If you've ever watched The Pussycat Dolls perform, you've likely noticed that Nicole Scherzinger is typically front and center. The reason for this, surprisingly, has nothing to do with height. Scherzinger revealed on VH1's "Behind the Music" that she was always in the middle "because I was singing," she said (via Us Weekly). And, because of Scherzinger's amazing voice, it's estimated that she "probably did 95%" of the Dolls' vocals on their first album, a claim that its executive producer, Ron Fair, backed up. "Melody sang a bit here and there, but the records were Nicole, with the exception of an occasional ad-lib," he said.
Sadly, Scherzinger's natural star power led to some tension in the group. While she told "Behind the Music" that the other Pussycat Dolls are "like my sisters," she admitted to The Telegraph that there was some jealousy from her bandmates. "It's just that natural dynamic where they want to be at the front," she explained.
After some reflection, it seems like at least one of her bandmates changed her opinion of Scherzinger always taking the lead. Years after the group disbanded, they got together in 2020 for their first single in a decade, "React." Scherzinger's bandmate, Kimberly Wyatt, praised her pipes, telling The U.K. Sun, "Ultimately, The Pussycat Dolls has a lead singer and that is Nicole."
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