Career
The former lead singer of Grammy winning Rhythm & Blues act Soul II Soul, and currently fronts the group Soul Explosion, which started in 1999. She has also worked with Liza Minnelli, Whitney Houston, and Stevie Wonder. A native of London, Bell is of African, and East Indian descent through her Jamaican-born parents.
She is the mother of singer Alexandra Burke.
Bell suffers from kidney failure, and struggled to attend her daughter"s live performances during her time on The X Factor.