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:''This article is about the German pop group. For the British television series, see No Angels (TV series).''
The 'No Angels' are an ECHO Award-winning all-female pop group from Germany. The band originated in 2000 on the international television talent show ''Popstars'' and was one of the first "casting acts" to enjoy a great deal of success throughout Central Europe in the early 2000s. Following a major success with record-breaking single "Daylight in Your Eyes" and debut album ''Elle'ments'' in 2001, a series of hit records established their position as one of the most successful female band vocalists to emerge in the early-to mid decade. They have since been ranked as the "biggest-selling German girlband to date" by the media.[1]
Originally a quintet, the group eventually became a quartet, selling more than five million singles and albums until 2003,[1] — the same year the group announced their official disbandment due to "exhaustion"[3] and in favour of individual careers in music, theatre, television and film. However, on January 31 2007, it was confirmed that four members of the original line-up were set to record their first studio album in over four years and in April 2007 the band's fourth studio album, ''Destiny'' was released.
Over the course of three months in fall 2000 more than 4,500 hopeful female singers attended open television auditions in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Cologne, Oberhausen, Stuttgart and Munich to audition for the first installment of RTL 2’s ''Popstars'' talent show. Judged by Dutch entertainer Simone Angel, booker Mario M. Mendryzcki and Rainer Moslener, a director of A&R, thirty-two out of two hundred girls eventually made it from the local recall shows to Mallorca, Spain to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness. While the judges continued eliminating two or three girls each day with the help of choreographer Detlef "D!" Soost, eleven finalists remained and were sent home to prepare.
In November 2000 Angel and Moslener visited each of them to reveal whether or not they had been selected for the band. In the end five girls made it into the band: Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo and Jessica Wahls. With the final members of the group in place, ''Popstars'' continued tracking the development and struggles of the new band - from then on known as the ''No Angels''.
After months of recording the No Angels released their debut single "Daylight in Your Eyes," a re-recorded version of Victoria Faiella's unreleased 2000 single, on February 5, 2001 in Europe. "No Angels: "Daylight In Your Eyes" The song instantly entered the top position on the Austrian, German and Swiss ''Media Control'' singles and airplay charts, making it one of the most successful debuts of the year. "No Angels - Biography" The song also proved to be a hit outside the German speaking countries when it peaked at number one in Brazil, Estonia, and Luxembourg and, moreover, entered the charts in France, Latvia, Poland and the UK. Although a "less sexy" second version of the video was filmed for the North American market, both the video and the song saw minor commercial success in the United States where "Daylight", however, peaked at number 36 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Singles Sales chart. "Daylight in Your Eyes" (version 2: USA)
On March 12, 2001, the band released their debut album, ''Elle'ments''. German producers Thorsten Brötzmann, Leslie Mandoki, and Peter Ries consulted on the album, which — due to the sheer volume of interest in the group the album — sold more than 1.1 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest selling German album of 2000. ''Elle'ments'': Certifiactions database ''Elle'ments'' was eventually certified triple platinum and septuplicate gold by the IFPI Germany ''Elle'ments'': Certifiactions database and earned the band several internationally acclaimed prizes such as a Bambi, two ECHO Awards and a World Music Award.
Riding a wave of publicity and hype, the group followed their debut by quickly releasing "Rivers of Joy," a top 10-hit, and "There Must Be an Angel", a cover version of the 1985 hit by British pop duo Eurythmics that continued the group's remarkable sales by topping the charts once again in Austria, Brazil, Germany, and Luxembourg. The last release from ''Elle'ments'' was a double A-side of album cut "When the Angels Sing" and "Atlantis", a duet with the song's original performer Donovan which was limitedly used as theme song for Walt Disney's animated feature ''. Following this and two short engagements as the main opening act for the German leg of both DJ Bobo and Westlife's concert tours, the band announced their ''Rivers of Joy Tour'' with thirty dates which began on October 19, 2001 and ended on December 10 2001. "No Angels starten Tour" Nearly all of the shows of tour, among opened by the A
★ Teens, were reportedly sold out. "No Angels starten Tour"
After a short break from public the No Angels reunited in early 2002 to begin working on their second studio album.[4] Prepared to contribute own ideas and skills to guarantee a more personal album after fast-recorded ''Elle'ments'', each member of the group focused on writing lyrics and melodies on her own — a scheme that produced the album's media-critical lead single "Something about Us", the band's third non-consecutive number-one hit in Austria and Germany within a period of sixteen months.[4]
Producers and songwriters Mousse T, La Carr, Pontus Söderqvist, and Peter Ries consulted on ''Now... Us!'' which was released to generally mixed reception on June 24, 2002. Although most professional reviewers praised the band for the include of self-written material and a "less conventional" and more mature pop sound with "major influences of contemporary R&B and soul,"[6] others declared the album as "teen-pop" on "average level," calling it "dissembling ... cheesy and cliched," also sharply criticizing the cover songs on the album. However, the No Angels' second album became a major success: It debuted on top of the German albums chart, and at number 2 and 4 on the Austrian and Swiss albums chart respectively, and was eventually certified platinum and double gold by the IFPI. Further singles released from the album included summer-lite "Still in Love with You" and Mousse T-produced funk track "Let's Go to Bed", the band's first release not to enter German top-10.
