Appleton (duo)
Canadian musical duo
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Appleton is a Canadian-British musical duo composed of sisters Natalie and Nicole Appleton. The sisters are better known as members of the girl group All Saints.[1]
Appleton | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre | Pop |
| Years active | 2002–2005 · 2025–present |
| Label | Polydor |
| Spinoff of | All Saints |
| Members | |
Career
In 2002, after All Saints disbanded, Natalie and Nicole formed the duo Appleton and signed with Polydor.[2] In September 2002, they released their first single "Fantasy", written with Andy Hayman and Gareth Young,[3] which reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.[4] Their autobiography, Together, came out in October 2002. It was stated that director David Slade announced he would direct the autobiographical book into a film, but that has yet to happen.[citation needed] In 2003, they had two more hits with "Don't Worry" and "Everything Eventually" and the album, Everything's Eventual which went Silver in the UK.[5]
In 2004, they left Polydor and signed with Concept Music. Their second album was cancelled after All Saints briefly reformed in 2006.
In 2025, the sisters returned to the studio as Appleton for new music. It was Nicole's son, Gene, who made the initial suggestion. "I remember one day Gene said to me, 'Mum, why don't you just go back into the studio with Auntie Nat?'", Nicole told Rolling Stone UK. "[Our kids] are our harshest critics and if they didn't think it was a good idea, they would have said, 'nah!'", Natalie added. "They're massive fans and I think they thought we should've maybe thought more of ourselves and they just gave us that little nudge to give it a go."[6]
In 2026, they released "Falling into You", their first single in 23 years.[7] The song was co-written with Gareth Young, who also wrote "Fantasy".[8] They performed it with the BBC Concert Orchestra as part of BBC Radio 2's Piano Room.[9]
On September 4th 2026 the duo released an EP, “Side By Side”.[10]
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [11] |
AUS [16] |
BEL [17] |
EUR [18] |
IRE [19] |
ITA [20] |
NL [21] |
SCO [13] |
SWI [22] | ||||||
| "Fantasy" | 2002 | 2 | 56 | 57 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 65 | 2 | 39 | Everything's Eventual | |||
| "Don't Worry" | 2003 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 95 | 6 | 89 | ||||
| "Everything Eventually" | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | |||||
| "Falling into You" | 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Side By Side | |||
| "Ready to Begin" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||