Shirlie Holliman is well-known as the half of the English pop duo group "Pepsi & Shirlie" along with British Pop Singer Helen "Pepsi" DeMacque. She is also known for her time spent with an English pop duo "Wham!". "Wham!" was one of the most commercially successful pop acts of the 1980s, selling more than 30 million certified records worldwide from 1982 to 1986.
Shirlie Holliman is an English singer. She is the half part of an English pop duo group "Pepsi & Shirlie" formed in London in 1985. The duo with "Pepsi" DeMacque went on hiatus in 1989, but briefly returned in 2000 and are still active at present. Their memoir It's All in Black and White was published by London Based book publisher "Welbeck" in September 2021.
Having started her career as a horse-riding instructor, she had to quit it shortly after she developed hay fever at age 18, and with nothing else to do, her then-boyfriend Andrew Ridgeley suggested she come and dance while he and his friend George Michael's band played a local gig. During her 20s, she performed as a backing singer for the English pop duo "Wham!".
After Wham! disbanded in 1986, Holliman and DeMacque formed their own act, named Pepsi & Shirlie, and they went on to create two UK top 10 hits: "Heartache", which was produced by Phil Fearon and Tambi Fernando, reaching #2 on the UK Singles Chart behind the #1 hit of George Michael and Aretha Franklin's "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", and "Goodbye Stranger".
Shirlie Holliman was born on 18th April 1962 in Bushey, a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. Her full name is Shirlie Holliman Kemp. She holds an English nationality and belongs to the Caucasian ethnicity. Her star sign is Aries. She is a follower of Christianity.
Holliman was born into a middle-class family. Her father's name is Arthur Holliman and her mother's name is Margaret Holliman. She was raised on a council estate in Bushey, near Watford, Hertfordshire. She attended the Bushey Meads School of her hometown from where she graduated with her GCSE exam.
Shirlie Holliman has been married to English actor and musician Martin Kemp since 1988. Holliman had met Kemp through mutual friend George Michael, who is also an English singer in the early 1980s. After dating for several years, the pair married in St. Lucia in 1988. Together, the couple has two children: a daughter, Harley Moon Kemp, born in August 1989, and a son, Roman Kemp, born in January 1993.
As of March 2022, the net worth of Shirlie Holliman is estimated to be US $1 million to $5 million. She has accumulated most of her wealth through her singing career including album sales and record deals. She used to earn around £50,000 in her career's peak height between the 1980s to 1990s. She also used to make extra income through ticket sales in live performance events, concerts, tours.
Shirlie Holliman is 5 ft 6 inches She has an hourglass-shaped body figure. Her attractive body measures 35-25-35 inches. She wears a 40C(US) size Bra and a 7(US) size Bra. She has a pair of Light brown eyes. She looks elegant in her medium haircut. Though she is in her late 50s, the singer's body tends to oppose aging. She still looks young and beautiful. She works out daily and eats a healthy diet to keep her body balanced.