The Saturdays are a British-Irish girl group comprising
singer-songwriter and guitarist Una Headly, Mollie King, Frankie
Sandford,Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman. They made their recording
debut in 2008 under the record label Fascination Records, a
sub-division of Polydor Records. Their album,Chaising Lights, has
produced three UK top ten singles: "If This Is Love", "Up" and
"Issues". The band was chosen to release the 2009 Comic Releif single,
"Just Can't Get Enough" a cover of the
original. This reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. The band
re-issued their album on the 16th March 2009 to include "Just Can't Get
Enough".
The Saturdays are signed to Fasination Records, a sub-label of Polydor Records. Their debut album,Chaising Lights, was recorded during May and June 2008 with input from multiple producers and writers, including Ina Wroldsen. The group supported Girls Aloud on their Tangled Up Tour before the release of their debut single, "If This Is Love". The single was released in July 2008 and peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart. Two of the members Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman are from S Club Juniors/8.
The second single, "Up", was released in October 2008 and peaked at number five. The track was featured on a U.S. trailer for the third season of sitcom ABC, Ugly Betty. Also in October, the album Chasing Lights was released to generally positive reviews. The album peaked at number nine on the UK Albums Chart and has been certified gold by the BPI. The third single, "Issues", was released in January 2009 and reached number four.
As well as supporting Girls Aloud, The Saturdays also supported The Saturdays at their Hammersmith Apollo gig on September 11th. They also played at Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball at the The 02 Arena in London on December 10th. On November 5th they performed at Perez Hilton's One Night In Liverpool. And played at Cardiff's Gay Pride event. On the Christmas 2008 special of British Nickelodian show Ross Lee's Ghoulies, The Saturdays made a special appearance. They also guest starred in Hollyoaks Later on the 18th of September 2008 and on a short bbc show called myths.
In January, the group's website announced the release of their fourth single, a cover of the song "Just Can't Get Enough". It was released as one of the official Comic Releif 2009 singles, released on digital sales, 1st of March, and on physical sales, March 2nd. On the 8th of March 2009 the single peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, just behind Flo Rida's single Right Round, making this the first Comic Relief single not to reach number one since 1994. However, this is the band's best selling single to date and their highest charting single.The song also was the girl's third consecutive top twenty hit in Ireland, breaking into the top ten at number nine in its second week of release, giving them their first top ten single and their first top ten appearance in a foreign music market.The Saturdays revealed to Digital Spy that they will be releasing their second studio album before the end of 2009 and are very excited to be writing some of the tracks themselves this time around. All 5 girls frequently update their Twitter accounts, and have stated they are writing in the same studio that "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls was created.They employ a street team, to output enthusiastic comments onto various websites.
The girls have stated that the writing is more mature and that they are working with Rihannas producers. The Saturdays have had a growing fanbase since their first single was released in mid-2008 and also have a number of celebrity fans including labelmates Girls Aloud and Melody of the Pussycat Dolls. Lilly Allen said that she was a fan of The Saturdays when asked who her favourite current act was. Emma Bunton also said The Saturdays reminded her of the early Spice Girls and wished them well while appearing on Loose Women.
