Singing: you can't fault them on lung-power, though none of their voices are very distinctive. Perhaps this isn't a bad thing, especially if you are in a group and your voice has to harmonise with other voices? Anyway, I think their voices are lovely. 9 Consistency: this week I'm using this category to mean 'consistently GOOD', which they really aren't. I only really love one in four of their singles, the rest are kind of average. Get better songwriters, girls! 3 H0ttness: Heidi would score them a ten even if the others were totally minging (which they obviously aren't). 10. Dancing Skills/Visuals: OK they are SHITE at dancing but to be fair, they know this and generally don't bother apart from the odd sechsy wiggle. But still, AMELLE PUT YOUR BUM AWAY it just looks so weird when she sticks it out like that. They usually have good videos though - Push The Button is kind of awesomely simple. Hmm: 6 Chart Success: six number ones, eight other top ten hits and another 7 top 40 hits. That's pretty good going out of five albums! But Girls Aloud have had seventeen top ten hits. 9 Extra-curricular: Siobhan Donaghy is doing a play. The fact that I had to wikipedia that earns them a mere 2. Party Animal: They quite like going out on the piss, don't they? Heheheh on that wiki entry for Siobhan, she says: "It's alright to drink when you're DJ'ing. I managed to put away half a bottle of vodka last time I was doing it. Also, only try to mix house tunes and don't bother mixing anything else. And you must dance to the records you're playing." A solid 7 there. Eccentricity: They seem quite sane, don't they? Mutya was definitely the Source Of Mentalness within the group. 3, for continued services to the body glitter industry. Legacy: Difficult, this - I'd say they have pretty good saturation in the public mind, everyone knows who the Sugababes are. And it's 'cool' for Jo Whiley to like them. But have they inspired anyone to start a singing troupe? A generous 7.
My scores explained
Consistency: this week I'm using this category to mean 'consistently GOOD', which they really aren't. I only really love one in four of their singles, the rest are kind of average. Get better songwriters, girls! 3
H0ttness: Heidi would score them a ten even if the others were totally minging (which they obviously aren't). 10.
Dancing Skills/Visuals: OK they are SHITE at dancing but to be fair, they know this and generally don't bother apart from the odd sechsy wiggle. But still, AMELLE PUT YOUR BUM AWAY it just looks so weird when she sticks it out like that. They usually have good videos though - Push The Button is kind of awesomely simple. Hmm: 6
Chart Success: six number ones, eight other top ten hits and another 7 top 40 hits. That's pretty good going out of five albums! But Girls Aloud have had seventeen top ten hits. 9
Extra-curricular: Siobhan Donaghy is doing a play. The fact that I had to wikipedia that earns them a mere 2.
Party Animal: They quite like going out on the piss, don't they? Heheheh on that wiki entry for Siobhan, she says: "It's alright to drink when you're DJ'ing. I managed to put away half a bottle of vodka last time I was doing it. Also, only try to mix house tunes and don't bother mixing anything else. And you must dance to the records you're playing." A solid 7 there.
Eccentricity: They seem quite sane, don't they? Mutya was definitely the Source Of Mentalness within the group. 3, for continued services to the body glitter industry.
Legacy: Difficult, this - I'd say they have pretty good saturation in the public mind, everyone knows who the Sugababes are. And it's 'cool' for Jo Whiley to like them. But have they inspired anyone to start a singing troupe? A generous 7.