Sugababes discography explained

Artist:Sugababes
Studio:8
Compilation:4
Video:2
Music Videos:29
Ep:4
Singles:29
1Option:8
1Option Name:Promotional singles
Option:12
Option Name:Other appearances

The discography of the British girl group Sugababes consists of eight studio albums, four compilation album, four extended plays, thirty one singles (two as featured artists), two video albums and eight promotional singles. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 and, at various times, featured three vocalists from Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah, and Jade Ewen.[1]

The Sugababes' debut album, One Touch, was released in November 2000 and peaked at number twenty-six on the UK chart, eventually earning gold certification. One Touch produced four singles, three of which reached the top twenty, while the album's lead single "Overload" was nominated for a BRIT Award for Best British Single.[2] The album's sales did not meet the expectations of London Records and the group was subsequently dropped.[1] Donaghy left the group in August 2001 and was replaced by former Atomic Kitten member Heidi Range.[2] The group's second album Angels with Dirty Faces was released in August 2002 through Island Records. Influenced by the new wave, dance, and pop music of the 1980s, the record enjoyed success in the UK where it reached number two and went triple platinum. It produced the number one singles "Freak Like Me" and "Round Round", and nominated for Best British Album at the 2003 BRIT Awards.[3]

Three, the Sugababes' third album, was released in October 2003. It reached number three and was certified double platinum in the UK. The album produced four singles, including the number one "Hole in the Head". The group's fourth album Taller in More Ways, released in October 2005, reached number one and went double platinum in the UK. It produced three internationally successful singles, "Push the Button", "Ugly" and "Red Dress". Shortly following the album's release, Buena left the group for personal reasons,[4] and was replaced by Amelle Berrabah.[5] The group's fifth album Change was released in October 2007. The album, composed of pop and dance songs,[6] reached number one and went platinum in the UK. Change produced three top twenty singles, including "Change", "Denial", and the UK number one "About You Now", signalling the second occasion in which the band were simultaneously number one on the UK album, single, download and airplay charts.

The group's sixth studio album, Catfights and Spotlights was released in 2008, and charted in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart. Two singles were released from the album, including "Girls" and "No Can Do", the former peaking at number three on the UK Singles Chart. The band's seventh and most recent studio album Sweet 7 was released in March 2010[7] featuring the lead single "Get Sexy", which peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart; it was the last single to feature Keisha Buchanan. The second single from the album, "About a Girl", peaked at number eight in the UK, and was the first single to feature new member Jade Ewen. "Wear My Kiss", the album's third single, peaked at number seven in the UK.

On 11 May 2021, the Sugababes released a reworking of 2001 single "Run for Cover" featuring MNEK to celebrate 20 years of One Touch and plans for new music.[8] On 24 December 2022, Sugababes surprise-released the album The Lost Tapes online. The album consisted of songs intended for their 2013 reunion album which was never released due to legal and rights issues.[9]

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
UK
[10]
AUT
[11]
DEN
[12]
GER
[13]
IRE
[14]
NLD
[15]
NZ
[16]
NOR
[17]
SWE
[18]
SWI
[19]
One Touch 18 6 7 55 16 8
  • UK:

226,000[20]

Gold[21]

Angels with Dirty Faces
  • Released: 26 August 2002
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
2 19 37 13 3 12 21 11 49 13
  • UK:

929,000[22]

Gold[24]

Three
  • Released: 27 October 2003
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
3 21 39 10 9 4 45 22 54 9
  • UK:

855,000

  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI

Gold[26]

Taller in More Ways
  • Released: 10 October 2005/
    27 February 2006 (re-issued version)
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download, cassette
1 5 32 11 7 10 16 30 23 6
  • UK:

900,000[29]

Gold

2× Platinum[33]

Gold[34]

Change
  • Released: 8 October 2007
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 32 33 10 69 14
  • UK:

300,000[36]

  • BPI: Platinum
  • IRMA: Platinum
Catfights and Spotlights
  • Released: 20 October 2008
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download
8 18
  • UK:

100,000[37]

  • BPI: Gold
Sweet 7
  • Released: 15 March 2010
  • Label: Island (#2727295)
  • Formats: CD, digital download
14 35 92
The Lost Tapes
  • Released: 24 December 2022
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, Vinyl, CD
"—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUT
DEN
GER
IRE
NLD
NOR
POR
[38]
SWI
Overloaded:
The Singles Collection
  • Released: 13 November 2006
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download, DVD
3 25 34 38 12 37 21 15 29
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • IFPI DEN: Gold
  • IRMA: Platinum[39]
The Best of the Bs
  • Released: 11 April 2011[40]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: Digital download
The Complete Bs
  • Released: 11 April 2011[41]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: Digital download
The Essential Sugababes[42]
  • Released: 1 October 2021
  • Label: Spectrum
  • Formats: CD
"—" denotes albums that did not chart or were not released

Extended plays

Title! scope="col" style="width:18em;"
Extended play details
Sessions@AOL
  • Released: 1 June 2004[43]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: Digital download
Live from London
  • Released: 13 December 2005[44]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: Digital download
Napster Live Sessions
  • Released: November 2006[45]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: Digital download
Live at O2 Music Flash
  • Released: 1 June 2007[46]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: Digital download
Apple Music Home Sessions
  • Released: 8 March 2023
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: Digital download

