Heidi Range

Having already started work on a second album with new member Range, Sugababes looked for a new record label, eventually signing to Island Records. Their first single on the new label “Freak like Me” scored the group their first UK number 1 single. Follow-up single “Round Round” also debuted on top of the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 2 in Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. Both singles were certified silver by the BPI.[4] On the back of the success of the singles, the group’s second album, Angels with Dirty Faces, debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified triple platinum, selling almost a million copies in the UK alone.[4][5] It is to date their highest-selling album.[6] In the UK, the third single from the album, a ballad titled “Stronger”, gained the girls their third consecutive top ten hit in their native country. The track was released as a double-A side with “Angels with Dirty Faces” in the UK, the latter song chosen as the theme tune to The Powerpuff Girls Movie. A fourth single, the Sting-sampling “Shape”, made the top ten in the Netherlands and Ireland in early 2003.

After a hiatus, the Sugababes released their thirteenth single, “Push the Button” in October 2005. The song debuted at number 1 in the UK and remained in the position for three consecutive weeks.[7][8] It also peaked at number one in Ireland,[9] Austria[10] and New Zealand,[11] and reached the top three across Europe and in Australia.[12] Certified silver in the UK,[4] it was later nominated at the BRIT Awards for Best Single. Their fourth album Taller in More Ways became the group’s first UK number 1 album. The group was number 1 on the singles, album, airplay and download charts simultaneously, making them the first girl group to achieve such a feat.[13] Taller in More Ways was certified double platinum in the UK.