THE nineties and noughties was the era when boy and girl bands ruled the airwaves. Here's everything we know about Dream — from when the group formed to where its original members are today. Dream is a girl group from Los Angeles, California, which formed in October 1998.
Talent scout Debbie Fontaine selected four teenage girls — Melissa Schuman, 14, Holly Blake-Arnstein, 13, Ashley Poole, 13, and Alex Chester, 13 — to comprise the group, which was initially called First Warning. The girl group auditioned for Sean 'Diddy' Combs, before being signed to Bad Boy Records. Following their successful audition, the band's name was changed to Dream and they stopped working with Fontaine, who unsuccessfully tried to sue Diddy, Mellisa, Holly and Ashley.
Alex was replaced by Diana Ortiz in January 1999 — before Dream's first single, He Loves U Not, was released in 2000. The song was a hit, peaking at No.3 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Their debut album, It Was All a Dream, was released on January 23, 2001. It reached No.6 on the Billboard 200 and sold more than 1.
5million copies. The group then landed an opening slot on the TRL Live tour, which featured headlining acts Destiny’s Child, Eve, and Nelly — the girls were were just 14 to 16 years old at the time. Melissa left the group in April 2002 because she was dissatisfied with the business surrounding it.
New member Kasey Sheridan came in to record a new album, but the lead single Krazy was a flop, which prompted Bad Boy to dr.