Sugar Jones
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Sugar Jones | |
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| Origin | Canada |
| Genres | Pop, R&B |
| Years active | 2001–2002 |
| Labels | Lone Eagle Entertainment, Universal |
| Associated acts | Toya Alexis |
| Members | Mirella Dell'Aquila Julie Crochetière Andrea Henry Sahara MacDonald 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 gaining fair amount of airplay on Canadian Radio throughout 2001. Sugar Jones studio album was recorded at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario. After mostly local Canadian success, the band eventually disbanded just the following year, in the Spring of 2002.
Members were as follows:
Sahara MacDonald (b. Jun. 19, 1977)
Andrea Henry (b. Dec. 14, 1978)
Julie Crochetière (b. Jul. 10, 1980)
Maiko Watson (b. Apr. 29, 1981)
Mirella Dell'Aquila (b. Nov. 26, 1981)
After disbanding, each member pursued various interests, with Julie and Andrea both releasing solo albums in 2008.
Sahara MacDonald released an album independently and starred in several theatre productions, including Toronto's production of We Will Rock You. She is now a yoga instructor.
Maiko Watson went on to marry fellow Canadian R&B/Soul artist, Remy Shand, in 2002 before divorcing in 2006. She released her debut album in 2009 and has since remarried.
Mirella became a teacher at West Island College in her hometown of Montreal and is married to Anthony De Luca, with whom she has two sons. She is still somewhat active in music, mostly live performance, and is currently working in the hotel industry.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | |||||||||
| Sugar Jones |
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2 | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | ||||||||||||||
| 2001 | "Days Like That" | 2 | Sugar Jones | |||||||||||
| "How Much Longer" | — | |||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||||||||||
References[]
External links[]
- Julie Crochetière Official site
- Julie Crochetière Official Myspace
- Andrea Henry Official Myspace
- Sahara MacDonald Official Myspace
- Maiko Watson Official site
- Canadian pop music groups
- Canadian contemporary R&B musical groups
- Canadian girl groups
- Musical groups established in 2001
- Musical groups disestablished in 2002
- Popstars winners