A1 (musical group) – Wikipedia

The A1 I am a British Boy Band whose first single, Be The First To Believe , was released in 1999. The formation was composed of Mark Read, Paul Marazzi, Ben Adams and Christian Ingebriggen (originally from Norway). Starting in 2009, Marazzi abandoned the complex and then returned to 2017.

They had a lot of success in the autumn of 2000 thanks to the individuals Take on Me , cover of the A-Ha, e Same Old Brand New You .

The beginning [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

The band had been created by the manager Tim Byrne, also creator of the Steps. The most claimed feature of the group consisted in the fact that they produced and played most of their pieces alone, given that three out of four components of the complex played their own instrument.

They made his debut in 1999 with the album Here We Come , published for the Sony BMG record label and promoted by individuals Be the First to Believe , Summertime of Our Lives , Everytime , Ready or Not It is Like a Rose . The disc was discreet success, placing itself in twentieth place in the British ranking ^[2] and in the quarter of the Norwegian one, ^[3] As the individual songs are also collected, all entered the top ten positions in the British ranking. ^[4]

The success [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

Have achieved the culmination of their success in the autumn of 2000, with the publication of Take on Me , cover of the known song of the A-Homs who reached the summit of the United Kingdom rankings ^[5] and Norway, also enjoying success in other European countries, ^[6] also obtaining it smash hits award For the best video clip. Also supported by the success of the second single Same Old Brand New You , which repeated the first positions in the United Kingdom ^[7] and Norway and the European success of the previous one, ^[8] Their second album was published, The A List , who obtained the fourteenth place in the British ranking ^[9] And the fourth in the Norwegian, also entering the Danish one. ^[ten] The promotion of the album ended in 2001 with the release of the individual No More . In the same year, the group won the Brit Awards as “British Breakthrough Act” and performed a tour in Asia; The Indonesian stage of this tour, in Jelly, appeared on the black news pages due to the death of four girls, who were killed in the crowd of people who attended the event. ^[11]

The third disc and the dissolution [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In May 2002 their third album was released, entitled Make It Good , always out for the Sony BMG and anticipated by the individual Caught in the Middle . From this album, from the most mature sounds of the previous ones, a second single was also extracted, also entitled Make It Good .

The disc was the same good sales results as the previous ones. ^{[twelfth] [13]} However, it was the last album before the melting of the group, which always took place in 2002. On October 8 of that year, Paul Marazzi left the group for personal reasons, sanctioning the definitive split of the group.

In 2004, two years after their dissolution, Sony BMG published the collection in Asia alone The Best of a1 , containing unpublished live recordings, their songs published as individuals and two unpublished.

During this period of time, during which the group was inactive, one of their components, Ben Adams, made his debut as a soloist by publishing the individual Sorry , which reached the eighteenth place in the British ranking in June 2005. ^[14] Another of them, Christian, has become very popular in his original country, while Mark made his author’s qualities available by writing songs for other artists.

The reunion and the new album [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

2009 was the year of the group reformation, returned together without Paul Marazzi. In the same year, a second collection was published, entitled A1 Greatest Hits , accompanied by the individual Take You Home , successful song in Norway. ^[15] Exclusively in Norway their fourth unreleased album was released, released in 2010 and entitled Waiting for Delight , which brought the group back to the fifth place in the local album ranking. ^[16] This new unreleased work, released eight years after the last, was promoted by individuals Don’t Wanna Lose You Again It is In Love and I Hate It .

Album [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

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Individual [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

• 1999 – Be the First to Believe
• 1999 – Summertime of Our Lives
• 1999 – Ready Or Not/Everytime
• 2000 – Like a Rose
• 2000 – Take on Me
• 2000 – Same Old Brand New You
• 2001 – No More
• 2002 – Caught in the Middle
• 2002 – Make It Good
• 2002 – Nos Differences
• 2009 – Take You Home
• 2010 – Don’t Wanna Lose You Again
• 2010 – In Love and I Hate It