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In March 2002, Hear'Say cancelled their planned arena tour to allow Shentall time to "settle in" to the group. Hear'Say's popularity had been eclipsed by that of Liberty X, a band composed of the five other finalists of Popstars. Many critics noted that the song had a distinct resemblance to Oasis's " All Around the World" and All Saints' " Never Ever". The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Following the disappointing sales of the single, it was thought that they would be dropped by the label, though no official word came from Polydor.

Bob Marley gave the songwriting credit for "No Woman No Cry" to his friend Vincent Ford, who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, the area of Kingston where Marley grew up. With the release of their debut album Popstars, Hear'Say became the first act in UK chart history to simultaneously top the UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart with their debut releases. Popstars sold 306,631 copies in its first week, breaking yet another record for fastest-selling debut album. The audition process was televised in segments of This Morning, an ITV daily morning show, mirroring the procedure during which the original members of Hear'Say were chosen.Lovin' Is Easy", the group's only single to be released with Shentall, failed to make a commercial impact.

The group, who were signed to Polydor Records, originally consisted of Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, and Noel Sullivan.

Their record was beaten a year later by Will Young, the first UK Pop Idol, with his debut single "Anything Is Possible/Evergreen," which sold over 1 million in its first week.