Brooke Allison Adams (born September 26, 1986),[1] also known as Brooke Allison, is an American singer from Fort Worth, Texas, USA, who had a minor hit in 2001 with "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)". Beginning in 2009, she was a part of the girl group BG5, who later disbanded and reformed as YLA.
Born in Lampasas and raised in Fort Worth, Adams attended Harvest Christian Academy in Watauga.[2][3] She later moved to Los Angeles, where she befriended Michael Jackson.[4] She competed in the World Championships of Performing Arts in Burbank.[5] She started singing at the age of three and after performing at DARE rallies aged ten, she built up a following via the internet after a friend set up a website for her and uploaded MP3s.[6][7][8] This led to a record deal with 2KSounds, a division of Virgin Records.[6]
In 2001, Adams's first single "The Kiss-Off (Goodbye)" peaked at number 28 on the BillboardHot Singles Sales chart.[9][10] She toured with 98 Degrees on their Revelation tour in 2001.[7][11] Her debut album Brooke Allison was released in June of that year on 2KSounds/Virgin and featured songwriting contributions from Mýa, Robert Palmer, and Meredith Brooks.[12] She was recruited by AOL as a "Growing Up Advisor" for its Kids Only channel site.[9]
In 2008, she became a member of a new girl group called BG5 (which stands for The Beach Girl5) along with Mandy Jiroux, Laura New, Dominique Domingo, and Noreen Juliano.[14] During this time, she began being credited under her birth name "Brooke Adams". In 2009, Adams provided backing vocals for the Selena Gomez & the Scene single "Naturally".[15] She would go on to provide backing vocals for a number of songs by the group, notably the single "Love You like a Love Song".[16] In 2009, BG5 released the single "Unbreakable" which was followed by the release of their debut EP Beach Girl5.[17] In 2010, Adams provided backing vocals on the Miley Cyrus singles "Can't Be Tamed" and "Who Owns My Heart" in addition to the track "Liberty Walk" from Cyrus's third studio album.[18] She also provided backing vocals on the song "Bam" by Miranda Cosgrove.[19] In 2010, BG5 began being managed by Kris Jenner.[20] They appeared on the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians in September of that year and released the single "Scratch" in November.[21] The following year, BG5 released the single "Lay A Little Sunshine".[22]
In late 2012, Jiroux departed from BG5; the group disbanded and reformed under the name YLA (which stands for Young L.A.) with new member Jaime Lee Ruiz.[23] In March 2013, YLA released the single "$$$EX", a collaboration with Vanessa Anne Hudgens.[24] The song peaked at number 11 on the BillboardDance Club Songs chart and spent twelve weeks on the chart.[25] In March 2013, the group was featured on the third soundtrack for the Disney Channel show Shake It Up with the song "I Can Do Better"; the group performed the song on the third season episode of Shake It Up, "Oui Oui It Up".[26][27] In September 2013, BG5's self titled full debut album, which was recorded prior to their disbandment, was released to digital retailers.[28] In November 2013, YLA released the single "Bad Bitches".[29]
On July 14, 2015, Adams released the single "Still Fighting".[30] In 2016, Adams became a member of the electronic music trio AMERA.[31]
In August 2018, Brooke experienced medical issues and fell into a coma. Her family set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for her care, listed under the name "Brooke Adams recovery fund".[32] As of 2021, she remains in a vegetative state.[33]
