My favourite band of all time, Eternal were the meta girl band of the 90s who set the path for every girl band after them. Formed in 1992, Easther Bennett and her sister Vernie were first matched with Louise Nurding, who then brought in her Italia Conte school mate Kelle Bryan.
A year later they became an international success and sold around 10 million records world wide. Yes, that’s right, even the Spice Girls auditioned for their role in the band by learning a routine to Eternal’s Just A Step From Heaven.
Their debut single Stay reached No.4 in the UK Top.40, sold 220,000 copies in the US and achieved GOLD status in Australia. Their debut album Always & Forever sold 1.2 million copies in the UK achieving 4 x PLATINUM status, were voted Best Group at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (over Take That), were nominated for 4 Brit Awards, and broke records by becoming the first album by a UK girl band to sell a million copies. In 1997 it was recorded that Always & Forever had sold more than 4 million copies world wide.
Launching the careers of Louise Redknapp and Kelle Bryan, Eternal’s Bennett sisters Easther & Vernie who apart from The Big Reunion in 2014 (I was there, living my best life) and a couple of other projects have unfortunately stepped out of the spotlight. Which IMO is a crime against music as I believe Easther’s voice to be one of the best in the business.
Eternal went on to further success as a 3 piece after Louise left the band due to not enjoying being away from home so much. She went on to have success as a solo artist.
Check out my Popographies for both artists on my website.
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