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It will be preceeded by three singles including "[[Get Sexy]]" which was the last single to feature Buchanan's vocals and peaked at number two. Then in November second single "[[About a Girl (Sugababes song)|About a Girl]]" was released and peaked at number eight becoming the first single to feature vocals from the newest member [[Jade Ewen]].
It will be preceeded by three singles including "[[Get Sexy]]" which was the last single to feature Buchanan's vocals and peaked at number two. Then in November second single "[[About a Girl (Sugababes song)|About a Girl]]" was released and peaked at number eight becoming the first single to feature vocals from the newest member [[Jade Ewen]].


Since September 2009 there has been huge speculation of the albums tracklisting with it changing on a weekly basis and so far nothing has been announced offically by the band or mangament.
==Background and production==
==Background and production==
Prior to the album's creation, Sugababes signed a U.S. record deal with Jay-Z's label [[Roc Nation]].<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/3am/2009/05/02/sugababes-get-ready-to-roc-115875-21325382/ | title=Sugababes get ready to roc | author=3am | work=[[Mirror.co.uk]] | publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] | date=2009-05-02 | accessdate=2009-07-23 }}</ref> The album was recorded by Sugababes mostly in [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York]] but as a producer like them so much they did a couple of sessions in [[London]].<ref name="newsbeat">{{ cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8140000/8140234.stm | title=Sugababes reveal all their gossip | work=[[BBC Radio 1]] [[Newsbeat]] | author=Sinead Garvan | publisher=[[BBC News]] | date=2009-07-09 | accessdate=2009-07-23 }}</ref> The group primarily worked with [[RedOne]],<ref name="guardian">{{ cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/24/sugababes-interview | title=Sugababes: 'We took our eye off the ball' | author=Caroline Sullivan | work=[[The Guardian]] | publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] | date=2009-07-24 | accessdate=2009-08-06 }}</ref> [[Ryan Tedder]],<ref name="guardian"/> [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]],<ref name="newsbeat"/> [[Fernando Garibay]],<ref name="garibay">{{ cite web | url=http://twitter.com/FERNANDOGARIBAY/status/2684911005 | title=FERNANDOGARIBAY status | publisher=[[Twitter]] | author=[[Fernando Garibay]] | date=2009-07-17 | accessdate=2009-07-23 }}</ref> and up-and-coming production team the Smeezingtons (Phillip Lawrence and Bruno Mars).<ref name="dailystar">{{ cite web | url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/91775/SUGABABES-EXCLUSIVE-We-re-too-sexy-/ | title=Sugababes exclusive: we're too sexy | author=Kim Dawson | work=[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]] | publisher=[[Northern & Shell]] | date=2009-07-31 | accessdate=2009-08-05 }}</ref> One of the album's tracks, "No More You", was written by [[Ne-Yo]].<ref name="newsbeat"/> Keisha Buchanan compared the song to [[Rihanna]]'s "[[Hate That I Love You]]" and "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]".<ref name="digitalspy">{{ cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a171281/sugababes.html | title=Sugababes | author=David Balls | work=[[Digital Spy]] | publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] | date=2009-08-14 | accessdate=2009-08-14 }}</ref> The group also collaborated with [[Sean Kingston]].<ref name="digitalspy"/> Sugababes also joked that "Rihanna's been like our fourth member, listening to all our songs and saying what she liked and what she didn't like."<ref name="dailystar"/> Buchanan told [[BBC Radio 1]]'s [[Newsbeat]], the album has "definitely got the British feel throughout the album - we've not gone away and gone 'All American' on our fans."<ref name="newsbeat"/> Buchanan continued, "I think it's given us a fresh energy again. I think the one thing we wanted to do was come back with something different."<ref name="newsbeat"/> She also admitted the girls had become "complacent" around the time of ''[[Catfights and Spotlights]]'' but they also said that they are very proud of that album.<ref name="guardian"/> Jade Ewen is currently recording her vocals for the album, plus new additions.
Prior to the album's creation, Sugababes signed a U.S. record deal with Jay-Z's label [[Roc Nation]].<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/3am/2009/05/02/sugababes-get-ready-to-roc-115875-21325382/ | title=Sugababes get ready to roc | author=3am | work=[[Mirror.co.uk]] | publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]] | date=2009-05-02 | accessdate=2009-07-23 }}</ref> The album was recorded by Sugababes mostly in [[Los Angeles]] and [[New York]] but as a producer like them so much they did a couple of sessions in [[London]].<ref name="newsbeat">{{ cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_8140000/8140234.stm | title=Sugababes reveal all their gossip | work=[[BBC Radio 1]] [[Newsbeat]] | author=Sinead Garvan | publisher=[[BBC News]] | date=2009-07-09 | accessdate=2009-07-23 }}</ref> The group primarily worked with [[RedOne]],<ref name="guardian">{{ cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/24/sugababes-interview | title=Sugababes: 'We took our eye off the ball' | author=Caroline Sullivan | work=[[The Guardian]] | publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]] | date=2009-07-24 | accessdate=2009-08-06 }}</ref> [[Ryan Tedder]],<ref name="guardian"/> [[Stargate (production team)|Stargate]],<ref name="newsbeat"/> [[Fernando Garibay]],<ref name="garibay">{{ cite web | url=http://twitter.com/FERNANDOGARIBAY/status/2684911005 | title=FERNANDOGARIBAY status | publisher=[[Twitter]] | author=[[Fernando Garibay]] | date=2009-07-17 | accessdate=2009-07-23 }}</ref> and up-and-coming production team the Smeezingtons (Phillip Lawrence and Bruno Mars).<ref name="dailystar">{{ cite web | url=http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/91775/SUGABABES-EXCLUSIVE-We-re-too-sexy-/ | title=Sugababes exclusive: we're too sexy | author=Kim Dawson | work=[[Daily Star (United Kingdom)|Daily Star]] | publisher=[[Northern & Shell]] | date=2009-07-31 | accessdate=2009-08-05 }}</ref> One of the album's tracks, "No More You", was written by [[Ne-Yo]].<ref name="newsbeat"/> Keisha Buchanan compared the song to [[Rihanna]]'s "[[Hate That I Love You]]" and "[[Take a Bow (Rihanna song)|Take a Bow]]".<ref name="digitalspy">{{ cite web | url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/a171281/sugababes.html | title=Sugababes | author=David Balls | work=[[Digital Spy]] | publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi Médias]] | date=2009-08-14 | accessdate=2009-08-14 }}</ref> The group also collaborated with [[Sean Kingston]].<ref name="digitalspy"/> Sugababes also joked that "Rihanna's been like our fourth member, listening to all our songs and saying what she liked and what she didn't like."<ref name="dailystar"/> Buchanan told [[BBC Radio 1]]'s [[Newsbeat]], the album has "definitely got the British feel throughout the album - we've not gone away and gone 'All American' on our fans."<ref name="newsbeat"/> Buchanan continued, "I think it's given us a fresh energy again. I think the one thing we wanted to do was come back with something different."<ref name="newsbeat"/> She also admitted the girls had become "complacent" around the time of ''[[Catfights and Spotlights]]'' but they also said that they are very proud of that album.<ref name="guardian"/> Jade Ewen is currently recording her vocals for the album, plus new additions.

