'Swear It Again’ was the first No. 1 album for which group in 1999?
"for both Westlife and Simon Cowell. The success of the two tracks led to Mac becoming Cowell's first choice producer and songwriter. It was revealed that Cowell let his late father Eric Cowell listen to all of the songs recorded by the band at that time and decide what will be the debut single and ""Swear It Again"" was his choice. Significantly, his father died during the premiere week of the release of the single. The song's B-side, ""Forever"", was a significant choice because it was the song - as originally recorded by Damage - that first alerted Cowell to"
"first seven singles (""Swear It Again"", ""If I Let You Go"", ""Flying Without Wings"", ""I Have a Dream / Seasons in the Sun"", ""Fool Again"", ""Against All Odds"" & ""My Love"") to reach number one from 1999 to 2000. With this, Westlife broke an unexpected record of the most consecutive number-one singles in the UK, having their first seven singles debut at the top and became the fastest number one music act beating Elvis Presley's previous record of three years versus 23 months of Westlife getting each its first seven number-one singles and second music act to have the longest"
"1999, with the song ""Say It Again"". The song was a top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart and came twelfth in the contest itself. Subsequent releases by Precious enjoyed only modest success, and their debut album failed to chart at all, ultimately leading the group to go their separate ways in 2001. Frost moved on by replacing Kerry Katona in Atomic Kitten, a girl group founded by OMD frontman Andy McCluskey, in 2001. After the release of their third studio album, Atomic Kitten split in 2004 although reformed a year later in 2005 and again in 2008. On"
"followup to his chart topper ""Right Here Right Now"" peaking at number two, marking his third consecutive top three hit. 1999 emphasised the trend away from girl groups, with solo acts and boy bands dominating the charts. B*Witched, with a fourth and final release from their début self-titled album, ""Blame It On The Weatherman"" became the first (and only) girl group for their first four releases to début at #1; their success declined quickly thereafter. The Spice Girls, with four remaining members, reached number one with their first single without Geri Halliwell, claiming the official number one Christmas single at"
"first live television appearance as a group in Ireland and worldwide was on the Irish TV series ""The Late Late Show"" that had its broadcast on 13 November 1998. They performed ""Flying Without Wings"". The band then released an EP titled ""Swear It Again"" afterwards. In April 1999, the group released their first single, ""Swear It Again"" which immediately topped the charts in Ireland and in the UK for two weeks. It became the biggest-selling single in a week one by a debut artist. Their second single, ""If I Let You Go"" was released in August 1999, which established them"
"songs appeared in more than a thousand compilation albums. Despite their success worldwide, Westlife was unable to break into the U.S. market. They had only one hit single in the United States, ""Swear It Again"", which peaked at number 20 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in 2000. The band made an appearance on MTV's ""Total Request Live"" and the U.S. edition of their debut album, ""Westlife"" was released, but it didn't meet with success. In 2002, with the two most prominent boy bands in the US, the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, going on hiatus that year, an attempt was made"
"1999, their follow-up single, ""All the Small Things"" hit No. 2 and their debut album received moderate success peaking at No. 15 which then spanned another, this time a Top 20 hit. Oasis score their 5th No. 1 hit and their second consecutive No. 1 after their world tour with ""Go Let It Out"" which was taken from their new album, ""Standing on the Shoulder of Giants"", which topped the UK charts 2 months after the single. Welsh band, the Manic Street Preachers scored their second UK No. 1 single, with a limited availability release ""The Masses Against the Classes"""
"1999. The album received critical acclaim from publications like ""Maximum Rock'N'Roll"" and ""Hit List"", and toured the U.S. with Italian hardcore band Raw Power. Settar left the group shortly after the first album, to be replaced by David Israel (lead guitar, backing vocals). Their next release, ""Friends Don't Invite Cops"" (2001), included the anti-drug anthem ""Do You Wanna Get High Tonight?"", widely considered the band's most meaningful contribution to the lexicon of recorded punk music. The release was packaged together with the UK Subs song ""The Revolution's Here"", and the two bands performed in the U.S. together on a variety"
