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(1997 – 2001, 2006 – 2007)

There is more than one band with this name.

1. Five (formerly styled 5ive) were a British boy band formed in 1997, created by the two men who had created the Spice Girls - Bob and Chris Herbert. The five lads - Richard ‘ABS’ Breen, Jason ‘J’ Brown, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson and Sean Conlon - were the five members picked from over 3,000 hopefuls at auditions in early 1997. They went on to have ten top 10 hits in the UK and three number 1’s, and enjoyed marginal success worldwide, particularly in parts of Europe and in Australia. Five disbanded on 27 September 2001.

Biography

In 1997, an advertisement was placed in the UK performing arts newspaper The Stage, asking for young male singers/dancers to audition for a boy band-style group with “attitude and edge”. Bob and Chris Herbert, the two men who had earlier created the Spice Girls, thought the time was right for a male group. Three thousand hopefuls auditioned and they were finally narrowed down to only fourteen, five of whom had arranged themselves into a group while waiting for their audition and subsequently were signed with BMG/RCA for a six-album deal.

In November of 1997, the band released their first single in the UK, “Slam Dunk (Da Funk)”, which debuted at #10. The song was also released in the US in 1998 but had little chart success, although it was chosen as the new theme song by the NBA. In 1998 Five earned their first major international hit, “When The Lights Go Out”, which cracked the US top 10 and earned Gold status there soon after.
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  • Blacksepia

    My Childhood [15]

    16 days ago

  • DJSMusicfactory

    Keep on movin'!!! :-)

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  • Izumi_Ogara

    My Childhood [14]

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  • Jenny_Babydoll

    THE BEST BOYS-BAND EVER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :))))))))))

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  • YantusLupus

    What a wonderfull pop music was in my childhood...

    December 2011

  • scottdvbstyle

    Eles tiveram uma volta relampago em 2006 para anunciar um possivel album de retorno mas não chegou a ser lançado oficialmente :/

    December 2011

  • mari_jean

    I really miss them. :(

    November 2011

  • TheDuff_x3

    10 anos desda separação? MAS JÁ? Omg ;-;

    November 2011

  • TheDuff_x3

    <3

    November 2011

  • mariana_maj

    :)

    November 2011

  • Jenny_Babydoll

    ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

    October 2011

  • chovj

    wow, it's 10 years already !! miss them so much..... :(

    October 2011

  • Shorty5

    Heh yeah 10 years since their first split, geez. I was 14 when they first split, in my first year of high school o_O I'm 24 now and I still love those boys as much as I did as the first time I heard them ♥

    October 2011

  • FuckerDance

    canciones de niñez

    October 2011

  • DollTe

    I can't believe 10 years have passed...... We are old......

    September 2011

  • Tasenok

    I can't believe 10 years have passed. Still in my charts though ;) I like it that Scott&Ritchie noticed it too on their twitter pages ;-D

    September 2011

  • Merirosvolapsi

    10 years gone and I still miss them every single day. But we gotta keep on movin' on anyway. Memories remain ♥

    September 2011

  • Jenny_Babydoll

    Don't wanna let you go ) ♥

    September 2011

  • Tasenok

    Because of THEM was born my bewildered crush on English .. I'm eternally thankful to you, guys <3 The very best boyband everrrr! ;-))))

    September 2011

  • Soggyana

    My Childhood [13]

    September 2011
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