Editing S Club (section)

===2001: ''Sunshine''===
{{Main|Sunshine (S Club 7 album)|Hollywood 7}}S Club 7 released their third studio album, ''[[Sunshine (S Club 7 album)|Sunshine]]'', on 26 November 2001. The lead single, "[[Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)|Don't Stop Movin{{'-}}]]", released in April 2001, marked a more sophisticated sound, likened to the 1983 [[Michael Jackson]] song "[[Billie Jean]]".<ref name=answering/> It reached number one,<ref name="occ"/> went platinum<ref name=bpi>{{cite web | url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified |title=BPI Entry - Don't Stop Movin' | publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]]}}</ref> and became the seventh-best-selling single of 2001.<ref name="bpi-topsingles">{{cite web | url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/pdf/BestSellingSingles01-05.pdf | title=Best Selling Singles 2001-05 | publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230017/http://www.bpi.co.uk/pdf/BestSellingSingles01-05.pdf | archive-date=30 September 2007 | url-status=dead}}</ref> It won [[The Record of the Year]]<ref name=recordoftheyear>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_1700000/1700143.stm |title=S Club 7 win Record of the Year 2001 | work=[[BBC News]] | date=9 December 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309161231/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_1700000/1700143.stm | archive-date=9 March 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref> and earned S Club 7 their second [[Brit Awards 2002|BRIT Award]], this time for best British single.<ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es2yeIk6U3Y&list=PL0Kro0grO1E0GnLD9M9alDk3uyiUMSl5I&index=9 | title=S Club 7 win British Single presented by Simon Cowell | work=[[Brit Awards]] | date=21 November 2012 | via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> S Club 7 donated more than £200,000 to Children in Need after it reached number one.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1303504.stm | title=S Club 7 score chart hat-trick | work=[[BBC News]] | date=29 April 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106164838/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1303504.stm | archive-date=6 January 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref>{{Listen
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On 20 March 2001, Cattermole, Lee and McIntosh were caught with [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] in [[Covent Garden]], London. They were cautioned by police at [[Charing Cross]] Police Station and released without charge.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1232884.stm |title=S Club 7 stars found with drugs | work=[[BBC News]] | date=21 March 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613140205/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1232884.stm |archive-date=13 June 2006 | url-status=live}}</ref> They released an apology through their publicity firm.<ref name="sorry">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1233678.stm | title=S Club boys 'sorry' after drugs bust |work=[[BBC News]] |date=21 March 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030811145705/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1233678.stm |archive-date=11 August 2003 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.mtv.com/news/gjd1xf/s-club-7-members-apologize-for-pot-bust | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413234449/https://www.mtv.com/news/gjd1xf/s-club-7-members-apologize-for-pot-bust | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 April 2023 | title=S Club 7 Members Apologize For Pot Bust | first=Corey | last=Moss | work=[[MTV News]] | date=22 March 2001}}</ref> [[BT Group|BT]] and [[Cadbury]], who had sponsorship deals with S Club 7, said they were "disappointed" but kept their contracts with the group,<ref name="sorry"/> while the [[Quaker Oats Company]] ended talks with [[19 Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1248108.stm |title=S Club Puffs deal up in smoke | work=[[BBC News]] | date=28 March 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106221857/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1248108.stm |archive-date=6 January 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Pepsi]] signed a sponsorship deal with S Club 7 within a month of the caution.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1267034.stm | title=S Club 7 sign with Pepsi | work=[[BBC News]] |date=8 April 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021224074904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1267034.stm | archive-date=24 December 2002 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/s-club-7-35-1397130 | title=S CLUB 7 STEER CLEAR OF COKE | work=[[NME]] | date=9 April 2001}}</ref> PMS, a merchandising company, sued the group for £800,000, claiming that the drugs scandal ruined its sales.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1822751.stm | title=S Club 7 face lawsuit | work=[[BBC News]] | date=15 February 2002}}</ref>

After spending most of early 2001 rehearsing, the S Club Party 2001 tour began on 19 May 2001.<ref name="7heaven"/> Once the tour was over, the group flew to the United States to film the third series of their television show ''[[Hollywood 7]]''.<ref name="7heaven"/> The group had to continuously cope with intense schedules and early starts whilst filming for the programme.<ref name="7heaven"/>

Cattermole and Spearritt began dating in 2001 and were in a relationship until 2008.<ref name=diesage46/> The relationship was kept secret for the first six months. Cattermole later said it had been "forced" by management and did not happen "organically", as their romance had been written into ''Hollywood 7.''<ref name="love">{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_1608000/1608993.stm | title=S Club 7 pair admit secret love | work=[[BBC News]] | date=19 October 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023233836/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_1608000/1608993.stm | archive-date=23 October 2007 | url-status=live}}</ref> ''Hollywood 7'' aired alongside a new [[CBBC]] reality show, ''S Club Search'', which invited children to extend the S Club brand and audition to form a younger version of the group. The new group were to be chosen to sing with S Club 7 on [[Children in Need]] 2001 and to tour with them on their future ''S Club 7 Carnival 2002'' tour.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_1678000/1678932.stm | title=S Club Juniors reach for the stars | work=[[BBC News]] | date=27 November 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309161504/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/music/newsid_1678000/1678932.stm | archive-date=9 March 2008 | url-status=live}}</ref> The winning children formed a new group, [[S Club Juniors]], and had six top-ten UK hits.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/12040/s-club-8/ | title=S CLUB JUNIORS | work=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/where-s-club-juniors-now-20-years-b1120008.html | title=20 years on - where are the S Club Juniors now? | first=SIAN | last=BALDWIN | work=[[The Evening Standard]] | date=14 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a785195/s-club-juniors-then-and-now-what-happened-to-the-child-pop-group/ | title=What S Club Juniors look like now: what happened to the child pop group? | first=Lewis | last=Corner | work=[[Digital Spy]] | date=14 November 2023}}</ref>

In November, they recorded a second Children in Need single, "[[Have You Ever]]", co-written by [[Chris Braide]] and [[Cathy Dennis]]. The performance on the night featured many primary school children who had pre-recorded their own versions of the chorus, including the first television appearance by S Club Juniors.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1718000/1718314.stm | title=I Sang with S Club 7 | work=[[BBC News]] | date=19 December 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107054931/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/club/your_reports/newsid_1718000/1718314.stm | archive-date=7 January 2009 | url-status=live}}</ref> The single became the S Club 7's fourth number one<ref name="occ"/> and the 21st-biggest-selling single of 2001.<ref name="bpi-topsingles"/>