All Saints are an English

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formed in London in 1993. They were founded as All Saints 1.9.7.5 by music manager Ron Tom, who later also founded

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, with members

Melanie Blatt Melanie Ruth Blatt (born 25 March 1975) is an English singer. She rose to fame in 1997 as a member of the girl group All Saints. The group have gained five number one singles, two multi-platinum albums, two BRIT Awards and have sold over 10 mil ...

Shaznay Lewis Tricia Marie "Shaznay" Lewis (born 14 October 1975) is an English singer, songwriter and a member of the girl group All Saints. She has co-written most of the group's songs, including number one singles: "Bootie Call", "Pure Shores" and internat ...

, and Simone Rainford. The group struggled to find commercial success upon being signed to

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and were dropped by the label shortly after Rainford left the group. In 1996, the group were joined by Canadian-born sisters

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and

Natalie Appleton Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett (born 14 May 1973) is a Canadian singer. She is a member of the British girl group All Saints and the duo Appleton with her younger sister Nicole Appleton. Appleton joined All Saints in 1996, becoming the fourth ...

and signed to

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under their shortened name. Part of the 1990s wave of British girl groups, their debut album, '' All Saints'' (1997), peaked at number two on the

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and went on to become the UK's third-best-selling girl group album of all time. The album contained three UK number one singles: " Never Ever", "

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" and "

Bootie Call "Bootie Call" is a song performed by English-Canadian girl group All Saints from their debut album, '' All Saints'' (1998). The song was co-written by group member Shaznay Lewis in collaboration with its producer, Karl Gordon. "Bootie Call" w ...

". "Never Ever" is the third-best-selling girl group single of all-time in the UK, behind the

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' "

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" and "

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" by

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. It also won two

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: Best British Single and Best British Video, and the group were nominated for Best British Breakthrough Act. Their second album, '' Saints & Sinners'' (2000), became their first UK number-one album and achieved multi-platinum success. It included the UK number-one singles "

Pure Shores "Pure Shores" is a song by English-Canadian girl group All Saints, released by London Records on 14 February 2000 as the lead single from '' The Beach: Motion Picture Soundtrack'' and the group's second studio album, '' Saints & Sinners'' (2000 ...

" and " Black Coffee". Amid in-fighting among the group members, All Saints split the following year. The group later reformed after signing to

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to release their third album, '' Studio 1'' (2006). However, the album bowed at number 40 in the United Kingdom and All Saints were dropped by their label shortly afterwards. Following a second split in 2009, the group reunited in 2014 for a series of live performances, prompting the group to release of '' Red Flag'' (2016), and '' Testament'' (2018). As of January 2016, All Saints have sold 12 million records. Musicians including Jessy Lanza and

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have cited All Saints as an influence on their work. The group's influence on

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in the late 1990s has been noted, particularly their signature style of

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in promotional imagery and live appearances. On 14 April 2020, the group recorded a duet cover of "

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" with

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History

1993–1996: Formation and line-up changes

and

started their career by singing backing vocals at

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, the ZTT recording studios near All Saints Road, London. In 1993, Blatt, Lewis and

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were signed to

, and

music manager Ron Tom decided the trio should become a group. "One of the names was Spice, but we didn't think it was good enough" admitted Simone. Some of the others names they considered included Slinky and Shifty, but ended up calling themselves All Saints 1.9.7.5. after the recording studio and the year of their births. They were launched as a trio for their first time at the ''Touch'' Magazine stage at the

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. But the problems started when the trio could not decide on what kind of music they wanted to make. They released their first single in 1994, " Silver Shadow", but it only peaked in the lower regions of the charts. Additionally, Rainford was not getting along very well with the other girls, and subsequently left the group in 1995. After one more release, the remaining duo was dropped by ZTT Records. Regardless, Blatt and Lewis set out to find a replacement for Rainford. Conducting many auditions, Blatt's father, a taxi driver at the time, met

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in May 1996 whom Blatt knew from her days at the

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. However, Blatt was too embarrassed to ask Appleton to join the band, so she left it to the normally shy Lewis to ask her. "We gave her the low-down on everything and played her some demos, which she loved", she said. "She sang to me in the bathroom of a restaurant and we knew right away she'd be perfect. I was like, 'Cool! She can join!' And that was that". Nicole's older sister,

, at first pondered with the idea of becoming the band's manager. However, it seemed natural that she should be a part of it, according to Lewis. Natalie had to be persuaded to join the band, because she did not want to leave her daughter Rachel whilst she was overseas. Then, her parents stepped in and offered to look after their granddaughter for her.

