  All Saints consists of Melanie
Blatt, Shaznay Lewis, and the sister Nicole
and Natalie Appleton. The quartet originally
started as just a duo for 2 years with Blatt
and Lewis until 1995 when the Appleton
sisters joined after a chance meeting with
Nicole. The girls took their time selecting a
record label, as many of them were looking
for the next Spice
Girls - Lewis explained: "So
many labels wanted an exact replica of the Spice
Girls, the image, the music, and the
attitude. We were determined to wait until a
label were interested in us for our music and
wouldn't want to change us, in our opinion,
that's real Girl Power!" London Records
eventually became All Saint's label in
November, 1996.
All Saints began their chart
domination in the UK with the single "I Know Where It's At" hitting #4 and
then hitting #1 with "Never Ever."
 # 21
Singles Artist of the Year
All Saints hit the Top 40 with
"I Know Where It's At."
All Saints won 2 Brit Awards for
Best Single and Best Video ("Never Ever").
 All Saints hit the Top 10 with "I Know Where It's At."
All Saints released All
Saints.
US: Platinum
Billboard peak: # 40
Rolling Stone review: 
Tracks: "Never Ever" - "Bootie
Call" - "I Know Where It's At" -
"Alone" - "Under The
Bridge" - "Heaven" - "If
You Want To Party (I Found Lovin')" -
"Trapped" - "Beg" -
"Lady Marmalade" - "Take The
Key" - "War Of Nerves"
All Saints hit the Top 40 with
"Never Ever."
All Saints topped the UK Singles
chart with "Under The Bridge" for 2
weeks.
All Saints hit the Top 10 with "Never Ever."
All
Saints was certified gold.
All Saints topped the UK Singles
chart with "Bootie Call" for a
week.
 All Saints received 4
nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards
including Best Group, Best Album (All
Saints), Breakthrough Act, and Best
Song ("Never Ever").
All Saints released a remix LP
overseas - Remix
Album.
Tracks: "Never Ever" (All Star Remix)
- "Bootie Call" (Krazee Alley Mix)
- "I Know Where It's At" (Groovy Mix) -
"Under The Bridge" (Ignorants
Remix) - "Lady Marmalade"
(Timberland Remix) - "Bootie Call"
(Bugcity & Hayne's Bump 'n Bounce Mix) -
"War Of Nerves" (Ganga Kru Remix) -
"Bootie Call" (Dream Teem Vocal) -
"Bootie Call" (Club Asylum Boogie
Punk Dub) - "Never Ever" (Booker T's
Vocal Mix) - "Never Ever" (Booker T's Up
North Dub) - "I Know Where It's At" (Nu Birth Riddum
Dub) - "Lady Marmalade" (Mark's
Wrecked Dub) - "Lady Marmalade"
(Sharp South Park Vocal Remix) - "Lady
Marmalade" (Sharp's Trade Lite Dub)
All
Saints was certified platinum.
 All Saints
could be heard on the soundtrack for The
Beach with "Pure Shores."
All Saints topped the UK Singles
chart with "Pure Shores" for 2
weeks.
The Appleton sisters of All
Saints could be seen in the theaters (briefly
at least) starring in Honest.
 All Saints topped the UK Singles
chart with "Black Coffee" for a
week.
All Saints released Saints
& Sinners overseas.
Tracks: "Pure
Shores" - "All Hooked Up" -
"Dreams" - "Distance" -
"Black Coffee" - "Whoopin'
Over You" - "I Feel You" -
"Surrender" - "Ha Ha" -
"Love Is Love" - "Ready,
Willing And Able" - "Saints And
Sinners"
At the MTV Europe Awards, All
Saints took home the Best Pop Group award.
All Saints topped the UK Albums
chart with Saints
& Sinners for a week.
 All Saints were
nominated for 3 Brit Awards for Best British
Group and Best British Single, and Best
British Video ("Pure Shores").
Nicole Appleton gave birth to a
baby boy (saying the delivery was
"easier than having a tattoo") -
Liam Gallagher of Oasis is the father.
 All Saints released All
Hits overseas.
Tracks: "Pure
Shores" - "Never Ever" - "Under
The Bridge" - "Lady Marmalade"
(98 Remix) - "I Know Where It's At" (Original Mix) -
"Twentyfourseven" (Radio Version) -
"Black Coffee" - "Bootie
Call" (Single Version) - "All
Hooked Up" (Single Version) - "War
Of Nerved" (98 Remix) - "Pure
Shores" (Remix)
All Saints hit the Top 3 in the
UK with a comeback single "Rock
Steady." .
All Saints released Studio
1
overseas.
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