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JLS
JLS (initialism for Jack the Lad Swing) are a British boy band consisting of members Aston Merrygold, Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill; Williams formed the band. They initially signed with Tracklacers production company New Track City and were the runners-up of the fifth series of the ITV reality talent show ''The X Factor'' in 2008, coming in second to Alexandra Burke. After their appearance on ''The X Factor'', JLS signed to Epic Records. Their first two singles " Beat Again" and " Everybody in Love" were both number one on the UK Singles Chart. The band's self-titled debut album was released on 9 November 2009 and has since sold over 1.5 million copies in the UK. JLS won the awards for British Breakthrough and British Single (" Beat Again") at the 2010 BRIT Awards. They won several awards at the MOBO Awards for Best song for " Beat Again" in 2009 and also Best Newcomer in the same year. In 2010, they won the MOBO Awards for Best UK act and Best Albu ...
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Marvin Humes
Marvin Richard James Humes (born 18 March 1985) is an English singer-songwriter, disc jockey, radio host, television presenter, and former actor. Before rising to prominence as a member of the British boy band JLS, he had an acting role in Holby City. As part of JLS, he achieved five number-one singles on the UK Singles Charts and a number-one album on the UK Albums Charts. As of December 2013, they had sold over 10 million records worldwide. Humes has since ventured into radio and television presenting. He currently presents a weekday mid morning show on Kiss and an afternoon show on Kisstory. He previously presented the Monday–Thursday late-night show across the Capital Network. He previously hosted ''The Official Big Top 40'' charts across UK commercial radio stations on a Sunday afternoon, between 2013 and 2018. Between 2014 and 2016, Humes hosted BBC One's ''The Voice UK'' with Emma Willis and created a DJ-Producer-dance act LuvBug. Since 2019, he has co-hosted the ga ...
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Aston Merrygold
Aston Iain Merrygold (born 13 February 1988) is a British singer, songwriter, actor, dancer and television presenter. He is known for being a member of the British boy band JLS, who were the runners-up to Alexandra Burke in the fifth series of ''The X Factor''. As part of the group he achieved five number one singles on the UK singles chart and a number one album on the UK Albums Chart. As of December 2013, JLS had sold over 10 million records before disbanding in 2013 and reuniting in 2020. In 2013, he became a judge on the British dance talent show '' Got to Dance''. Merrygold worked on his debut solo album ''Showstopper'' for a planned mid-2016 release, but it remains unreleased. The lead single of the album, " Get Stupid" was released on 24 July 2015 and reached number ten on the ARIA Charts and was certified Platinum. In August 2017, he was announced as a contestant for the fifteenth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing,'' and was controversially eliminated on 5 November ...
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Oritsé Williams
Oritsé Jolomi Matthew Soloman Williams ( ; born 27 November 1986), professionally as Oritsé, is a British singer. He is best known as the founding member of the boy band JLS, who were runners-up to Alexandra Burke on the fifth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2008. JLS sold over 10 million records before disbanding in December 2013. Williams also won the ITV dancing competition '' Stepping Out'' in September 2013. Early life Oritsé Williams was born on 27 November 1986 in London. He is of Nigerian and Caribbean descent. Since the age of 12, Williams has cared for his mother, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and his two brothers and sister. He attended Larmenier & Sacred Heart Primary School in West London, where he learnt to play the trumpet. He also attended British International School, Lagos, Nigeria and the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School. Career 2006–2013: JLS In 2007, Williams and his brother came up with a "grand plan" to cure their mother's MS. His ...
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Everybody In Love
"Everybody in Love" is a song by English boyband JLS from their self-titled debut album (2009). The song was released as a digital download on 1 November 2009, followed by a physical release the following day. The song became the band's second number one single in the UK on 8 November 2009, with a total of 600,000 copies being sold so far in the UK, earning the single a Platinum certification. The song was released to U.S. Mainstream Top 40 radio on 23 February 2010, but failed to chart on ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Background According to co-writer Wayne Hector, "Everybody in Love" was intended to be the lead single from '' JLS'' until A&R Nick Raphael changed his mind at the last minute and opted instead for " Beat Again"."Interview with Wayne Hector"
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Beat Again
"Beat Again" is the debut single by English boy band JLS. It was released on 12 July 2009 as the lead single from their self-titled debut studio album ''JLS (album), JLS'' (2009). The song was written by Wayne Hector and Steve Mac and produced by Mac. The song's B-side is a cover of "Umbrella (song), Umbrella" by Rihanna, which JLS covered during the semi-finals of the The X Factor (British series 5), fifth series of ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor'' in December 2008. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. It also peaked at number three in the Republic of Ireland. It has sold over 574,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of August 2018 making it the band's best-selling song. As of 2021, "Beat Again" has sold 843,426 in the UK. Background and composition After finishing as runners-up to Alexandra Burke on the The X Factor (British series 5), fifth series of ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor'' in December 2008, JLS signed a record de ...
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The X Factor (British Series 5)
''The X Factor'' is a British television music competition to find new singing talent. The fifth series was broadcast on ITV from 16 August 2008 until 13 December 2008. Dermot O'Leary returned to present the main show on ITV, while Fearne Cotton was replaced by Holly Willoughby as presenter of spin-off show '' The Xtra Factor'' on ITV2. Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, and Dannii Minogue returned to the judging panel. Sharon Osbourne left after four series and was replaced by Cheryl Cole. The series was won by Alexandra Burke, with Cole emerging as the winning mentor. Auditions in front of producers were held in April and May, with callbacks in front of the judges in June. The number of applicants for series 5 reached an all-time high with a reported 182,000 people auditioning. A number of well-established music acts from around the world, such as Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, Britney Spears, Girls Aloud, Take That, Il Divo, and series 3 winner Leona Lewis, performed during the live st ...