1996–1999: ''All Saints''

After forming a new group in May 1996, the four singers met with Karl "K-Gee" Gordon, a former band member of

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. The band began looking for a new record deal, but most record labels wanted to model them after the

, who had become an international sensation by that time. The group relocated to

, where John Benson finalised the recording deal in November 1996. All Saints recorded their debut album, ''All Saints'', with producers such as

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Magnus Fiennes Magnus Hubert Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (born 21 November 1965) is an English composer, record producer and songwriter. He has worked with artists such as Shakira, Pulp, Tom Jones and Morcheeba. In 1997 he produced the million-selling All S ...

, Karl "K-Gee" Gordon, John Benson, Johnny Douglas, and

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. In mid-1997, the group's debut single "

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" broke them into the mainstream, reaching number four on the

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. Their second single, " Never Ever", was issued in November 1997 and launched them worldwide, peaking at number one in the UK and Australia. The single sold 1.2 million copies in the UK alone (receiving a double platinum certification from the

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) and won the group two

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in 1998: Best British Single and Best British Video. The album ''All Saints'' was released in October 1997, reached number two on the

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, and was BPI-certified five times platinum in the UK for sales of 1.5 million. The third single from the album was the double A-side "

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", which became their second UK number-one single in May 1998, earning a gold certification for 400,000 copies sold. The same month, the album was re-released with a slightly different track listing. "

", the fourth single, also went to number one, and the silver-certified "

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" (the fifth and final release) peaked at number seven, selling 200,000 copies. The album achieved success in countries such as Australia (

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, selling 140,000 copies), Canada (

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, 300,000 copies), and the United States, where ''All Saints'' was certified platinum by the

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for sales of one million and produced two top forty singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100: "I Know Where It's At" and "Never Ever". In November 1998, All Saints received the

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for Best Breakthrough Artist and performed at the ceremony, although Blatt was absent due to her pregnancy.

2000–2001: ''Saints and Sinners'' and break-up

In February 2000, All Saints released the single "

" as the soundtrack for the film '' The Beach'', written by

and

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, with the latter also producing the song. "Pure Shores" became their fourth number-one single in the United Kingdom and the second best-selling single of 2000, with 824,000 copies sold; The song won an

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for Most Performed Work. Also in 2000, the Appleton sisters and Blatt made their film debut with '' Honest'', which was directed by former

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member Dave Stewart. ''Honest'' is a black comedy set in

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in the late 1960s, in which the singers playing three saucy streetwise sisters who head "up West" to pursue a life of crime. The film received attention for the Appleton sisters topless scenes. Their performances were widely panned; one critic remarked, "It is the worst kind of rubbish, the kind that makes you angry you have wasted 105 minutes of your life watching it". In October 2000, All Saints released the single " Black Coffee", which became their fifth and final number-one single in the United Kingdom, selling 230,000 copies. This preceded the release of their second studio album, '' Saints & Sinners'', which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, eventually reaching double platinum certification in the United Kingdom for sales of more than 600,000 copies. The third and final single was "

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" in January 2001, which peaked at number seven. The following month, All Saints announced that they were to take a break so that they "could clear the air between themselves". Melanie Blatt said later that year that it was uncertain if they would reform, citing their difficulties with the financial and business aspects of the group. Shaznay Lewis later explained that the catalyst for the break-up was a disagreement over who would wear a certain jacket for a photoshoot: "I would never in a million years have put money on the group ending over a jacket incident. But when that incident happened, it fired up so strong, it had to be over. And the way I was then, the state we'd got into then, there was no way she was getting that stupid jacket." In November 2001, London Records released a

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compilation entitled ''

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''. It contains the group's hit singles and Blatt's first solo single, "

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", a collaboration with

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. The album peaked at number eighteen on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified gold, selling 100,000 copies. In 2008, a slightly altered edition of the album was given away for free as part of a promotion with ''

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''.

