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Sugababes are a British girl group, formed in 1990 and consisting of members Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Cheryl Cole and Jesy Nelson. The group was originally formed under the name Sugababies with Coyle and Roberts being joined by Danielle Watkins, Emma Shaw, Jodie Bailey, Louise Naylor and twins Jackie and Katie Taylor. After a number of line-up changes, Coyle, Roberts, Watkins, Shaw and Bailey released their debut album in 1995 under the Sugababes name.

After just one album, Watkins, Shaw and Bailey decided to leave the group due to issues between them and the other members and were replaced by Cheryl Cole, Jade Mitchell and Katy Hilson. After just eight months and just one album, Mitchell and Hilson were fired by the group's management team. Coyle, Cole and Roberts released just one further album before being dropped by London Records due to low sales. After signing to a new management team and record label, the trio released five platinum studio albums and fourteen hit singles between 1998 and 2002.

In 2002, the group launched a TV talent search to find two new members. Sarah Harding and Kimberley Walsh joined the group which helped to cement the group's success with a further six platinum albums and twenty consecutive UK top twenty singles. In 2009, Harding and Walsh decided to leave the group to work on solo projects leaving Coyle, Cole and Roberts as a trio for the second time. They released their thirteenth studio album and a remix album in 2010 before announcing a hiatus. In 2012, the trio returned for their fourteenth studio album before Walsh and Harding returned to commemorate the ten years since they joined.

After the pair left for a second time in 2013, the remaining members launched a new TV show to find a new member. Jesy Nelson joined the group in March 2014 and their new album, the group's fifteenth studio release, in June of that year. The album has spent seven consecutive weeks at #1 and is currently the best-selling album of 2014 and their sixth UK #1 album.