Blue raspberry

On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Blue during their live concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2019. Blue are an English boy band blue raspberry of members Simon Webbe, Duncan James, Antony Costa and Lee Ryan.

The group formed in 2000 and released three studio albums before announcing a hiatus In late 2004. In April 2015, Blue were dropped by their record label Sony due to the poor performance of their fifth album Colours. Blue have sold 15 million records worldwide. Blue has been certified for 3. 8 million singles in the UK. In May 1999, Lee Ryan and Antony Costa met at the ages of 15 and 17, respectively, when auditioning for a boy band on ITV’s This Morning, with Simon Cowell putting the group together. The boy band never took off, but Ryan and Costa remained friends following their meeting.

In 2000, Costa and another one of his friends, Duncan James, decided to form their own band, and they were soon joined by Ryan. Blue started recording for their debut album following their new line-up. They released their debut single “All Rise” in May 2001 and it reached number four on the UK Singles Chart. Their follow-up single “Too Close” was released in August 2001 and peaked at number one.

The album received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Blue’s second album, One Love, was released in October 2002, entering at number one on the UK Albums Chart and selling more than 150,000 copies. Their third album, Guilty, was released in autumn 2003, entering at number one on the UK Albums Chart and selling 100,000 copies on the week of release. It was released on 3 November 2003 in the United Kingdom and on 25 November in the United States.