
When Kelle Bryan was 11 years old, she joined the Italia Conti Academy stage school, completing eight years of performing arts and she was qualified as a dance teacher.
Before Eternal, Kelle worked as an actress, appearing on ITV's "The Bill" and appearing on the hit BBC show, "EastEnders" in 1992. On her first day at Italia Conti, she met Louise Nurding and became close friends.
One night, when 16-year-old Kelle and Louise were illegally clubbing one night, they met record producer Denis Ingoldsby, who was starting a girl group. By 1993, Kelle, Louise, Easther, and Vernie formed Eternal.

When the single was released in the US in March of 1994, it peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100, #9 on Billboard's Rhythmic Top 40, #13 on Billboard's R&B chart, #12 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music\Club Play chart, #33 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music\Maxi-Singles Sales chart, and #11 on Billboard's Top 40 Mainstream.
The song was also successful in Australia, peaking at #3 on the ARIA charts and topped the charts in Japan.

When the album was released in the US in 1994, it peaked at #152 on the Billboard 200, #59 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart, and #5 on Billboard's Heatseekers album chart.




The song was certified Silver by the BPI on January 1, 1995, with sales over 200,000 within the UK.

This was the only single where all members of Eternal sang lead vocals. (Usually, it was Easther Bennett singing lead vocals).
Another song from Eternal's debut album, "Sweet Funky Thing" peaked at #54 on Billboard's R&B charts in the US. It's unknown how much airplay the song got in the UK.
Eternal was named "Best Group" at the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party and were nominated for 4 Brit awards. By 1995, Louise left the group to pursue her solo music career.


The song was also moderately successful in the Netherlands and Israel. Eternal scored yet another #1 hit in Japan with the single, "Who Are You."

The song also peaked at #7 on the Irish Singles chart, #14 on the ARIA Charts, and #29 in the Netherlands.






The song was successful internationally and even certified Gold in Australia & Switzerland. It was also the 3rd most played song on British radio and the most played song on European radio by a UK act in 1997.
The song even earned Eternal a a MOBO Award and a Capital FM Award for "Best Single." It was also nominated for "Best Single" at the BRIT Awards.

Soon after, Kelle signed a record deal with Mercury Records and began to work on her solo debut album.
She scored a moderate hit on the UK charts with the song, "Higher Than Heaven," but when Kelle was diagnosed with lupus, she decided to leave the label, leaving her debut album unreleased.

In the US in 1998, R&B singer Monica covered "Angel of Mine" which topped the Billboard Hot 100. Easther and Vernie recruited a new member, TJ, who later left after a matter of days.


Three more singles: "Treat Me Like a Lady," "I Cry Real Tears," and "If She Breaks Your Heart" were scheduled to be released, but the plans were cancelled due to the Bennett sisters deciding it was time to move on to other projects. In 2000, Eternal parted ways with their record label.
While Kelle concentrated on recovering from lupus, she did some various projects and even launched a management company, Red Hot Entertainment.
In 2004, she starred on a celebrity edition of "The Weakest Link." She was also a contestant in the reality show, "Love Island 2006," starred in the music comedy, "The X-tra Factor," and starred in the film, "A Heart Divided." Since 2005, Kelle has been performing in 6 pantomines.
Louise Nurding scored a string of Top 10 singles and albums in the UK along with doing various projects. In 1998, she married football player, Jamie Redknapp.
Louise has also presented a few television shows such as "SMTV Live," "CD:UK," "The Clothes Show," "Something for the Weekend," and the UK version of "So You Think You Can Dance."
In 2004, Louise gave birth to her first son, Charles "Charley" William Redknapp and in 2008, she gave birth to her second son, Beau Henry Redknapp.
As for the Bennett sisters, Easther partnered up with reggae music band, Aswad to record a cover version of Diana King's "Shy Guy" in 2002, but she is now a songwriter, writing songs for various artists such as Girls Aloud.
Vernie went back to studying law after Eternal split up and in 2006, she gave birth to her first child. In August of 2010, she signed to ASM Artist Management.
To see the music video for "Stay," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12q2SZTHsCo
To see the music video for "Save Our Love," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKf7qfJTE3k
To see the music video for "Just a Step From Heaven," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCmIBlfL_jY
To see the music video for "So Good," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17J18drxq34
To see the music video for "Oh Baby I," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s374QzglSjE
To see a fan-made video for "Crazy," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-IUVCsVy1w
To see the music video for "Power of a Woman," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpzgMNlo2i0
To see the music video for "I Am Blessed," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yzibBOrs2I
To see the music video for "Someday," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-04uPm9i4k
To see the music video for "Good Thing," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH3EFHFT5xQ
To see the music video for "Secrets," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWYy-vAfRtc
To see the music video for "Don't You Love Me," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pj9zMGQm04
To see a fan-made video for "Finally," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zMW-W2ZKQ
To see the music video for "Angel of Mine," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts1qQ8jN8o0
To see the music video for "What'cha Gonna Do," go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMmLgx6LSkA
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