music.wikisort.org - Group

Search / Calendar

S Club 8 (originally S Club Juniors) were a spin off of the British pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman were all in their early teens or younger when they were chosen from thousands of hopefuls on the television series S Club Search in 2001.

S Club 8
Also known asS Club Juniors (2001–2003)
OriginLondon, England
Genres
  • Pop
  • dance-pop
  • bubblegum pop
Years active2001–2004
LabelsPolydor Records
Past membersJay Asforis
Daisy Evans
Calvin Goldspink
Stacey McClean
Aaron Renfree
Hannah Richings
Frankie Sandford
Rochelle Wiseman

The group was originally intended only as a support act at Wembley Arena on S Club 7's S Club Carnival Tour. The group also had its own documentary series, S Club Juniors: The Story.


History



2001–2002: Formation and Together


S Club Juniors was formed in 2001 through a reality television show originally consisting of ten members; original members Connor Daley left the group soon after its formation to accept a scholarship to study ballet at a performing arts school.Then the youngest member; Marcell Peters left due to other projects.[1] The auditions were aired on CBBC. S Club Juniors' appearances were considered a success by 19 Entertainment, the management company that had created S Club 7 and auditioned S Club Juniors. Consequently, it was decided they should perform as a support act at all of the venues on the tour. The juniors made their first television appearance on Children in Need on 16 November 2001. By the end of the tour, S Club Juniors had created a following and, with the encouragement of 19, Polydor Records signed the group. Their first single was called "One Step Closer". It was promoted by the TV series S Club Junior: The Story and released in the UK on 22 April 2002 in a chart battle with the Sugababes who released their comeback single the same day. Although the Juniors remained number one in the midweek charts, the single dipped over the weekend and managed to sell 73,000 copies, compared to the Sugababes' 85,000. The Juniors stayed at number two for a second week selling a further 60,000 copies, compared to Holly Valance's 143,000. In excess of 250,000 copies were sold in the UK in total and they stayed in the UK top 75 for 11 weeks.

The group began working on their studio album in June 2002. A video for the second single, "Automatic High", was filmed in Spain, while S Club 7 began their fourth TV series. Released on 22 July 2002, the single reached number two in the UK charts selling 52,000 copies, and spent eight weeks inside the UK top 75 and sold in excess of 110,000 copies in the UK. The third single, "New Direction", was released on 10 October reached number two in the UK charts selling 55,000 copies in the first week. It became their third consecutive top ten hit, selling 130,000 copies in six weeks. The Juniors released their debut album Together on 21 October reaching number five in its first week of sale and selling 40,000 copies. Their fourth single, "Puppy Love/Sleigh Ride", was released on 9 December 2002. The single debuted at number six in the UK charts, and sold 85,000 copies in the UK, spending eight weeks inside the UK Top 40. The song was also used in the 2003 film Love Actually.


2003–2004: Sundown, "I Dream" and split


The group joined S Club on their S Club United tour in April 2003 where the announcement came of a name change to S Club 8 and a fifth single, "Fool No More". The single was released on 30 June and reached number four in the UK chart, selling 26,000 copies in its first week and overall 75,000 copies in the UK. A second single, "Sundown", was released in the UK on 29 September 2003 reaching number four in the UK and became their sixth and final top ten hit and selling 37,000 copies in its first week and 80,000 altogether. The album, Sundown, was released on 13 October 2003 and reached number 13 in the UK charts, falling to number 40 in the second week. Despite selling a total of 60,000 copies in the UK and 315,859 worldwide, the record company perceived the album as a failure.[2] In a review for BBC Music, Jack Smith stated that some of Sundown's tracks, "come across as brattier, livelier, younger relatives of... S Club('s)", and that "the album only really flags when the '8 attempt to do more grown-up songs".[3] The third single, "Don't Tell Me You're Sorry", was released on 29 December 2003 in the UK where it reached number 11, becoming the band's first single to chart outside the top ten.

