Busted

Busted
General information
Genre (s)	Pop , rock , punk
founding	2000, 2015
resolution	2005
Website	www.busted.com
Founding members
Vocals , guitar	James Elliot Bourne
Vocals , electric bass	Matthew James Willis
Vocals , guitar , drums	Charles Robert Simpson
	Kiley "Ki" McPhail (also Kiley Fitzgerald)

Busted is a British boy band that first existed from 2000 to early 2005. At the end of 2015 they announced their comeback and will start their new tour in 2016. Their style can be described as “ pop - rock ” or “pop- punk ”.

Band history

A couple of years after graduation, Britons James Bourne and Matt Willis met at a gig in Southend-on-Sea . They soon realized how well they fit together musically and started making music together. After a while they started looking for a third member and shortly afterwards found Charlie Simpson, who finally made the band Busted complete. Simpson convinced her with his qualities as a singer, guitarist, pianist and drummer.

The first single What I Go to School For was released in September 2002 in Great Britain at number 3 in the single charts and was also very successful in Germany . With this song they provided the soundtrack to the German movie Fack ju Göhte from 2013. With the titles You Said No, Crashed the Wedding, Who's David and Thunderbirds , Busted had four number one hits in England in two years. Thunderbirds , the theme song for the film of the same name, was even named record of the year in the UK . Other well-known titles are Year 3000 and her cover version of Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt, her greatest success in Germany with 19th place.

A Present for Everyone was the band's second studio album. Released in the UK on November 17, 2003, it peaked at number two on the Top 40 album charts and grossed over £ 1 million . The album includes the singles Crashed the Wedding , Who's David? , Air Hostess , 3AM and She Wants to Be Me .

Although they were among the most acclaimed boy bands in the UK, not all members of the trio agreed with the musical course. In January 2005 they announced their breakup because Simpson wanted to take care of his rock band project Fightstar in the future . After the separation, Bourne did not remain idle either and founded the band Son of Dork , whose debut single Ticket Outta Loserville - like What I Go to School For - reached number three in the UK charts.

Willis released his debut single Up All Night in May 2006 and his debut album Don't Let It Go to Waste in November of the same year . On May 7, 2006, he appeared again on Top of the Pops on British television for the first time in 16 months .

On November 10, 2015, the band announced their comeback, and announced 13 concerts for May 2016 with the original line-up.

On November 25, 2016, almost a year after their comeback, the band released their new album Night Driver.

On October 26, 2018, the band announced their fourth studio album, Half Way There. They also announced a UK tour for 2019.

On November 2, 2018, Nineties was the first single from the new album Half Way There.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2002	Busted	DE43 (6 weeks) DE	AT19 (8 weeks) AT	CH88 (2 weeks) CH	UK2 × 4 Quadruple platinum (86 weeks)UK	First published: September 30, 2002
2003	A present for everyone	DE85 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK2 × 3 Triple platinum (50 weeks)UK	First published: November 17, 2003
2016	Night Driver	-	-	-	UK13 silver (6 weeks)UK	First published: November 25, 2016
2019	Half way there	-	-	-	UK2 (3 weeks) UK	First published: February 1, 2019

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2004	A Ticket for Everyone: Busted Live	-	-	-	UK11 platinum (14 weeks)UK	First published: November 1, 2004

more publishments

• 2003: Red Room Sessions
• 2004: Busted

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK
2002	What I Go to School For Busted	DE34 (9 weeks) DE	AT32 (13 weeks) AT	CH33 (13 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (18 weeks)UK	First published: September 16, 2002
2003	Year 3000 Busted	DE21 (9 weeks) DE	AT15 (13 weeks) AT	CH48 (7 weeks) CH	UK2 platinum (21 weeks)UK	First published: January 20, 2003
	You Said No Busted	DE38 (7 weeks) DE	AT62 (5 weeks) AT	-	UK1 (12 weeks) UK	First published: April 21, 2003
	Sleeping with the Light On Busted	-	-	-	UK3 (13 weeks) UK	First published: August 11, 2003
	Hurray, hurray, the school is on fire Busted	DE19 (7 weeks) DE	AT20 (8 weeks) AT	CH34 (5 weeks) CH	-	First published: August 2003
	Crashed the Wedding A Present for Everyone	DE45 (3 weeks) DE	AT70 (1 week) AT	CH59 (4 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (14 weeks)UK	First published: November 10, 2003
2004	Who's David? A present for everyone	-	-	-	UK1 (10 weeks) UK	First published: February 16, 2004
	Air Hostess A Present for Everyone	DE51 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK2 silver (14 weeks)UK	First published: April 23, 2004
	Thunderbirds / 3AM A Present for Everyone	DE92 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK1 silver (17 weeks)UK	First published: July 26, 2004
2016	On What You're On Night Driver	-	-	-	UK60 (1 week) UK	First published: September 30, 2016

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Busted at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Birmingham Post: Sheldon Man Loses Royalties Claim Against Busted.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. June 6, 2008, accessed August 26, 2015.  
2. ↑ INDEPENDENT: Busted reunion
3. ↑ Entertainment-Focus: Busted to release new album Half Way There in February
4. ↑ Dead Press: NEWS: Busted release nostalgia appreciating single, 'Nineties'!
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Music Sales Awards: UK