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Sweet 7 is the seventh studio album by British pop band Sugababes. It is scheduled for release in Europe on 5 March 2010 through Universal Music and then on 8 March in the UK through Island Records. It is the first album from the group since signing up to Jay Z's US record label Roc Nation and since the departure of the longest serving member Keisha Buchanan.

It will be preceeded by three singles including "Get Sexy" which was the last single to feature Buchanan's vocals and peaked at number two. Then in November second single "About a Girl" was released and peaked at number eight becoming the first single to feature vocals from the newest member Jade Ewen.

Since September 2009 there has been huge speculation of the albums tracklisting with it changing on a weekly basis and so far nothing has been announced offically by the band or mangament.

Background and production

Prior to the album's creation, Sugababes signed a U.S. record deal with Jay-Z's label Roc Nation.[2] The album was recorded by Sugababes mostly in Los Angeles and New York but as a producer like them so much they did a couple of sessions in London.[3] The group primarily worked with RedOne,[4] Ryan Tedder,[4] Stargate,[3] Fernando Garibay,[5] and up-and-coming production team the Smeezingtons (Phillip Lawrence and Bruno Mars).[6] One of the album's tracks, "No More You", was written by Ne-Yo.[3] Keisha Buchanan compared the song to Rihanna's "Hate That I Love You" and "Take a Bow".[7] The group also collaborated with Sean Kingston.[7] Sugababes also joked that "Rihanna's been like our fourth member, listening to all our songs and saying what she liked and what she didn't like."[6] Buchanan told BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, the album has "definitely got the British feel throughout the album - we've not gone away and gone 'All American' on our fans."[3] Buchanan continued, "I think it's given us a fresh energy again. I think the one thing we wanted to do was come back with something different."[3] She also admitted the girls had become "complacent" around the time of Catfights and Spotlights but they also said that they are very proud of that album.[4] Jade Ewen is currently recording her vocals for the album, plus new additions.

