Diamond Cats

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| origin = Czech Republic

| genre = Pop

| years_active = {{start date|2009}}–2014

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Nikol Šneiderová
Kristýna Pecková
Hana Hladíková
Kristýna Šlingrová

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Diamond Cats were a Czech girl group founded in September 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.kultura.cz/profile/19691-diamond-cats|title=Diamond Cats|publisher=Kultura.cz|work=Kultura.cz encyclopedia|access-date=22 December 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://zatecky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/divky_veletice_skupina_20120425.html|title=Dívky ze skupiny Diamantové kočky navštívily chov šelem|website=Žatecký a lounský deník|date=25 April 2012}} They consisted of Nikol Šneiderová, Kristýna Pecková, Hana Hladíková, and Kristýna Šlingrová, all aged 9–11 at the time of the group's inception.{{cite web| url=http://www.bravogirl.cz/news/2560-diamond-cats/cela-diskuze| title=Diamond Cats / BravoGIRL.cz| publisher=BravoGIRL.cz (Bauer Media v.o.s)| accessdate=4 November 2011| language=cs| archivedate=25 April 2012| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425134757/http://www.bravogirl.cz/news/2560-diamond-cats/cela-diskuze}}{{cite web| url=http://www.diamondcats.cz/o-skupine/| title=O skupině Diamond cats| publisher=Diamondcats.cz| accessdate=4 November 2011| language=cs| archivedate=7 September 2013| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907005515/http://www.diamondcats.cz/o-skupine/}}

History

The band was formed in September 2009, when its members left the girl group 5Angels{{cite web|url=http://www.koule.cz/cs/clanky/desetilete-holky-diamond-cats-zpivaji-o-showbyznysu-konkurence-lustely-10178.shtml|title=Desetileté holky Diamond Cats zpívají o showbyznysu. Konkurence LuŠtěLy?|publisher=KOULE.cz|date=31 July 2010|accessdate=16 March 2012|language=cs|archivedate=6 August 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100806152910/http://www.koule.cz/cs/clanky/desetilete-holky-diamond-cats-zpivaji-o-showbyznysu-konkurence-lustely-10178.shtml}} after an internal conflict.{{cite web|url=https://www.unesco-czech.cz/900_86008_diamond-cats/|title=Diamond Cats|website=unesco-czech.cz (Czech UNESCO Heritage website)|access-date=23 December 2023}}

Diamond Cats' first live performance took place in September 2009, at the "First School Bell" event in Plzeň.{{cite web|url=http://www.bravogirl.cz/news/3201-novinky-o-diamond-cats/|title=Novinky o Diamond Cats...|website=BravoGIRL.cz (Bauer Media v.o.s)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007230647/http://www.bravogirl.cz/news/3201-novinky-o-diamond-cats|archive-date=7 October 2011|access-date=22 December 2023}} Their debut single was titled "One, Two Step". In 2010, they released the album Showbyznys, whose title song went on to become their best-known hit.{{cite web| url=http://www.bravogirl.cz/souteze/109-soutez-s-diamond-cats| title=Soutěž s Diamond Cats!| publisher=BravoGIRL.cz (Bauer Media v.o.s)| accessdate=4 November 2011| language=cs| archivedate=28 September 2011| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928031056/http://www.bravogirl.cz/souteze/109-soutez-s-diamond-cats}} The accompanying YouTube video was viewed over 200,000 times in two months.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfVq-PNp1f8|title=Diamond Cats – Showbyznys official music video by Royal Production|website=YouTube |accessdate=4 November 2011}} In the following years, Diamond Cats issued two more albums, Deja vu (2011) and Na dlani (2012).

After Hladíková left the group, at the end of 2013, the remaining members decided not to continue without her.

Song themes and management

Diamond Cats' songs were mainly themed around friendship, love, fashion, and regrets over people's misfortunes. Musically, the band was led by Nikol Davídková, who wrote and produced their songs and acted as their singing instructor. Choreographically, the band members were trained at Yemi A.D.'s Dance Academy Prague.

Endorsements

Diamond Cats were several times asked to be the face of Hasbro's Littlest Pet Shop franchise. As part of its promotion, in 2011, they gave a concert at the toy fair held at the {{interlanguage link|PVA Expo Praha|cs|PVA Expo Praha|lt=PVA Expo Praha exhibition center}}.