The Saturdays



The Saturdays are a British-Irish girl group based and formed in London, United Kingdom. The group consists of members Frankie Sandford, Mollie King, Una Healy, Vanessa White and Rochelle Humes. The band were formed through Fascination Records which gave the band an instant record deal with the label as well as a sub-division of Polydor Records. The band's musical style is primarily Pop, however throughout their career, they have experimented with genres such as R&B, Dance-pop and Electropop. As of March 2013, the band have spawned four albums and fourteen singles, twelve of which have become top-ten hits.

"If This Is Love" was released as the bands debut single, which resulted in the band achieving their first top ten hit. The band released their debut album, Chasing Lights in 2008 and charted at number-nine on the UK Albums Chart, It was accredited platinum certification by the British Phonographic Industry and the album also produced three more top ten singles—"Up", "Issues" and "Just Can't Get Enough". "Work" was also released from the album. The bands first Concert tour, The Work Tour took place in 2009. Wordshaker was released as the second studio album and proudced top 10 hits—"Forever Is Over" and "Ego". After the release of "Ego", the band decided to release their first Mini album in 2010, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlines! Headlines!]'' which also produced top 10 hits—"Missing You" and "Higher" which featured guest vocals from Flo Rida. The Headlines Tour was the bands second concert tour. On Your Radar was the third studio album released in 2011, which also seen the release of top 10 singles—"Notorious" and "All Fired Up". The album also saw the release of "My Heart Takes Over". In December 2011 the band took to their first arena tour, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Fired_Up!_Live All Fired Up! Live]''. "30 Days" which charted at number-seven on the UK Singles Chart and serves as the first single from the bands fourth studio album. "What About Us" was released as the follow-up single from the album and became the bands first number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, selling 114,000 copies in the first week of release.

Aside from their musical career, the band have also released an autobiography, titled, The Saturdays: Our Story, and have also starred in their own television series on ITV2, The Saturdays: 24/7. They have made a cameo appearance in British soap, Hollyoaks and taken part in paranormal television series, Ghosthunting With.... The band are involved with many charities, including Elton John's, Elton John AIDS Foundation. They have also recorded a number of television advertisements in which they have endorsed products such as Veet, Nintendogs + Cats and Impulse. In 2011, the girls also launched their own Nail polish line, sold exclusively in Superdrug. In 2013, the band starred in their own reality television series for a second time. Entitled, Chasing The Saturdays, the series was broadcast in both America and the UK on the television network, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E! E!]''. The Saturdays subsequently released a brand new EP in the U.S, which shares the same name as the documentary.

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[edit] 2007–09: Formation, Chasing Lights and The Work Tour
The Saturdays were formed in 2007 after holding auditions to become a member of the group. The group was put together through the record label Polydor Records which meant they would have an instant record deal and were signed toFascination Records, a sub-label of Polydor. Lydia Louisa of Big Brother 13 was in the running to be in the band, but was not chosen in the final 10. The band began recording their debut album while touring with Girls Aloud on theirTangled Up Tour. They were also offered songs which were rejected by Girls Aloud.They said "We all thought it was a bit of a cheek. Why would we want their rejects? [...] It's bad enough with all the comparisons being made."Whilst on tour with Girls Aloud, the band released their first single "If This Is Love". The song features additional backing vocals from Danish singer Nabiha. The song charted at number eight on the UK Singles Chart after it sold 14,990 copies in its first week of release. The single was also the second highest new entry of the week behind Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" which debuted at number four. As well as supporting Girls Aloud, The Saturdays also supported the Jonas Brothers at their Hammersmith Apollo gig.

