| 词条 | Zena McNally | ||||||||||
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| name = Zena McNally | image = | caption = | background = solo_singer | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1979|3|8}} | birth_place = Birmingham, England | genre = R&B, hip hop, UK garage | years_active = 1999–2007 | label = Warner Telstar Reprise | associated_acts = Mis-Teeq, Beenie Man | website = | occupation = Singer, TV presenter, radio personality, dancer | instrument = Vocals | alias = Zena }} Zena McNally (born 8 March 1979) is a British former radio presenter and member of girl-group Mis-Teeq. McNally co-presented the breakfast show on the BBC Radio 1Xtra alongside Trevor Nelson. She is a former member of the group Mis-Teeq, featuring on their first single and also a solo singer. McNally lives in the United States. CareerMcNally started out as a backing dancer at the age of 16 in her hometown of Birmingham.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} After answering an audition, she became a member of the girl group Mis-Teeq, and they later had their first hit "Why" . Shortly after the release of "Why", McNally left the group with plans to embark on a solo career, signing a recording contract with Mercury Records.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} For the best part of a year, McNally was recording most of her debut album in Atlanta, Georgia.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} McNally released two singles from her debut album All of Me on Mercury Records.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Her second single "Been Around the World" featured Vybz Kartel and Beenie Man.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} After releasing "Been Around the World", she was approached by Avex Records in Japan, who signed and released her debut album All Of Me in Japan and Southeast Asia in 2005, supported by the third single, "All Of Me".{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} McNally then continued to work in Japan doing promotional work for the release of "All Of Me", which included supporting Beenie Man on Tour, and a national radio tour.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} In 2006, McNally presented her own entertainment show In The MIXX on Sky TV in the UK.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} She interviewed artists including The Game, Cassie, Ne-Yo and Akon, and actors ranging from Penélope Cruz to Denzel Washington.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} After leaving In The MIXX in 2007, McNally was approached by BBC Radio 1Xtra to co-present their new early morning breakfast show alongside Trevor Nelson.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} She also presented on Channel 4's web show Bite from 2007 to 2008.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} The show was shown every Tuesday on the Channel 4 website. Personal lifeMcNally's mother is Maltese.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} On 4 July 2008, McNally married the American international soccer player and current Chicago Fire Soccer Club player, Cory Gibbs, in a ceremony held in Miami, Florida.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} Shortly after their wedding, Gibbs was relocated to MLS Colorado Rapids soccer team, and McNally left the 1Xtra Breakfast Show and moved to the States with her husband.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} McNally divorced Cory Gibbs in 2014.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} She is now director of a property investment company, and works in entertainment management and artist branding in Los Angeles, CA.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} DiscographySingles
References1. ^{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 617}} {{Mis-Teeq}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:McNally, Zena}} 13 : Living people|Mis-Teeq members|People from Birmingham, West Midlands|British radio DJs|English female singers|British contemporary R&B singers|UK garage singers|British people of Maltese descent|1984 births|BBC Radio 1Xtra presenters|21st-century English singers|21st-century women singers|Women radio presenters |
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