''Together'' is a collaborative studio album by English singers

Michael Ball Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962) is an English singer, presenter and actor. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of ''Les Misérables'', and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in ...

and Alfie Boe. It was released on 4 November 2016 through Decca Records. The album peaked at number one the

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, becoming Ball's second UK number one album and Boe's first. ''Together'' has been certified double platinum by the

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(BPI) for sales of 600,000 copies in the UK.

Background

Michael Ball and Alfie Boe first met in 2007 while both starring in '' Kismet'' at the

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. The pair first performed together in the summer of 2007 at two

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concerts. ''Together'' was recorded in

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and

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with the

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. Ball has said of the album: "We went into the project thinking we can play to our strengths and feel our way a bit, do the songs we love and find a way of re-presenting them. There are songs we’ve both done as solo artists and I much prefer singing them with Alfie. Something sonically happens when we’re both doing what we do. It’s unexpected and really moves me."

Commercial performance

''Together'' debuted at number two on the

on 11 November 2016, selling 44,860 copies in its first week. In its fifth week on the chart, the album moved up to number one on the chart dated 16 December 2016, selling 96,643 copies. ''Together'' is Michael Ball's second UK number one album (the first being his 1992 debut album) and Alfie Boe's first. ''Together'' has become a commercial success, having sold over 40,000 copies for five consecutive weeks, the most for any album in 2016. Alfie Boe and Michael Ball are the oldest duo to top the UK Albums Chart, at 43 and 54 years old, respectively. As of September 2022, the album had sold 672,143 copies in the UK.

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums Albums produced by Nick Patrick (record producer) Alfie Boe albums Decca Records albums Michael Ball albums Vocal duet albums