In the course of a special concert at the Berlin Tränenpalast in October 2002, the No Angels soon followed with a DVD and CD entitled ''When the Angels Swing'' featuring their biggest hits and selected songs from their first two albums, done in the style of classic swing music. They also re-released ''Now ... Us!'' in a special ''Winter Edition'', including the band's next single "All Cried out", a cover by singer Alison Moyet. The song was released in two versions, one pop and one classical, and spawned two music videos to promote both the re-release and ''When the Angels Swing''.
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, the No Angels' management eventually decided on her departure since the group had successfully went on as a quartet.[7] While the singer instead accepted a record deal as solo artist, the band later noted Jessica's pregnancy "as the beginning of the end of the No Angels."[7]
Returning from another hiatus, the four remaining girls released their third album, ''Pure'', in August 2003. Sporting a more mature side of pop music, the album received a positive response - even though it failed to achieve the success of its two best selling predecessors with a total of less than 250,000 copies sold. The lead single from the album, "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)", became the group's fourth non-consecutive number-one single in Germany and seventh top ten hit in Austria. With Spanish-lite "Someday", and R&B driven "Feelgood Lies" the album spawned another two top 5 singles.
Further planned single releases off the album never materialised. On September 5, 2003[9] — after three years of touring and promotion, — the quartet announced that they would not come together for a new No Angels project in 2004 and instead were preparing their official disbandment towards the end of the year.[9] While the media began a never-ending speculation about the pro and contra of a "creative pause," the girls and their management arranged the cancellation of all dates of their scheduled 2004 ''Pure Acoustic Tour''.[11] Even so, the band agreed on releasing a final album, ''The Best of No Angels'', in December of the same year. Apart from a collection of all of the radio-ready singles the girls had released between the years of 2001-2003, the album also contained a reworked version of one of the debut album tracks, "Reason;" it was released as the band's last single before their split in November 2003 and became another top 10 success for the group.
After a farewell concert in the Munich Olympiahalle on November 28, several TV appearances, and a more private unplugged performance in the Munich ''P1'' club on December 12, 2003 the No Angels each went their separate ways, concentrating on their individual solo careers in music, theatre, television and film...
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In mid-2006 Diakovska approached her former bandmates to arrange a first meeting with all members for years.[12] While Vanessa Petruo denied to join the band once again in favour of her solo career in music and film, all other members of the original line-up agreed upon Diakovska's request to reunite for a musical comeback, and the band eventually took action to prepare their comeback album in secrecy from public.[12] However, on January 1, 2007 rumors emerged, that the band was reuniting,[14] and while both the group and their management refused to take a stand during the following weeks, an official press conference on January 31, 2007 confirmed that the No Angels had reformed and were working on a new studio album with producers Boogieman, Tobias Gustafsson, Steve Mac, Max Martin, Adrian Newman, and the Redfly team.
Finally released on April 13, 2007, ''Destiny'' received a mixed reception from music critics, with most professional reviewers praising the quartet for their "unmistakable singing pleasure" and "strong vocal performance" on the album,[15] also citing the band's modern understanding of "solid pop music."[16] Others called the album a "well-produced comeback missing a big bang,"[17] with ''CDStarts'' and ''LAUT'' especially critizising the abundance of fillers on ''Destiny''[15] and the songwriters' tendency for semi-plagiarism on songs like "Been Here Before" and "Make a Change." [16] However, ''Destiny'' debuted at number 4 in Germany, number 14 in Austria and number 22 in Switzerland, making it the band's first regular studio album release not to reach the top position on the German ''Media Control'' Charts and the top 10 in Austria and Switzerland respectively. So far, it has spawned three singles with top 5-success "Goodbye to Yesterday," follow-up "Maybe," and a yet-to-be-relased double A-single, consisting of "Amaze Me" and a previously unreleased cover of Womack & Womack's "Teardrops."
