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Steps received some criticism for their tendency to cover other bands' tracks rather than develop original scores. More seriously, Lee Latchford Evans was criticised for the following allegedly racist remarks in an interview: "Foreign people and people from ethnic minorities should all go home so that there can be more jobs for proper English people." Steps responded that the quote was taken out of context.In 2001, following their shock Boxing Day split, the group were heavily criticised by their own fans. Many UK tabloid papers published the fans' disgust on their frontpages, displaying quotes taken from Steps messageboards. After the group spent much of 2001 strongly dismissing claims of a split, fans were furious and accused the group of capitalising off the success of a host of merchandise released in the lucrative pre-Christmas market. Although it has since come to light that both H and Claire left the group on the last night of the Steps "Gold: Greatest Hits" tour.

After split

• ''Step One'' (Jive/Sony-BMG1998) #2 UK
  
  
• ''Steptacular'' (Jive/Sony-BMG1999) #1 UK
  
  
• ''Buzz'' (Jive/Sony-BMG2000) #4 UK
  
  
• ''Gold - The Greatest Hits'' (Jive Sony-BMG2001) #1 UK
  
  
• ''The Last Dance'' (Jive Sony-BMG2002) #50 UK===Singles===
  
  
• "5, 6, 7, 8" (1997) #14 UK, #1 Australia
  
  
• "Last Thing On My Mind" (1998) #6 UK, #6 Australia
  
  
• "One For Sorrow" (1998) #2 UK, #15 Australia
  
  
• "Heartbeat"/"Tragedy" (1998) #1 UK, #9 Australia
  
  
• "Better Best Forgotten" (1998) #2 UK
  
  
• "Thank ABBA For The Music" (with Tina Cousins, Cleopatra, B*Witched and Billie) (1999) #4 UK
  
  
• "Love's Got A Hold On My Heart" (1999) #2 UK, #25 Australia
  
  
• "After The Love Has Gone" (1999) #5 UK, #29 Australia
  
  
• "Say You'll Be Mine"/"Better The Devil You Know" (1999) #4 UK, #20 Australia
  
  
• "Deeper Shade Of Blue" (2000) #4 UK
  
  
• "When I Said Goodbye"/"Summer Of Love" (2000) #5 UK
  
  
• "Stomp" (2000) #1 UK
  
  
• "It's The Way You Make Me Feel"/"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (2001) #2 UK
  
  
• "Here And Now"/"You'll Be Sorry" (2001) #4 UK
  
  
• "Chain Reaction"/"One For Sorrow" (2001) #2 UK, #42 Australia
  
  
• "Words Are Not Enough"/"I Know Him So Well" (2001) #5 UK
  
  
• "Baby Don't Dance" (2002) Release Cancelled
  
  

In total Steps have sold over 25 million records, including 15 million albums worldwide.Category:British musical groups