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of the English
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All Saints consists of five
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s, two
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s, one
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, two video albums and 18
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and
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. After the two promotional-only single releases " Silver Shadow" and "
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" as All Saints 1.9.7.5., All Saints renamed, reformed and released their debut commercially available single "
I Know Where It's At "I Know Where It's At" is a song by English girl group All Saints, released in August 1997 as their debut single from their first album, '' All Saints'' (1997). The song debuted on the National Lottery Live on 9 August 1997 and was first perform ...
" in 1997 via
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and reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. Their second public single " Never Ever" was released in November 1997, and introduced the group to international success, reaching the top ten in several countries and topping the charts in the
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. It sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK and was eventually certified double platinum by the
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. In 1998 the group won BRIT Awards for Best British Single and Best British Video, both for "Never Ever". The group released their self-titled debut album '' All Saints'' in October 1997. It reached number two in the UK and was certified five times platinum by the BPI for sales of 1.5 million. While, " If You Want to Party (I Found Lovin')" has been released in Japan only, their third single from the album was "
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", soon re-released as a double A-side with "
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", which became their second and third UK number-one single in May 1998, earning a gold certification for 400,000 copies sold. The same month, the album was re-released with a slightly different track listing. "
Bootie Call "Bootie Call" is a song by English girl group All Saints from their debut album, '' All Saints'' (1998). The song was written by group member Shaznay Lewis and its producer Karl Gordon. "Bootie Call" was released on 31 August 1998 by London Re ...
", the fourth single, sixth overall, also went to number-one, and the silver-certified "
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" (the fifth and final release) peaked at number seven, selling 200,000 copies. The album achieved success in countries such as Australia (
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, selling 140,000 copies), Canada (
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, 300,000 copies), and the United States, where ''All Saints'' was certified platinum by the
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for sales of one million and produced two top 40 singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100: "I Know Where It's At" and "Never Ever". All Saints returned in February 2000 with the single "
Pure Shores "Pure Shores" is a song by English girl group All Saints from their second studio album, '' Saints & Sinners'' (2000). Group member Shaznay Lewis and producer William Orbit wrote the song for a scene in the 2000 adventure drama film '' The Bea ...
", written by
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and
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for the soundtrack of the film '' The Beach'' (starring
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). "Pure Shores" was their fifth number-one single in the UK and the second best-selling single of 2000, with 600,000 copies sold; it also became their first and only number-one single in Ireland and was a substantial hit across Europe and Australia. The song won an
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for Most Performed Work. All Saints performed the song at the 2000
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. In October 2000, All Saints released the single " Black Coffee", which became their sixth and final number-one single in the UK, selling 200,000 copies. This preceded their second studio album, '' Saints & Sinners'', which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, eventually reaching double-platinum certification in the UK for sales of 600,000 copies. The third and final single was "
All Hooked Up "All Hooked Up" is a song by English-Canadian girl group All Saints from their second album, '' Saints & Sinners'' (2000). London Records released the song as the third and last single from the album on 15 January 2001. Composition and lyrical ...
" in January 2001, which peaked at number seven. In February 2001, All Saints announced that they were to take a break so that they "could clear the air" between themselves. Melanie Blatt said later that year that it was uncertain if they would reform, citing their difficulties with the financial and business aspects of the group. Shaznay Lewis later explained that the catalyst for the break-up was a disagreement over who would wear a certain jacket for a photo shoot: "I would never in a million years have put money on the group ending over a jacket incident. But when that incident happened, it fired up so strong, it had to be over. And the way I was then, the state we'd got into then, there was no way she was getting that stupid jacket." In November 2001,
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released a
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compilation entitled ''
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''. On 24 January 2006, it was announced that the band had reformed and signed a record deal with
Parlophone Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 1923 as the Parloph ...
. They subsequently began work on their third studio album, '' Studio 1''. The first single, " Rock Steady" (released in November 2006), reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. ''Studio 1'' entered the albums chart at number forty, falling significantly short of the success of "Rock Steady" and the group's previous releases; it has since sold 100,000 copies according to the BPI, being certified gold. A second single, " Chick Fit", followed in February 2007, but promotional appearances and a physical release were cancelled and it failed to reach the top 200. It was subsequently reported that All Saints and Parlophone had parted ways and the group cancelled their planned UK tour. Despite
Melanie Blatt Melanie Ruth Blatt (born 25 March 1975) is an English singer. She rose to fame in 1997 as a member of the girl group All Saints (group), All Saints. The group have gained five UK number-one singles, two multi-platinum albums and two BRIT Awards, ...
confirming that the group would never reform again in a 2009 interview, All Saints reformed in 2013 to support
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for five dates in their UK tour a year later. Due to the success of the tour, the band announced on 27 January 2016 that they were releasing their first new album in ten years titled '' Red Flag'', which was released on 8 April 2016, with " One Strike" issued as the lead single for the album.


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Studio albums


Compilation albums


Video albums


Singles


Music videos


Other appearances

*"Girls on Film", on
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'' Reimagines the Eighties''


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