 Their first headlining tour, The Work Tour, had twenty-seven dates. McFly's Dougie Poynter, Sandford's boyfriend played bass guitar during "Just Can't Get Enough".White tripped on some wires back stage and had a foot injury, she remained seated on stage for some shows. In 2008 and 2009 the Saturdays appeared in adverts for several products including a brand of deodorant, mobile phones, an operating system, and hair removal products. The band was named as models for hair removal product, Veet. The band later became new faces of major campaign of Impulse women's deodorant. The Saturdays said that fashion is a huge part of the band, saying people look up to them as their icons. Sandford stated in an interview with Mail Online "'We aren't models who can't sing. We all sing and we all dance. No one's telling us what to do. We're all different because we're just ourselves – and that's the way it should be." Their debut album,  Chasing Lights  was released in October 2008 and peaked at number 9 on the  UK Albums Chart. Later the album was certified Platinum by the  British Phonographic Industry. The last track of Chasing Lights, "Why Me, Why Now" was originally a demo by  Alex Cartana, but later picked up by the band. The band were often compared to other British female acts such as the  Sugababes  and  Girls Aloud, however they have been praised for their debut album. " Up " was confirmed to be the second single from the album and first studio version of "Up" premiered on  Popjustice  on 17 July 2008 in the form of a short clip, after the group previously performed the song, when it was being recorded, live at various gigs in the United Kingdom. The song then officially premiered in full on 31 August 2008 on  BBC Radio 1. On 19 October 2008 "Up" debuted at number five on the  UK Singles Chart  with first week sales of 26,593. In turn outpeaking and outselling previous single "If This Is Love" which debuted at number eight with first week sales of 14,990. Third single released " Issues " which became a commercial success after charting at number-four. Both "Up" and "Issues" found themselves gaining a certification of Silver by the British phonographic industry. In March 2009 The Saturdays released a cover of  Depeche Mode 's " Just Can't Get Enough " for  Comic Relief, the single was a success and charted at number-two on the UK Singles Chart and was also certificated Siver by the BPI. " Work " was released as the fifth and final single from the album and was their first single to miss the top-ten on the Singles Chart.

 2009–11:  Wordshaker  and  Headlines!

Wordshaker was released in October 2010 a whole year after Chasing Lights was released. The album had almost identical peaks to their first studio album with the album peaking at number-nine on the UK Albums Chart and thirty-six on the Irish Albums Chart. The album also gained a certification of Silver by the BPI. "Ego" was released as the second and final single from the album, which was written by Steve Mac and Ina Wroldsen. Mac also acknowledged the influence of producer RedOne's work with Lady Gaga, "There’s no question that without [Lady] Gaga we wouldn’t be where we are at the moment, with what Red has done and how he has changed radio in America, and what’s acceptable, and where dance is."The band decided that "Ego" would be the final single from their second studio album. Rochelle Wiseman backed the album by saying "We are not releasing any more singles from the album, as we want to release a new album, not because there is no more good songs on the album." as there was people question the album's songs. "Ego" charted at number-nine and number-ten on the UK and Irish Singles Charts and later gained a Silver certification by the BPI. However the song was released and one of the band's lowest chart peaking singles, it became one of the band's best selling singles.

 The band originally intended not to release any material in 2010,   but  Rochelle Wiseman  explained in an interview with  Digital Spy  that "[they]'d come across some songs that [they] were really excited about. [...] [so they] wanted to just get everything out [then]." "We finished [ Wordshaker ] and we'd come across some songs that we were really excited about. The songs that we had found were so current, and we'd written a couple of songs ourselves, [so] we wanted to just get everything out now." The band confirmed that the album would not be a studio album and would in fact be an  Extended play  also known as a  Mini album. The band confirmed to be working with  Steve Mac  and Ina Wroldsen on the album as well as some new producers. " Missing You " was confirmed to be the first single released from the EP. Missing You" is an  electropop  song incorporating elements of  trance  and  synthpop . It was written by Lukas Hilbert  and  Alexander Kronlund . [34]  The music video was shot at the end of May 2010, in  Málaga, Spain  and later premiered on 26 June on the group's official website.  "Missing You" entered the  UK Singles Chart  at number three.

After Headlines! was released it charted at number-three on the UK Albums Chart and number-ten on the Irish Singles Chart which made it their third top-ten album in the United Kingdom and the band's first top ten album in Ireland. "Higher" was confirmed to be the second single from the EP. After the group's previous single "Missing You" was beaten to number one for a second time by Flo Rida, Wiseman joked that the group would have to record a song with the US rapper before they could top the UK Singles Chart.Then several days later it was confirmed that a collaboration had gone ahead with Flo Rida recording vocals for one of the group's songs. The single charted at number-ten on the UK Singles Chart and number-eleven on the Irish Singles Chart.