2006–2008: First reunion and ''Studio 1''

On 24 January 2006, it was announced that the band had reformed and signed a record deal with

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. They then began work on their third studio album, '' Studio 1''. Its first single, "

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", released in November 2006, reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. ''Studio 1'' entered the albums chart at number forty, falling significantly short of the success of "Rock Steady" and the group's previous releases; it received a Gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). A second single, "

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", followed in February 2007, but promotional appearances and a physical release were cancelled and it failed to reach the top 200. It was subsequently reported that All Saints and Parlophone had parted ways and the group cancelled their planned UK tour. Blatt discussed the reunion's failure in an interview with '' i-D'' magazine in 2012: "I don't think it was done for the right reasons... I know that I did it for the money. We got signed before we had even made music again, it wasn't like we felt we had something to give back to the world... we were given an opportunity and took it, without really thinking about it too hard". She also said she never felt comfortable with the success the band had and that "it was not necessarily the plan at the beginning; there was a lot of compromise involved". In January 2008, Nicole Appleton and Melanie Blatt served as "hijackers" on E4's '' Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack'', during which Blatt said that they had a record deal with an undisclosed company in a conversation with housemate

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. The following month, in a press release for the

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' single with Shaznay Lewis, titled "Daddy O", posted on the official website of All Around the World, it was stated that All Saints were recording in the studio and would be back with new material before the end of 2008. In September 2008, All Around the World discredited claims that All Saints had been signed with them with a post at their official website. In 2009, Melanie Blatt told the ''

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'' in 2009 that "All Saints are never getting back together again". Three months later, a second compilation album called '' Pure Shores: The Very Best of All Saints'', was released. This two-disc collection features the group's hit singles alongside a selection of album tracks and B-sides.

2013–2016: Second reunion and ''Red Flag''

On 25 May 2013, original All Saints member Simone Rainford died from

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a month after her 38th birthday in her home in

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. In November 2013, it was announced that the group would be officially reforming for a second time to support the

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for five dates across the UK and Ireland in 2014. The same year, they performed at

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and V Festival. Blatt said in an interview that the group had no plans to record new material and were "just taking each day as it comes and doing it for pure enjoyment". On 27 January 2016, it was confirmed that All Saints would release their fourth studio album ''Red Flag'' on 8 April 2016. The lead single from the album, "

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", preceded the album on 26 February 2016. On 22 February 2016, All Saints announced their first headlining show in over a decade at London's KOKO. On 15 March 2016, the group announced their first headlining tour in 15 years in support of their 2016 comeback album, '' Red Flag''. The Red Flag Tour would visit 10 British cities throughout October 2016, beginning in

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and ending in

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. The group revealed that the tour

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would comprise all of their successful singles as well as some tracks from ''Red Flag''. Red Flag debuted at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. The group confirmed the second single from the album would be "This Is A War" and third would be "One Woman Man". On 22 October 2016, it was announced that All Saints will support

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on their UK & Ireland tour in May and June 2017.

2017–present: ''Testament'' and current projects

On 19 March 2017, the group confirmed that recording had begun on their fifth studio album. As with their previous albums, Karl "K-Gee" Gordon was involved in the production, as well as

, who produced "Pure Shores" and "Black Coffee". On 29 May 2018, the group announced via their official Instagram account the name of their fifth album, '' Testament'', along with its release date of 11 July 2018. The group's first single from the album, titled " Love Lasts Forever", debuted on BBC Radio 2 on 31 May. On 14 April 2020, the group released a cover of "

" with

. An "Official Studio Video" was released on 20 April 2020.

Solo careers

was the first member to record after the group disbanded. In September 2001, she collaborated with

on the track "

", which peaked at number six in the UK. In February 2002, Blatt replaced

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's vocals on the UK release of the track "I'm Leavin'" by

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and

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; the single reached number 42. Her third single, "

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", was released in August 2003 through

and peaked at number 18. Blatt was dropped by the label due to low sales, and the album she was working on at the time never materialised. In April 2005, Blatt returned to the music industry with a new single, "

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'' film soundtrack and peaked at number 78 in the UK. The single was released through Swollen Ankle Ltd, with whom Blatt began working on an album. During mid-2005, she played small venues in the UK and performed material from the album, which was shelved when All Saints reunited in early 2006. In 2013 and 2015, she was a judge and mentor on ''The X Factor'' in New Zealand.

