As the album was nearing completion, Robinson chose to leave the group in April 1997 after difficult contractual negotiations reached a stalemate.

As the album neared completion, Stefani regained her confidence and booked another session with The Neptunes.

In 2002, drummer Jon Lee took his own life, which seen the band keep out of the public eye, until the album was nearing its completion.

He'd recorded ten songs and the album was nearing completion when he went home to visit his mother.

On October 18, Young wrote an entry on his blog regarding his third studio album, saying that the album was nearing completion.

The album was nearing completion.

As the album was nearing release the members of the group were getting nervous.

Hunt moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles in 2007 while the album was nearing completion.

His new style was said to be "painterly" and their new album was nearing completion.

In the same post, it was announced that the new album was nearing completion.