The Saturdays
are a pop girl group formed in Britain in 2007, comprising Una Healy, Mollie King, Vanessa White, Rochelle Wiseman and Frankie Sandford (Rochelle Wiseman & Frankie Sandford had previously worked in the band S Club 8). The Saturdays made their recording debut in 2008 under the record label Fascination Records, a sub-division of Polydor Records.
Their album, Chasing Lights
, produced five UK Top 25 singles: If This Is Love, Up, Issues, Just Can't Get Enough and Work.
The band embarked on their first headlining UK tour, 'The Work Tour', in June 2009.
The band are to release their new single Forever Is Over on 5 October 2009 , with their second album Colonial Masses following a week later, on 12 October 2009
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History
2007-2009: Chasing Lights
The Saturdays are signed to
Fascination Records, a sub-label of
Polydor Records. Their album,
Chasing Lights
, was recorded during May and June 2008 with input from multiple producers and writers, including Ina Wroldsen and
Alex Cartana. The group supported
Girls Aloud on their
Tangled Up Tour before the release of their first single, "
If This Is Love". The single was released in July 2008 and peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
The second single, "
Up", was released in October 2008 and peaked at number 5. Also in October, the album
Chasing Lights
was released to generally mixed reviews. The album peaked at number 9 on the UK Albums Chart. The third single, "
Issues", was released in January 2009 and reached number four.
As well as supporting
Girls Aloud, The Saturdays also supported
The Jonas Brothers at their Hammersmith Apollo gig on 11 September. They also played at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball at the
The O2 Arena in December. On 5 November they performed at
Perez Hilton's One Night In Liverpool. And played at Cardiff's Gay Pride event. On the Christmas 2008 special of British
Nickelodeon show
Ross Lee's Ghoulies
, The Saturdays made a special appearance.
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They also guest starred in
Hollyoaks Later on 18 September 2008 and on a short BBC show called myths. In December 2008 The Saturdays performed in
Barnsley, as part of their Christmas lights switch on.
In January, the group released their fourth single, a cover of the
Depeche Mode song "
Just Can't Get Enough" as one of the official
Comic Relief 2009 singles, released on digital sales, 1 March, and on physical sales, 2 March. On 8 March 2009, the single peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, just behind
Flo Rida's single
Right Round, making this the first Comic Relief single not to reach number one since 1994. However, this is their highest charting single.
[2] The song also was the girl's third consecutive top twenty hit in Ireland, breaking into the top ten at number 9 in its second week of release, giving them their first top ten single and their first top ten appearance in a foreign music market.
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The group have also confirmed that they will be doing their own tour in 2009 - "
The Work Tour", which will coincide with the release of their fifth single, "
Work". The single ended up peaking in the UK outside of the top twenty at #22, making "Work" the band's lowest charting single. The single is not in the UK Top 40 as of 2 August 2009.
2009/2010: Colonial Masses
It has been confirmed that the group will release its second album
Colonial Masses
on 26 October with the first single 'Forever Is Over' released on 5 October. The video for "
Forever Is Over" was leaked onto
YouTube on 22nd August 2009. They employ a street team to output enthusiastic comments onto various websites.
[4] They also use
third party technique.
Discography
- 2008: Chasing Lights
- 2009: Colonial Masses
Tours
Headlining
- 2009 - The Work Tour - began 2 June 2009 in Glasgow
As supporting act
- 2008 - Girls Aloud - Tangled Up Tour
- 2009 - Take That Present: The Circus Live
Awards and nominations
| Year
| Award-giving body
| Award
| Result
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| 2008
| Popjustice Readers Poll
| Best Single (Up)
| 5th place
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| Best Album
| 3rd place
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| Best Sleeve Artwork
| Won
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| Best New Act
| 2nd Place
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| Best Haircut (Frankie)
| 2nd place
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| Most Likely To Split In 2009
| 3rd place [5]
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| Best Dance Routine (Up)
| 2nd place
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| Heat Awards
| Newcomer of the Year
| Nominated
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| 2009
| Glamour Magazine Woman Of The Year Awards
| Band Of The Year
| Nominated
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| MTV Europe Music Awards
| Best UK & Ireland New Act
| 0TBA
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References
- http://primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk/the-saturdays-perform-silent-fart-on-ross-lees-ghoulies/
- BBC Radio 1 Singles Chart
- http://acharts.us/song/42129
- http://thesaturdays.forums.umusic.co.uk/t/584.aspx?PageIndex=8
- http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3311&Itemid=9