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All Saints
OriginLondon, England
Genre(s)Pop, Dance, R&B
Instrument(s)Singing
Years active1993-1995 (as All Saints 1. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. 9. 7. 5), 1997-2001, 2006-present
Label(s)London Records (1996-2001)
Parlophone (2006–2007)
All Around The World (2008)
Websitewww.allsaintsofficial.com
Members
Natalie Appleton
Nicole Appleton
Melanie Blatt
Shaznay Lewis


All Saints are a BRIT Award-winning English girl pop group formed in 1996. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music London Records is a Record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin Parlophone is a Record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company. All Around The World (also known as AATW) is a Record label from Blackburn, England. Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett (born May 14, 1973) is a pop Singer and member of All Saints. Nicole Marie Appleton-Gallagher (born December 7 1974) is a pop singer and a member of All Saints. Melanie Ruth Blatt (born 25 March 1975) is an English Female Singer and occasional Actress. Shaznay Tricia Lewis (born October 14, 1975 in Islington, London) is an English Female Singer / Songwriter The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The group, consisting of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton, became one of the most successful British pop group of the 90's, with 9 Top 10 singles (including five number ones), two platinum albums (including a number one), two gold albums and record sales in excess of 10 million worldwide. Melanie Ruth Blatt (born 25 March 1975) is an English Female Singer and occasional Actress. Shaznay Tricia Lewis (born October 14, 1975 in Islington, London) is an English Female Singer / Songwriter Nicole Marie Appleton-Gallagher (born December 7 1974) is a pop singer and a member of All Saints. Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett (born May 14, 1973) is a pop Singer and member of All Saints. "Never Ever", their second single, is their biggest hit to date, climbing the charts all over the world (#4 in US) and topping the charts in UK and Australia. " Never Ever " is a song by All Saints, released as the second single from their debut album All Saints. They won two BRIT Awards for the song in 1998 and also won as Breakthrough Artist at the MTV Europe Music Awards the same year. The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe to celebrate the most popular Music videos in Europe In 2000 Melanie, Nicole and Natalie starred on the movie Honest, directed by ex-Eurythmics member Dave Stewart. Honest is a Black comedy Crime film released in 2000. The film was the directorial debut Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave David Allan Stewart, often known as Dave Stewart (born September 9, 1952 in Sunderland) is an English Musician and With the release of two studio albums, All Saints split up in early 2001 due to internal conflicts within the members. After pursuing solo careers in music, cinema and tv, the band reunited in January 2006 and went back to the music scene with the release of their third studio album. The release of their fourth studio album is planned for Autumn/Winter 2008. Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four Temperate Seasons Autumn marks the transition from Summer Winter is one of the four Seasons of Temperate zones Calculated astronomically, it begins on the Solstice and ends on the Equinox 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

Contents

Formation

Both Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis started their career by singing backing vocals at Sarm West Studios, the ZTT recording studios near All Saints Road, London. Melanie Ruth Blatt (born 25 March 1975) is an English Female Singer and occasional Actress. Shaznay Tricia Lewis (born October 14, 1975 in Islington, London) is an English Female Singer / Songwriter Sarm West Studios, also known as SARM Studios, originally known as Basing Street Studios, is a Recording studio located in Notting Hill, London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In 1993 Melanie, Shaznay and the original third member Simone Rainford decided to record together. Simone Rainford (born 1975 is a British Female R&B Singer and one of the members of All Saints 1 According to Simone, they thought of Spice as a name of their group, but they decided that it wasn't good enough[1] and chose to call themselves All Saints 1. The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 9. 7. 5. after the street where they met and their year of birth. They were signed to ZTT Records. ZTT Records is a Record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, producer/engineer

In 1994, All Saints 1. 9. 7. 5. performed for their first time at the Touch Magazine stage at the Notting Hill Carnival. Notting Hill is an area in West London, England close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park, and lying within the Royal Borough of Kensington and [2] They released two singles together, but they were not successful. Additionally, Rainford and Blatt had conflicting visions of the band's musical direction which caused tensions in the band.

In the summer of 1995, Rainford left the band and ZTT Records dropped the remaining duo from their label. Regardless, Blatt and Lewis set out to find a replacement for Rainford. Conducting many auditions, Melanie's father met Nicole Appleton whom she knew from her days at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Nicole Marie Appleton-Gallagher (born December 7 1974) is a pop singer and a member of All Saints. Sylvia Young Theatre School is a Stage school, in Marylebone, London. Shaznay encouraged Nicole to join the band. Her sister, Natalie Appleton, was reluctant to join the band, since she had given birth to her daughter Rachel two years prior and did not want to abandon motherhood. Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett (born May 14, 1973) is a pop Singer and member of All Saints. However, Nicole and Natalie's parents offered to help raise the baby, enabling Natalie to pursue a career as a popstar.