[edit] 2011–2012: On Your Radar and All Fired Up! Live
 After the band's previously tour finished,  The Headlines Tour  the band confirmed that they would go on tour again in December 2011, however this time the tour would be an arena tour,instead of a theatre tour like the band has previously done on the last two headlining tours. They also revealed that they are going to "fly" during the tour as it is a dream for the band. It was confirmed that the tickets would be released on Monday 13 June 2011 and tour would be titled  ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Fired_Up!_Live All Fired Up! Live]''. There has been 11 dates confirmed [so far]. They said "It's an arena tour so we're forced to go all out for a big production." Mollie King  said that fans should expect a lot of bright colours and brightly coloured blocks for the production.The Saturdays later revealed in late June Irish tour dates. The girls confirmed during an interview with  Capital FM  that their new single, " 30 Days " would be "very pop", "amazing" and "crazy". The single was premiered on 30 March 2012 on  BBC Radio 1 's breakfast show with  Chris Moyles. The video premiered on 5 April 2012. It was further confirmed that the group were working on their fifth album.The group announced they were working on their third full-length studio album in late 2010. While recording the album they worked with a variety of collaborators for the album, including producers  Lucas Secon ,  Labrinth,  Danish pop band,  Alphabeat , Taio Cruz ,   Space Cowboy ,   Carl Falk ,   Rami Yacoub ,  and  Steve Mac. Wiseman confirmed that the record was "different" and "fierce". The band promised that their third studio album would be different and they would be taking risks in their music. They announced that their new sound is "dance floor" music. The band confessed that the album would be a lot "sexier" and a lot more  R&B  that their previous albums. The band confirmed that they have wrote the majority of the album themselves which makes the album a lot more personal to them. They said that the new album is; "it’s a very cool". The band said their new music was "current", "fun", "naughty", "girly" and "dancy". Emeli Sandé  said that she wrote a track for the band which was very dark and a strong ballad. She said that the lyrics are dark and very honest. The first single released from the album was " Notorious ". The single was released digitally on 22 May 2011 in the UK. The single peaked at number-eight on the  UK Singles Chart  and nineteen on the  Irish Singles Chart. After the release of "Notorious" the band released a clothing line with high street store,  Miss Selfridge. The  t-shirts  with feature lyrics from the band's song; "Notorious" and " Higher " with the lyrics on T-shirts saying. 'I'm Notorious' and 'Whatcha Doing Saturday Girl?' slogan tees. The T-shirts were designed by the band themselves and picked the lyric[s] out themselves. " All Fired Up " was released on 4 September 2011, which charted at number-three on the UK Singles Charts and six on the Irish Singles Charts. It was confirmed that the album would be titled,  On Your Radar  with third single released " My Heart Takes Over ".

[edit] 2012—present: Chasing the Saturdays and fourth studio album
The band began work on their fifth overall release, with first single "30 Days" released in May 2012 and would serve as the lead single from their upcoming fifth album.Rochelle Wiseman explained the concept of the single, "It’s a really amazing, catchy song but the sentiment behind it is being all excited and counting down the days to seeing someone when you’ve really been missing that person." The single charted at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, which gained the band their eleventh top ten single.

It was announced that The Saturdays had signed to Island Def Jam and Mercury Records to release future music in the United States. "What About Us" was released as the band's first worldwide single. In order for the band to introduce themselves to the American public, the band released extended play, Chasing The Saturdays, which was released only in America and Canada. The Saturdays also star in a reality series called Chasing The Saturdayswhich premiered on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E! E!] on 20 January 2013. The show features the group trying to make it in America. Upon its premiere in the United Kingdom, Chasing The Saturdays became that week's #1 most watched show with 72,000 viewers, having 10,000 more viewers than Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami.

After its UK release on 17 March 2013, 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 at the end of that week. During the midweek charts, the band were 30,000 copies ahead of Timberlake's track. As of March 2013, the band have sold over 4 million singles in the UK and Ireland.The band revealed that they were due to call their upcoming fourth studio album, The Chase but decided against the title. They also revealed that they would release another single from the album before the release of it. After selling 114,000 copies in the first week of release, "What About Us" charted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, gaining The Saturdays their first number-one single, and also becoming the fastest selling single of 2013.[1]  The band sold 40,000 copies more than their nearest competitor to keep them off the number-one spot, which was Timberlake. However the song was released and one of the band's lowest chart peaking singles, it became one of the band's best selling singles.

The band originally intended not to release any material in 2010, but Rochelle Wiseman explained in an interview with Digital Spy that "[they]'d come across some songs that [they] were really excited about. [...] [so they] wanted to just get everything out [then]." "We finished [Wordshaker] and we'd come across some songs that we were really excited about. The songs that we had found were so current, and we'd written a couple of songs ourselves, [so] we wanted to just get everything out now." The band confirmed that the album would not be a studio album and would in fact be an Extended play also known as a Mini album. The band confirmed to be working with Steve Mac and Ina Wroldsen on the album as well as some new producers. "Missing You" was confirmed to be the first single released from the EP. Missing You" is an electropop song incorporating elements of trance and synthpop. It was written byLukas Hilbert and Alexander Kronlund.The music video was shot at the end of May 2010, in Málaga, Spain and later premiered on 26 June on the group's official website. "Missing You" entered the UK Singles Chart at number three.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">After Headlines! was released it charted at number-three on the UK Albums Chart and number-ten on the Irish Singles Chart which made it their third top-ten album in the United Kingdom and the band's first top ten album in Ireland. "Higher" was confirmed to be the second single from the EP. After the group's previous single "Missing You" was beaten to number one for a second time by Flo Rida, Wiseman joked that the group would have to record a song with the US rapper before they could top the UK Singles Chart. Then several days later it was confirmed that a collaboration had gone ahead with Flo Rida recording vocals for one of the group's songs.The single charted at number-ten on the UK Singles Chart and number-eleven on the Irish Singles Chart.

