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Steps were a pop group that achieved a series of charted singles between 1997 and 2001. Their name was based on a simple marketing gimmick: each of their music videos were choreographed, and the dance steps were included with most of their single releases. Steps formed on 7 May 1997 and disbanded on 26 December 2001. In total Steps sold over 25 million records, including 15 million albums, worldwide.
Since Steps split on 26 December 2001, Tozer has only returned to the pop charts once, duetting with Russell Watson, whom she met at a BBC Proms In The Park concert in 2001. Their UK single Someone Like You charted at #10 in May 2002 and she joined him on his extensive UK tour around the same time. In July 2006, Tozer was featured as a guest vocalist for Plastic Cinema for 2 songs: Take Me Under and Any Minute Now.
Ever since Steps' break-up, rumours had circulated that they would reunite in one form or another. In 2009, Lee Latchford-Evans revealed that the band had been approached to perform a series of concerts. He hinted that a future reunion was possible, but that "it isn't the right time right now". In September 2011 Steps said in an interview with Digital Spy that they believed there is a gap in the market for their brand of "happy pop". Steps released their Ultimate Collection on 10 October 2011 which became the band's third number one album. Later, the announcement of a nationwide area tour was confirmed for 2012, followed with a possibility of a new studio album.
In Steps, Tozer was known for her long and short dreadlocks and her curly hair.
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