★ ''Elle'ments'' (2001)
★ ''Now ... Us!'' (2002)
★ ''When the Angels Swing'' (2002)
★ ''Pure'' (2003)
★ ''The Best of No Angels'' (2003)
★ ''Acoustic Angels'' (2004)
★ ''Destiny'' (2007)
★ ''Rivers of Joy Tour'' (2001)
★ ''Four Seasons Tour'' (2002)
★ ''TBA'' (2008)
★ Bambi - "Pop National"
★ Bravo Otto (Gold) - "Superband Pop"
★ Comet - "Best Act National"
★ Eins Live Krone - "Best Newcomer"
★ Top of the Pops Award - "Top Single Germany"
★ Bravo Otto (Gold) - "Superband Pop"
★ Comet - "Act National"
★ ECHO - "Best National Group - Rock/Pop"
★ ECHO - "Best National Single - Rock/Pop"
★ Eins Live Krone - "Best Band"
★ World Music Awards - "Best-selling German Act"
★ Bravo Otto (Silver) - "Superband Pop"
★ Comet - "Band National"
★ ECHO - "Best National Videoclip"
★ Eins Live Krone - "Best Single"
★ Goldene Kamera - "Best Band"
★ Golden Lion - "Best Comeback"
1. "BLITZ Spezial über die No Angels"
2. "BLITZ Spezial über die No Angels"
3. "No Angels - Popband"
4. ''Now... Us!''
5. ''Now... Us!''
6. Review of ''Now... Us!''. ''LAUT.de''. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
7. "WE LOVE No Angels" documentation. ''PRO Sieben''. Retrieved on 2007 April 14.
8. "WE LOVE No Angels" documentation. ''PRO Sieben''. Retrieved on 2007 April 14.
9. "No Angels vor dem Aus?"
10. "No Angels vor dem Aus?"
11. "''Pure''-Tour definitiv abgesagt"
12. No Angels @ ''Viva Live''
13. No Angels @ ''Viva Live''
14. Alles über "No Angels"
15. "No Angels - Destiny"
16. "''Destiny'' review"
17. "CD-Kritiken"
18. "No Angels - Destiny"
19. "''Destiny'' review"
★ No Angels (Official website)
The 'No Angels' are an ECHO Award-winning all-female pop group from Germany. The band originated in 2000 on the international television talent show ''Popstars'' and was one of the first "casting acts" to enjoy a great deal of success throughout Central Europe in the early 2000s. Following a major success with record-breaking single "Daylight in Your Eyes" and debut album ''Elle'ments'' in 2001, a series of hit records established their position as one of the most successful female band vocalists to emerge in the early-to mid decade. They have since been ranked as the "biggest-selling German girlband to date" by the media.[1]
Originally a quintet, the group eventually became a quartet, selling more than five million singles and albums until 2003,[1] — the same year the group announced their official disbandment due to "exhaustion"[3] and in favour of individual careers in music, theatre, television and film. However, on January 31 2007, it was confirmed that four members of the original line-up were set to record their first studio album in over four years and in April 2007 the band's fourth studio album, ''Destiny'' was released.
History
2000: Formation on ''Popstars''
Over the course of three months in fall 2000 more than 4,500 hopeful female singers attended open television auditions in Hamburg, Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Cologne, Oberhausen, Stuttgart and Munich to audition for the first installment of RTL 2’s ''Popstars'' talent show. Judged by Dutch entertainer Simone Angel, booker Mario M. Mendryzcki and Rainer Moslener, a director of A&R, thirty-two out of two hundred girls eventually made it from the local recall shows to Mallorca, Spain to get trained in singing, dancing, and fitness. While the judges continued eliminating two or three girls each day with the help of choreographer Detlef "D!" Soost, eleven finalists remained and were sent home to prepare.
In November 2000 Angel and Moslener visited each of them to reveal whether or not they had been selected for the band. In the end five girls made it into the band: Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo and Jessica Wahls. With the final members of the group in place, ''Popstars'' continued tracking the development and struggles of the new band - from then on known as the ''No Angels''.
2001: Commercial breakthrough with ''Elle'ments''
''Elle'ments'' (2001)
On March 12, 2001, the band released their debut album, ''Elle'ments''. German producers Thorsten Brötzmann, Leslie Mandoki, and Peter Ries consulted on the album, which — due to the sheer volume of interest in the group the album — sold more than 1.1 million copies worldwide, making it the biggest selling German album of 2000. ''Elle'ments'': Certifiactions database ''Elle'ments'' was eventually certified triple platinum and septuplicate gold by the IFPI Germany ''Elle'ments'': Certifiactions database and earned the band several internationally acclaimed prizes such as a Bambi, two ECHO Awards and a World Music Award.
