Tulisa

Anne and her three sisters went on to form the 1980s big band and swing band Jeep.

Tulisa's father, Plato Contostavlos, is Greek Cypriot and at one time was keyboardist with Mungo Jerry.

Plato's brother, Byron Contostavlos, was bassist with Mungo Jerry and later became manager of N-Dubz.

When Tulisa was five, her mother, who has bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder, was sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

Tula Paulinea "Tulisa" Contostavlos (Τούλα Παυλίνα 'Τουλίσα' Κοντόσταυλου; born 13 July 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress.

As a part of the R&B/hip hop group N-Dubz with her cousin Dappy and friend Fazer, they gained two platinum-certified albums, two gold-certified albums, five MOBO awards, a Brit Award nomination, thirteen top 40 singles, six silver-certified singles, and three Urban Music Awards.

Tula Paulinea Contostavlos was born on 13 July 1988 in Camden Town, London.

Her Irish mother, Anne Byrne, was born in Churchtown, Dublin.

After Lickle Rinsers Crew, they then became NW1, after the area they hail from, making their first music video in 2005 for the track "Everyday Of My Life", which received airplay on Channel U, recording more demos as NW1 such as "Don't Feel Like Moving", "Girl On Road" and "Livin Broke".

Their first single to be released was "You Better Not Waste My Time", which was available for download only until their 2006 self-released single, "I Swear", which gained them their first mainstream notice.

In 2007, the group appeared on the UK charts with "Feva Las Vegas" (also self-released), peaking at number 57.

On 6 August 2008, it was announced that the group had left Polydor Records and had signed to All Around the World records.

The press release stated that the label would be releasing "Ouch" as the group's first single on the label in September 2008.

The group's first album, Uncle B, was released on 17 November 2008.

"Strong Again" was touted as the third single to be released from Uncle B and charted for five weeks in the UK Singles Chart, peaking highest at number 24.

Due to the success of their debut album, the group embarked on their first headlining tour, Uncle B tour.

The tour was supported by Stevie Hoang and Tinchy Stryder with whom N-Dubz collaborated on his number one single "Number 1".

During one performance, Tulisa fainted on stage.

The lead single from the group's second album titled "I Need You" was released on 9 November 2009 and charted at number five in the UK.

The album, Against All Odds, was released on 16 November 2009, and charted at number six in the UK Album Chart.

It went platinum within approximately two months of release.

The second single, "Playing with Fire", features R&B/pop musician, Mr Hudson, and reached number 15 in the UK charts on album downloads alone.

The 2010 BBC programme, Tulisa: My Mum and Me, described Tulisa's life looking after her mother before joining N-Dubz.

At age 14, with support from her uncle, Byron Contostavlos, she enrolled at Quintin Kynaston School in St John's Wood but later attended Haverstock Secondary School where she did not sit her GCSE examinations.

Dappy and Fazer, who had already started rapping together, decided they wanted a female voice in the group, which was called the Lickle Rinsers Crew at the time, and so invited Tulisa to be part of the group.

They started performing together as a group around Camden from young ages.

Performing as the Lickle Rinsers Crew, they released the singles "Bad Man Riddim" and "Life Is Getting Sicker by the Day", which became hits on pirate radio stations.

In 2010, N-Dubz toured their album, Against All Odds, starting on 31 March and finishing on 20 April.

After much speculation, it was confirmed that US label Def Jam signed the group.

The first release was N-Dubz's third studio album, Love.Live.Life.

It was released in the UK on 29 November 2010.

The group began recording the album following the success of Against All Odds.

"We Dance On" was released on 20 May 2010, as the album's lead single.

It peaked at number five in the UK.

The song was also included on the soundtrack to the film Streetdance 3D.

From 2011 to 2012, Tulisa was a judge on the television singing competition The X Factor UK.

As an actress, she has starred in the British horror film Demons Never Die and the comedy film Big Fat Gypsy Gangster, both in 2011.

In 2012, she released her debut solo single "Young", which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart.

"Live It Up" and "Sight of You" were also hits, reaching the top 20 in the UK.

In 2012, Tulisa released her debut studio album, The Female Boss.