They're Cheetah sister, they stand together! Adrienne Bailon Houghton is most known for her role in the Cheetah Girls movies and her time on Disney Channel, but she is also so much more than just that. Houghton was born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan to a Puerto Rican mother and a Ecudorian father. She has an older sister and was raised by her mother and step-father.
She is a singer, TV host and actress who used to be a part of the girl groups 3LW and The Cheetah Girls. She held roles in The Suite Life and Zack and Cody and That's So Raven and is reprising her role in the spin-off series, Raven's Home, in 2022.
But beyond that, Houghton has branched out in her career, even scoring herself awards. Here's what Adrienne Bailon-Houghton has been up to since the last Cheetah Girls movie.
11 'The Cheetah Girls: One World'
The Cheetah Girls: One World was the last Cheetah Girls movie and marked the ending of those girls on Disney Channel. One World had the girls going to India to star in a Bollywood movie. It received the lowest ratings out of all the Cheetah movies. Bailon recorded two solo songs for the movies, "What If" and "Stand Up." Despite Kiely Williams and Bailon not speaking anymore, Williams still feels like a Cheetah Girls reunion could happen, per Entertainment Tonight!
10 Songs For Soundtracks
After her Disney Channel days ended, she tried to make solo music but ended up making songs for movies instead. She sang two songs for Confessions of a Shopaholic and two songs for Lovestruck: The Musical. Houghton was also a featured artist on other songs, many of them with Latin artists. After the break-up of the band, The Cheetah Girls, Houghton was signed to Island Def Jam Records and started her debut solo album.
9 'I'm In Love With A Church Girl'
Although Bailon wanted to pursue singing, she did pivot a bit and continue acting. After One World, Bailon starred in The Coalition and I'm In Love With A Church Girl. She also starred in numerous episodes of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, as she was dating Rob Kardashian at the time. Houghton also appeared as hosts on many MTV shows. Then in 2013, her career picked up again when she landed a co-hosting gig.
8 'The Real'
In 2013, Bailon served as one of the co-hosts of the daytime talk show, The Real, alongside Tamar Braxton, Jeannie Mai, Loni Love and Tamera Mowry. She is still a host of the show and her and the hosts have been nominated for multiple awards for the talk show. The Real airs at 11am on FOX.
7 Adrienne Bailon Houghton Awards Won
For her time on The Real, Houghton has been nominated for several awards. In 2016 and 2017, she was nominated for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host at the Daytime Emmys but did not win. However, in 2018, the host was nominated again and took home the award that year. That same year, The Real won an NAACP Image Award and a People's Choice Awards for Outstanding Talk Show.
She also won the NAACP award again in 2019 and was nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy, but lost. Currently, she is nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album.
6 Adrienne Bailon Got Married
Bailon first met Israel Houghton in 2013 at an event at the Christian Cultural Center in New York, according to Yahoo Lifestyle. They worked on I'm In Love With A Church Girl together and they stayed friends. They were photographed together in 2016, which sparked many dating rumors. Then in August of that year, Houghton proposed and three months later, they were married in Paris.
5 Adrienne Bailon Houghton Released Her First Solo Album
Finally, in 2017, Houghton got to do what she has been waiting for for a while. Her debut solo album, New Tradiciones, was released in November 2017 under her married name. The album features her singing Christmas songs in both English and Spanish. All of the proceeds from the album went torebuilding Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irma struck them. In 2015, Houghton revealed on The Real, that being on the talk show had delayed her album.
4 Adrienne Bailon's Appearance On 'The Masked Singer'
Houghton appeared on the second season of The Masked Singer. She was dressed as the Flamingo and many Disney Channel fans knew her voice right away. Her Cheetah Girls co-star, Raven Symone, was on the same season as her, but did not make it as far. Houghton came in third place, losing to Chris Daughtry and Wayne Brady. Three out of four panelists wound up guessing her correctly.
3 'I Can See Your Voice'
I Can See Your Voice is a music game show where the contestants are only identified by their occupation. A contestant must eliminate someone from the group without hearing them sing with the assistance of a celebrity panel. Many of The Masked Singer contestants became panelists on the show and Houghton appeared on episode 7 in November 2020.
2 Adrienne Bailon Houghton's Jewelry Line
Houghton founded a jewelry line in 2019 called XIXI. The line is unisex and features necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets, anklets and body jewelry. There is something for everyone but the So New York Collection is the unisex line. So, check it out if you are a jewelry lover.
1 Her Appearance On 'Raven's Home'
Season 5 of Raven's Home is set to premiere in 2022 and some familiar faces will be appearing. When Bailon appeared on That's So Raven, she played Raven's enemy and the popular girl bully, Alana. Now, that Raven is heading back home to San Francisco to help take care of her father, Alana will be serving as the principal of their alma mater, Bayside High School.