| It has taken a1 managers tim and Vicky 3 years to put together the great band that we all know as a1!! The band started by:- Paul who was spotted singing karaoke in his dads bar in Spain. When he was spotted by a German record producer but he did go to him straight away. When he looked in the stage paper he found an advert for the band and sent an audition but it was followed by paul himself to England. He got through the audtion which had over 3,000 people their. Paul sang the George Michael hit kissing a fool!! The next member for the band was christian. The son of a legendary Norwegian pop star. Christian went to America so he could talk better English so he could write better songs. Christian as went to the Paul McCartnys fame school (lipa) in liverpool. When he was at lipa the got an email from on the teachers their tell him that a top pop manager was looking for someone suitable for the band and from tht christian won his place in the band!! Mark was up next. When he was only 12 years old he started sailing the oceans with his parents band. A couple years later mark had decided that singing was the job for him. He joined a band with ben but it wasn't working for him or ben so they both left. When mark was spotted by scouting pop manger at another bands gig and was ask if he could sing and write songs and yep he was ask to join the band. The last member to join was the youngest and cheekyest was ben. Mark had been telling ben about the band and mark was asked by their mangers if he new anybody who would be good as a fourth member, and jumped at the chance to be in the band. The band had been formed but didn't yet have a name so that was the next thing for them to do. It was their mangers that had come up with the name a1. They were called into the office one day and there was an a1 size borad set up. There mangers just pointed and said thats your name but Paul, Christian, Mark and Ben didn't get what they were on about. When they did find out the name was a1 they loved it but they had to say it a few times!! a1 first gig was in October 1998 at Birminghm big bash. they were performing in crowds of 5,000. After that a1 went on the smash hits tour as a new act. Shortly following the smash hits tour a1 signed their record deal in Febuary and in June 1999 a1 single 'Be the first to believe' had shot into the UK charts at number 6. After they had been to the bahamas to film the video to the next single 'summertime of our lives' had made its way into the UK charts at number 5. a1's fan base kept growing and growning and by the time of the first doubble a side 'ready or not/ Everytime' they had a big fan base, and made their way in to the uk charts at number 3. Which was the highest place a1 had been. Their first album 'here we come' was out and went gold in the first week. 'Like a rose' was set up as the next a1 single in febuary which made its way in the uk to 6. After like a rose us fans in England had to wait a whole 6 months until we heared anything form the band! They came back with a new look, new single and new video for it. 'Take on me' was a1 next single and it was the first of their new album. No one knew how big take on me was going to be. It fly straight into the UK charts at number 1. This had been a1 first number 1 and they were all amazed about it. After 'take on me' a1 set off on the road around the uk doing their a1 uk:2k first headline tour which was a sell out. During the tour a1 reached number one in the uk charts again with 'same old brand new you'. The second album was out on the 20.11.00 and went gold 4 times. For the 7th single they took 'no more' from the album gave it a bit of a remix and straight in at number 6. After that came the Brits and a1 were up for best british new comer, up for that was people like Craig David and Cold play and yep a1 won and now own a brit each, but ben has the really one. After the brits a1 went to tour the far east, were they did a signing in Jakarta but it end in tears as four of their fans over there were crushed to death in a stamped as everyone wanted to see the band. From that one signing Mark, Ben, Christian and Paul amost called it day with the jobs. The banb broke their silence on the incident at the Disney channel awards. "we are still haunted everyday after what happened, the pain will never go away" band memeber christian Ingebrigsen said "we throught is it worth carrying on if four young lives can be lost like that, we throught about giving up" Ben adams said "our fans have been very supportive and ask us to carry on, thats what did it for us" a1 have had an argment with ex boyband memebr J Brown from 5ive, after he said their music was 'Crap'. The band have now come back on to the music seen after 11 mouths without having a single. Their is now a new sound for a1. New single 'caught in the middle' is set to be a huge hit for the a1 boys!!!!!!!! Caught in the middle went straight in at number 2 on the 27th on january 2002, the signle also made te band have sold over 1 million copys of singles in the UK Back with another single make it good which didnt do as well as pass a1 singles have done but made number 11! Also make it good is the name of their thrid album! And now they have been asked to go to the states and be in a soap over their 'the youge and the restless' and could this be their chance to make it in america?? (GOOD LUCK) |
| a1 have sold over 1 million records with only 9 hits Singles! in the uk, Caught in teh middle seling over 57,000, Only five other of their hits have sold more. Take on me sold 213,000 and no more selling the lest 93,00 still a lot!! a1 have had 2 uk number ones, 7 top 6 hits, and 1 single which went outside the top ten number 11 two gold albums, sell out tour and winning a brit. And yet the band is still going stroung and will be selling records for years to come!! Good luck a1 in the furture i hope you do as well as you are doing now!! I'll always be a fan 4eva!!! The furture!!! a1 have been really sucessful so far in their career and it will carry on beening more suceesful in the years to come for them.!!! |