[1] Original members were Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens.

They had commercial success with songs including "Bring It All Back", "You're My Number One", "Two in a Million", "S Club Party", "Reach", "Natural", "Never Had a Dream Come True", "Don't Stop Movin'", "You", "Have You Ever", "Alive", and "Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You".

[4] He described S Club 7 as a continuation of ideas he had had for the Spice Girls, but with a softer, more uplifting image and the same songwriting team was used for both acts.

[7] Both Jo O'Meara and Paul Cattermole were spotted by producers from Fuller's company, 19 Management, and asked to audition.

[8] According to journalist Steven Poole, after Fuller's disagreements with the Spice Girls, he picked "the blandest, most malleable characters ... nice kids who wouldn't answer back".

McIntosh, in a December 2012 interview, said a lot of Fuller's success has been based on the number 19 (owning 19 Entertainment); therefore as "S" is the 19th letter of the alphabet, the "S" was put into S Club 7.

[13] S Club 7 rose to fame in a children's television series, Miami 7, first broadcast on CBBC between April and July 1999.

[21] That October, S Club 7 launched the annual Poppy Appeal campaign with Dame Thora Hird.

[35] In November 2000, S Club 7 recorded the ballad "Never Had a Dream Come True", the year's official song for the Children in Need charity campaign, which became a number one in the UK and a top-ten hit in the US.

The lead single, "Don't Stop Movin'", released in April 2001, marked a more sophisticated sound, likened to the 1983 Michael Jackson song "Billie Jean".

[37] It won The Record of the Year[38] and earned S Club 7 their second BRIT Award, this time for best British single.

[43][44] BT and Cadbury, who had sponsorship deals with S Club 7, said they were "disappointed" but kept their contracts with the group,[43] while the Quaker Oats Company ended talks with 19 Entertainment.

[46][47] PMS, a merchandising company, sued the group for £800,000, claiming that the drugs scandal ruined its sales.

[8] Once the tour was over, the group flew to the United States to film the third series of their television show Hollywood 7.

The performance on the night featured many primary school children who had pre-recorded their own versions of the chorus, including the first television appearance by S Club Juniors.

[21] The group was disappointed by the choice of single, as they had hoped to continue the more contemporary sound established by "Don't Stop Movin'".

His final concert before his departure was Party at the Palace, part of Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations.

[59][60] In April 2003, S Club released their first feature film, Seeing Double, a children's fantasy, in which the group fought the evil scientist Victor Gaghan in his quest to clone the world's pop stars.

The group members travelled economy on flights and prepared their own food and laundry when working abroad.

Spearritt's parents reportedly hired lawyers to collect payments owed to them by Fuller and his management company.

[70] In January 2007, O'Meara joined the fifth series of the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, broadcast on Channel 4.

[73] In 2008, O'Meara, Cattermole and McIntosh began performing at British nightclubs, universities and holiday camps as S Club 3, joined occasionally by other former members.

[84][63] She said that people wrongly assumed the members of S Club 7 were millionaires, and that they had not been on a good wage compared to the modern music industry.

[88][89] Following his death, Best: The Greatest Hits of S Club 7 reached number seven on the Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100.

[100][101] The Good Times Tour began on 12 October at the Manchester Arena, with the group paying tribute to Cattermole.

[108][109][110] On 7 March 2024, a new version of the song, "Good Times" featuring McIntosh and Lee on lead vocals, was released on digital platforms in honour of Cattermole's birthday.

Although the band were to progressively change their style over the four years they were together, even their first album had many tracks atypical of the pop genre: "You're My Number One" and "Everybody Wants Ya" were Motown-driven, whereas "Viva La Fiesta" and "It's a Feel Good Thing" were both bouncy, salsa-driven Latino songs.

After the departure of Cattermole, S Club released their fourth and final album, Seeing Double, including the single "Alive", which was called a power-packed dance floor filler.