Sweet 7

Sweet 7
Studio album by
Sugababes
Released5 March 2010 (2010-03-05)
RecordedApril–November 2009
Studio
  • London, UK
  • Los Angeles, US
  • New York City, US
  • Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
Genre
Length43:48
Label
Producer
Sugababes chronology
Catfights and Spotlights
(2008) 		Sweet 7
(2010) 		The Lost Tapes
(2022)
Singles from Sweet 7
  1. "Get Sexy"
    Released: 30 August 2009
  2. "About a Girl"
    Released: 8 November 2009
  3. "Wear My Kiss"
    Released: 21 February 2010

Sweet 7 is the seventh studio album by British girl group Sugababes, released on 15 March 2010 by Island Records. Production for the album began in April 2009. Sweet 7 is the only Sugababes album to feature Eurovision Song Contest 2009 entrant Jade Ewen following the controversial departure of Keisha Buchanan in September 2009. As a result of the group line-up change, Sweet 7 was re-recorded to feature the vocals of new member Ewen and for the removal of Buchanan's vocals, making this the only Sugababes album that features none of the original members.

Production on the album began with Buchanan's involvement, who was featured on the lead single "Get Sexy", which peaked at number two in the UK. Following her departure, "About a Girl" and "Wear My Kiss" peaked at number eight and seven, respectively. The album was produced by Jay-Z's entertainment company Roc Nation; the involvement of Roc Nation's in-house producers gave the album a strong electro and dance-pop sound due to work from US producers and writers, mainly Fernando Garibay, Stargate and The Smeezingtons. Despite the high-profile input, Sweet 7 was negatively received by critics, with the negative reviews criticising the lack of an identifiable sound and soul from the project as well as the group's loss of identity due to Buchanan's departure, with many considering it a major step down in quality from their previous works.

Sweet 7 peaked at number 14 in the UK and number 35 in Ireland, becoming the group's second-lowest charting album to date in those countries. Promotion for the album ended after the release of the final single so that the group could begin work on a new album, but they split after they released its intended single, "Freedom".

  1. ^ "Sugababes reveal all their gossip". Newsbeat. BBC. 9 July 2009. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
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