"hit singles: ""Weir"" (which peaked at No. 6 on the national charts in 1999), ""Mascara"" (the band's first No. 1 single), ""Live Without It"" (No. 5), and ""Superman Supergirl"" (No. 57) All tracks written by Jesse and Ella Hooper. Recorded live for ""Cold Live at the Chapel"". Reflector debuted on the ARIA charts at number 1 on 19 March 2000. It stayed there for 4 weeks running, then fell to #2, then climbed to #1 for another 3 weeks. On 19 November 2000 it was at #29. Then it fell out of the top 50. Then 3 weeks later it"
"Say It Again (Precious song) ""Say It Again"" was the United Kingdom entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, written by Paul Varney and performed by girl band Precious. It was produced by Cutfather & Joe, and included on the band's self-titled debut album (2000). The song was performed 5th on the night of the contest, following Croatia's Doris Dragović with ""Marija Magdalena"" and preceding Slovenia's Darja Švajger with ""For A Thousand Years"". The song received 38 points, placing 12th in a field of 23, it was one of the four which were omitted from the Eurovision 1999 compilation album"
"number one singles and 11 top 5 albums in the United Kingdom. They have had 33 number-one albums worldwide. Despite their success worldwide, Westlife never managed to break into the United States, achieving only one hit single in 2000, their debut single ""Swear It Again"", which peaked at number 20 on ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was certified Gold. However, ""Swear It Again"" was the band's first number-one single in the United Kingdom and Ireland followed by fourteen more number-ones from their succeeding singles ""If I Let You Go"", ""Flying Without Wings"", ""I Have a Dream/Seasons in the Sun"", ""Fool Again"","
"I would have broken that band,"" Cowell said. In August 1999, the first single of their second album, ""Invincible"", the catchy dance tune ""If Ya Gettin' Down"", was released and became a major hit worldwide but yet again failed to go to number 1 in their home country, kept out of the top spot by Ricky Martin. Finally, in October 1999, after three consecutive number-two peaks, ""Keep on Movin'"" became their first UK number 1, as well as their biggest selling single to date. The second album hit the top five shortly thereafter. ""Don't Wanna Let You Go"" was released"
"as permission to include it had not been obtained. The song was succeeded as UK entry at the 2000 contest by Nicki French with ""Don't Play That Song Again"". Say It Again (Precious song) ""Say It Again"" was the United Kingdom entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, written by Paul Varney and performed by girl band Precious. It was produced by Cutfather & Joe, and included on the band's self-titled debut album (2000). The song was performed 5th on the night of the contest, following Croatia's Doris Dragović with ""Marija Magdalena"" and preceding Slovenia's Darja Švajger with ""For A"
"music video which turned out to be an audition for a musical group. At first, she was reluctant to audition but changed her mind. She performed All Saints' Never Ever and was chosen to become a part of the girl group Precious. The band was chosen by British viewers to represent the UK in the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest with their first single Say It Again, and arrived 12th. After that, they released their first album, called 'Precious' with yielded two Top 10 hits singles 'Rewind' and 'It's Gonna Be My Way'. In the summer of 2000, the band tried"
"1999 and have been widely referred to as inspiring a new generation of teenage TV musicals including ""High School Musical"" and ""Glee"". Over the five years they were together, S Club 7 had four UK No.1 singles, one UK No.1 album, a string of hits throughout Europe, including a top-ten single in the United States, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. They recorded a total of four studio albums, released eleven singles and went on to sell over fourteen million albums worldwide. Their first album, ""S Club"", had a strong 1990s pop sound, similar to many artists of their time. Through"
"No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200, selling 643,874 copies in its first week of release. In its second week of release, the album sold an additional 335,000 copies. The band promoted the album by appearing at Woodstock 1999 and headlining the year's Family Values Tour. Fred Durst directed music videos for the songs ""Re-Arranged"" and ""N 2 Gether Now"". Violent action sprang up during and after Limp Bizkit's performance at Woodstock '99, including fans tearing plywood from the walls during a performance of the song ""Break Stuff"". Several sexual assaults were reported in the aftermath of the concert. Durst stated"
"In May 1999, Precious were voted in to represent the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest. Their song, ""Say It Again"" proved popular and the group were able to sign with EMI to release ""Say It Again"" as a single on the 17 May. It debuted at No.6 in the UK singles chart. In the Eurovision Song Contest, Precious did not carry off the grand prix with ""Say It Again"", sharing 12th position, but this was not to stop them from pursuing a pop career. Precious went on to put together their debut album self-titled ""Precious"". It featured a number"