Controversy and line-up change

After the release of the album's first single "Get Sexy" and just two months before its projected November release, it was reported by the media that Amelle Berrabah had quit the group.[8][9][10] Buchanan, however, denied any drama within the group and insisted that Berrabah would remain a member "for the moment". On 21 September 2009, it was officially announced that Buchanan had left the band,[11] although she stated it was not her decision to leave.[12] Buchanan, will now pursue a solo career with Island Records, whilst former Eurovision entrant Ewen becomes the new Sugababe. Ewen immediately began recording her vocals over Buchanan's in preparation for the album's release in November.[13]

Release

The album was scheduled for release on 9 November 2009, but since the line-up change has occurred, the album has been pushed back numerous times and will now be in stores on the 8th March 2010. Its Mainland European release was reported to come much earlier with the album already scheduled for release in the Netherlands on November 20 and in Germany on 4 December 2009.[14] Although it has now been confirmed that Europe will receive the album on 5 March with Ireland whilst the UK receives the album on 8 March 2010.

Singles

  • "Get Sexy", produced by The Smeezingtons[15] peaked at number two in the UK and is the last single from the group to feature longest serving member Keisha Buchanan.
  • "About a Girl", produced by RedOne, was the second single to be released on the 9 November with newly recorded vocals from new member Jade Ewen and peaked at number eight.

Recorded songs

According to HMV Group the following songs were due to appear on the album[16] although it has been widely reported that new material is being recorded for the album and so the final track listing might differ.

  • "Get Sexy"
  • "About a Girl"
  • "Wear My Kiss"
  • "Wait For You"
  • "Thank You For the Heartbreak"
  • "Miss Everything" (featuring Sean Kingston)
  • "She's a Mess"
  • "Give It to Me Now"
  • "No More You"
  • "Sweet & Amazing (Make It the Best)"
  • "Little Miss Perfect"

Release history

Region Date Label
Netherlands[17] 5 March 2010 Universal Music
Germany[18]
Poland[19]
Ireland Island Records
United Kingdom 8 March 2010

References

  1. ^ http://www.radio1.gr/music/forthcoming_uk_singles.htm
  2. ^ 3am (2009-05-02). "Sugababes get ready to roc". Mirror.co.uk. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 2009-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ a b c d e Sinead Garvan (2009-07-09). "Sugababes reveal all their gossip". BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat. BBC News. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  4. ^ a b c Caroline Sullivan (2009-07-24). "Sugababes: 'We took our eye off the ball'". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
  5. ^ Fernando Garibay (2009-07-17). "FERNANDOGARIBAY status". Twitter. Retrieved 2009-07-23.
  6. ^ a b Kim Dawson (2009-07-31). "Sugababes exclusive: we're too sexy". Daily Star. Northern & Shell. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  7. ^ a b David Balls (2009-08-14). "Sugababes". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  8. ^ http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/sugababes/news/154096-amelle-quits-sugababes
  9. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a177232/sugababe-keisha-amelle-wants-to-go.html
  10. ^ http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/music/music-news/2009/09/19/amelle-berrabah-quits-sugababes-after-big-bust-up-86908-21685020/
  11. ^ David Balls (2009-09-21). "Keisha Buchanan leaves Sugababes". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  12. ^ Keisha Buchanan (2009-09-21). ""Although it was not my..."". Twitter. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  13. ^ Rachael Wheeler (2009-09-24). "Sugababe Heidi Range reveals why Keisha Buchanan was kicked out". Mirror.co.uk. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  14. ^ Sugababes album given early German release
  15. ^ Nick Levine, David Balls (2009-07-08). "Sugababes get sexy RIGHT NOW!". Digital Spy. Hachette Filipacchi Médias. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  16. ^ http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;0;-1;-1;-1&sku=58721
  17. ^ http://www.bol.com/nl/p/muziek/sweet-7/1000004007503827/index.html
  18. ^ http://www.amazon.de/Sweet-7-Sugababes/dp/B002MXN276/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1258760373&sr=8-1
  19. ^ http://www.universalmusic.pl/index.php?atype=item&view=1&id=6194
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