Riding a wave of publicity and hype, the group followed their debut by quickly releasing "Rivers of Joy," a top 10-hit, and "There Must Be an Angel", a cover version of the 1985 hit by British pop duo Eurythmics that continued the group's remarkable sales by topping the charts once again in Austria, Brazil, Germany, and Luxembourg. The last release from ''Elle'ments'' was a double A-side of album cut "When the Angels Sing" and "Atlantis", a duet with the song's original performer Donovan which was limitedly used as theme song for Walt Disney's animated feature ''. Following this and two short engagements as the main opening act for the German leg of both DJ Bobo and Westlife's concert tours, the band announced their ''Rivers of Joy Tour'' with thirty dates which began on October 19, 2001 and ended on December 10 2001. "No Angels starten Tour" Nearly all of the shows of tour, among opened by the A
★ Teens, were reportedly sold out. "No Angels starten Tour"
2002: Career development on ''Now... Us!''
''Now ... Us!'' (2002)
After a short break from public the No Angels reunited in early 2002 to begin working on their second studio album.[4] Prepared to contribute own ideas and skills to guarantee a more personal album after fast-recorded ''Elle'ments'', each member of the group focused on writing lyrics and melodies on her own — a scheme that produced the album's media-critical lead single "Something about Us", the band's third non-consecutive number-one hit in Austria and Germany within a period of sixteen months.[4]
Producers and songwriters Mousse T, La Carr, Pontus Söderqvist, and Peter Ries consulted on ''Now... Us!'' which was released to generally mixed reception on June 24, 2002. Although most professional reviewers praised the band for the include of self-written material and a "less conventional" and more mature pop sound with "major influences of contemporary R&B and soul,"[6] others declared the album as "teen-pop" on "average level," calling it "dissembling ... cheesy and cliched," also sharply criticizing the cover songs on the album. However, the No Angels' second album became a major success: It debuted on top of the German albums chart, and at number 2 and 4 on the Austrian and Swiss albums chart respectively, and was eventually certified platinum and double gold by the IFPI. Further singles released from the album included summer-lite "Still in Love with You" and Mousse T-produced funk track "Let's Go to Bed", the band's first release not to enter German top-10.
In the course of a special concert at the Berlin Tränenpalast in October 2002, the No Angels soon followed with a DVD and CD entitled ''When the Angels Swing'' featuring their biggest hits and selected songs from their first two albums, done in the style of classic swing music. They also re-released ''Now ... Us!'' in a special ''Winter Edition'', including the band's next single "All Cried out", a cover by singer Alison Moyet. The song was released in two versions, one pop and one classical, and spawned two music videos to promote both the re-release and ''When the Angels Swing''.
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, the No Angels' management eventually decided on her departure since the group had successfully went on as a quartet.[7] While the singer instead accepted a record deal as solo artist, the band later noted Jessica's pregnancy "as the beginning of the end of the No Angels."[7]
2003: ''Pure'' before the break-up
''Pure'' (2003)
Further planned single releases off the album never materialised. On September 5, 2003[9] — after three years of touring and promotion, — the quartet announced that they would not come together for a new No Angels project in 2004 and instead were preparing their official disbandment towards the end of the year.[9] While the media began a never-ending speculation about the pro and contra of a "creative pause," the girls and their management arranged the cancellation of all dates of their scheduled 2004 ''Pure Acoustic Tour''.[11] Even so, the band agreed on releasing a final album, ''The Best of No Angels'', in December of the same year. Apart from a collection of all of the radio-ready singles the girls had released between the years of 2001-2003, the album also contained a reworked version of one of the debut album tracks, "Reason;" it was released as the band's last single before their split in November 2003 and became another top 10 success for the group.
After a farewell concert in the Munich Olympiahalle on November 28, several TV appearances, and a more private unplugged performance in the Munich ''P1'' club on December 12, 2003 the No Angels each went their separate ways, concentrating on their individual solo careers in music, theatre, television and film...
