5ive

5ive (or later know as, Five) were a British boy band formed in 1997. They enjoyed marginal success worldwide, particularly in the UK, parts of Europe of Australia. They ended on 27 September, 2001.

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An ad in a UK theatre magazine, The Stage, was posted 1997, asking for young male singers/dancers to audition for a boy band-style group, but one that had "attitude and edge". Bob and Chris Hebert, the two men who had earlier created the Spice Girls, thought the time was right for a male group. 3,000 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.

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Boy band: A boy band (American English) or boyband (British English) is a style of somewhat to mostly prefabricated pop group featuring between three to six young male singers who are usually also dancers. Often, they evolve out of church choral groups, or are put together by managers or producers who auditi...

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