Artists
Five
Starting off in the fall of 1997, each FIVE member had been
handpicked from 3.000 hopefuls at an audition set up by the music
management team of Bob and Chris Herbert, famous for launching
the Spice Girls a few years earlier.
After spending six months together in a house just outside London working on their acts, the newly formed band was ready to present its more "street" imaged, diversified into rap and rock territory kind-of-a-style.
Record companies immediately began showing interest and soon a contract with RCA was signed, allowing FIVE to release their first record. In December of 1997, FIVE's debut single came out, speeding straight into the UK Top 10. Releasing two more singles, respectively peaking at #4 and #3, FIVE's much awaited self-titled debut album, co-written and produced by legendary hitmaker Denniz PoP, hit the UK stores in July of 1998. It instantly shot to No. 1.
FIVE's 2nd
album "Invincible"
FIVE's follow-up album "Invincible", including the song "Serious" co-written and co-produced by Per Magnusson, was released on November 23, 1999. With the record, the band proved that they could combine rap & rock with other styles of music, like pop, and it was time to take the plunge and mount their first UK tour, which played to full houses around the nation.
Winning countless prices including the MTV Select Award (MTV Europe 1998) and Best Pop Act (Brit Awards 2000), FIVE released their third album in 2001, eventually becoming their last. On September 27 the same year, FIVE announced that they were to end as a group. Throughout their four-year career the band sold 7 million albums and made it into the UK Top 5 with 8 singles.