Career
A1, consisting of Paul Marazzi, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Mark Read, and Ben Adams were formed in 1998 by the management team of Tim Byrne and Vicky Blood. They signed with Columbia Records in February 1999 and released "Be the First to Believe" in Summer 1999. In 2000, they achieved two number ones with "Take on Me" and "Same Old Brand New You". The video for their seventh single, "No More", was filmed in Singapore while they were on tour there. In 2001, the band began a massive arena tour of Asia, where they were very well received. During a concert in Indonesia, four teenage girls were killed in a stampede. In 2001, Sony Music launched a paid subscription service for A1 called 'Access All Areas', the first for an artist signed to the company. This was an early version of a social network allowing fans to meet and chat online. Their third album, Make It Good saw a change in direction but was to be their last studio project. On 8 October 2002, Paul Marazzi left the group citing personal reasons,, and A1 subsequently decided to split. In January 2004 a Best Of A1 album was released in Asia; a compilation featuring all of their singles, two previously unreleased concert recordings, and three exclusive B-Sides. In 2009, following Adams' appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, the band released its Greatest Hits in the UK.
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