Five (band)

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Five
General information
Genre (s) pop
founding 1997, 2006, 2013 Big Reunion
resolution 2001, 2007
Last occupation
Scott Robinson
Ritchie Neville
Sean Conlon (until 2001, since 2013)
former members
Jason 'J' Brown (until 2007)
Richard 'Abz' Breen (until 2014)

5ive (later known as Five ) are a British boy band . They achieved great success, especially in Great Britain, Western Europe, Russia, Japan, Brazil, Israel and Australia. The band broke up on September 27, 2001 after having sold around 20 million CDs by that time. In total, the band had 11 top 10 singles in the UK and four top 10 albums. The band consisted of the five musicians Scott Robinson, Richard Neville, Jason 'J' Brown, Richard 'Abz' Breen and Sean Conlon. In 2006, Five announced they were going back to the studio, but without Sean Conlon. Seven months later (in May 2007) they withdrew their comeback with a statement on their homepage and announced the final separation. At the beginning of 2013 it came to the reunion through the documentary The Big Reunion broadcast by the British television station ITV2 .

history

Five were put together in 1997 through a casting organized by the team around the Spice Girls . After half a year of studio recordings, the first single Slam Dunk Da Funk was released in December 1997 . Further singles, all of which entered the top 5 of the single charts, followed. In June 1998 the debut album Five was released , which immediately entered the UK album charts at number 1. In 1999 the second album followed, which was called Invincible . The released 2nd single Keep On Movin ' became the band's first number one hit. In 2000 reached five with the Queen - Cover We Will Rock You again No. 1 on the charts.

After a break of over a year, Five released their third album Kingsize in 2001 . The first single, Let's Dance , became Five's third and final number one hit. On September 27, 2001, Five separated. The reasons given were overwork and too much stress. Closer To Me was released as the last single, followed by the Greatest Hits album at the end of 2001 . Exactly five years later, on September 27, 2006, Five announced their comeback at a press conference . But only four of them, Sean Conlon had left the band for good. On May 20, 2007, Five broke up for good without releasing a new song. However, you can listen to two of their new songs on a trial basis. On their homepage they gave "problems with a new record deal" as a reason, so they saw no other option than the final separation. In 2013 the band got together again for an ITV documentary (The Big Comeback) and performed live after the documentary. However, the band (including Sean Colon) have to do without Jason 'J' Brown, who canceled at the last minute and justified it by saying that he no longer wants to be part of the music industry. On August 28, 2014, Abz Breen announced on Twitter that he was not a member of the band.

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1998 Five - - - UK1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(41 weeks)UK 		US27
platinum
platinum

(54 weeks)US
First published: June 22, 1998
1999 Invincible DE27 (10 weeks)
DE 		- CH33 (13 weeks)
CH 		UK4th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(49 weeks)UK 		US108 (3 weeks)
US
First published: November 8, 1999
2001 Kingsize DE59 (1 week)
DE 		- CH62 (2 weeks)
CH 		UK3
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK 		-
First published: August 27, 2001

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2001 Greatest hits - - - UK9
platinum
platinum

(11 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 19, 2001

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1997 Slam Dunk (Da Funk)
Five 		DE77 (8 weeks)
DE 		- - UK10
silver
silver

(13 weeks)UK 		US86 (2 weeks)
US
First published: December 1, 1997
1998 When the Lights Go Out
Five 		- - - UK4th
silver
silver

(10 weeks)UK 		US10
gold
gold

(26 weeks)US
First published: March 2, 1998
Got the feelin '
five 		DE86 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - UK3
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK 		-
First published: June 3, 1998
Everybody Get Up
Five 		DE25 (21 weeks)
DE 		AT40 (1 week)
AT 		CH24 (8 weeks)
CH 		UK2
silver
silver

(19 weeks)UK 		-
First published: August 21, 1998
It's the Things You Do
Five 		- - - - US53 (10 weeks)
US
First published: October 27, 1998
Until the Time Is Through
Five 		- - - UK2
silver
silver

(16 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 16, 1998
1999 If Ya Gettin 'Down
Invincible 		DE17 (13 weeks)
DE 		- CH12 (16 weeks)
CH 		UK2
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK 		-
First published: July 19, 1999
Keep On Movin '
Invincible 		DE21 (15 weeks)
DE 		- CH36 (18 weeks)
CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)UK 		-
First published: November 2, 1999
2000 Don't Wanna Let You Go
Invincible 		DE81 (9 weeks)
DE 		- CH69 (7 weeks)
CH 		UK9 (21 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: March 6, 2000
We Will Rock You
Invincible 		DE8 (15 weeks)
DE 		AT2 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH18 (19 weeks)
CH 		UK1
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK 		-
First published: July 17th, 2000
with Queen
2001 Let's dance
kingsize 		DE54 (5 weeks)
DE 		AT64 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH77 (6 weeks)
CH 		UK1
silver
silver

(16 weeks)UK 		-
First published: August 13, 2001
Closer to Me
Kingsize 		- - - UK4 (16 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 24, 2001

Video albums

  • 1998: Five Inside (UK:platinumplatinum; US:goldgold)
  • 2000: Five Live (UK:goldgold)

Tours

  • Invincible Tour (February - May 2000)
  • UK Tour (December 2000)

Awards

BRIT Awards

  • Best Pop Act - 2000

MTV Europe Music Awards

  • The MTV Select Award - 1998

Silver Clef Awards

  • Best Newcomer - 2000

Smash Hits Poll Winners Party

  • Best New Act - 1997
  • Best Haircut (Scott) - 1997, 1998, 1999
  • Best British Band - 1998, 1999, 2000
  • Best album - 1998
  • Best Cover - 1998

TMF Awards (Holland)

  • Best single - 2000
  • Best album - 2000
  • Best International Group - 2000

TV Hits Awards

  • Best New Band - 1999
  • Best Single (We Will Rock You; with Queen ) - 2000

swell

  1. ↑ http://www.myspace.com/worldoffive
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK US

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