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Pop After several elimination rounds, Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, Vanessa Petruo and Jessica Wahls were chosen, and signed a recording contract with Cheyenne Records. The album received comparisons to artists such as Britney Spears, Destiny's Child, and the Spice Girls. Parts of the recording sessions were tracked for the final episodes of Popstars, particularly the vocal recording of "Daylight in Your Eyes", "When the Angels Sing" and the leftover track "So Wanna Be with You". was produced by Thorsten Brötzmann. the "exhilarating production" features an "anthemic chorus". Cheyenne Records executives believed that the first single should be "Go Ahead and Take It", which had previously been promoted during the Popstars re call sessions on Mallorca, the song went gold within twenty four hours in Germany and sold more than 500,000 copies within its first week of release. "Daylight in Your Eyes" peaked at number one on the German, Austrian and Swiss Singles and Airplay Charts, while also reaching the top of the Estonian Singles Chart. "Rivers of Joy" was released as the album's second single on 30 April 2001. The gospel tinged dance pop track became the group's second top ten single in Germany and Switzerland but was significantly less successful than "Daylight in Your Eyes" and ended its chart run as Elle'mentss lowest selling single. "There Must Be an Angel", a cover version of the 1985 song by British musical duo Eurythmics, was released as the third single from Elle'ments which was reissued on 1 October 2001. An instant smash, it debuted at number one on the German Singles Chart and also went gold in Germany and Switzerland. The mid tempo ballad "When the Angels Sing" was released as album's fourth and final single on a double A side along with a duet with Scottish singer Donovan on a re recording of his 1968 song "Atlantis", the theme song for Walt Disney's animated feature Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001). Released on 19 November 2001, the single peaked at number five on the Austrian and German Singles Chart. Der Spiegel called the songs "professionally arranged ready made goods". In their review of the Special Winter reissue of the album, the editorial department of German television network ProSieben wrote: "Even the reissue of Elle'ments can't hide the fact that the rest of the girls' repertoire lacks the quality of their singles 'Daylight In Your Eyes', 'Rivers of Joy' and 'There Must Be an Angel'. Without a recognizable style of their own, without a recognizable line of their own, Elle'ments offers a collection of well made pop songs, which unfortunately all too often fall back on tried, tested and well known knitting patterns." As with Dobler, the staff compared the material to Britney Spears, the Spice Girls and Toni Braxton and concluded: "If you don't mind No Angels' lack of independence, Elle'ments undoubtedly offers a nice best of pop album [ ] But if you look for authenticity and uniqueness, you are knocking at the wrong door."

In March 2001, No Angels released Elle'ments in German speaking Europe where it became an unprecedented success due to the sheer volume of interest in the group. In Germany, Elle'ments peaked at number one for three consecutive weeks in which it passed the sales mark of 500,000 units. Following the release of its Special Winter Edition in October, Elle'ments re entered the top ten at number seven. In total, the album spent 74 consecutive weeks within the top 100 of the German Albums Chart and was eventually certified triple platinum and 7× Gold by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for domestic sales in excess of 1.05 million copies. It was certified platinum by IFPI Austria, indicating sales in excess of 40,000 units, and peaked at number five in its third week of release. Altogether, the album became the 41st biggest selling album of 2001 in Europe – the only entry for any international Popstars winner that year – and was certified platinum by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of one million copies.

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Elle'ments.

+ Elle'ments release history Region Date Edition(s) Format(s) Label(s) Ref. Austria12 March 2001Standard, limitedDigital download, CDPolydor, Zeitgeist, Cheyenne