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}} ''Living for the Weekend'' is the fourth studio album by English-Irish girl group The Saturdays. It was released in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2013, by Fascination Records and its associated record labels. ''Living for the Weekend'' was recorded between 2011 and 2013 in Los Angeles, London and New York. Longtime collaborator Steve Mac returned to work on the album, as well as enlisting a wide range of new producers and writers including Rodney Jerkins, Autumn Rowe, Diane Warren, Carl Ryden, DNA Songs, David Schuler, Priscilla Renea, Camille Purcell, Jim Jonsin and many more. The album was preceded by their first US release, an EP called ''Chasing The Saturdays''. ''Living for the Weekend'' is prominently pop-oriented that incorporates elements of R&B, dance, and house. Reggae artist Sean Paul is the only guest vocalist on the album. The band said that they were "overwhelmed" with working with the people they had the chance to get to work with on ''Living for the Weekend''. In support of the EP and album, the group also starred in their own reality television show, ''Chasing The Saturdays'', to introduce them to an American audience in support with Mercury Records. "30 Days" was announced as the album's lead single and was released on 11 May 2012 and debuted at number seven on the UK Singles Chart. The second single from the album, "What About Us", was released in December 2012 and acted as the band's first international release. It was then released on 17 March 2013 in the United Kingdom and it debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming The Saturdays first #1 single. "Gentleman" was released as the third single from the album in June 2013 and a fourth, "Disco Love" in October 2013, where it debuted at number five on the UK Singles Chart. The album received mostly mixed reviews from critics; some pointed out that the album had a "lack of personality".〔 Many critics thought the latter part of the album was not as strong as the first half.〔 Upon release, debuted at number ten on the UK Albums Chart, giving The Saturdays their fourth top-ten album in the UK. It also debuted at number 16 on the Irish Albums Chart, making it the band's second top-twenty album in Ireland. == Background == In late October 2012, it was revealed to the public that The Saturdays were in talks to feature in their own reality television programme.〔(E! Greenlights Series Following British Pop Group The Saturdays ) ''Multichannel News'', 29 October 2012〕 Although, they had already done this previously with ''The Saturdays: 24/7'' broadcast through ''ITV2''. It was later revealed that American television network, ''E!'' were interested in showing their show programme.〔 It was announced that they did sign a contract with the network and ''Chasing The Saturdays'' would be broadcast through ''E!'' internationally.〔 It was later revealed that the band had signed a joint record deal with Island Def Jam Records and Mercury Records. The joint deal would enable the group to release future material internationally mainly the United States and Canada.〔 While the band were filming their reality television in America the band began working on new music and collaborating with a number of producers.〔 Rodney Jerkins, who is known as "Darkchild" was revealed to be included in the band's fourth studio album. He is known for producing hits for Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Whitney Houston and Justin Bieber and others. Diane Warren was revealed to be working on the album.〔 It was said by Frankie Sandford that the band were afraid to try and crack America due to the band having constant success in their native, England and Ireland.〔 She said: "Nowadays, luckily, () people are a lot more open to their favorite acts going to America. It used to be a little bit like, 'They're leaving us! They're going to the U.S. and they're never coming back!' People seem a little more accepting of that now."〔 Many fans speculated that the album would be the band's last after Healy, Humes and Sandford all became mothers, but the band denied it and claimed they have been plans for the future including touring. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Living for the Weekend (The Saturdays album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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