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Steps

Steps is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Sunscreem, Bananarama, Bee Gees, ABBA and Tina Cousins. Those roots explain a lot about how Steps arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Rachel Stevens, Alexandra Burke, A*Teens, All Saints and Will Young, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Britney Spears, A1, Backstreet Boys, Tom Aspaul and Tina Cousins, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Steps, reaching back through Sunscreem and forward to Britney Spears. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Steps are a British dance-pop group consisting of Lee Latchford-Evans, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee, Faye Tozer and Ian "H" Watkins. They were formed in 1997 and achieved two number-one albums in the UK, 14 consecutive UK top-5 singles including two number ones. The group has sold over 22 million records worldwide, 15 million albums worldwide. In-addition to earning a BRIT Award nomination in 1999, for Best Newcomer, the group would be an opening support act for Britney Spears on her debut American tour the same year. When Richards and Watkins departed to form a recording duo, the group disbanded, on 26 December 2001 (officially). Their penultimate single reached No. 5 on the UK charts, while their final album of greatest hits, Gold (2001), was the group's second No. 1 album in the UK.

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StepsSunscreemBananaramaBee GeesABBATina CousinsCleopatraB*WitchedRicky MartinBritney SpearsA1Backstreet BoysTom AspaulTina CousinsRachel StevensAlexandra BurkeA*TeensAll SaintsWill YoungHoneyzSpice GirlsCheryl

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Steps connections

Steps grew out of Sunscreem, Bananarama, Bee Gees and ABBA, shares an orbit with Rachel Stevens, Alexandra Burke, A*Teens and All Saints, went on to shape Britney Spears, A1, Backstreet Boys and Tom Aspaul. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Steps

Roots13

Sounds and acts that shaped Steps.

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