A1 (band)

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A1
A1 - MGP 2010.jpg
General information
Genre (s) pop
founding 1999
resolution 2002
Last occupation
Benjamin Anthony Edward Stevens Adams
(born November 22, 1981 in Ascot , Berkshire )
Mark Daniel Read
(born November 7, 1978 in Kingston upon Thames , Surrey )
Christian Ingebrigtsen
(born January 25, 1977 in Siggerud , Norway )
Paul Leo Thomas Marazzi
(born January 24, 1975 in Wanstead , London )

A1 is a British boy band that originally consisted of members Mark Read, Paul Marazzi, Christian Ingebrigsten and Ben Adams.

Band history

With their first single, Be the First to Believe , A1 reached the British top ten in 1999. A year later, their cover version of the a-ha classic Take On Me topped the UK charts. And the follow-up hit Same Old Brand New You also reached number 1.

A1 was voted one of the best newcomers at the Brit Awards 2001, before the band split a year later after Paul Marazzi left the band on October 8, 2002 for personal reasons.

In 2004, a best-of album was released that included concert recordings, all released singles, and two previously unreleased songs.

Ben Adams released the solo single Sorry , which made it to number 18 on the UK charts.

Ingebrigsten went back to Norway, Read works as a songwriter for various artists.

In 2009 the band made a comeback in Norway. In 2010 they take part in the Norwegian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 . In the third semifinals they made it to the finals with the song Don't Wanna Lose You Again , where they lost.

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 NO NO
1999 Here we come - - - UK20th
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK 		NO4 (11 weeks)
NO
First published: December 2, 1999
2000 The A List - - - UK14th
gold
gold

(14 weeks)UK 		NO4th
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)NO
First published: October 30, 2000
2002 Make it good - - - UK15 (3 weeks)
UK 		NO4th
gold
gold

(5 weeks)NO
First published: April 8, 2002
2010 Waiting for daylight - - - - NO5 (7 weeks)
NO
First published: October 11, 2010
2012 Rediscovered - - - - NO17 (2 weeks)
NO
First published: November 2, 2012

Compilations

year title Remarks
2002 A1 First published: June 25, 2002
2004 The best of First published: August 9, 2004
2009 Greatest hits First published: February 2, 2009

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 NO NO
1999 Be the First to Believe
Here We Come 		DE95 (1 week)
DE 		- - UK6 (12 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: July 28, 1999
Summertime of our Lives
Here We Come 		- - - UK5 (10 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: August 30, 1999
Everytime / Ready or Not
Here We Come 		DE91 (3 weeks)
DE 		- - UK3 (13 weeks)
UK 		NO3
gold
gold

(16 weeks)NO
First published: November 8, 1999
2000 Like a Rose
Here We Come 		- - - UK6 (13 weeks)
UK 		NO11 (1 week)
NO
First published: February 21, 2000
Take On Me
The A List 		DE61 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - UK1
silver
silver

(18 weeks)UK 		NO1
gold
gold

(15 weeks)NO
First published: August 14, 2000
Same Old Brand New You
The A List 		- - - UK1
silver
silver

(16 weeks)UK 		NO1
gold
gold

(14 weeks)NO
First published: November 6, 2000
2001 No More
The A List 		- - - UK6 (19 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: February 19, 2001
2002 Caught in the Middle
Make It Good 		DE68 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT45 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH50 (9 weeks)
CH 		UK2
silver
silver

(18 weeks)UK 		NO3
platinum
platinum

(14 weeks)NO
First published: January 21, 2002
Make It Good
Make It Good 		- - - UK11 (9 weeks)
UK 		NO6 (3 weeks)
NO
First published: May 13, 2002
Nos Differences
Make It Good / Nos Différences 		- - CH32 (8 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: October 21, 2002
with Ève Angeli
2009 Take You Home
Waiting for Daylight 		- - - - NO9 (5 weeks)
NO
First published: November 2, 2009
2010 Don't Wanna Lose You Again
Waiting for Daylight 		- - - - NO4 (6 weeks)
NO
First published: January 22, 2010
In Love and I Hate It
Waiting for Daylight 		- - - - NO13 (3 weeks)
NO
First published: August 4, 2010

Video albums

  • 2000: In the Picture (UK:goldgold)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK NO
  2. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: UK NO