"In 1999, they were ranked sixth in ""Forbes""' inaugural Celebrity 100 Power Ranking. They produced a total of nine number one singles in the UK—tied with ABBA behind Take That (eleven), The Shadows (twelve), Madonna (thirteen), Westlife (fourteen), Cliff Richard (fourteen), The Beatles (seventeen), and Elvis Presley (twenty-one). The group had three consecutive Christmas number-one singles in the UK (""2 Become 1"", 1996; ""Too Much"", 1997; ""Goodbye"", 1998); they only share this record with The Beatles. Their first single, ""Wannabe"", is the most successful song released by an all-female group. Debuting on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart at number"
"million albums and 6.8 million singles in the UK. The group accumulated 14 number one singles in the United Kingdom, 22 top 5 hits and 26 UK top ten singles over their 14-year career, as well as having 7 number one and 11 top 4 albums. In 2012, the Official Charts Company listed Westlife 34th amongst the biggest-selling singles artists and 16th amongst the biggest selling groups in British music history. Westlife never managed to break into the U.S. market, achieving only one hit single in 2000, ""Swear It Again"". Despite this, the United States ranked top fifth for the"
"In 2018 the duo reunited for the album ""Before Anythang"" which produced the single ""Designer Caskets.” They recorded their first Platinum-selling album in 2000 titled ""I Got That Work"". The lead single from ""I Got That Work"", ""Number One Stunna"" peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The group released its most successful album in 2002 titled ""Hood Rich"". The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 and spawned a major hit in ""Still Fly"" which reached No. 11 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The group later recorded their final album titled ""Big"
"of the rock radio charts. In 2009, ""Higher"" was ranked as the 95th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. The album was released in 1999, when ""My Own Prison"" was still doing reasonably well. However, ""Human Clay"" was an instant and overwhelming success debuting at No. 1 on the ""Billboard"" 200 and selling over ten million copies over the next two years, allowing it to become one of the few rock albums to be certified diamond by the RIAA. The album was the band's first to hit No. 1 in the U.S., where it debuted with first"
"became their second number one hit in the UK. A slightly edited version of the song, using an excerpt from the ""Smile"" outtake ""Workshop"", subsequently appeared as the opening track on the Beach Boys' 1969 album ""20/20"". ""Do It Again"" has been rerecorded once by the band (in 2011), once by Wilson as a solo artist (in 1995), and twice by Love as a solo artist (in 1996 and 2017). Its """"did-it"""" vocal hook was also a direct influence on Eric Carmen's ""She Did It"" (1977), ABBA's ""On and On and On"" (1980), and Hall & Oates' ""Did It in"
"Is Babylon"". The album only charted no. 3 on the Top Reggae Albums chart. In 1998, the second single ""Everyone Wants to Be"" charted at no. 16 on the Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. The album earned the group their third Grammy award. In 1999, the group released their tenth studio album, ""The Spirit of Music"". The album peaked at no. 1 on the Top Reggae Albums chart. The album spawned the singles ""Higher Vibration"", ""Jah Will Be Done"", and ""One Good Spliff"". Later that year, the group reunited to perform at the ""One Love All-Star Tribute Concert"". The concert"
"Crow, Duran Duran, Faith No More, The Flaming Lips, KMFDM, The Smoothies, The Lupins, Phunk Junkeez, Sponge, The Stone Roses <br>1996 – Afghan Whigs, Candlebox, Cracker, Cypress Hill, Everclear, Filter, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Girls Against Boys, KoRn, No Doubt, Seven Mary Three, Stabbing Westward <br>1997 – Beck, The Cardigans, Echo & the Bunnymen, Erasure, Jamiroquai, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Moby, Republica, Social Distortion, Veruca Salt, Verve Pipe <br>1998 – Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five, Creed, Eve 6, Fastball, Foo Fighters, Harvey Danger, Soul Asylum, Spacehog, The Specials, They Might Be Giants, Scott Weiland <br>1999 – 2 Skinnee J's, Blink-182, Blondie, The"
"1998, finishing first in 1999, and third in 2000 behind Dixie Chicks' ""Fly"" and Faith Hill's ""Breathe"". It was certified diamond by the RIAA on April 7, 1999. Despite its considerable sales, the album never reached the top of the ""Billboard"" 200. ""Come On Over"" was the first album to reach both 14 million (in September 2001) and 15 million (in August 2004) in sales in the US since 1991, when Nielsen SoundScan started tracking music sales. It ranks as the second best-selling album of the Nielsen SoundScan era in the US, with over 15.7 million copies sold by October"
