V (group)

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V
OriginLondon, England
Genres Pop
Years active2003–2005
Labels Island Records
Past members
  • Antony Brant
  • Aaron Buckingham
  • Mark Harle
  • Kevin McDaid
  • Leon Pisani

V were a British five-piece boy band made up of Antony Brant, Aaron Buckingham, Mark Harle, Kevin McDaid and Leon Pisani. [1] Founded in 2003, they disbanded after two years, in 2005.

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Career

V were formed in 2003 after a series of auditions by Prestige, the same management team behind Busted. [2] Group member Antony Brant came up with the band name "V" because V is the Roman numeral for five and there were five members in the band. V made their debut at the same time as McFly by supporting Busted's arena tour in the spring of 2004. [3]

Their first single, "Blood, Sweat and Tears", was released in May 2004 and went into the UK Singles Chart at number 6. [4] The music video was shot in Miami, Florida in February 2004 and the single contained a collaboration with McFly, called "Chills in the Evening" written by Tom Fletcher from McFly and James Bourne from Busted. [5] The band's second single, released in August 2004, was a double A-side and consisted of a new song "Hip to Hip" and a cover of the Jacksons' song "Can You Feel It". The music video showed the group dressed up in day-to-day jobs like an ice cream man and milkman. [6] It charted at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart.

The third single, "You Stood Up", reached number 12 after an appearance on Top of the Pops , but their debut album of the same name only made number 86 on the UK Albums Chart. In March 2005, V announced on their website their decision to split up, stating "it just hasn't happened for us as big as we would have liked". [7]

After break-up

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak
position
UK
[11]
You Stood Up86

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions		Album
UK
[11] 		IRE
[12]
2004"Blood, Sweat and Tears"630You Stood Up
"Hip to Hip"/"Can You Feel It"529
"You Stood Up"1235

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