Mis-Teeq
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{{Infobox_band
| band_name = Mis-Teeq
| image = Image:Mis-teeq.jpg
| years_active = 2001-2005
| country = United Kingdom
| music_genre = Garage / R&B
| record_label = Warner Music
Telstar Records
Reprise Records
| current_members = Alesha Dixon
Su-Elise Nash
Sabrina Washington
| past_members = Zena McNally
}}
Mis-Teeq was a British R&B group. Originally a quartet, the group eventually became a trio, whose members were Alesha Dixon, Su-Elise Nash and Sabrina Washington. They released two studio albums and nine singles together. In January 2005 they announced their official split, instead pursuing solo careers in music and film.
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Career
From their first album, "Lickin' On Both Sides" (2001) which peaked at number three in the UK albums chart in 2001, they released five singles in the UK, all of which entered the UK singles chart in the top ten ("Why?" number eight in 2001, "All I Want" number two in 2001, "One Night Stand" number five in 2001, "B With Me" number five in 2002 and "Roll On/This Is How We Do It" number seven in 2002). All but the first also had success in Australia, on the Australian ARIAnet singles chart, the first three of them making the top thirty, and the other going top fifty.
Their second album, "Eye Candy" (2003) peaked at number six in the UK, and three singles were released from it. Two of them made the UK top ten and the other made top twenty ("Scandalous" number two in 2003, "Can't Get It Back" number eight in 2003 and "Style" number thirteen in 2003). They also had their first top ten single in Australia, with "Scandalous".
They slammed Victoria Beckham, claiming that Telstar Records, the record label they both shared, spent too much money on her and focussed on her music career over other the artists on the label, including Craig David. Beckham did not achieve the success the label had expected, and this led to the bankruptcy and collapse of the label.
"Scandalous" was released in the U.S. in May 2004, and made number thirty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in June, under another label Reprise. The song was featured on the soundtrack of commercial flop movie 'Catwoman', starring Halle Berry.
After the announcement of their split in 2005, they released a compilation album, Greatest Hits, containing a new track, a cover of The Andrews Sisters 1940s song "Shoo Shoo Baby", and they were awarded a 2005 Soul Train Lady of Soul Nomination for Best R&B/Soul Album - Group, Band or Duo for their album "Mis-Teeq".
Discography
Albums
- 2001: Lickin' On Both Sides #3 UK
- 2003: Eye Candy #6 UK
- 2005: Greatest Hits #28 UK
Singles
Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK Singles | US Hot 100 | US Hot Dance | AUS Singles | |||
2001 | "Why?" | #8 | - | - | - | Lickin' On Both Sides |
2001 | "All I Want" | #2 | - | - | #31 | Lickin' On Both Sides |
2001 | "One Night Stand" | #3 | - | #4 | #26 | Lickin' On Both Sides |
2002 | "B With Me" | #5 | - | - | #19 | Lickin' On Both Sides |
2002 | "Roll On / This Is How We Do It" | #7 | - | - | - | Lickin' On Both Sides (Re-release) |
2003 | "Scandalous" | #2 | #35 | #7 | #9 | Eye Candy |
2003 | "Can't Get It Back" | #8 | - | - | - | Eye Candy |
2003 | "Style" | #13 | - | - | - | Eye Candy (Re-release) |
External links
References
- 2005 Lady of Soul Awards
- Mis-Teeq: Posh Spice ruined our record label Contactmusic.com, 20 May, 2004.de:Mis-Teeq