Sean Conlon

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Sean Conlon
Birth nameSean Kieran Conlon
Born (1981-05-20) 20 May 1981 (age 43)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Genres Pop
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
Years active1997–2002; 2006;
2012–present
Member of Five

Sean Kieran Conlon (born 20 May 1981) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of boy band Five.

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Early life

Conlon was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, of Irish and Trinidadian descent and has a brother and two sisters. [1] He grew up in Horsforth [2] and attended St Mary's RC Primary School and St. Mary's Catholic High School, Menston. [1] As a child, his interests lay in becoming a record producer of soul music or playing rugby. He had his very first recording session aged eleven[ citation needed ] and, at the age of thirteen, performed for Harvey Goldsmith, Richard Skinner and Phil Collins after winning Yamaha's Young Composer Competition. [3]

Career

In 1997, Conlon auditioned for Five, a new boy band-style group with "attitude and edge". He was eventually selected to be part of the band along with Abz Love, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson and Jason "J" Brown. Five subsequently were signed by Simon Cowell and BMG/RCA for a six-album deal. Five went on to enjoy massive success worldwide, selling over 20 million records in their four years. [4] [5] During the release of the third album, Kingsize , Conlon had a mental breakdown from stress and depression; the music video for the single "Let's Dance" featured a cardboard cutout of him. [6] [7] He later admitted that having originally been "very confident and very outgoing" when the band started, he "became the insecure one" and "let the external environment destroy [him]". [8] On 27 September 2001, the group announced that they would be splitting. [9]

Afterwards, Conlon took a long hiatus from his artistic career, turning down the chance to be part of Five's attempted reunion in 2006, [10] which was aborted after eight months. [11]

In March 2012, Conlon auditioned for the first series of The Voice UK , but he did not make it through to the next round as no coach chose him. [12] [13] In January 2013, Five returned to star the ITV2's reality show The Big Reunion . [14] Brown didn't want to rejoin the group and Five announced that they were considering a new fifth member for the comeback, but withdrew to continue with the original four-member lineup. [15] [16] Love later quit the band as well, leaving Conlon, Neville and Robinson as a trio.

In February 2025, Brown and Love both rejoined Five, marking the return of the original lineup for the first time in 24 years. [17]

Personal life

In Five's earlier days, Conlon was briefly engaged to dancer Suzanne Mole,[ citation needed ] who toured with the group. In 2013, Conlon stated that he was married to a woman who prefers to remain anonymous. [18] On 15 January 2014, it was announced that they were expecting their first child "any time soon". [19] The following week, they welcomed their first child, a daughter. [20] In an interview with the Daily Mail in March 2025, Conlon stated that he and his wife had seperated and that he is now a single father of two. [21]

Songwriting credits

TitleYearArtistAlbum
"Don't Let It Get You Down"2006 Mike Leon Grosch Absolute [22]
"Let Your Wall Fall Down"2010 Boyzone Brother
"Say What I Feel" The Overtones Good Ol' Fashioned Love
"Liefde Huilt, Liefde Lacht"2015 Sugarfree Samen Sterk [23]

References

  1. 1 2 Hamilton, Mike (24 November 2000). "My famous 5IVE! brother spends £100 on a haircut while I beg for cash to buy heroin and crack cocaine; A TALE OF TWO BROTHERS WHO WILL BE SPENDING VERY DIFFERENT CHRISTMASES". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  2. ↑ Evans, Alex (14 October 2020). "Why this Leeds suburb could be the UK's most successful area for chart music". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Boy band Five deny rift". 31 July 2001 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "Certified Awards". Bpi.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Sunner, Amber (31 October 2021). "Everything you need to know about Abz Love". Bristol Post . Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  6. ↑ Wood, Stephanie (31 January 2013). "'We were a train crash": 5ive talk tears, breakdowns and anger on The Big Reunion". Daily Mirror .
  7. ↑ Gibsone, Harriet (16 April 2022). "5ive look back: 'The label wanted a boyband with an edge – ours was pretty sharp'" – via The Guardian.
  8. ↑ "The Big Reunion - series 1 episode 1". YouTube. 3 February 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "Five Over and Out". dotmusic. 27 September 2001. Archived from the original on 30 June 2002.
  10. ↑ "Five become four for pop comeback". BBC News. 27 September 2006. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  11. ↑ Taylor, Eleanor (30 March 2012). "Sean Conlon plans 5ive reunion after The Voice rejection". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  12. ↑ Darvill, Josh (14 March 2012). "The Voice UK spoilers: Former Five band member Sean Conlon auditions!". TellyMix. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  13. ↑ Westbrook, Caroline (24 March 2012). "The Voice: 5ive star Sean Conlon's comeback ends early on new show". Metro. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  14. ↑ Robinson, Scott [@Scottlarock5] (18 October 2012). "I can confirm that five we'll take part in the big reunion on @itv2 Sometime next year We are all Looking forward to the show #willbegreat" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ↑ "Boy band 5ive hunting for new member". MSN. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  16. ↑ Duncan, Amy (17 January 2013). "5ive post plea for fifth member on Facebook ahead of reunion 12 years after parting ways". Metro. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  17. ↑ https://news.sky.com/story/five-nineties-boyband-reunite-and-will-tour-the-uk-13317902
  18. ↑ "British boy band Five were everywhere in the '90s. Here's what their lives look like now". Mamamia. 21 July 2023.
  19. ↑ Heath, Olivia (15 January 2014). "5ive star Sean Conlon expecting first baby with wife". Reveal. Nat Mags. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  20. ↑ Rigler, Natasha (23 January 2014). "5ive's Sean Conlon and wife welcome first child - a baby daughter!". Reveal. Nat Mags. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  21. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVv3hdoZyWQ&ab_channel=MailNews
  22. ↑ "Absolute". iTunes. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  23. ↑ "Samen Sterk". iTunes. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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