Posted November 24, 2024Nov 24 Awards • Brit Award 1999 - Best selling live act of ‘99. • TMF Award (Flanders) 1999 - Best Pop international. • British LGBT Award 2022 - Music artist. Charts • 15 UK top 10 hits, including 2 #1’s • 9 UK album top 5 hits, including 4 #1’s. • The first British, mixed-gender group to achieve four number 1 albums in four different decades (on the UK album chart). • 12 Flemish top 50 hits, including 2 #1’s. • 4 Flemish album top 20 hits, including 1 #1. • Last thing on my mind spending 10 consecutive weeks at #1 on the Flemish chart. • 5,6,7,8 was their first #1 (Australia). • Global #1’s: 5,6,7,8 (Australia), Last thing on my mind (Belgium Flanders), One for sorrow (Belgium Flanders), Heartbeat/Tragedy (NZ) and Step one (Belgium Flanders). Sales/certifications • Single certifications UK: 8 silver, 4 gold, 1 platinum and 1 double platinum. • 4.8 million certified UK single sales. • Album certifications UK: 2 silver, 2 gold, 1 platinum, 1 double platinum, 2 quadruble and 1 quintuble platinum. • 5.12 million certified UK album sales. • 5,6,7,8 and Heartbeat/Tragedy selling more then 1 million copies worldwide. • Step one selling 2.5 million copies worldwide. Other accomplishments • A Steps musical. Edited December 14, 2024Dec 14 by Lee_his_cheeks
November 24, 2024Nov 24 Author I want to make a list of some of Steps biggest accomplishments, so here we go :cheer: More coming soon and updates/corrections are welcome! Edited November 24, 2024Nov 24 by Lee_his_cheeks
November 25, 2024Nov 25 Would it be worth adding this to the charts section? 5,6,7,8 becoming Steps first #1 single. Reaching #1 in Australia.
November 27, 2024Nov 27 Author Merci :) Definitely and added :) Does anyone have concrete feats about their tours btw?
November 27, 2024Nov 27 Such a shame they only won one Brit Award - I am sure there were allegations of voter fraud for Breakthrough Act in 1999 (a large number of votes for Belle & Sebastian came from one location, or something to that effect)
November 27, 2024Nov 27 Author Yup! They definitely deserved ‘Best newcomer’ if you ask me. Still, the history books show us something different and I think the fraude hasn’t been proved 100%?
November 28, 2024Nov 28 Nearly all the votes came from one university campus somewhere... definitely rigged. :lol: That is why they got a made up award the following year to make up for it, they wouldn't have gotten the follow up one had they won the Best Newcomer.
December 8, 2024Dec 8 Definitly something was a miss with the Belle & Sebastian vote that year, nothing was ever 100% confirmed but it was pretty much 99%.
December 9, 2024Dec 9 Author I see and shame they didn’t investigate it more? Overall, I think Steps are worthy of some more awards if you ask me.
December 13, 2024Dec 13 I feel like the music industry at large is snobby to Steps, sadly! Not just then, but sadly still now. I felt that this was evident in the recent Radio 2 "best British groups" poll, a long list of groups and Steps weren't included. Fairly sure they have to be one of the UK's best selling acts not to have been included.
December 14, 2024Dec 14 That just snobbery as Steps are easily up there as a big seller. Poor Steps, they are truly a great group for what they are which is a pure pop group. Not just the sales, the many top 5s but also the tours which they continue to sell even to this day.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Steps had the last laugh really as many artists heavily awarded by Brits went on to much less success than them.
December 15, 2024Dec 15 Their biggest accomplishment was overcoming their differences and healing the rift to reform and deliver some amazing songs, albums and tours.
December 17, 2024Dec 17 Author Their biggest accomplishment was overcoming their differences and healing the rift to reform and deliver some amazing songs, albums and tours. Amen to this :heart:
