Sugababes
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
During the fall of 2001, rumors swirled about Donaghys departure. Buena and Buchanan denied that Donaghy was kicked out of the group, but she was nonetheless out after a four-year run. Heidi Range, one of the pre-chart members of Atomic Kitten, became her replacement, and Angels with Dirty Faces -- the groups second album -- was released through a new deal with Island by the end of 2002. The Richard X-produced Freak Like Me, a cover of Adina Howards 1995 R&B hit that featured a bolstered version of Tubeway Armys Are Friends Electric as its backdrop, debuted as a number one hit in the U.K. The Xenomania-produced Round Round followed suit with identical success.
Three, released in late 2003, fittingly topped out at number three on the U.K. album chart. It spawned another U.K. number one, Hole in the Head, which even managed to scrape the Hot 100 in the U.S. and hit the top of the same countrys dance chart. Amazingly, the group was never given much of a push stateside. Taller in More Ways, the fourth album, followed roughly two years later and eclipsed the groups already successful run by reaching the top of the U.K. album chart. Shortly after its release, Buena left the group on good terms, citing personal persons. Amelle Berrabahs entry into the group prompted a re-release of Taller that featured her vocals on a handful of cuts; Buenas work was left intact on a few others. The album eventually gained platinum status. Overloaded: The Singles Collection was out by the end of 2006. ~ MacKenzie Wilson & Andy Kellman,