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
[47]
AUT
DEN
GER
[48]
IRE
NLD
[49]
NZ
SWI
US
"Overload"20006 27 3 3 15 14 2 5
  • BPI: Silver
  • BVMI: Gold[50]
One Touch
"New Year"12 25
"Run for Cover"200113 36 38 28 35 33 49 36
"Soul Sound"30
"Freak Like Me"20021 44 22 13 27 2 23 25 11
  • BPI: Gold
Angels with Dirty Faces
"Round Round"1 13 8 3 15 2 2 2 4

Gold[51]

"Stronger"7 34 41 11 38 13 5 24 23
  • BPI: Silver
"Shape"200311 75 50 39 9 7 40
"Hole in the Head"1 25 5 1 9 2 2 11 8 96
  • BPI: Silver
Three
"Too Lost in You"10 31 26 17 14 13 8 31 8
  • BPI: Gold
"In the Middle"20048 33 33 29 13 7 23
"Caught in a Moment"8 56 71 28 30 56
"Push the Button"20051 3 1 3 2 1 3 1 3
  • BPI: Platinum
  • ARIA: Platinum[52]
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI AUT: Gold
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum[53]
  • RMNZ: Gold[54]
Taller in More Ways
"Ugly"3 13 14 4 26 7 7 5 19
  • BPI: Silver
"Red Dress"20064 22 41 27 12 7 16 31
"Follow Me Home"32 25
"Easy"8 23 13 26 18 45 30 Overloaded: The Singles Collection
"Walk This Way"
20071 14
"About You Now"1 57 4 12 4 2 18 18 21
  • BPI: 2× Platinum
  • BVMI: Gold
  • IFPI DEN: Gold[55]
Change
"Change"13 32 21 31
"Denial"200815 4 40 11 18 61 14
"Girls"3 12
  • BPI: Silver
Catfights and Spotlights
"No Can Do"23
"Get Sexy"20092 75 72 41 3
  • BPI: Silver
Sweet 7
"About a Girl"8 14
  • BPI: Silver
"Wear My Kiss"20107 9
"Flatline"
201350 14
"Flatline" (re-release) <-- PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE - this second version was released under a different band name, different record label and different release year. It's even a different single cover so its a different release/single although its the same song -->2022The Lost Tapes
"When the Rain Comes"2023
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
UK

[56]
AUS
DEN
GER
IRE
NLD
[57]
NZ
NOR
SWI

20041 9 1 7 1 3 1 1 7
"Sing"
2007161 Songs of Mass Destruction
"Flowers"
201926 Garage Classical
"Round"
2024
"—" denotes song that did not chart or was not released

Promotional singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Don't Wanna Wait"2001One Touch
"My Love Is Pink"2007Change
"Santa Baby"2009rowspan=3
"Freedom"2011
"Joy (Push the Button)"
2023

Other charted songs

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
UK
Down.

[58]
"Back to Life"202349 The Lost Tapes
"Only You"58
"Breathe Me"62

Other appearances

TitleYearAlbum/SingleNotes
"Killer"2002NME in Association with War Child Presents 1 LoveOriginally by Adamski
"Please Can I Talk?"[59] 2003Jack O the Green (Small World Big Band Friends 3)Recorded with Jools Holland
"Come Together"2005B-side to "Ugly"Originally by The Beatles
"Spiral"2006Hello WaveformsRecorded with William Orbit and Kenna
"Living for the Weekend"[60] Radio 1's Live LoungeOriginally by Hard-Fi
"I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor"Originally by Arctic Monkeys
"Betcha by Golly Wow!"[61] 2007Radio 1 Established 1967Originally by The Stylistics
"Teardrops"200950 Years of Island RecordsOriginally by Womack & Womack
"For Once in My Life"My InspirationOriginally by Stevie Wonder
"Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"2010Radio 1 Live LoungeOriginally by Florence and the Machine
"Grow a Girl"Katy Brand vs SugababesRecorded for Katy Brand's Big Ass Show on ITV2, "About a Girl" parody
"Flowers"2019Garage ClassicalDJ Spoony featuring Sugababes

Music videos

TitleYearDirector(s)
"Overload"2000Phil Poynter[62]
"New Year"Alex Hemming[63]
"Run for Cover"2001Jamie Morgan
"Soul Sound"Max & Dania[64]
"Freak Like Me"2002Sophie Muller and Dawn Shadforth
"Round Round"Phil Griffin
"Stronger"Alison Murray
"Angels with Dirty Faces"Cartoon Network Productions[65]
"Shape"2003Michael Gracey and Pete Commins
"Hole in the Head"Matthew Rolston
"Too Lost in You"Andy Morahan[66]
"In the Middle"2004Matthew Rolston
"Caught in a Moment"Howard Greenhalgh
"Push the Button"2005Matthew Rolston
"Ugly"Toby Tremlett
"Red Dress"2006Tim Royes
"Follow Me Home"Toby Tremlett[67]
"Easy"Tim Royes
"Walk This Way"2007Trudy Bellinger[68]
"About You Now"Marcus Adams[69]
"Change"Fatima Andrade Koehler[70]
"Denial"2008Harvey B-Brown[71]
"Girls"Daniel Wolfe
"No Can Do"Marco Puig
"Get Sexy"2009Emil Nava
"About a Girl"Martin Weisz[72]
"Wear My Kiss"2010
"Freedom"2011Sean de Sparengo[73]
"Flatline"2013Auleta

External links

Notes and References

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  66. "Too Lost in You" (CD single liner notes). Island Records. December 2003.
  67. "Follow Me Home" (CD single liner notes). Island Records. June 2006.
  68. "Walk This Way" (CD single liner notes). Island Records. March 2007.
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