Subsequent career

1997–1998: All Saints

Main article: All Saints (album)

After being united as a newly formed group in May 1996, the four met with Karl Gordon, a former band member of Outlaw Posse, who recorded a demo for "I Know Where It's At". All Saints is the debut album by British Quartet All Saints, released on November 24, 1997 (see 1997 in music K-Gee is the alias for Karl Gordon a British DJ, producer and Songwriter and former Outlaw Posse were a British hip hop group formed by Bello B (real name Isaac Bello and K-Gee (real name Karl Gordon The next task was searching for a new record deal, but most record labels wanted to turn them into a Spice Girls duplicate. The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 Fortunately, the demo made its way to London Records, where John Benson finalised the recording deal in November 1996. London Records is a Record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin John Benson may refer to John Benson (announcer, television announcer and occasional actor John Benson (footballer [3]

In summer 1997 "I Know Where It's At", their debut single, went to #4 on the UK Single Charts. " I Know Where It's At " is a song by All Saints released as the debut single from their self titled album All Saints. The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry The second single, "Never Ever", launched them worldwide, peaking at #1 in the UK for 2 weeks and in Australia for 7 consecutive weeks. " Never Ever " is a song by All Saints, released as the second single from their debut album All Saints. The single went on to sell a million copies only in the UK. The song won them two BRIT Awards in 1998, for Best Single and Best Video. The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards Their debut album All Saints was released on November 24, 1997, reaching #2 on the UK Album charts. All Saints is the debut album by British Quartet All Saints, released on November 24, 1997 (see 1997 in music Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The third single was a double A-side "Under the Bridge / Lady Marmalade" which was their second UK number one single, topping the charts in May 1998. " Under the Bridge " / " Lady Marmalade " was the third single released from the All Saints debut Album, All Saints The same month the album was re-released with a slightly different tracklist and after the success of "Never Ever" its Nice Hat Remix was replaced by the All Star Remix, "Let's Get Started" renamed to "If You Want To Party (I Found Lovin')" and "Beg" and "Trapped" were re-edited and re-mastered. "Bootie Call" was the fourth single off the album and their third UK number one. " Bootie Call " is a song by the All Saints, released as their fourth single from their debut album All Saints. "War Of Nerves" was chosen as the fifth and final single released from All Saints' debut album. This article is about the All Saints single War Of Nerves not to be confused with the Mr Ronz album A War Of Nerves. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public It was out on November 23, 1998 and peaked at #7. In November 1998, All Saints also won as Breakthrough Artist at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Milan and were one of the live acts, performing "Lady Marmalade" without Melanie because she was close to give birth to her daughter. The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe to celebrate the most popular Music videos in Europe Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.

2000–2001: Saints & Sinners and cinema

Main article: Saints & Sinners

In early 2000 All Saints were back with a new single called "Pure Shores", a collaboration with William Orbit taken from the soundtrack of the movie The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio. " Pure Shores " is a song by All Saints, released as the first single from their second album Saints & Sinners. William Orbit (born on 15 December 1956 as William Mark Wainwright in Shoreditch, Hackney) is an English Musician The Beach is a 2000 Drama film by the Trainspotting team of writer John Hodge, producer Andrew Macdonald and Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. The single was their fourth number one in the UK and became the second best-selling single of 2000. It was also their first and only number one single in Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The song was later performed at the 2000's MTV Europe Music Awards in Stockholm. The MTV Europe Music Awards were established in 1994 by MTV Europe to celebrate the most popular Music videos in Europe ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the 2000 also see Natalie, Nicole and Melanie being involved in the shoot and on the soundtrack of their first movie. The girls played main roles in the former Eurythmics member Dave Stewart directed movie Honest. Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave David Allan Stewart, often known as Dave Stewart (born September 9, 1952 in Sunderland) is an English Musician and Honest is a Black comedy Crime film released in 2000. The film was the directorial debut The film is an edgy black comedy set in swinging London in the late 60s with the girls playing three street wise sisters who head 'up West' to rob and generally cause trouble. After almost eight months since the release of "Pure Shores", on October 2, 2000 the girls released the second single from their second album, "Black Coffee", which became their fifth and last until now number one in the UK. " Black Coffee " was the second single released from the Saints & Sinners album of All Saints. The song was performed and premiered worldwide in September in Italy when they took part at the Festivalbar show. The Festivalbar is an Italian singing competition that takes place in the most important Italian squares during summer such as the Piazza del Duomo Milan; the first On October 14, 2000 their long-awaited second studio album Saints & Sinners was released and went straight to #1 on the UK album chart, selling 950,000 copies in the UK alone. The third and final single from the album was "All Hooked Up" released on January 27, 2001 and peaked at #7 on the UK singles chart. " All Hooked Up " is a song by All Saints, released as the third single from their third album Saints & Sinners.

