![]() In 2005, Adams went on to release his first solo single, "Sorry", which peaked at number 18 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2009, following Adams' appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, the band released its Greatest Hits in the UK. In January 2004 a Best of A1 album was released in Asia a compilation featuring all of their singles, two previously unreleased concert recordings, and three exclusive B-Sides. ![]() On 8 October 2002, Marazzi left the group, citing personal reasons, and a1 subsequently decided to split. Their third album, Make It Good saw a change in direction but was to be their last studio project. This was an early version of a social network allowing fans to meet and chat online.Ģ002: Make It Good, Marazzi's departure and split In 2001, Sony Music launched a paid subscription service for a1 called 'Access All Areas', the first for an artist signed to the company. During a mall signing in Indonesia, four teenage girls were killed in a stampede. In 2001, the band began a massive arena tour of Asia, where they were very well received. The video for their seventh single, " No More", was filmed in Singapore while they were on tour there. In 2000, they achieved two number ones with " Take On Me" and " Same Old Brand New You". In November they released Here We Come, which reached number 4 in Norway and had four top ten singles in the UK. 1999: Here We Come Ī1 signed with Columbia Records in February 1999 and released " Be the First to Believe" in Summer 1999. Auditions were held where Christian Ingebrigtsen, Mark Read, and Ben Adams were recruited and the band was formed by the management team of Byrne and Vicky Blood. Paul Marazzi, who had missed the cut for Steps, met Tim Byrne in 1998 to talk about forming a second group. In 2017, Marazzi met his former bandmates in Newcastle after his 15-year absence, and he will appear on their 20th anniversary tour. In 2014, A1 appeared on the ITV2 documentary The Big Reunion along with other bands such as Eternal, Damage, Girl Thing, 3T and a new band called 5th Story, made up of Dane Bowers (from Another Level), Gareth Gates, Kenzie (from Blazin' Squad), Kavana and Adam Rickitt. Since their comeback, they have released new singles as well as their fourth and fifth studio albums, Waiting for Daylight, in 2010, and Rediscovered, in 2012. ![]() In December 2009, Ingebrigtsen, Read and Adams reformed a1, without Marazzi, in Norway for a series of concerts at the Christiania Theatre in Oslo. ![]() The three remaining members subsequently decided to split due to exhaustion from being on the road for the best part of four years straight. Marazzi left the band in 2002, citing personal reasons. They were managed by band manager Tim Byrne, who also formed Steps. Adding to this, they also won a BRIT Award for "British Breakthrough Act" in 2001. In the UK, they scored two number ones and six other top 10 hits, seven of which were written by the band. They achieved chart success in the UK and other parts of the world in the late 1990s and early 2000s, particularly Southeast Asia. Their debut single, " Be the First to Believe", entered the UK Singles Chart at number six in mid-1999. Ingebrigtsen is originally from Oslo, Norway, while the other members originate from London. The original line-up consisted of Paul Marazzi, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Mark Read and Ben Adams. Universal Norway, BMG, Columbia, Rock TaiwanĪ1 (stylised as a1) is a British- Norwegian boy group formed in 1998. A1 performing at the Mall of Asia Arena, Philippines on 09 November 2019
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