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Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke (born 25 August 1988) is an English singer, songwriter and actress. She won the fifth series of the talent television show ''The X Factor'' in 2008. Following the show, she was signed to Syco Music and released the winner's single " Hallelujah", which became the European record holder for the most singles sold over a period of 24 hours, selling 105,000 in one day, and became the top-selling single of 2008 in the UK and the UK's Christmas 2008 number one. In 2009, Burke released her debut studio album, '' Overcome'', which debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four number-one singles on the UK Singles Chart and the Irish Singles Chart—"Hallelujah", " Bad Boys", " All Night Long" and " Start Without You". The singles released from the album earned her three BRIT Award nominations. The album also saw the release of the UK top 10 hits, " Broken Heels" and " The Silence". "Elephant" was released in February 2012 as the lea ...
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JB Gill
Jonathan Benjamin Gill (born 7 December 1986), also known professionally as JB Gill, is a British singer, television presenter and farmer. He is best known as a member of the boy band JLS, who were runners-up to Alexandra Burke on the fifth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2008. With JLS, he went on to achieve five no. 1 singles, over 10 million record sales worldwide, two Brit awards, and five MOBO awards, before the band split up in 2013. His later career saw him presenting television shows '' Down on the Farm'' (2015) and ''Songs of Praise'' (2017). Early life Jonathan Benjamin Gill was born on 7 December 1986 in Croydon, London, England. He is the son of Cynthia, and Keith Gill and has one younger brother, Neequaye. He is of Antiguan descent. He grew up, mostly, in Croydon, and began making music at the age of seven when he played the recorder, piano, and flute. At an early age, he joined the primary school choir, and went on to perform at the local church. Gill concentrate ...
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The X Factor (British TV Series)
''The X Factor'' is a British reality television music competition, and part of the global '' X Factor'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. Premiering on 4 September 2004, it was produced by Fremantle's British entertainment company, Thames ( Talkback Thames until 2011), and Cowell's production company Syco Entertainment for ITV, as well as simulcast on Virgin Media One in Ireland. The programme ran for around 445 episodes across fifteen series, each one primarily broadcast late in the year, until its final episode in December 2018. The majority of episodes were presented by Dermot O'Leary, with some exceptions: the first three series were hosted by Kate Thornton, while Caroline Flack and Olly Murs hosted the show for the twelfth series. Each year of the competition saw contestants of all ages and backgrounds auditioning for a place, in hopes of proving that they had singing talent. Auditionees attempted to do so before a panel of judges, each selected for their backg ...
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LuvBug
LuvBug is an English electronic dance music trio consisting of London-born DJ & producer Marvin Humes, Manchester-based producer White N3rd and producer/songwriter JKAY. Career Humes and JKAY grew up in Woolwich, East London with JKAY becoming part of the songwriting/producing duo Tracklacers. They worked with producers including Danja (Justin Timberlake, Usher) and Afrojack (David Guetta, Major Lazer) and also produced early material for JLS, the pop/R&B boy band Humes was formerly a part of. N3rd has produced remixes for Diplo and Azealia Banks and was introduced to Humes through songwriter Ali Tennant (Guetta). In April 2013, the trio came together at a London-based studio and started working on material. The group released a string of remixes for the likes of Leah McFall & will.i.am, Inner City, Case & Foxy Brown. 2014–present: Single releases After signing to Polydor Records and working with producer Pantha, Humes suggested British R&B singer Talay Riley for voca ...
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Tracklacers
Tracklacers was a British music production and songwriting team consisting of Jon Keep and Steve Daly. Collaborations include Christina Aguilera, Pink, Lana Del Rey, The Saturdays, Afrojack, and Danja. The team was based in London and Los Angeles. History Formation and early works Jon Keep and Steve Daly signed and developed the British boy band JLS originally known as UFO through their label New Track City, before the band's ''The X Factor'' debut. Following a name change during ''The X Factor'' auditions, UFO took on the name JLS (Jack the Lad Swing). Steve Daly was a young singer-songwriter, buying his first guitar at the age of 12. At the age of 15, he joined the BRIT School to study performing arts, music production, and engineering. With a chance meeting in 2002, through a mutual friend Glenn Maher, he met Jon Keep outside a British pub and Tracklacers was born. Jon Keep began writing songs at the age of 8 but spent most of his teens focused on drama. At the age of 22, h ...
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VS (band)
VS were a British R&B and pop group that had three hit singles in the United Kingdom. The group were the brainchild of Blue member Simon Webbe (who was also their manager), Melody from DJ Pied Piper and the Masters of Ceremonies, and established singer-songwriter Ali Tennant, who came together to form the production company 'Love for Music'. Members * Jaime Summaz – Jaime is a rapper, songwriter, and actress from Manchester. She is best friends with Simon Webbe, and thus, he offered her a place in the band. Since the split of the band, she featured on a remix of Blue's " Breathe Easy", and has since become a solo artist, releasing an EP in 2007. * Chinyere McKenzie – Chinyere is a choreographer and singer. She set up her own dance school in Manchester at an early age, to work with under-privileged children. Chinyere is the lead female vocalist in the band, and is heavily responsible for the dance routines in the band's music videos. Chinyere Mckenzie, now Radio Presenter 9 ...
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