Unlike the S Club 7 shows which focused upon the group's fictional exploits, I Dream saw S Club 8 as members of a larger ensemble cast. I Dream revolved around the summer school Avalon Heights, run by Professor Toone (played by Christopher Lloyd of Back to the Future fame), where the characters tried to improve on their talents in the performing arts. The show featured many songs and dances: normally two songs per episode. . On 15 November 2004, the show's theme tune "Dreaming" was released as a single, sung by members Frankie and Calvin. The single charted at number 19, falling to 36 the following week, then out of the UK top 40. On 29 November 2004 an album titled Welcome to Avalon Heights was released, containing songs from the show performed by S Club 8 members and the rest of the cast. The album debuted at number 133, having sold around 700 copies. The following week, it left the chart entirely.[4]

The group disbanded in late 2004. In 2020 band mate Jay Asforis hosted a series of Instagram live conversations with his former fellow band mates, in his conversation with Daisy Evans she recalled her memories of the bands split explaining that after I Dream was filmed, the band (along with their parents) where told by 19 Entertainment the programme would be aired however following this the band would be shelved for a while and their tutoring would be stopped advising them to go back to school. Stacey McClean also mentioned her memories of the split explaining she was told the “lease was up” on the house she shared with fellow band mates Hannah Richings, Aaron Renfree and Calvin Goldspink and following her move back home was told she would hear about “future projects” however nothing was mentioned and the group never reformed.


Members



Discography



Filmography


Year Title Role Notes
2001 S Club Search Themselves / Contestants Reality series
2002 S Club Juniors: The Story Themselves Reality series
2002 Viva S Club Crowd of fans "The Fame in Spain" (Season 1: episode 1)
2004 I Dream Themselves Main roles

Concert tours


Co-headlining
Opening act

References


  1. "Teens do a turn; Stars in their eyes kids ITV, 6.55PM". The Free Library. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
  2. "Biography". frankiesandford.net. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. "S Club 8 Sundown Review". BBC. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  4. "We've been to the end of the year". Popjustice. 1 January 2005. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  5. "Kevin Clifton's former partner Frankie Bridge reveals the secret to his Strictly Come Dancing success". HELLO!. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  6. "Marvin Humes and Rochelle Wiseman wedding closes Blenheim Palace". BBC. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  7. "Rochelle Humes baby: The Saturdays singer has given birth to baby girl Alaia-Mai with husband Marvin Humes". Hello. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  8. "🧸 Blake Hampton Humes 🧸". Instagram. 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  9. Earp, Catherine (12 October 2020). "Marvin and Rochelle Humes welcome baby boy Blake Hampton Humes". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 13 October 2020.



На других языках


[de] S Club 8

S Club 8, zuvor S Club Juniors, ist die Nachfolgegruppe der britischen Popband S Club 7.
- [en] S Club 8

[es] S Club 8

S Club 8, conocidos en un principio como S Club Juniors, fue un grupo de música derivado del altamente popular grupo pop inglés S Club 7. Los miembros de la banda (Frankie Sandford, Calvin Goldspink, Aaron Renfree, Stacey McClean, Rochelle Wiseman, Daisy Evans, Hannah Richings y Jay Asforis) estaban todos entrando en su adolescencia cuando fueron elegidos de entre miles de participantes en el reality show "S Club Search", en el año 2001. Las intenciones originales para el grupo eran sólo de apoyo al S Club 7 en su "S Club Carnival Tour" en Wembley Arena, aunque su éxito dio lugar a que pudieran lanzar tres álbumes y ocho singles. También tuvieron su propio reality show, una vez consolidada la banda: "S Club Juniors: The Story".

[ru] S Club Juniors

S Club Juniors (в 2003—2005 гг. S Club 8) — британская музыкальная группа, родственный (детский) проект группы S Club 7[1][2][3]. Первый же изданный ими сингл попал в Великобритании на 2 место[4], отстав от 1-го всего на 1000 проданных экземпляров.



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии