![]() ![]() "As we tried to find another way to say nothing, we came up with the song", Overstreet later told author Ace Collins. Strumming a guitar, trying to write their next song, they were coming up empty. The then-reigning King of the Jungle proved that he was a nice guy on I’m A Celebrity…, but sadly Home proved that there was a reason why he never took the lead during his boyband days.Overstreet and Schlitz came up with "When You Say Nothing at All" at the end of an otherwise unproductive day. Not content with giving What About Now the pointless Westlife treatment, Kian Egan then chose yet another Daughtry song to launch his solo career with in 2014. This banal attempt to jump on the Mumford and Sons bandwagon was so utterly pointless that even Filan himself appeared to be making excuses for it at the time of its release, telling Digital Spy that it was a ‘splash in the pan,’ and that its parent album had ‘way better songs.’ Indeed, Stoke-on-Trent’s finest didn’t exactly get his solo career off to a promising start, with this lazy cover of a George Michael classic sounding more like a karaoke session down the pub rather than a serious statement of intent. Who’d have thought that Robbie Williams would still be having hits 18 months after leaving Take That, let alone 18 years, after first hearing this mess. The public quickly decided there was only room for one former ‘N Sync solo star and it sank without trace, but the funky R&B of Blowin’ Me Up (With Her Love) at least gave him one genuine hit. Having shared equal billing with Timberlake during his boyband days, JC Chasez then found himself playing catch up with his 2004 solo debut, Schizophrenic, hitting the shelves two years after his former bandmate’s Justified. JC Chasez – Blowin’ Me Up (With Her Love) While Charlie Simpson chased credibility and James Bourne regressed back to being a bratty teen with Fightstar and Son of Dork respectively, Matt Willis simply took Busted’s sound to the next level.Ĭo-written with A’s Jason Perry, Up All Night was a turbo-charged blend of punk pop and 80s hair metal which showed plenty of promise, and yet just six months later Willis was eating kangaroo testicles on I’m A Celebrity.ġ0. The only one of Five to launch a solo career, everyone’s favourite Celebrity Love Island contestant-turned-farmer perhaps tempted fate by kicking his off with a reworking of a one-hit wonder.Ībs actually went onto score three Top 10 singles before falling down the pop dumper, but the Althea and Donna-sampling What You Got was his finest hour. Reaching No.4 back in 2005, this helium-voiced slice of MOR soul-pop was actually outpeaked by both Duncan and Lee’s first efforts, but is easily far superior. Lee Ryan was expected to be the breakout star from Blue, but it was Simon Webbe who sold over half a million copies of his debut album after reinventing himself as a one-man Lighthouse Family. The 1999 number one single wasn’t a million miles away from Boyzone, but it was still a pleasant enough ditty which fitted nicely onto the Notting Hill soundtrack. Setting the template for much of Keating’s solo career, When You Say Nothing at All was a run-of-the-mill cover of an obscure US country song that most buyers would have presumed was a Ronan original (see I Hope You Dance, If Tomorrow Never Comes etc.) Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing at All Indeed, Sykes’ soulful tones could easily have been mistaken for Usher’s on a brassy R&B number which deserved to chart higher than No.13.Ħ. ![]() ![]() The most diminutive member of The Wanted proved he also had the biggest voice when he hit the solo trail last summer. Who saw this coming? As the most overblown vocalist in stand-up-for-the-key-change balladeers Westlife, the prospect of a Mark Feehily solo career didn’t initially sound particularly appealing.Īnd yet after adding two letters to his first name, the Irishman also appeared to find his mojo, resulting in this gospel-inspired number which recalled John Newman at his most dramatic. The Jam and Lewis-produced Give it to You briefly suggested Knight would do a Timberlake but it proved to be his only hit on both sides of the Atlantic. The New Kids on the Block pin-up certainly took his time launching a solo career, with this 1999 Top 5 single arriving five years after the boyband’s split. ![]() Jealous was the bigger hit, but this brooding Drake-esque R&B ballad was just as effective at making audiences forget about his squeaky-clean Disney Channel past. However, his self-titled LP was his first entirely solo affair after leaving the Jonas Brothers. The most clothes-shy Jonas brother had already recorded a solo album before joining his siblings, and had also fronted Nick Jonas and the Administration during their first hiatus. ![]()
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