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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.

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.

Tracklist

The album tracklist was confirmed via Amazon[16]as of February 5th 2010 the entire album with Jade Ewen leaked onto the internet.

  1. Get Sexy
  2. Wear My Kiss
  3. About a Girl
  4. Wait for You
  5. Thank You for the Heartbreak
  6. Miss Everything (feat. Sean Kingston)
  7. She's a Mess
  8. Give It to Me Now
  9. Crash N Burn
  10. No More You
  11. Sweet & Amazing (Make It the Best)
  12. Little Miss Perfect

Sampler Tracklist

A 6 track advance album sampler CD of the then-untitled Sweet 7 was sent out in small quantities to key press and media in August 2009. This sampler contains vocals by original member Keisha Buchanan. As Buchanan would later depart from the group before the album's commercial release, having her vocals removed, this makes the CD very much in demand amongst fans and collectors. A copy of the CD was sold via online auction site ebay on Sunday, 25th October 2009 for £205.00. The CD was leaked onto the internet at 7pm on Tuesday, October 27th 2009.

# Title Songwriter(s) Producer (s) Length
1. "Get Sexy" Phillip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Bruno Mars, Fred Fairbrass, Richard Fairbrass, Rob Manzoli The Smeezingtons 3:15
2. "About a Girl" Makeba Riddick [17] RedOne 3:28
3. "Miss Everything" (Featuring Sean Kingston) Steven Brown, Peter Hernandez, Phillip Lawrence, Ari Levine [18] RedOne 3:40
4. "Wear My Kiss" Centel Battey, Andre Battey, Fernando Garibay, Peter Hernandez, Martin Lawrence [19] Fernando Garibay 3:43
5. "Wait For You" Phillip Lawrence, Fernando Garibay, Bruno Mars [20] Fernando Garibay 3:55
6. "Thank You For The Heartbreak" Ryan Tedder, Claude Kelly, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen [21] Stargate 3:42

Release history

Region Date Label
Netherlands[22] 5 March 2010 Universal Music
Germany[23]
Poland[24]
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://www.amazon.co.uk/Sweet-7-Sugababes/dp/B002U086WW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1265384775&sr=8-1
  17. ^ http://sugababes.com/news-detail.php?id=156
  18. ^ http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=434224958&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1
  19. ^ http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=533366591&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=10&start=1
  20. ^ http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=533356459&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=10&start=1
  21. ^ http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=880374906&search_in=i&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1
  22. ^ http://www.bol.com/nl/p/muziek/sweet-7/1000004007503827/index.html
  23. ^ http://www.amazon.de/Sweet-7-Sugababes/dp/B002MXN276/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1258760373&sr=8-1
  24. ^ http://www.universalmusic.pl/index.php?atype=item&view=1&id=6194
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