Kim Kardashian has admitted releasing her single ‘Jam (Pump It Up)’ is her biggest regret.

The heiress’ fame was peaking, with a reality show (remember The Simple Life?), a wildly successful perfume, and an endorsed fashion line.

Evidently she felt all that was left for her to conquer was the music business, and thus we were given Stars Are Blind, the first track off her debut album titled (what else?) Paris.

She didn’t really have the chops to become the next Beyonce, but her attempt at being a recording artist doesn’t stack up so badly when compared with some other A-listers who tried to make it big in the music industry.

So in honour of the Stars Are Blind anniversary, here are some of them:

PARIS HILTON

To be fair, Paris actually reached number six in the United States, and landed in the top 10 in four other countries. Stars Are Blind made it to top 20 across the globe. But then it kind of fizzled out ... along with her megastar status. Just last year, after nearly a decade, Hilton released some new singles to have another go at musical fame.

Paris Hilton has had a few attempts at a music career.Source:Getty Images

NICOLE RICHIE

Hilton’s former The Simple Life co-star and ex-best friend obviously thought her pal was on to a good thing — or perhaps she was inspired to follow in her dad Lionel Richie’s footsteps. Either way, Richie’s attempt at a hit song — ‘Dandelion’ — peaked as a demo with no music video. Which was probably for the best.

These days, Nicole Richie leaves the singing to her dad Lionel and husband Joel Madden.Source:Supplied

BRUCE WILLIS

Bet you didn’t expect this one.

Bruce Willis is arguably most famous for the Die Hard movies ... which, ironically, is exactly what happened to his music career. He had a crack as an R & B-pop singer in the late ‘80s with an album called The Return of Bruno, which somehow made it to #14 on the Billboard charts and encouraged him to put out another two years later. Thankfully, that was where it ended.

The most unexpected addition to this list: Bruce Willis, R&B star?Source:Supplied

KIM KARDASHIAN

If you pride yourself on Keeping Up With The Kardashians, then you already know that before Kim Kardashian was the reality TV superstar and business mogul she is today, she was a would-be pop singer. ‘Jam (Turn It Up)’ was what she gave to the world, and most of us would like a refund. The star herself has admitted it was a huge mistake, and releasing the track is her biggest regret — even more than her sex tape.

Kim K says her brief foray into pop music is her ‘biggest regret’.Source:Getty Images

HEIDI MONTAG

We loved to hate Heidi Montag and her troublemaking husband Spencer Pratt on The Hills. They gave us so much — the tears, the tantrums, and the feuds (mostly with Lauren Conrad.) But they probably should have left it there. Instead, Montag released her studio album Superficial in 2008 (featuring an uncredited rap from Pratt) and our ears never recovered.

Reality TV's most infamous ‘villains’ — Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag.Source:Splash News Australia

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT

If you’ve experienced TV-turned-movie-turned-TV actress Jennifer Love Hewitt’s music at all, you probably only remember her 2002 album BareNaked. However, that was actually her fourth album. Long before she found fame with a lead role on TV show Party of Five, Hewitt was a pop star in Japan (yep, that’s right). Her debut album was released there when she was just 12 years old and was actually a major hit. Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said for the follow-ups.

Jennifer Love Hewitt was really big in Japan.Source:Getty Images

SHAQUILLE O’NEAL

Shaquille must have believed his phenomenal success on the basketball court playing with the Orlando Magic and then with the LA Lakers would spill over into the recording studio — so he launched his ‘rap career’ in 1993. Despite his music being widely panned, Shaq managed to put out five albums and snag two Top 40 singles. He even featured as a guest rapper on; 2 Bad’, from Michael Jackson’s 1995 album HIStory.

Shaquille O’Neal tried to make it as a rapper.Source:Getty Images

NAOMI CAMPBELL

You can understand how a brief dalliance with the music industry could get buried underneath all the other talking points in Naomi Campbell’s life — A-list relationships, assault charges, celebrity feuds. But in 1995, Campbell produced her one and only attempt at music — an album titled Baby Woman. It didn’t make it past No. 75 on the UK charts, but people in Japan evidently loved it and bought over a million copies.

Naomi Campbell’s more well-known for her public tantrums than her album.Source:Getty Images

EDDIE MURPHY

Technically, comedian Eddie Murphy doesn’t appear to want to forget his music career, although many would say he should. He certainly had a couple of hits, including Party All The Time in 1985. And with a run of not-so-stellar movie roles over the past few years (his last film, 2012’s A Thousand Words was dubbed as possibly ‘the worst-reviewed film of all time’), it’s probably not such a surprise that he looked to turn back to music in 2013, releasing a reggae song ‘Red Light’ featuring Snoop Dogg.

Eddie Murphy had a few hits in the ‘80s.Source:News Limited