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and

wrote and recorded their own album, formed the duo Appleton and signed a contract with

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. In September 2002, the Appleton sisters launched their first single, "

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", which reached number two in the UK. Their autobiography, ''Together'', was published the following month. Their second single, " Don't Worry", was released in March 2003 and reached number five in the UK before the release of their first album, '' Everything's Eventual'', the same month. The album peaked at number nine; its final single was " Everything Eventually", which was released in July 2003 and peaked at number 38. Appleton and Polydor subsequently parted ways.

released her first solo single, "

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", in July 2004; it reached number eight in the UK. Her album ''

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'' followed two weeks later via London Records and peaked at number 22, although the second single, "

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", charted only at number 56. In November 2004, Lewis was one of the artists involved in the

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re-recording of "

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". In early 2008, Lewis collaborated with

on the UK top forty hit "Daddy O".

Discography

* '' All Saints'' (1997) * '' Saints & Sinners'' (2000) * '' Studio 1'' (2006) * '' Red Flag'' (2016) * '' Testament'' (2018)

Tours

Headlining * All Saints Tour (1998) * Saints & Sinners Tour (cancelled) (2001) *

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(2016) * Testament Tour (2018) As supporting act *

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– Backstreet Boys Tour (2014) *

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– Take That Tour (2017) *

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and All Saints Tour – Craig David and All Saints (2019) * The Wild Dreams Tour –

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Tour (2022)

Awards and nominations

, - , rowspan="10", 1998 , rowspan="4", "Never Ever" , ,

MOBO Awards The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin, also known as the MOBOs) are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in " music of black origin", including hip hop, grime, UK Drill, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and Af ...

for Best Video , , , - ,

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, , , - , BRIT Award for Best British Single , , , - , BRIT Award for Best British Video , , , - , rowspan=2, All Saints , , BRIT Award for Best British Breakthrough Act , , , - , Viva Comet Award for Best International Newcomer , , , - , "Never Ever" , ,

for Best Song , , , - , ''All Saints'' , , MTV Europe Music Award for Best Album , , , - , rowspan="2", All Saints , MTV Europe Music Award for Best Group , , , - , MTV Europe Music Award for Best New Act , , , - , rowspan="4", 1999 , "Under the Bridge" / "Lady Marmalade" , , BRIT Award for Best British Video , , , - , "Never Ever" ,

APRA Music Award APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwri ...

for Most Performed Foreign Work , , - , rowspan="3", All Saints , BRIT Award for Best British Dance Act , , , - ,

Edison Award The Edison Award is an annual Dutch music prize awarded for outstanding achievements in the music industry. It is comparable to the American Grammy Award. The Edison award itself is a bronze replica of a statuette of Thomas Edison, designed by ...

for Best International Newcomer , , , - , rowspan=2, 2000 , , MTV Europe Music Award for Best Pop , , , - , rowspan="3", "Pure Shores" ,

, , , - , rowspan="6", 2001 , BRIT Award for Best British Single , , , - , BRIT Award for Best British Video , , , - , All Saints , , BRIT Award for Best British Group , , , - , rowspan=2, "Pure Shores" , ,

for Most Performed Work , , , - ,

for Most Performed Foreign Work , , - , rowspan="2" , All Saints , ,

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for Best Pop Act , , , - , 2007 ,

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Music Awards for Disaster of the Year , , - , 2018 , rowspan=2, "Love Lasts Forever" ,

Popjustice £20 Music Prize The Popjustice £20 Music Prize, also known as the Popjustice Twenty Quid Prize, is an annual prize awarded by music website Popjustice to recognise the best British pop single of the previous year. The prize was conceived by Popjustice founder P ...

for Best British Pop Single , , - , rowspan=3, 2019 , Classic Pop Reader Award for Single of the Year , , - , '' Testament'' , Classic Pop Reader Award for Album of the Year , , - , All Saints , Classic Pop Reader Award for Group of the Year ,

References

External links

Official website
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