2004–2007: As Clique In 2004, Destinee and Paris Monroe formed a group with their childhood friend Ariel Moore whom they met at school. Then, the three started to perform together as a group, named Clique (before they were signed), with the Monroes' mother, Lenore, as their manager. The group recorded the song "Lemonade" for
Alex's Lemonade with the label
Rhino (a part of
Warner Bros. Records). At a
Backstreet Boys concert, band member
Howie D invited them to open a show. They opened for other artists including
Billy Ray Cyrus,
The Click Five,
Kirk Franklin,
The Jonas Brothers, and
The Cheetah Girls.
2007–2008: Incredible At the beginning of 2007, they left their hometown to go to
Hollywood for a meeting and never left.
Jimmy Iovine signed them to his
Interscope label. The name of the group was changed to Clique Girlz because there was already a group called "Clique". On March 28, 2008, they went to
Tokyo, Japan to work on their first full-length album,
Incredible. performing songs from the girls' upcoming album. They later traveled to Japan for the second time to promote their upcoming album. They appeared on several Japanese TV shows and performed at the
MTV Vibrations 2008. Their first studio album,
Incredible, was released August 27, 2008 in Japan. They performed at the Fourth of July Philadelphia Fireworks Show and
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, "Incredible", and "You Think" were filmed the same year and the girls did several TV appearances on shows like
The Today Show, performing songs like "Incredible", "The Difference In Me" and "Then I Woke Up". An acoustic version of their song "Incredible" was included in the AT&T Team USA Olympic Soundtrack 2008. The girls were also the official opening act for the
Cheetah Girls nationwide "One World Tour".
2009: New lineup On January 24, 2009, Tommy2.Net reported that Ariel Moore had left the group. On January 31, auditions were held at Center Staging in Burbank, CA to find a new member. That same day, Ariel Moore posted a video on YouTube announcing that she had left the group for personal reasons that she would like to keep private. In late February, pictures from a photo shoot for Baby Bottle Pop surfaced featuring the new member, Sara Diamond. On February 27, they confirmed on their website that Diamond joined the group and did their first ever interview with Tommy2.Net. Diamond was let go by the group in late April for unknown reasons.
2010–2012: Destinee & Paris The Clique Girlz disbanded in 2009. In 2010, Destinee and Paris Monroe formed their own group, simply titled
Destinee & Paris. The girls posted on their official website that their debut album (as a duo) would come out in late 2010. Also on their website, they posted snippets of four new songs from their upcoming album: "
Go Your Own Way" (Cover from Fleetwood Mac), "Sweet Sarah," "It's Over," and "Heart of Mine." The girls shot the music video for their then second single, "Pretend," on Saturday, June 5, 2010. The release date as of August 2011 has not been confirmed, leading many to believe the video will not be released. The girls released a song for the "
Despicable Me" movie soundtrack, "I'm on a Roll." On their Facebook page they said their album would be called "Heart of Mine" and they were going to be touring again soon. Via Twitter, Destinee and Paris announced new single, "True Love," and was released on August 9, 2011. They also toured with
Britney Spears on her
Femme Fatale Tour. "True Love" was released as scheduled on their MySpace page, then was released as a digital download on August 23, 2011. It was also performed in one of the episodes of the
Disney Channel Original Series,
So Random on March 25, 2012. On June 28, 2012, the duo released "Pretend" on YouTube. ==Former members==