Editing No Angels (section)

===2002: Career development on ''Now... Us!''===
In June 2002, No Angels released their second album, ''[[Now... Us!]]'', which featured co-writes by all members and received critical acclaim from many critics who believed the band would not last past their first album.<ref>{{cite web|first=Joachim|last=Gauger|title=''Now... Us!'' review|work=laut.de|url=http://www.laut.de/lautstark/cd-reviews/n/no_angels/now_us/index.htm|access-date=3 May 2009|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Matthias|last=Eisen|title=No Angels - ''Now... Us!'' (review)|work=CDStarts.de|url=http://cdstarts.de/kritiken/85064-Now...-Us%21.html|access-date=3 May 2009|language=de}}</ref> The album debuted at number one on the German Album Chart and at number two and four on the Austrian and Swiss albums chart respectively, and was eventually certified [[platinum album|platinum]] and double [[gold album|gold]] by the [[IFPI]].<ref name=D/> Producers such as [[Mousse T.]] consulted on ''Now... Us!'', whose media-critical leading single "[[Something About Us (No Angels song)|Something About Us]]", penned by band member Petruo, became the group's third non-consecutive number-one hit in Austria and Germany within a period of 16 months.<ref name="autchart">{{cite web|title=Now... Us!|work=Austriancharts|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=No+Angels&titel=Now+%2E%2E%2E+Us&cat=a|access-date=1 June 2007}}</ref>
Further singles released from the album included [[Latin pop]] ballad "[[Still in Love with You (No Angels song)|Still in Love with You]]", which reached the top five and was awarded a [[NRJ Music Award]] the following year,<ref>{{cite web|title=NRJ Music Award für die No Angels|work=Nacktmulle|url=http://www.nacktmulle.info/presse/pressemeldungen/inside02.03national.pdf|access-date=14 June 2008}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> as well as Mousse T.-produced [[funk music|funk]] track "[[Let's Go to Bed (No Angels song)|Let's Go to Bed]]", the band's first release to miss the German top ten.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chartverfolgung - No Angels/Mousse T.: Let's Go to Bed|work=[[Media Control]]|publisher=Musicline|url=http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/NO+ANGELS%A5MOUSSE+T/Let%2527s+Go+To+Bed/single|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318014658/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/title/NO+ANGELS%A5MOUSSE+T/Let%27s+Go+To+Bed/single|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2012|access-date=3 May 2009}}</ref>
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Following an exclusive [[swing music|swing concert]] at the [[Berlin]] Tränenpalast in October, No Angels soon followed with a DVD and a live album, titled ''[[When the Angels Swing]]'', featuring their biggest hits and selected songs from their first two albums, re-arranged by [[Grammy Award]]-nominated jazz musician [[Till Brönner]].<ref>{{cite web|title=No Angels go Big Band |work=ots |date=2 October 2002 |publisher=Presseportal |url=http://www.presseportal.de/pm/18634/385322/t_online_international_ag?pre=1 |access-date=3 May 2009 |language=de }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Critically acclaimed by critics, the album reached number nine of the German Albums Chart, eventually going gold.<ref name=D/> In November, the girls embarked on their second national concert tour, the ''[[Four Seasons Tour]]'', playing sell-out shows in theatres across German-speaking Europe. Acts such as [[B3 (boy band)|B3]] and the [[Sugababes]] served as their support.<ref>{{cite web|author=cs|date=23 November 2002|title=Es war eine kunterbunte Party|work=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2002/11/23/96064.html|access-date=4 May 2009}}</ref>

Soon after the girls experienced a bit of turbulence when Jessica Wahls announced she was taking a break from the band to give birth to her first child. Although the girls agreed on Jessica's return the following year and Wahls was positive of a re-join after her daughter's birth in March 2003, No Angels' management eventually decided on her departure in July 2003 as the group had equally successful went on as a quartet.<ref name="love"/> While the singer accepted a recording contract as a solo artist with the group's label, Sandy Mölling later noted Jessica's pregnancy marked "the beginning of the end of No Angels".<ref name="love">''WE LOVE No Angels'' documentation. ''PRO Sieben''. Retrieved on 2007  April.</ref>