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[edit] Filmography
Before the band, Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman were regular cast members in children's musical television comedy, I Dream they were featured in with their band mates of S Club 8. The programme aimed at and mostly about teenagers, which aired in 2004. It was set at an esteemed performing arts college near Barcelona, Spain, and focuses on thirteen youths who are invited to enrol at the college, Avalon Heights, over the summer. Mollie King appeared on The X Factor as a solo act and in a band in aid to find fame as singer. Vanessa White made common appearances on Almost Famous she also appeared in a Cheese strings advert which she promoted. It was announced that the band were in talks with a number of different American network television programmes in order to broadcast a reality television series, which would feature the bands day-to-day lives.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-e_78-0" style="line-height:1em;">[78]  It was later announced that the band had signed a contract for their show to be shown through, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E! E!] and their programme would be entitled Chasing The Saturdays.In mid-2008, The Saturdays made a cameo appearance in Hollyoaks Later''. In 2009, they appeared in Myths which was their first acting role as a band. The band was featured performing in the episode they were also featured talking to the cast members and the cast members where their "fans". In 2010 The Saturdays filmed a documentary series entitled The Saturdays: 24/7 for ITV2. Which witnessed the group touring while promoting the upcoming release of their single "Missing You", and recording sessions for the their first extended play, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headlines! Headlines!]''. The documentary had six episodes. The band later announced that they done the show to prove that there is no bitchiness in the band like the papers always rumour. "You always see in the papers, that me and girls are always arguing, we really don't, and there is no bitching at all." In the first episode of The Saturdays: 24/7 the band were shown gigging around the UK, without King, after she was taken ill after being bitten by a horse-fly. The show was a success and later the band confirmed to be doing another show, however entitled The Saturdays: What Goes On, On Tour which was also a six-part fly on the wall documentary for Channel 4. The program featured the band on tour and what happens on tour with the band and promotional activities including beginning to record their third studio album. It also showed the band travelling a lot. The Saturdays then also appeared in an episode of Ghosthunting with...towards then end of 2010, in which Yvette Fielding guided them through haunted locations. The Saturdays later released a DVD of them performing on tour, entitled The Saturdays: Headlines Live! Which was only included with the Deluxe Fan Edition of On Your Radar.

[edit] Merchandise, sponsorship deals and philanthropy
In 2010 The Saturdays each contributed their part to a book The Saturdays: Our Story an autobiography which was released on 25 October 2010. The book was written with a ghostwriter and published by the Transworld imprint Bantam Press. The band also began a book signing tour starting at WH Smith in Bluewater. The book gives an insight into the world of each band members, where they explain the success with the band and before their lives in the band (Wiseman and Sandford's case their time in S Club 8). They also talk about they love life, their friendship within the band and a personal insight before they found fame. They give fashion and beauty tips throughout the book and gossip accompanied by photos from each other bands own collection.The Saturdays became the new face of hair removal product, Veet in 2009. In 2010 the band became the face of Impulse, a women's deodorant. They become ambassadors for Nintendo 3DS game, Nintendogs + Cats prior to the release of their third studio album, taking over from Girls Aloud. The band also worked with FashionistA to release a new brand of nail varnish, which was launched in Superdrug.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;">All five of the members have been involved in charity work. The Saturdays released a cover of Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough". The single was released on 1 March 2009 in aid to 2009's Comic Relief. The song debuted at number-two making the band the first artist to miss the number-one spot with a Comic Relief single. However, the single out sold the original version. The Saturdays later changed to yellow tabards and they toured London's Westfield Shopping Mall with buckets and asked customers to part with their cash. The Saturdays have supported Marie Curie, which provides nurses to help care for people with terminal cancer.King and Wiseman appeared on the 24 March 2012 episode of The Million Pound Drop to raise money for Marie Curie, leaving with a £5000 consolation prize after missing the 8th and final question. The band also have done a charity gig for Sport Relief.The band went onto become supporters of Elton John's charity, Elton John AIDS Foundation. They also went onto do a charity gig with other artists for Help for Heroes to raise money for injured British soldiers.Vanessa White and Rochelle Wisemanwent to Africa in order to sport Sports Relief 2012.