2006-present: Reunion on ''Destiny''
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''Destiny'' (2007)
Finally released on April 13, 2007, ''Destiny'' received a mixed reception from music critics, with most professional reviewers praising the quartet for their "unmistakable singing pleasure" and "strong vocal performance" on the album,[15] also citing the band's modern understanding of "solid pop music."[16] Others called the album a "well-produced comeback missing a big bang,"[17] with ''CDStarts'' and ''LAUT'' especially critizising the abundance of fillers on ''Destiny''[15] and the songwriters' tendency for semi-plagiarism on songs like "Been Here Before" and "Make a Change." [16] However, ''Destiny'' debuted at number 4 in Germany, number 14 in Austria and number 22 in Switzerland, making it the band's first regular studio album release not to reach the top position on the German ''Media Control'' Charts and the top 10 in Austria and Switzerland respectively. So far, it has spawned three singles with top 5-success "Goodbye to Yesterday," follow-up "Maybe," and a yet-to-be-relased double A-single, consisting of "Amaze Me" and a previously unreleased cover of Womack & Womack's "Teardrops."
Discography
Albums
★ ''Elle'ments'' (2001)
★ ''Now ... Us!'' (2002)
★ ''When the Angels Swing'' (2002)
★ ''Pure'' (2003)
★ ''The Best of No Angels'' (2003)
★ ''Acoustic Angels'' (2004)
★ ''Destiny'' (2007)
Singles
| Year | Title | Album | Chart positions | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | BRA | ||||||||
| 2001 | Daylight in Your Eyes" | ''Elle'ments'' | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| "Rivers of Joy" | 7 | 11 | 10 | - | |||||||
| "There Must Be an Angel" | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| "When the Angels Sing"/"Atlantis" | ''Elle'ments'' / ''Now ... Us!'' | 5 | 5 | 16 | - | ||||||
| 2002 | "Something about Us" | ''Now ... Us!'' | 1 | 1 | 11 | - | |||||
| "Still in Love with You" | 2 | 4 | 10 | - | |||||||
| "Let's Go to Bed" | 12 | 46 | - | - | |||||||
| "All Cried Out" | ''Now ... Us!'' / ''When the Angels Swing'' | 18 | 23 | 56 | - | ||||||
| 2003 | "No Angel (It's All in Your Mind)" | ''Pure'' | 1 | 10 | 46 | - | |||||
| "Someday" | 5 | 16 | 36 | - | |||||||
| "Feelgood Lies" | 3 | 12 | 29 | - | |||||||
| "Reason" | ''The Best of No Angels'' | 9 | 12 | 28 | - | ||||||
| 2007 | "Goodbye to Yesterday" | ''Destiny'' | 4 | 21 | 16 | - | |||||
| "Maybe" | 36 | 62 | - | - | |||||||
| "Amaze Me"/"Teardrops" | |||||||||||
Tours
★ ''Rivers of Joy Tour'' (2001)
★ ''Four Seasons Tour'' (2002)
★ ''TBA'' (2008)
Awards
2001
★ Bambi - "Pop National"
★ Bravo Otto (Gold) - "Superband Pop"
★ Comet - "Best Act National"
★ Eins Live Krone - "Best Newcomer"
★ Top of the Pops Award - "Top Single Germany"
2002
★ Bravo Otto (Gold) - "Superband Pop"
★ Comet - "Act National"
★ ECHO - "Best National Group - Rock/Pop"
★ ECHO - "Best National Single - Rock/Pop"
★ Eins Live Krone - "Best Band"
★ World Music Awards - "Best-selling German Act"
2003
★ Bravo Otto (Silver) - "Superband Pop"
★ Comet - "Band National"
★ ECHO - "Best National Videoclip"
★ Eins Live Krone - "Best Single"
★ Goldene Kamera - "Best Band"
2007
★ Golden Lion - "Best Comeback"
Notes and references
1. "BLITZ Spezial über die No Angels"
2. "BLITZ Spezial über die No Angels"
3. "No Angels - Popband"
4. ''Now... Us!''
5. ''Now... Us!''
6. Review of ''Now... Us!''. ''LAUT.de''. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
7. "WE LOVE No Angels" documentation. ''PRO Sieben''. Retrieved on 2007 April 14.
8. "WE LOVE No Angels" documentation. ''PRO Sieben''. Retrieved on 2007 April 14.
9. "No Angels vor dem Aus?"
10. "No Angels vor dem Aus?"
11. "''Pure''-Tour definitiv abgesagt"
12. No Angels @ ''Viva Live''
13. No Angels @ ''Viva Live''
14. Alles über "No Angels"
15. "No Angels - Destiny"
16. "''Destiny'' review"
17. "CD-Kritiken"
18. "No Angels - Destiny"
19. "''Destiny'' review"
External links
★ No Angels (Official website)
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