Kelly Rowland is grooming her new R&B girl group for the ultimate success, but one thing she won’t have to work on is their God-given vocal talents.
The Destiny’s Child songstress and solo success selected the five young ladies for her group on last week’s episode of Chasing Destiny and she made sure to select girls who could each hold their own singing lead vocals when the time comes. One of the rising young starlets who made the final cut was former X Factor contestant Ashly Williams.
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A Berkley alum with a powerhouse voice to rival the best of them, Ashly wowed Kelly and renowned creative director Frank Gatson with her effortless talent that ultimately led to her being selected to join the girl group. She recently gave fans a taste of what’s to come with an impressive 30-second rendition of Demi Lovato’s “Stone Cold” in a video clip posted to her Twitter page. Check out the clip below.
Oooo Twitter does 30 second vids! Just a longer version of stone cold @ddlovato hi! pic.twitter.com/xIYTakwn58
— Ashly Williams (@AshlyISOfficial) April 19, 2016
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Ashly made a lasting impact on the X Factor judges and viewing audiences with her moving season 3 audition performance of “I Will Always Love You,” just after sharing the heartbreaking story of how she lost her mother at the age of 14.
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