinda Chapple reveals heartbreak behind group's sudden split". News.com.au. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Discography Belinda Chapple". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung). Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Curtain falls on Sydney After Dark: Las Vegas stage show axed after just one month". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. 1 September 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ Chapple, Belinda (16 July 2014). "Belinda Chapple of Sydney After Dark: We have 'some of the sexiest women Australia has to offer'". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. ^ Hanson, Louisouis (17 April 2020). "Bardot Performed "Poison" On A 20th Anniversary Zoom Call & I'm Not Crying, You're Crying". Pedestrian. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Bardot members Katie and Belinda reunite as Ka'Bel". OutInPerth. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  7. ^ Chapple, Belinda (30 August 2023). The Girl in the Band. Simon & Schuster Australia. ISBN 978-1-76142-072-6.
  8. ^ "The true story behind Paper Dolls, a must-see drama that follows the rise and fall of a manufactured girl group". 28 November 2023.
  9. ^ "'Paper Dolls' Reveals Cast and Commences Filming". 13 February 2023.
  10. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 55.