2001: Split & All Hits

Main article: All Hits

In early 2001 All Saints split up due to an increasing rivalry within the band members which brought the group broken in two: Melanie and Shaznay from one side and the Appleton sisters on the other. All Hits is the compilation album of the greatest hits of All Saints and also featured a song by Melanie Blatt and The Artful Dodger In November 2001, London Records, their record label, released a greatest hits titled "All Hits" containing all the hit singles released from the band's two studio albums and Melanie Blatt 's first solo single "TwentyFourSeven". London Records is a Record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular All Hits is the compilation album of the greatest hits of All Saints and also featured a song by Melanie Blatt and The Artful Dodger Melanie Ruth Blatt (born 25 March 1975) is an English Female Singer and occasional Actress. " TwentyFourSeven " is a song by The Artful Dodger featuring Melanie Blatt, released on September 17, 2001. The album peaked at #18 on the UK Albums Chart.

2001–2005: Solo careers

Melanie was the first All Saint to make it solo. Melanie Ruth Blatt (born 25 March 1975) is an English Female Singer and occasional Actress. In September 2001, just few months after All Saints' split, she collaborated with Artful Dodger on the track "TwentyFourSeven", peaking at #6 on the UK singles chart. Artful Dodger are a British R&B & UK garage band from the city of Southampton, who became famous through " TwentyFourSeven " is a song by The Artful Dodger featuring Melanie Blatt, released on September 17, 2001. In February 2002 she replaced Kelis' vocals on the UK release of the track "I'm Leavin'" by Outsidaz and Rah Digga, peaking at #42. Kelis Rogers-Jones (née Rogers, born August 21, 1979) better known as Kelis (pronounced kuh-LEECE is a Grammy Award-nominated American The Outsidaz are a Hip hop group from Newark New Jersey, perhaps best known through their affiliation with Detroit rappers Eminem and Bizzare Rah Digga is an American rapper. Well known as a long time member of the Flipmode Squad, a hip hop group led by Busta Rhymes Her third single "Do Me Wrong" was released on August 25, 2003 through London Records. " Do Me Wrong " is a solo single by Melanie Blatt of All Saints. London Records is a Record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin It peaked at #18 in the UK. Due to this poor result in the charts Melanie was dropped by the label and the album she was working on at the time never materialised. On April 11, 2005 Melanie returned to the music scene with a new single "See Me", which was included on the Robots soundtrack and peaked at #78 in the UK singles chart. " See Me " is a single by Melanie Blatt written for the Robots movie Robots is a 2005 American computer-animated Comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox (the The single was released through Swollen Ankle Ltd and Melanie was then working on a new album to be released with this record company. During summer 2005 she played small venues in the UK which featured songs from the new album. Blatt's solo record was shelved when All Saints reunited in early 2006.

After All Saints' split, Natalie and Nicole started to write and record their own album. They went on to form duo Appleton and signed a contract with Polydor. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In September 2002, the Appleton sisters launched their first single "Fantasy" written with Andy Hayman and Gareth Young which reached #2 in the UK singles chart. Everything's Eventual is the debut album by the duo Appleton who were formerly part of All Saints. Their autobiography "Together" came out in October 2002. Their second single "Don't Worry" was out on March 10, 2003 and reached #5 in the UK before the release of their first album "Everything's Eventual" on March 24, 2003 which peaked at #9 on the UK album chart. Everything's Eventual is the debut album by the duo Appleton who were formerly part of All Saints. Everything's Eventual is the debut album by the duo Appleton who were formerly part of All Saints. The last single off the album was "Everything Eventually" released on July 2003 and charted at #38 in UK. Everything's Eventual is the debut album by the duo Appleton who were formerly part of All Saints. After that, Appleton and Polydor had parted ways. Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.

Shaznay released her first solo single "Never Felt Like This Before" on July 5, 2004 which peaked at #8 in the UK singles chart. Shaznay Tricia Lewis (born October 14, 1975 in Islington, London) is an English Female Singer / Songwriter "Never Felt Like This Before" was Shaznay Lewis ' first single from the Open album and was released 2004. Her album Open followed two weeks later and make it in the Top30, peaking at #22. Open is the second studio album from the Christian band YFriday. The second and final single off the album was "You" which charted at #56. "You" was Shaznay Lewis ' second single from the Open album and was released 2004. Lewis' solo releases were through London Records. London Records is a Record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, originally marketing records in the United States, Canada and Latin On November 14, 2004 Shaznay was involved in the Band Aid 20 re-recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas". Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Band Aid was a British and Irish charity supergroup, founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in order to raise money " Do They Know It's Christmas? " is a song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 specifically to raise money for relief of 1984–1985 famine In early 2008 Shaznay collaborated with Wideboys on the track called "Daddy O". The Wideboys (Jim Sullivan & Eddie Craig are UK house and UK garage Record producers and remixers

