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discography Discography is the study and cataloging of published sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified music genres. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry ...
of English
boy band A boy band is a vocal group consisting of young male singers, usually in their Teenage, teenage years or in their twenties at the time of formation. Generally, boy bands perform love songs marketed towards girls and young women. Many boy bands ...
Five 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. Humans, and many other animals, have 5 digits on their limbs. Mathematics 5 is a Fermat pri ...
consists of four
studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
s, four
compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...
s, fourteen
singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ...
, fourteen music videos and three
video album A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...
s. Five's debut album, ''
5ive Five (occasionally stylised as 5ive) are an English boy band formed in 1997 consisting of members Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson, Abz Love and Jason "J" Brown. Five released several hit singles around the turn of the 21st centu ...
'', was released by
RCA Records RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...
in the
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in June 1998 and peaked at number one on the
UK Albums Chart The Official Albums Chart is the United Kingdom's industry-recognised national record chart for album, albums. Entries are ranked by sales and audio streaming. It was published for the first time on 22 July 1956 and is compiled every week by the O ...
and has been certified double
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by the
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(BPI). The first single from the album, " Slam Dunk (Da Funk)", peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart and within the top thirty across most of Europe. Follow-up single, " When the Lights Go Out", was more successful, peaking at number four in the UK, number two in Australia and number ten on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the United States. Other singles released from the album, " Got the Feelin", " Everybody Get Up", and "
Until the Time Is Through "Until the Time Is Through" is the sixth single from English boy band Five from their self-titled debut album (1998). Written by Max Martin and Andreas Carlsson, the ballad was released on 16 November 1998, reaching number two in the United Kin ...
" all peaked within the top three in the UK and Ireland, and all three have been certified silver by the BPI. In November 1999, Five released their second album, ''
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'', which reached number four in the UK and was certified two times platinum by the BPI. The first single, "
If Ya Gettin' Down "If Ya Gettin' Down" is a single by English boy band Five. It was released on 19 July 1999 as the lead single from their second studio album, '' Invincible'' (1999). It was co-written by Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, and band members J ...
", became their third in a row to peak at number two in the UK. This was followed by their first UK number-one single, " Keep On Movin". "
Don't Wanna Let You Go "Don't Wanna Let You Go" is a song by British boy band Five. Written by producers Richard Stannard and Julian Gallagher with band members Abs Breen, and Jason "J" Brown, and Sean Conlon, the song was released on 14 February 2000 as the fourth ...
" came next and peaked at nine in the UK. In March 2000, Five opened at the BRIT Awards with rock legends
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, performing an updated version of that Queen's hit, "
We Will Rock You "We Will Rock You" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1977 album '' News of the World'', written by guitarist Brian May. ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it number 330 of " The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA it p ...
" which was later released as a single and it became their second UK number one in July 2000. Third album '' Kingsize'' came in August 2001 and contained " Let's Dance", which became Five's third UK number-one single. The album later peaked at number three. The band decided to disband a few weeks later on 27 September 2001. The band's final single, "
Closer to Me "Closer to Me" is a song by English boyband Five. It was released on 22 October 2001 as the second single from their third studio album, '' Kingsize'' (2001). The song peaked at 4 on the UK Singles Chart and was Five's final British release, ...
", was released as a double a-side with "Rock the Party" in the UK and Ireland and reached numbers four and twelve respectively. A ''
Greatest Hits A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be creat ...
'' album followed in November. In September 2006, it was announced the four of the original Five members, without
Sean Conlon Sean Kieran Conlon (born 20 May 1981) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of boy band Five. Early life Conlon was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, of Irish and Trinidadian descent and has a brother and two sisters. ...
, would be reforming and they started recording material for the band's fourth album and also planned a tour for summer 2007. However, on 19 May 2007, only eight months after reforming, having failed to secure a lucrative enough record deal, Five announced via their official website that they will no longer be pursuing a comeback. In 2012, it was announced that Five would again be reforming, this time with Conlon, but without
J Brown J, or j, is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its usual name in English is ''jay'' (pronounced ), with a now-uncommon varia ...
who later pulled out of the reunion and in August 2014,
Abz Love Richard Abidin Breen (born 29 June 1979), better known as Abz Love, is an English singer, rapper, and songwriter. Abz is a member of the boy band Five and was also a member of the supergroup Boyz on Block. In 2003, he released his debut so ...
left the band due to creative differences. In 2021, Five confirmed the release of their first album in 20 years ''Time'', which was released on 28 January the following year.


Albums


Studio albums


Compilation albums


Video albums


Singles


As main artist


As featured artist


Promotional singles


Music videos


Notes


References

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