Sugababes are a British pop/R&B girl group, currently consisting of Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen but originally consisting of Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. According to the Guinness World Records, they are the most successful female act of the 21^st century worldwide.

The band was formed in 1998 by Ron Tom – the manager of chart-topping girl group All Saints. Siobhán Donaghy and Mutya Buena, only thirteen at the time, had already been signed to Tom’s label London Records but upon discovering Buena’s friend Keisha Buchanan, he decided to put them together as a trio – likening their appearance to a United Colors of Benetton campaign (they are all of different ethnic origin).

The trio released their debut album One Touch in 2000. It reached the Top 30 in the UK Albums Chart and produced the Top 10 single Overload, which was nominated for Best Single BRIT Award, as well as the Top 40 hits New Year, Run for Cover and Soul Sound. However, the album did not meet London Records’ expectations and the group were dropped from the label in 2001. Donaghy also left the group at this time. After recruiting new member Heidi Range, Sugababes signed to Island Records soon after.

Their second studio album Angels with Dirty Faces was a huge success. Released in August 2002, it shot to number two in the UK Albums Chart, selling over a million copies, and spawned four singles: the number one smash hits Freak Like Me and Round Round, and the Top 15 singles Stronger/Angels with Dirty Faces and Shape.

Since then the group have released a further four UK Top 10 albums – Three, Taller in More Ways, Change and Catfights and Spotlights – and scored number one hits with the singles Hole in the Head, Push the Button, Walk This Way (with Girls Aloud) and About You Now, as well as reaching the Top 10 with Too Lost In You, In the Middle, Caught In a Moment, Ugly, Red Dress, Easy and Girls.

Sugababes’ seventh studio album Sweet 7 – the first with the new line up – was released in March 2010. It has produced three UK Top 10 hits to date – Get Sexy, About a Girl and Wear My Kiss.

Michael Jackson was an American singer-songwriter, often affectionately referred to as the ‘King of Pop’.

Born 29^th August 1958, the singer first gained fame in his pre-teens as a member of the phenomenally successful 1970s pop/R&B/disco band The Jackson 5. Appearing as the lead vocalist alongside his brothers Jackie, Tito, Jermaine and Marlon, Michael quickly became a child superstar. The group released a total of thirteen albums between 1970 and 1976, selling in excess of 100 million records worldwide, and are best remembered now for catchy pop classics like I Want You Back, ABC and Rockin’ Robin.

Jackson released his debut solo album Got to Be There in 1972, at the age of fourteen, and it sold over five million copies in the US. This was followed by his second album in the same year, which produced the singer’s first solo US number one hit Ben, and a further two albums while still in his teens.

However, it was 1979’s Off the Wall that reinvented the singer and set him on the way to being a pop icon. It sold over twenty million copies worldwide and produced the number one hit Don’t Stop ‘til You Get Enough, as well as the Top 10 hits Rock with You, Off the Wall and She’s Out of My Life.

Since then, Jackson has rewritten the record books. His next album, 1982’s Thriller, sold over 110 million copies worldwide, making it the bestselling album of all time. He scored a record thirteen US number one hits during his career, including Billie Jean, Beat It, Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Dirty Diana and Black or White, won 15 Grammy Awards and a record 26 American Music Awards. He is officially recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by the Guinness World Records.

Sadly, Michael Jackson passed away on 25th June 2009. However, his success continues, and he has sold a further 35 million records since his death.

Amy Winehouse is a multiple Grammy Award-winning British singer and songwriter, renowned for her blending of musical genres as diverse as soul, jazz, R&B and ska, as well as for her personal lyrics and powerful vocals.

Born in London on 14^th September 1983, Winehouse attended the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School from the age of nine, before joining the renowned Sylvia Young Theatre School at thirteen, where she first started learning the guitar and writing music. She also later attended the famous BRIT School.

While still in her teens, Winehouse submitted a demo tape to an A&R person, leading to her signing with Simon Fuller’s record label 19 Management. In October 2003 she released her debut album Frank.

The album was certified double platinum in the UK, reached number thirteen in the charts and produced the singles Stronger Than Me, Take the Box, In My Bed/You Sent Me Flying and Fuck Me Pumps/Help Yourself. It also earned critical acclaim, being nominated for two BRIT Awards and an Ivor Novello Award, as well as being shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize.

However, it was her second album, 2006’s Back to Black, that catapulted Winehouse to international stardom. Reaching numbers one and two in the UK and US charts respectively, to date the album has sold over ten million copies worldwide and produced five smash hit singles: Rehab, You Know I’m No Good, Back to Black, Tears Dry on Their Own and Love Is a Losing Game. It was also nominated for six Grammy Awards in 2008, winning a total of five (including Best New Artist).

The popularity of Amy Winehouse’s music, coupled with almost daily media reports of substance abuse, relationship breakups and health concerns, have ensured she has become one of the world’s most recognizable musicians.

She is currently working on new material and there are rumors of a third album release in late 2010/early 2011.