RichGirl was an American R&B four-piece vocal girl group, consisting of Audra Simmons, Christina "Brave" Williams, Lyndriette Smith (now known as Kristal, and later a member of June's Diary) and Amber Streeter (now known as Sevyn Streeter, and formerly of TG4). They were formed with the help of record producer Rich Harrison, and signed to his label Richcraft Entertainment, through Jive Records, drawing inspiration from the musical talents of Destiny's Child, Spice Girls, SWV, En Vogue, TLC, and Beyoncé. They began work on their self-titled debut album in 2009, due for release early 2010, and Streeter described the album as "motivational, empowering, fun, and honest". The girls wrote several songs for the record and did their own vocal arrangements, although they would liked to have written more, but for the label pushing them to get it done. Alongside working on their album, they performed at the annual Teen Takeover event in May 2009, alongside Keri Hilson and Yung L.A., and were an opening act for Beyoncé on the North American leg of her I Am ... Tour in June 2009. Their first official release was the promotional single, '24's', featuring Bun B, on 5 February 2009, which only managed to peak at number eighty-three on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in 2009. Their official debut single, 'He Ain't wit Me Now (Tho)', was released on 2 June 2009, and peaked thirteen lower than '24's', although the follow-up, 'Swagger Right', fared slightly better at number 72.
On 9 September 2009, RichGirl released a free EP through their official website, which included their lead single 'He Ain't Wit Me Now (Tho)' and promotional single '24's', along with snippets of tracks from their then upcoming album, including 'Back 2 Tha Club', 'Millionaire', and the demo of the second single 'Swagger Right', tentatively titled 'Get Ya Swagga Right'. Possibly because of the poor performance of their singles, release of their debut album was delayed again and again, until in 2011 RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding Jive Records along with Arista Records and J Records, resulting in the girls (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) being told that future material would be released on the RCA Records brand. With no sign of their album being released, the band posted a mixtape on their website, with 'Fall In Love With RichGirl' being made available for free download. Following poor commercial success from their official singles, speculation arose as the members of the group began to release music individually, and in October 2011 it was confirmed that RichGirl member Lyndriette Smith had been enrolled in Robin Antin's revised edition of the Pussycat Dolls, although this was later retracted. She did release a solo EP entitled 'Proclamation' in December 2011, and in March 2012 Streeter released a song titled 'Red Handed' under the name Se7en, and that pretty much sounded the death knell for the band. Although their debut album never appeared, most of the songs which were intended to be on it did surface on their mixtape, so that's a pretty good substitute for the album which was shelved, and it's a fitting summary of their short career.
Track listing
01 No Hands
02.Smile & Wave (feat. Chris Brown)
03 RichGirl Rock
04.Circles
05 Lay It Down
06 Grenade
07 You Are My Rock
08 All Of The Lights
09 Decisions
10 DJ Got Us Falling In Love
11 Ready For Love
12 Got Away
13 Hello (So Damn Right) / Can't Shake
14 Can't Shake
15 Lucky You Are
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