Brit & Alex
{{Short description|2002–2009 American pop duo}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brit & Alex
| years_active = 2002–2009
| label = {{flatlist|
- Hometown Entertainment
- Interscope}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.britandalex.com}}
| past_members = * Brit Smith
- Alex Smith
}}
Brit & Alex were an American girl group consisting of identical twin sisters Brit and Alex Smith. After moderate success with the single "Let It Go" (2008), Alex left the group and Brit pursued a solo career as Matisse, after which Brit left the music industry, and as of 2025, has returned with "Karma's a Bitch".
Biography
Brit & Alex (born December 3, 1985,{{Cite web |title=Brit Smith {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/brit_smith |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240420013221/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/brit_smith |archive-date=April 20, 2024 |access-date=April 20, 2024 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}} in Wilton, Connecticut) became child actors, appearing at age three in the soap opera One Life to Live.{{IMDb name| name=Brittany Smith | id=0807542}}{{IMDb name | name=Alex Smith | id=1321838 }} They later moved to London,{{cite web | url=http://www.younghollywood.com/whatshot/all/all/1/2008/01/07/Brit_Alex_ | title=Brit & Alex | work=YoungHollywood.com | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309124611/http://www.younghollywood.com/whatshot/all/all/1/2008/01/07/Brit_Alex_ | archivedate=2008-03-09 }} and became known for their appearance as teenagers in advertisements for John Frieda's Sheer Blonde hair products.{{cite news | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEEDA143FF932A35757C0A9679C8B63 | title=PULSE: WHAT I'M WEARING NOW; The Sheer Blonde Twins | work=The New York Times | date=April 1, 2001 | first=Ellen | last=Tien | accessdate=April 27, 2010}}{{cite news | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb337/is_200209/ai_n5795756 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050524080644/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb337/is_200209/ai_n5795756 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2005-05-24 | title=Blonde and beyond: the Sheer Blonde Twins are out to prove there's more to them than golden locks | work=W magazine | date=September 2002 }}
Having been singers since childhood, they subsequently moved into music full-time, leaving school at age 18 to pursue careers in music. They were signed by Jimmy Iovine of Hometown/Interscope Records.{{cite web | url=http://www.outside-org.co.uk/index.php?/test/clients/entertainment/brit_and_alex" | title=Brit And Alex | publisher=The Outside Organisation }} Their debut single, "Let It Go", appeared in the soundtrack of the 2008 film Step Up 2: The Streets. This single also features the vocal talents of G. Bamford,{{cite web | url=http://www.gangstasparty.com/usa/rap/news2235.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118013440/http://www.gangstasparty.com/usa/rap/news2235.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=2008-01-18 | title=Atlantic Presents 'Step Up 2 The Streets' | work=Gangsta's Party }} and was released on April 28, 2008. Their debut album, Brit & Alex, produced by Dallas Austin and Tricky Stewart,{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2006/10/06/style/20061008_PULSE_SLIDESHOW_1.html | title=The Singing Sisters | work=The New York Times | date=October 6, 2006}} had been scheduled for release in 2009.
The popular and critical website Popjustice.com was one of the early supporters of the girls. "Let It Go" got to Number 5 in the UK Commercial Club Chart and Number 1 in the Upfront Club Chart, and was released as a CD single in the UK on 28 April 2008. However, it failed to beat its peak of Number 75 in the UK Singles Chart.
Breakup
It has been confirmed that Brit & Alex are no longer a group. Alex Smith decided to head back to school, leaving twin sister Brit Smith to pursue a solo career. The duo are no longer signed to Interscope Records, but Brit scored a new deal and was signed to Jive Records as "Matisse". Her debut single, "Better Than Her", can be purchased on iTunes.
Discography
=Singles=
=Other Songs=
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.britandalex.com/ Official website]
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Category:American pop music groups
Category:American pop girl groups
Category:Identical twin females
Category:American expatriates in England
Category:21st-century American women
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