Editing S Club (section)

=== 1999–2000: Debut and success ===
S Club 7 rose to fame in a children's television series, ''[[Miami 7]],'' first broadcast on [[CBBC]] between April and July 1999.<ref name="popfame">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/314534.stm | title=Seven up for pop fame | work=[[BBC News]] | date=8 April 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107084148/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/314534.stm | archive-date=7 January 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=cattermoleobit>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/09/paul-cattermole-obituary | title=Paul Cattermole obituary | last=Sweeting | first=Adam | work=[[The Guardian]] | date=9 April 2023 | issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The members played fictional versions of themselves and went on adventures and performed a song in each episode.<ref name="popfame"/><ref name=cattermoleobit/> In the US, the show was renamed ''S Club 7 in Miami'' and broadcast on [[History of Freeform|Fox Family]].<ref name=cattermoleobit/> By 2000, it had been sold to 100 countries and viewed by 90 million people.<ref name="Reach">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/796258.stm | title=S Club reach for the top | work=[[BBC News]] | date=18 June 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013211143/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/796258.stm|archive-date=13 October 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref> The use of the television show to publicise the group was likened to [[the Monkees]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/s-club-7-reunion-tour-25th-anniversary-1235522055/ | title=S Club 7 Reuniting for 25th Anniversary Tour | first=Michele Amabile | last=Angermiller | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=13 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2000/11/03/like-the-monkees-in-tank-tops/ | title=LIKE THE MONKEES IN TANK TOPS | first=NANCY IMPERIALE | last=WELLONS | work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] | date=November 3, 2000 | url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB931386874222880191 | title=Hey, Hey, They're S Club 7; Sort of an Updated Monkees | first=Charles | last=Goldsmith | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=8 July 1999 | url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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S Club 7 released their debut single, "[[Bring It All Back]]", on 9 June 1999, which ''[[The Guardian]]'' likened to [[the Jackson 5]].<ref name=cattermoleobit/> It reached number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and was [[certified platinum]].<ref name=bpi/><ref name="occ">{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7911/s-club-7/ | title=S Club - Full Official Chart History | work=[[Official Charts Company]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231040918/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7911/s-club-7/ | archive-date=31 December 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/s-club-7-where-are-they-now/ | title=S Club 7: Where Are They Now? See What the '90s British Band Members Are Doing Now | first=Johnni | last=Macke | work=[[Us Weekly]] | date=7 April 2023}}</ref> S Club 7's debut album, ''[[S Club (album)|S Club]]'', was released in October 1999. It reached number two in the [[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="occ"/> and was certified double platinum.<ref name=bpi/> In 2001, the group released a fashion line targeted at teenagers.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.marketingweek.com/s-club-7-pop-group-plans-fashion-line/ | title=S Club 7 pop group plans fashion line | work=[[Marketing Week]] | date=20 September 2001}}</ref>
In September 1999, "[[S Club Party]]" entered the UK charts at number two and number one in New Zealand.<ref name="occ"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://charts.nz/archive.asp?todo=show&day=26&month=12&year=1999&cat=s | title=New Zealand Singles Charts - Week Ending 26/12/1999 | work=charts.nz | date=26 December 1999 | archive-date=7 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407003816/https://charts.nz/archive.asp?todo=show&day=26&month=12&year=1999&cat=s |url-status=live}}</ref> The double A-side with the ballad "[[Two in a Million]]" and the uptempo "[[You're My Number One]]", reached number two in the UK charts in December 1999.<ref name="occ"/> 

In February 2000, S Club 7 won for British Breakthrough Act award at the [[2000 BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/s-club-7-brit-awards-2023 | title=S Club 7 just reunited on the Brit Awards 2023 red carpet | first=JABEEN | last=WAHEED | work=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] | date=11 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/s-club-7-where-are-they-now-130602744.html | title=S Club 7: Bankruptcy, Big Brother and fortune telling - what have the band been up to? | first=Albertina | last=Lloyd | work=[[Yahoo!]] | date=14 February 2023}}</ref> [[Hasbro]] announced a licensing deal to create S Club 7 dolls.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.mtv.com/news/6bqg4p/s-club-7-seek-to-be-next-spice-girls | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128045747/https://www.mtv.com/news/6bqg4p/s-club-7-seek-to-be-next-spice-girls | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 January 2024 | title=S Club 7 Seek To Be Next Spice Girls | first=Mark | last=Woodlief | work=[[MTV News]] | date=6 April 2000}}</ref> In April 2000, S Club's second television series, ''[[L.A. 7]]'' (renamed ''S Club 7 in L.A.'' in the US), began airing.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1233433.stm | title=S Club 7: Multi-media pop stars | work=[[BBC News]] | date=21 March 2001}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFeEYdpVzpM | title=L.A. 7 - Behind The Camera | via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Later that year, S Club 7 starred in the television series ''S Club 7 Go Wild!'', in which they travelled the world raising awareness of [[endangered species]].<ref name=cattermoleobit/><ref>{{Cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5ArauD7-m8 | title=S Club 7 -06- Natural [Go Wild! Version] (02x03) | via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> "[[Reach (S Club 7 song)|Reach]]", another retro-styled uptempo track, was released as a single in May 2000 and reached number two on the UK charts.<ref name="occ"/> {{Listen
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S Club 7's second album, ''[[7 (S Club 7 album)|7]],'' was released on 12 June 2000. It reached number one in the UK charts<ref name="Reach"/><ref name="occ"/> and was certified triple platinum in the UK<ref name=bpi/><ref>{{Cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6cy8oSUDs4 | title=S Club 7 The Colour of Blue TV Show Version | via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> and gold in the US.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=s+club+7#search_section | title=RIAA entry - 7 | publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904124224/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=7&artist=S%20Club%207&format=ALBUM&debutLP=&category=GROUP&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=ST&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=Gold&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25 | archive-date=4 September 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref> The second single from the album, "[[Natural (S Club 7 song)|Natural]]", reached number three in September 2000.<ref name="occ"/>
That October, S Club 7 launched the annual [[The Royal British Legion#Poppy Appeal|Poppy Appeal]] campaign with [[Dame Thora Hird]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/992252.stm | title=S Club 7 launch poppy appeal | work=[[BBC News]] | date=26 October 2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013211219/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/992252.stm | archive-date=13 October 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/pop-group-s-club-7-tina-hannah-paul-jon-jo-bradley-and-news-photo/830480994 | title=Poppy Appeal S Club 7 & Thora Hird | publisher=[[Getty Images]]}}</ref> Alongside numerous other artists, they contributed vocals to a cover of [[the Rolling Stones]] song "[[It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)|It's Only Rock 'N' Roll]]" for Children's Promise, an alliance of seven children's charities.{{Cn|date=April 2023}} It entered the UK charts at number nineteen.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19991219/7501/ | title=Official Singles Chart Top 75 | publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519180317/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19991219/7501/ | archive-date=19 May 2016 | url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2000, S Club 7 recorded the ballad "[[Never Had a Dream Come True (S Club 7 song)|Never Had a Dream Come True]]", the year's official song for the [[Children in Need]] charity campaign, which became a number one in the UK and a top-ten hit in the US.<ref name=cattermoleobit/><ref name="occ"/>