2006–2007: Reunion & Studio 1

Main article: Studio 1 (album)

After months of speculation in 2005 (due to the girls being seen together outside a restaurant in Hampstead, London), on January 24, 2006 it was announced that the band had reformed. Studio 1 is the third studio album by the British girl group All Saints. Hampstead is an area of London, England, located north-west of Charing Cross. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. All Saints signed a deal with Parlophone,[4] as Shaznay was working as songwriter for the record company. Parlophone is a Record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company. From January to August 2006 they wrote and recorded their third studio album titled "Studio 1"[5] and released it on November 13, 2006. Studio 1 is the third studio album by the British girl group All Saints. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. [6]

The first single, "Rock Steady"[7] was released on November 6, 2006. " Rock Steady " is the lead single taken from Studio 1, the 2006 comeback album from All Saints. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The song was given its first ever radio airplay on The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 on 21 September 2006. The Chris Moyles Show is the current BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK, and has been since Chris Moyles became the station's breakfast show [8]NME announced that the newly re-formed band will be launching an extensive UK wide tour in 2007, to promote their new album. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [9]

For their first performance since splitting up, the group performed the song "Rock Steady" on ITV's Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on 21 October 2006. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent Saturday Night Takeaway was a Variety show shown in the UK on Saturday evenings on ITV, presented and executively produced by Ant & Dec They also performed a little gig for the Mobile Phone company 3's "3FrontRoom", a series of intimate gigs with well-known bands.

Following the #3 charting of "Rock Steady", it was thought that the album would be a great success as its predecessors. When released the album made it only into the Top 40, peaking at #40 before falling to #74 the following week. A second single from the album was planned. The girls shot a video for "Chick Fit" before Christmas and it was scheduled to be released on 26 February 2007. " Chick Fit " was the second single taken from British group All Saints ' third album Studio 1. The appearances of the girls planned to promote the single never materialised and, at the end, the physical release of the single was cancelled. It only had a digital release and failed to make the top 200. [10] It was subsequently confirmed that All Saints and Parlophone Records had parted ways and the girls didn't embark on the announced tour. Parlophone is a Record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company.

2007–present: New record deal & new album

At an event in September 2007 (Kraken Arsenal Opus at the Emirates stadium) Nicole, Natalie and Melanie announced that All Saints were recording a new album together. Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. No further information was revealed about another record label, but they said it was definitely in the works.

In January 2008 Nicole and Melanie were hijackers on E4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack where Blatt told they had a record deal with an undisclosed company in a conversation with housemate Nathan Fagan-Gayle but the record label was bleeped out for unknown reasons, possibly a form of corporate censorship or to avoid freeload advertising. PortalCurrent events International holidays January 1 - New Year's Day January 1 - Independence E4 is a digital television channel in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, launched as a pay-TV companion to Channel 4 on 18 January Big Brother Nathan Fagan-Gayle, known commercially as Nathan, (Nathan Haymond is a British R&B Singer, most famous for his top 40 hit single "Come Corporate censorship is Censorship by Corporations the sanctioning of speech by spokespersons employees and business associates by threat of monetary loss loss

It has been confirmed that All Saints are now with All Around The World, and they will be back with new material before the end of 2008. All Around The World (also known as AATW) is a Record label from Blackburn, England. [11]

Discography

For full details see:

Main article: All Saints discography

Trivia

References

  1. ^ All Saints, The Story Accessed Dec 31, 2005
  2. ^ Montreal Mirror Accessed Dec 31, 2005
  3. ^ Jam Music Accessed Dec 31, 2005
  4. ^ Contact music: All Saints confirm reunion
  5. ^ uk.news.launch.com "All Saints: Back", September 20, 2006 03:07 PM (Retrieved: September 20, 2006)
  6. ^ hmv.co.uk Product details Studio 1. Accessed October 19, 2006
  7. ^ Culture DeLuxe song description Rock Steady Accessed Sept 1, 2006
  8. ^ BBC, Chris Moyles Show, 21 September 2006 Accessed Sept 21, 2006
  9. ^ NME, NME. The Chris Moyles Show is the current BBC Radio 1 breakfast show in the UK, and has been since Chris Moyles became the station's breakfast show com, 20 September 2006 Accessed Sept 23, 2006
  10. ^ All Saints - Chick Fit - Watch full music video free - TV QUALITY
  11. ^ Saints set for new comeback

See also

External links

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