"in 1999. His credits on the album include ""Swear It Again"" and ""Flying Without Wings"", both of which peaked at number 1 in the United Kingdom. He also contributed ""I Don't Wanna Fight"", ""Moments"" and ""We Are One"" to the album. He also cowrote number 1 singles ""Queen of My Heart"" and ""World of Our Own"" on Westlife's 2001 album World of Our Own. In 2005, Hector was signed to Sony/ATV. At the time of his signing, he had written 32 international number one singles. Later that year he worked on Rascal Flatts' ""Feels Like Today"", for which he won"
"their debut single on 9 June 1999. The up-tempo ""Bring It All Back"" reached number-one in the United Kingdom singles charts, and after selling more than 600,000 copies, was made BPI certified Platinum. Commenting on the chart position of ""Bring It All Back"", the group felt ""nervous and on-edge"" before they discovered they had reached number one. Once they had received the phone call from the record company, the group celebrated the news with ""cheers, shouting and crying"". The group's success escalated and much like Fuller's marketing campaign for the Spice Girls, they were set to become a ""marketable commodity""."
"of Queen. However, none of these boybands were able to surpass the success levels Westlife were able to reach. Probably their most successful year since their career started in 1999 to date; they scored a further 3 chart topping singles. ""Fool Again"" made them the first act to have their first 5 singles enter at No. 1 breaking the record set by B*Witched the previous year, ""Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"", a collaboration with US singer Mariah Carey and a re-working of the 1984 No. 2 hit from Phil Collins made them the first act to"
"it on a poster in the 1961 film ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"". The group's first album, ""Orange Rhyming Dictionary"", was released on Jade Tree Records in 1998 to critical and commercial success, followed by extensive touring with bands like The Promise Ring. Their second album, ""Four Cornered Night"", was released in 2000 to mixed reviews. ""Four Cornered Night"" was the first album to feature new guitarist Brian Maryansky, formerly of the band The Van Pelt. With Maryansky included in the band, this allowed Schwarzenbach to also become the keyboard player for the band. In 2002, Jets to Brazil released their third"
"group would get back together ""when hell freezes over""), which debuted at number 1 on the ""Billboard"" album chart. It included four new studio songs, with ""Get Over It"" and ""Love Will Keep Us Alive"" both becoming Top 40 hits. The album proved as successful as the tour, selling six million copies in the U.S. The tour was interrupted in September 1994 because of Frey's serious recurrence of diverticulitis, but it resumed in 1995 and continued into 1996. In 1998, the Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. For the induction ceremony, all seven Eagles members"
"group released their Multi-Platinum second album ""The Writing's on the Wall"" in 1999. The record features some of the group's most widely known songs such as ""Bills, Bills, Bills"", the group's first number-one single, ""Jumpin' Jumpin'"" and ""Say My Name"", which became their most successful song at the time, and would remain one of their signature songs. ""Say My Name"" won the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and the Best R&B Song at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards. ""The Writing's on the Wall"" sold more than eight million copies worldwide. During this time, Beyoncé recorded"
"band. Throughout the year, girl groups remained prevalent. All Saints who made No. 4 with their debut single in late 1997, clocked up 3 chart toppers across the year. The 1.25 million selling ""Never Ever"", popular covers of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Labelle ""Under the Bridge/Lady Marmalade"" and laid-back dance track ""Bootie Call"" were all tracks from their debut self-titled album, which itself was a success, reaching #2. They did not release any new material during 1999, but returned to the charts in 2000. Irish quartet B*Witched receive great success across Europe and even mild success in the US."
"1999 thank to producer Emanuele Asti, who made her part of Italian music project Corona. Corona released their first single, ""The Rhythm of the Night"" in 1993, which remained at #1 in the Italian charts for 13 weeks. An album of the same name was released in 1995 in Europe and topped the charts in several countries, gaining a platinum disc after selling more than 1 million copies. The group began its first world tour, and the album was released in the United States. Corona’s second album ""Walking On Music"", was released in 1998. In 2000, a third album, ""And"