JLS

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Jls .

JLS (2010)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

JLS   UK 1  × 4 Quadruple platinum 11/21/2009 (69 weeks) Outta This World   UK 2  × 2 Double platinum 04/12/2010 (31 weeks) Jukebox   UK 2  platinum 11/26/2011 (22 weeks) evolution   UK 3  gold 11/17/2012 (10 weeks) Goodbye - The Greatest Hits   UK 6th  gold 11/30/2013 (10 weeks)

Singles

Hero ( X Factor Finalists )   UK 1 11/08/2008 (13 weeks) Beat again   UK 1  platinum July 25, 2009 (33 weeks) Everybody in love   UK 1  platinum 11/14/2009 (19 weeks) One shot   UK 6th  gold 01/02/2010 (23 weeks) The Club Is Alive   UK 1  silver 07/17/2010 (11 weeks) Love you more   UK 1  gold 11/27/2010 (15 weeks) Eyes Wide Shut ( feat.Tinie Tempah )   UK 8th  gold 01/22/2011 (18 weeks) She Makes Me Wanna (feat. Dev )   UK 1  gold 08/06/2011 (20 weeks) Take a chance on me   UK 2  silver 11/19/2011 (9 weeks) Do You Feel What I Feel?   UK 16 December 03, 2011 (12 weeks) Wishing on a Star (with X Factor finalists 2011 & One Direction )   UK 1 December 10, 2011 (4 weeks) Proud   UK 6th March 31, 2012 (4 weeks) Hottest girl in the world   UK 6th 03/11/2012 (5 weeks) Billion Lights   UK 19th 11/30/2013 (2 weeks)

JLS (for Jack the Lad Swing ) was a four-piece British R&B / Pop band.

Band history

The band came into being when Oritsé Williams, who had previously made various attempts in the music business, started looking for other singers after leaving school. He met Marvin Humes, who had been successful with the R&B band VS in 2004/05 . He in turn knew Aston Merrygold and together they founded the band UFO (Unique-Famous-Outrageous). Together they wanted to compete on the casting show The X Factor . When applying, they met Jonathan Gill, who also wanted to compete and then joined the band.

In 2007 they won the Urban Music Awards for the best artist without a record deal. In the following year they were then renamed JLS participants in The X Factor. After a changeable course in which they only barely survived the seventh round as the penultimate, they increased towards the end and finally came in second behind Alexandra Burke in December 2008 .

Then they were signed by Epic and went on tour with Lemar , among others . Her debut single Beat Again was released on July 13, 2009.

In 2013 they announced their dissolution. In November 2013, Billion Lights was released as the band's last single, and a greatest hits album was released.

Band members

• Oritsé Williams (born November 27, 1986)
• Marvin Humes (born March 18, 1985)
• Aston Merrygold (born February 13, 1988)
• Jonathan Benjamin Gill (born December 7, 1986)

Discography

Albums

• JLS (2009)
• Outta This World (2010)
• Jukebox (2011)
• Evolution (2012)
• Goodbye - The Greatest Hits (2013)

Singles

• Beat Again (2009)
• Everybody in Love (2009)
• One Shot (2010)
• Everybody Hurts (only Marvin Humes and Aston Merrygold as members of Helping Haiti ; 2010)
• The Club Is Alive (2010)
• Love You More (2010)
• Eyes Wide Shut ( feat.Tinie Tempah ; 2011)
• International (2011)
• She Make Me Wanna (feat. Dev ; 2011)
• Take a Chance on Me (2011)
• Do You Feel What I Feel? (2011)
• Proud (2012)
• Hottest Girl in the World (2012)
• Billion Lights (2013)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} UK chart statistics
2. ↑ UK charts: Hero
3. ↑ UK charts: Wishing on a Star
4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
5. ↑ Info on the band ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at hubdub.com  
6. ↑ Article on JLS Urban Music Awards, December 7, 2008
7. ↑ JLS announce split after farewell tour and new album . bbc.co.uk. Retrieved May 7, 2013.
8. ↑ JLS confirm they will release their final single Billion Lights in November . mirror.co.uk. Retrieved October 14, 2013.
9. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Official Homepage (English)
• X-Factor updates for JLS (English)