S Club 8
| S Club Juniors, S Club 8 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| founding | 2001 |
| resolution | 2005 |
| Founding members | |
| Aaron Renfree | |
singing |
Calvin Goldspink |
singing |
Daisy Evans |
singing |
Frankie Sandford |
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Hannah Richings |
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Jay Asforis |
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Rochelle Wiseman |
singing |
Stacey McClean |
| former members | |
singing |
Connor Dalay (2001) |
S Club 8 , previously S Club Juniors , is the successor group to the British pop band S Club 7 .
Band history
Aaron Renfree, Calvin Goldspink , Daisy Evans, Frankie Sandford, Hannah Richings, Jay Asforis, Rochelle Wiseman and Stacey McClean were selected from thousands of applicants by S Club 7 in 2001 on the CBBC broadcast S Club Search to take part in their concert at Wembley Arena to appear under the name "S Club Juniors". Due to the great success, the formation then received its own record deal with Polydor .
In 2002, the first single One Step Closer was released , which rose to number 2 on the UK charts . The follow-up singles Automatic High and New Direction also reached 2nd place in the same year, Puppy Love / Sleigh Ride came in at 6th at the end of the year. The associated album Together climbed to 5th place in the charts.
Because the band now felt too old to be called "Juniors", in 2003 they were renamed "S Club 8". Fool No More and Sundown climbed to number 4 on the British singles hit parade, Don't Tell Me You're Sorry just missed the top 10 at number 11 in early 2004. The album Sundown could not repeat the success of its predecessor and only came up 13th place.
In 2004 the members of the group could be heard along with other actors from the British children's musical television comedy I Dream on the LP Say It's Alright . The album went largely unnoticed and could not place itself in the charts. Only the release Dreaming made it to 19th place in the UK Top 40. In 2005 the band split up.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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| 2002 | Together |
UK5  (16 weeks)UK |
First published: October 21, 2002
as S Club Juniors |
| 2003 | Sundown |
UK13  (6 weeks)UK |
First published: October 13, 2003
as S Club 8 |
More albums
- 2004: Welcome to Avalon Heights (as I Dream)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
UK
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| 2002 | One Step Closer Together |
UK2 (18 weeks)UK |
First published: April 22nd, 2002
as S Club Juniors |
| Automatic high together |
UK2 (16 weeks)UK |
First published: July 22nd, 2002
as S Club Juniors |
|
| New Direction Together |
UK2 (13 weeks) UK |
First published: October 7, 2002
as S Club Juniors |
|
| Puppy Love / Sleigh Ride Together |
UK6 (13 weeks) UK |
First published: December 9, 2002
as S Club Juniors |
|
| 2003 | Fool No More Sundown |
UK4 (11 weeks) UK |
First published: June 30, 2003
as S Club 8 |
| Sundown Sundown |
UK4 (14 weeks) UK |
First published: September 29, 2003
as S Club 8 |
|
| Don't Tell Me You're Sorry Sundown |
UK11 (8 weeks) UK |
First published: December 22nd, 2003
as S Club 8 |
|
| 2004 | Dreaming Welcome to Avalon Heights |
UK19 (7 weeks) UK |
First release: November 15th, 2004
as I Dream feat. Frankie and Calvin |
More singles
- 2004: Say It's Alright (as I Dream)
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Web links
- S Club Juniors at Allmusic (English)
- S Club Juniors at Discogs (English)
- S Club 8 at Discogs (English)
- I legend at Discogs (English)