The Saturdays
The Saturdays | |
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Background information | |
Origin | London, England |
Genres | |
Years active | 2007–2014[a] |
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Members | |
Website | thesaturdays |
The Saturdays are an English-Irish
In 2011, the group tackled its first arena tour,
History
2007–2009: Formation, Chasing Lights and The Work Tour
The Saturdays were formed in June 2007, after auditions were held to find members for the group. The group was put together through the record label
Their debut album,
Their first headlining tour, The Work Tour, had 27 dates.[14] McFly's Dougie Poynter, Sandford's boyfriend played bass guitar during "Just Can't Get Enough".[15][16][17] White tripped on some wires backstage and had a foot injury, she remained seated on stage for some shows.[18] In 2008 and 2009, the Saturdays appeared in adverts for several products including a brand of deodorant, tampons,[19] mobile phones, an operating system, and hair removal products.[20] The band was named as a model for the hair removal product, Veet.[21] The band later became the new face of a major campaign of Impulse women's deodorant.[22] The Saturdays said that fashion is a huge part of the group, saying people look up to them as their icons.[23]
2009–2010: Wordshaker and Headlines!
Whilst performing on their first headlining tour, The Work Tour, the group started to go back into the studio to record their second studio album in early March 2009, which would be due for release in late 2009.
The Saturdays originally intended not to release any material in 2010,
2011–2012: On Your Radar and All Fired Up! Live
The group announced that they were working on their third full-length studio album in late 2010.
After the conclusion of
2012–2013: Chasing the Saturdays and Living for the Weekend
The group began work on their fifth overall release, with first single "
After its UK release, it was reported that "What About Us" was on course to knock Justin Timberlake's "Mirrors" off the number-one spot on the UK Singles Chart on 24 March.[65] During the midweek charts, the group were 30,000 copies ahead of Timberlake's track.[66] The Saturdays revealed that they were due to call their upcoming fourth studio album The Chase, but decided against the title.[67] They also revealed that they would release another single from the album before the release of it.[67] Aston Merrygold tipped the band to be the "biggest UK girl-group".[67] "What About Us" charted at number-one on the UK Singles Chart, gaining the Saturdays their first number-one single, selling 114,000 copies in the first week of release and also becoming the fastest selling single of 2013.[68] The Saturdays sold 40,000 copies more than their nearest competitor to keep them off the number-one spot, which was Timberlake.[2]
In March 2013, it was reported that the second track to be taken from Living for the Weekend would be titled "Gentleman", with the Daily Mirror reporting that body doubles had been hired to appear alongside the five girls in the accompanying video.[69] On 2 May 2013, Sandford announced through her Twitter account that she and her fiancé, Wayne Bridge, were expecting their first child together.[70] On 4 May, it was confirmed that the album's third single would be the previously rumoured track, "Gentleman". A fifteen-second preview of the single was posted with the announcement, and the full track received its radio premiere on 9 May 2013.[71] On 25 July, the Saturdays confirmed that the next single would be "Disco Love". The single was released on 6 October. The single charted at number five on the UK Singles Chart. On 4 September, the album's track list was revealed via Twitter along with the album's title, Living for the Weekend. The album was released on 14 October 2013, and charted at number 10 on the UK album charts, making it their fourth top ten album to date. The album's fifth single was "Not Giving Up".[72]
2014: Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits and disbandment
The Saturdays embarked on a Greatest Hits tour 'Greatest Hits Live!' tour in September 2014, playing 12 venues across Scotland, England and Ireland. and released Finest Selection: The Greatest Hits with all their singles plus three new songs; "What Are You Waiting For?", "808" and "Walking Through the Desert". Bridge said during an interview that, "this is not the end." Humes also said, "when we do split up our greatest hits album would be four discs long!" Vanessa White added, "we hope to release another greatest hits album in three years time."[73]
On 14 June 2014, it was announced that the first single taken from the album would be titled, "What Are You Waiting For?", produced by previous collaborators Xenomania.[74] The single debuted at number 38 on the UK Singles Chart, their lowest charting single to date, while the album debuted at number 10 on the UK Album Chart. The girls also dropped a remix of "808" with American rap-artist, Angel Haze.
On 2 December 2014, the Saturdays announced that they created a cover of
On 22 March 2015, in an interview with the Irish Independent, Mollie King revealed that the group was on hiatus and will not be releasing any new music until at least 2016. She is quoted as saying that the band will "be recording another album after Christmas so we are doing our own things this year."[75] On 11 May, in an interview with the Daily Mirror, Frankie Bridge stated that the Saturdays would be heading back into the recording studio later in the year to begin work on new material. She is quoted as saying "We're recording again this year, which will be great as we all genuinely get on. The reason we've stayed together so long is we have the freedom to do our thing, have time with our families then come back together.".[76]
On 31 March 2017, White confirmed that she had no plans to go back to the Saturdays anytime soon, furthering their hiatus.[77] While promoting her debut country music album The Waiting Game, Una Healy also confirmed that the band had no current plans anytime soon.[78] On 1 April 2017, it was reported that White had no plans to reform with the group, as she was focusing on her solo career.[79] In September 2017, King hinted that the group could make a comeback in the near future.[80]
Other ventures
Filmography
In mid-2008, the Saturdays made a cameo appearance in
Before the group,
Chasing the Saturdays
It was announced that the group's management were in talks with a number of different
All of the members of the Saturdays have appeared on the BBC Three late-night panel show Sweat the Small Stuff. Humes was a regular panel member in series 1, and a team captain in series 2. In the second half of series 1 (from June 2013), Rochelle was on maternity leave, and each of the other Saturdays replaced her in the later episodes.
Testimonials
In 2010 the Saturdays each contributed their part to a book
Philanthropy
All five of the members have been involved in charity work. The Saturdays released a cover of
Artistry
Musical style
The Saturdays music is pop but throughout the group's lifetime they have experimented and recorded
Influences
The Saturdays' debut album, Chasing Lights takes influence from a number of genres such as,
Upon the release of the second album, Wordshaker the band released a
With third album On Your Radar, the group said they were beginning to take risks in their music genre. They said; "I think every artist needs to, sort of, reinvent themselves and we don't want any track to sound like it could have been on our previous albums. It's going to be a step up from the last album but we'll keep it The Saturdays-esque."
Discography
Studio albums
- Chasing Lights (2008)
- Wordshaker (2009)
- On Your Radar (2011)
- Living for the Weekend (2013)
EPs
- Headlines! (2010)
- Chasing the Saturdays (2013)
Concert tours
Headlining
Supporting
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Guest act
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See also
- List of songs recorded by the Saturdays
- List of artists who reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
Notes
- ^ Indefinite hiatus
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