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Blue
Blue in Salerno, Italy, 2005
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Pop, dance-pop, R&B
Years active	2001–2005
Label(s)	Innocent, Virgin, EMI
Website	OfficialBlue.com
Members
Lee Ryan Duncan James Antony Costa Simon Webbe

Blue were a successful English pop boy band consisting of four members: Lee Ryan, Duncan James, Antony Costa, and Simon Webbe. Together the band sold over 11 million records. Currently all the members of the band have gone to pursue solo careers, however, on September 12, 2007, The Sun (newspaper) reported that the boys were planning a reunion tour and album, possibly in time for the Christmas season.

Contents 1 History 1.1 All Rise 1.2 One Love 1.3 Guilty 1.4 Best of Blue 1.5 Solo careers 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 External links

The band released their debut single "All Rise" in May 2001 and it reached number 4 in the UK singles chart. Blue followed this in August with the chart-topping "Too Close", a cover version of Next's US No 1 hit. Their second number one came in November with "If You Come Back". All three singles featured on debut album "All Rise", which was released in time for Christmas and reached number one, eventually selling in excess of 1,300,000 copies alone in the UK. Blue reached number six in March 2002 with their fourth single, "Fly By II" - a remix of album track "Fly By".The album was 30 in Portugal.

The band released a new single and album, in the summer of 2002, both called "One Love" which was the highest selling Blue album, selling 1.3 Million copies in the UK and more than 3 Million copies Worldwide. Their next single, which also reached number one on the British Top 40, was a duet with Elton John entitled "Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word", a cover version of one of Elton John's songs. This track was number one in Europe for six weeks.

"Guilty" (the album and the single) was released in the fall of 2003. The next singles were "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" (sung with Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone), "Breathe Easy", and "Bubblin'". The album Guilty sold more than 600,000 copies in the UK.

The band decided to split after Elton John suggested that their popularity was decreasing and that they should concentrate on their solo careers. They did so after releasing their Best Of Blue greatest hits compilation in 2004, which contained a few new tracks such as "Curtain Falls", "Get Down On It" and "Only Words I Know". The album went to #2 in Portugal with 2 platinum. Both of singles, "Curtain Falls" and "Get Down On It" went #1 in Portugal for more than a week.

Blue had sold 12 to 13 million albums and 40 million singles and split up in 2005, now all four members have since released solo singles.

Duncan released "I Believe My Heart" with Keedie in October 2004, reaching #2 in the UK Singles Chart and his solo album, Future Past was released in 2006 reaching #55 in the UK, selling 15,000 copies in Britain. Duncan has found more success in Italy, where his album peaked at #2 and the singles have been Top 5 hits.

Lee released "Army Of Lovers" in July 2005, reaching #3 and a self-titled solo album in August 2005 reaching #6. Lee's album was successful in Italy too, peaking at #3 and spending 5 weeks in the Italian Top 10.

Simon released "Lay Your Hands" in August 2005, reaching #4, and his debut album reached #7 UK Album Chart, selling over 700,000 copies.

Antony had released a single, "Do You Ever Think Of Me", before going into acting and performing in Blood Brothers and in the new year had arranged to be touring with Boogie Nights. Costa's debut album, "Heart Full of Soul" was released on 3 July 2006 in the UK and Ireland.

Information
All Rise Released: 2001 Chart positions: #1 UK UK certification: Platinum UK sales: 1,2 million Worldwide sales:
One Love Released: 2002 Chart positions: #1 UK, #7 ITA UK certification: UK sales: 1,3 million Worldwide sales: 3 million
Guilty Released: 2003 Chart positions: #1 UK, #3 ITA UK certification: UK sales: 600 000 Worldwide sales:
Remixes - Japan Tour Mini Album Released: 2004 Chart positions: N/A UK certification: UK sales: Worldwide sales:
Best of Blue Released: 2004 Chart positions: #6 UK, #1 ITA UK certification: UK sales: Worldwide sales:
4Ever Blue Released: 2005 Chart positions: N/A UK certification: UK sales: Worldwide sales:
The Platinum Collection Released: 2006 Chart positions: N/A UK certification: UK sales: Worldwide sales:
The Collection Released: 2007 Chart positions: N/A UK certification: UK sales: Worldwide sales:

Year	Single	Chart positions														Album
		UK[1]	IE[2]	FR	SE	NO	DE	AT	AU	NZ	BE	NL	FI	CH	World
2001	"All Rise"	4	15	14			19		3	1					23	All Rise
	"Too Close"	1	17				66		5
	"If You Come Back"	1	13				48		19						29
2002	"Fly By II"	6	16				45		26						39
	"One Love"	3	4	32			54		36						32	One Love
	"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"[3] (featuring Elton John)	1	3	6			3		43			1			5
2003	"U Make Me Wanna"[4]	4	5		50		6	10		20	14	28		9	15
	"Guilty"[5]	2	4	37	16		19	20	29	14	19	17		22	11	Guilty
	"Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours"[6] (featuring Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone)	11	17		36		29		31	22	38	11		53	29
2004	"Breathe Easy"[7]	4	4			17	7	7		29	28	13		8	36
	"Bubblin'"[8]	9	21				11	27			34	21		8	26
	"You & Me Bubblin'"[9] (featuring Linkup)			13
	"Curtain Falls"[10]	4	10	18			8	16			20			13	14	Best of Blue
2005	"Get Down on It"[11] (featuring Kool & The Gang)		47				29	41			24		16	35
	"A Chi Mi Dice"[12]			15
	"Only Words I Know"[13]						55

• Blue's official site (not updated since they disbanded)
• Blue Fan Website
• 4everblue.ch - Site dédié au groupe BLUE (French)
• Bluefans- Fan web site of Blue
• Antony Costa Official Website