Steptacular debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on Halloween 1999, and it remained on the position for three weeks, selling 260,000 copies in the same time frame.
Background and release
Like the group's debut album, Steptacular also contains covers, including a song originally released by female pop group Bananarama entitled "Movin' On", "Make It Easy On Me" originally recorded by Sybil and "Deeper Shade of Blue" originally recorded by Tina Cousins. The album also includes the group's version of Tragedy, which was originally recorded for the Bee Gees tribute album "Gotta Get A Message To You", which was released shortly after Step One. Early UK copies of the album featured a holographic silver "STEPS" logo on front. It was also released in cardboard and tin boxed sets, internationally.
On 31 October 1999, the album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom and remained for three consecutive weeks.[4][5][6] The album sold 84,000 units in its first week – only 1,000 copies ahead of Westlife's debut album, Westlife, beating the Irish boy band.
"Steptacular" was released in Australia with a revised track listing, including two bonus tracks.
"Steptacular" was released in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan in a boxed set limited edition, containing the UK track list of the album and the CD single for "After the Love Has Gone".