Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing

Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978) is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. She first found fame in the all-female R&B/garage trio Mis-Teeq, however, the trio separated in 2005 and Dixon continued pursuing her music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records.

Dixon began recording her debut solo album, Fired Up in 2006, but due to poor record sales of her first two singles, "Lipstick" and "Knockdown", she was dropped from Polydor.

In 2007 Dixon became a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and eventually won. Her television exposure led to a successful comeback, which included her signing to Asylum Records, an offshoot of Warner Music Group. Dixon then released a second album, entitled The Alesha Show in 2008, which received platinum certification from BPI in the UK.

In 2010 Dixon returned for the eighth series of Strictly Come Dancing and released her third studio album, The Entertainer.

"The Boy Does Nothing" is the lead single from her second studio album, The Alesha Show. The song was written by Alesha along with the help of Brian Higgins, Miranda Cooper, Carla-Marie Williams, and other members of Xenomania.The single was her first since 2006 after "Knockdown" was released in October of that year.

The song, described as being "the stand-out track" on The Alesha Show,received predominately good reviews and became a commercial success, charting within the top 10 on the majority charts it entered.

The video for "The Boy Does Nothing" is directed by the art director from the film Moulin Rouge!, Michael Gracey, and Pete Commins. The choreography for the music video was created by Ashley Wallen.The video, filmed in Tottenham Town Hall,takes place in a theatre style ballroom, where two children are spying from a balcony onto the stage below, with one worrying that they shouldn't be watching. Dixon is dancing on a stage with six other girls dressed in pink."The Boy Does Nothing" was nominated in the 'best video' category at the 2009 MOBO Awards.

"The Boy Does Nothing" debuted at #84 in the United Kingdom. The single became her first solo single to reach the top 10, following a 76 spot jump from #84 to #8 on downloads alone, selling 27,683 copies. On 16 November 2008, "The Boy Does Nothing" had advanced to #5 on the chart after the physical release of the single. The song spent 16 weeks in the Top 40 alone in Britain.

In the United States it has been released digitally via the iTunes site, it was released on 20 February 2009.