Age: 22 Home Town: Alexandria, Virginia, Status: Livin' Life Biography: Kiely Alexis Williams (born July 9, 1986) is an American singer, actress, songwriter, dancer, and occasional rapper most notable for being a member of the girl group The Cheetah Girls and formerly a member of the now disbanded girl group 3LW.
In late 1999, Williams along with Adrienne Bailon, and Naturi Naughton formed the girl group 3LW. 3LW released they're first single "No More, Baby I'ma Do Right" in fall 2000, which became a top 30 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. They're debut album, released in 2001, went Platinum. In late 2002, Naughton left the group due to creative differences and internal disputes. The remaining 3LW members released they're sophmore album A Girl Can Mack, which sold poorly. 3LW later replaced Naughton with Jessica Benson and briefly attemped a comeback in 2006, with the single "Feelin You'", but failed. 3LW broke up in 2007, with Bailon and Williams signed to The Cheetah Girls.
Williams was cast as Aqua in the Disney Channel Original Movie The Cheetah Girls, which spawned a multi-platinum soundtrack and an even more popular sequel with accompanying soundtrack. Adrienne Bailon, also of 3LW, was also cast as Chanel in both movies. The film became such a success, Williams, along with fellow cast members Adrienne Bailon and Sabrina Bryan became their own official girl group, respectively called The Cheetah Girls.
In 2005 the girls released a Christmas album entitled Cheetah-licious Christmas and toured the U.S. on their Cheetah-licious Christmas Tour to promote the album and the soundtrack to the first movie. After the release of the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls 2, the girls hit the road again, on their The Party's Just Begun Tour, to promote the sequel's soundtrack.
The group released their official debut studio album TCG, on September 25, 2007. The first single from the album, So Bring It On, was released to Radio Disney on August 25, 2007. The video for the song premiered on Disney Channel on September 7, 2007.
