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Shaznay Tricia Lewis (born October 14 , 1975 in Islington , London ) is an English Female Singer / Songwriter and a member of All Saints . Shaznay is 1. 70m (5' 7"), and has Bajan and Jamaica n roots. BIOGRAPHY Shaznay is generally regarded as a key talent behind the popular Girl Group All Saints (1996 - 2001 and 2006 - present). Her musical influences include Rap and Missy Elliott ; In addition, she grew up listening to Bob Marley and Johnny Mathis . It was the music of Alanis Morissette that encouraged Shaznay to take her music one step further. As a teenager Shaznay played briefly for Arsenal Ladies , a successful ladies football team in London , England . Despite playing in 3 matches, she never trained, and didn't play another match for them. However, she returned to football in the 2002 hit movie Bend It Like Beckham in the role of the team captain and can be seen playing football in several training and match scenes. Singing came naturally to Shaznay who had been entering singing contests since the age of thirteen. At a party she was introduced to 2006 It was at the Metamorphosis recording studios where Shaznay met Melanie Blatt in 1993 and proceeded to record together. Together with Simone Rainford they formed the band All Saints 1.9.7.5 which was later renamed to All Saints when Simone left and Nicole and Natalie Appleton joined Melanie and Shaznay. Shaznay has been the most active songwriter of the All Saints and was responsible for writing most of the songs including many hits. In 2001 Shaznay won the Ivor Novello Award for best songwriting. After the group broke up, Shaznay released her debut solo single " Never Felt Like This Before " in July 2004 . It reached #8 and is taken from the Top 30 album '' Open ''. The next single released was " You " which failed to chart, but which featured a romantic video with an image of her husband in the clouds. Shaznay also played in several films. In '' 2006 On August 21 , 2004 Shaznay married dancer Christian "Storm" Horsfall. Shaznay had her first child, a son named Tyler Xane, in February 2006. On on October 21st 2006. All Saints started their comeback off with a bang as their single Rock Steady went to ~3 in the UK. They quickly followed with their comeback album '' Studio 1 '' and things went downhill, the album flopped at a peak of ~40 in the UK and not charting in many other countries. Polydor then decided to take one last chance with All Saints and let them release their second single Chick Fit .The single failed to make the slightest impact not even hitting the top 200. All Saints were then dropped by record label Parlophone. The group say they will remain together and search for a new record company. DISCOGRAPHY Albums Singles Other releases
:Featured on the '' Bounce To This '' album
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