P.Y.T.

PYT was a pop band in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This quartet was unique in that its members were not scouted by a talent agency or formed through an audition process or competition - instead, these Tampa teenagers - Lauren

PYT was a pop band in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This quartet was unique in that its members were not scouted by a talent agency or formed through an audition process or competition - instead, these Tampa teenagers - Lauren Mayhew , Ashley Niven, Lydia Bell, and Tracy Williams - had all been childhood friends. They had previously performed together in the Tampa Entertainment Revue (through Busch Gardens) and were signed to Epic Records in 1998. The members of PYT derived their group's name from a Michael Jackson song entitled "Pretty Young Things," though on some occasions the girls used the acronym "P.Y.T." to stand for the slogan "Prove Yourself True." Among the members of the group, Tracy Williams was the alto and sung lower harmonies, Lauren Mayhew and Ashley Niven were mezzo-sopranos and sung the melody line, and Lydia Bell was the soprano who sung higher harmonies. Ashley Niven was the lead vocalist on the tracks on the album 'PYT (Down With Me) .