{{Short description|Canadian girl group}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Sugar Jones | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = Pop, R&B | years_active = 2000&ndash;2003 | label = Lone Eagle Entertainment, Universal | website = | current_members = Mirella Dell'Aquila<br />Julie Crochetière<br />Andrea Henry<br />Sahara MacDonald<br />Maiko Watson }} '''Sugar Jones''' was a Canadian all-female pop group created on the first season of the Canadian version of ''Popstars'' in 2001. It consisted of five members chosen from thousands of contestants who auditioned all over Canada in hopes of gaining a spot in the group. In 2001, they released their debut and only album, which was self-titled, in the summer of 2001, that featured the singles "Days Like That" (a cover of the Fierce song) and "How Much Longer", both which were hits on Canadian radio in 2001. Sugar Jones studio album was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario. After mostly local Canadian success, the group set their sights for the UK market. However, this venture saw little to no success, and Sugar Jones would ultimately disband in 2003.

==History== Sugar Jones was formed on the television show ''Popstars''. The show had 4,000 entrees that was narrowed down to 75. After two call-backs, it was narrowed down to 25 members. The final winners were Maiko Watson, Sahara MacDonald, Andrea Henry, Julie Crochetière, and Mirella Dell'Aquila. The members of the group moved to Toronto in October 2000 to live in an apartment together, while the show only began airing in February 2001. The members had to hide and not be seen together to avoid spoiling the results of the program.<ref name="KWS">{{cite news|newspaper=The Kingston Whig-Standard|title=Sugar Jones jams at the Grand|last=Burliuk|first=Greg|p=26|date=January 24, 2002|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kingston-whig-standard/161067119/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

The group's debut single was "Days Like That", which peaked at No. 7 on Canada's Contemporary Hit Radio chart.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407223203/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2001.pdf|archivedate=April 7, 2005|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2001.pdf|title=Cross Canada Countdown|website=CrossCanadaCountdown.com|accessdate=December 22, 2024}}</ref> Their second single, "How Much Longer", peaked at No. 5 on Canada's Airplay chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticscanada.com:80/JamMusicCharts/BDS_1.html|title=The Hits Charts (Airplay): Top 100 singles | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010926023250/http://www.athleticscanada.com:80/JamMusicCharts/BDS_1.html | archive-date=2001-09-26}}</ref> Their debut album went platinum in Canada.<ref name="KWS" />

In 2002, Maiko Watson left Sugar Jones to sing backup for her then husband, musician Remy Shand, and the group continued as a foursome.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamshowbiz.com/JamColumnBliss/mar12_bliss-can.html|title=Sugar Jones to tour as foursome|date=March 12, 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040404160525/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamColumnBliss/mar12_bliss-can.html|archive-date=2004-04-04}}</ref>

The group had disbanded by 2003.<ref name="THS">{{cite news|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|title=Still Sweet without Sugar|last=Rockingham|first=Graham|p=D7|date=July 10, 2003|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-sugar-jones-break/161068740/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certifications |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! style="width:45px;"| CAN |- ! scope="row"| ''Sugar Jones'' | * Release date: June 26, 2001 * Label: Universal Music Group, Envy Music Ltd UK * Formats: CD | 2 | * MC: Platinum<ref name="MC">{{Cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?fwp_gp_search=sugar%20jones|title=Gold/Platinum}}</ref> |- | colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="35"| CAN |- | rowspan=2| 2001 | align="left"| "Days Like That" | 1 | align="left" rowspan="2"| ''Sugar Jones'' |- | align="left"| "How Much Longer" | 5 |- | colspan="15" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.myspace.com/juliecmusic Julie Crochetière] Official Myspace *[http://www.myspace.com/saharamacdonald Sahara MacDonald] Official Myspace

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Category:Canadian pop music groups Category:Canadian contemporary R&B musical groups Category:Canadian girl groups Category:Musical groups established in 2001 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2003 Category:Popstars winners