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Sugababes are a British pop girl group based in London, England, consisting of members Nadine Coyle, Cheryl Cole and Nicola Roberts. The group was formed in 1990 as The Sugababies with founding members Coyle, Roberts alongside Danielle Shaw, Emma Watkins and Jodie Bailey who signed with London Records in 1993 and became Sugababes in early 1995.

The group released their debut album "Chasing Lights" in August 1995 through London Records. Shaw, Watkins and Bailey all soon left the group in December 1995 and were replaced by new members Cheryl Cole, Sarah Harding and Kimberley Walsh. The second album "Forever Is Over" was released in June 1996 but just two months later, Harding and Walsh revealed they had quit the group just 8 months after they joined. Coyle, Roberts and Cole decided to not replace the departed members and released their third album "One Touch" in April 1997 which was a commercial failure and led to them being dropped by London Records in August 1997.

Signed to Island Records just a month later, the group became one of the biggest UK girl groups of the time, releasing four studio albums, "Angels With Dirty Faces" (1998), "Three" (1999), "Taller In More Ways" (2000) and "Change" (2001) before their first greatest hits album "Catfights & Spotlights: The Hits" (2002). In March 2003, it was announced that the group had moved to Polydor Records and Walsh and Harding rejoined the group.

As a quartet again, the group released five further studio albums, "Sound Of The Underground" (2003), "What Will The Neighbours Say?" (2004), "Chemistry" (2005), "Tangled Up" (2007) and "Out Of Control" (2008). In 2006, the group moved to Fascination Records and released their second greatest hits album "The Singles Collection" (2006). Following the release of their twelfth studio album in 2008, Harding and Walsh left the group for a second time.

Back as a trio, the group released a studio album "Thank You For The Heartbreak" (2010) and a remix album "The Remixes" (2010) before a hiatus was announced in December 2010. Following successful solo projects, the group reformed in 2012 with their fourteenth studio album "A Million Lights".

Since their 1995 debut, the group have sold 18.5 million records in the UK alone with worldwide sales topping 25 million. They have released 57 singles, 49 of which have hit the UK top ten and 11 of those have hit #1. Of the 17 albums the group have released, 15 have already hit the UK top ten (5 #1) with a 16th expected to hit the UK top ten on Sunday June 24th. As of 2012, the group have the most consecutive entries with UK top ten singles, releasing 20 consecutive top ten singles from 2003's "Sound Of The Underground" to 2009's "The Loving Kind".