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In the hiatus of [[Girls Aloud]] Cole released a solo album, ''[[3 Words]]'', which charted at number 2 in [[Ireland]] and at number 1 in the [[United Kingdom]]. Also her debut single charted at number one in the UK and also in Ireland. The single "3 Words" has been released under the Fascination label in the UK and under the [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] label in Ireland. |
In the hiatus of [[Girls Aloud]], Cole released a solo album, ''[[3 Words]]'', which charted at number 2 in [[Ireland]] and at number 1 in the [[United Kingdom]]. Also her debut single charted at number one in the UK and also in Ireland. The single "3 Words" has been released under the Fascination label in the UK and under the [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] label in Ireland. |
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| Fascination Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Distributor(s) | Interscope-Geffen-A&M (In the US) Polydor Records (Outside of the US) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Official website | http://www.fascinationrecords.co.uk |
Fascination Records is a UK-based record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as an imprint of Polydor Records.
History
Fascination Records was launched in spring 2006, and is managed by former TOTP Magazine editor Peter Loraine. The label will concentrate on a small number of pop acts and will complement the re-activated Fiction rock imprint.
Main artists
Having become the first all-girl group ever to score 20 consecutive Top 10 hits with their first set of releases (as part of Polydor), taking the record from Destiny's Child who had 11 to their name, Girls Aloud moved to Fascination for the release of their greatest hits album The Sound of Girls Aloud, and its preceding singles "Something Kinda Ooooh" (#3), "I Think We're Alone Now" (#4) and non album/Comic Relief single "Walk This Way" with Sugababes (#1). Their 4th studio album, Tangled Up was released on this label on 19 November 2007, and featured their 16th single, "Sexy! No, No, No..." (which reached #5), their 17th single, "Call the Shots", (which reached #3) and their 18th single, "Can't Speak French", (which reached #9). The girls' 5th studio album Out Of Control, and 6th overall, will be released via this label on 10 November 2008, and was preceded by their 19th single "The Promise", which was released on 20 October 2008. It entered at #1 on the UK singles charts, making it Girls Aloud's 19th consecutive top 10 hit and 4th #1 of their career. The second single from the album, "The Loving Kind" (co-written with the Pet Shop Boys) became their 20th consecutive top 10 hit upon its release in January 2009, and the final single, "Untouchable" was released on 27 April 2009 and became the group's first single to not reach the top ten in the UK, instead peaking at #11. They are currently on hiatus.
In the hiatus of Girls Aloud, Cole released a solo album, 3 Words, which charted at number 2 in Ireland and at number 1 in the United Kingdom. Also her debut single charted at number one in the UK and also in Ireland. The single "3 Words" has been released under the Fascination label in the UK and under the Polydor label in Ireland.
Shooting to fame as the singer of Spiller's "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)", Sophie went on to score a string of Top 10 singles. Her multi-platinum album Read My Lips peaked straightly to the UK Top and was a success throughout many European Countries and Australia. After the release of her second album, Shoot from the Hip, Sophie took a break from music to have a baby and to marry Richard Jones from The Feeling. She finished her third solo album in 2007 with the Fascination team, which was released on 21 May 2007. It is entitled Trip the Light Fantastic with the first single from it being "Catch You", released on 19 February 2007, becoming her 7th Top 10 Hit. Also, she released "Me and My Imagination", the second single from her 3rd album, reaching the UK Top 40 again. Her third single released by Fascination was considered a flop, however. The album debuted inside the Top 10 in the first week of its release in the United Kingdom, and was certified as Gold a year later[1].
A new five piece girl group, The Saturdays count Frankie Sandford and Rochelle Wiseman, formerly of S Club 8, among their members. They have supported Girls Aloud on the tour for their Tangled Up album and fellow labelmates Jonas Brothers at one of their recent live dates in London. Their first single, "If This Is Love" was released on 28 July 2008 and peaked at #8 in the UK singles chart. The follow up single, "Up" was released on 13 October 2008 and peaked at #5 in the UK singles chart. The debut album, titled Chasing Lights was released on 27 October 2008 and received very favourable reviews from The Times and The Guardian. The Album debuted at # 11 in the UK. In January 2009, The Saturdays released their third single "Issues". Issues peaked at #4 in the charts after initially debuting at #6. The same month Chasing Lights climbed the album charts to its new peak of #9. In January 2009, the group's website announced the release of their fourth single, a cover of the Depeche Mode song "Just Can't Get Enough" as one of the official Comic Relief 2009 singles. It peaked at #2 marking this as the band's best selling single to date and their highest charting single [2].
Fascination are releasing the UK singles and albums for the three piece American pop rock group. Their debut UK single, "SOS" was released in June 2008 and peaked inside the UK top 20 at #14. Their self titled debut UK album was also released in this month and reached the UK top 10 album chart at #9. Their second UK single release is the double-a-side "Burnin' Up"/"When You Look Me in the Eyes". The single was released on 22 September 2008 and peaked at #30, followed a week later on 29 September 2008 by their new album A Little Bit Longer which peaked at UK #19 in the album chart.
The Hannah Montana star released her debut album Breakout in the UK with Fascination in 2008. On the 9th November 2009 she released her new album The Time of Our Lives, with the lead single being Party in the USA.
The Camp Rock star is releasing her music in the UK with Fascination. Her first UK release was 'La La Land' from Don't Forget, it peaked at 36 on the UK Top 40. She released her second album on the 5th October 2009 called Here We Go Again.
The Wizards of Waverly Place star released her single Naturally on April 12th 2010 and her album the following week , the single debuted and peaked at 7 on the UK Top 40 and the album at #12.
The winner of the BBC1 show How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? released her debut album Favourite Things on Fascination on October 9, 2006. Her debut album peaked #14 on the UK Albums Chart.
As with Connie, Lee, the winner of BBC1's Any Dream Will Do has been signed to this label. His debut single of the same name entered on downloads at #18 before peaking at #2 the following week behind "Umbrella" by Rihanna feat. Jay Z. Fascination also released his self titled debut album in November 2007, which peaked inside the Top 20 of the UK Albums Chart, and his two download only singles "Gonna Make You A Star" and "You and Me".
- Dirty Diegos:
Fascination announced on their website on 8 October 2008 that they have recently signed the fictional band who feature in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks. Their official MySpace was launched on 23 October 2008 and has a 60 second preview of their debut single, "Play", which will be released digitally on 23 November 2008 in the UK.
- Popjustice:
The Popjustice compilation album, Popjustice: 100% Solid Pop Music, has also been released on this label.
Girls Can't Catch are the Newest Artists to join Fascination Records. They have released a song, "Keep Your Head Up", on August 3, 2009, and peaked at #26 on the UK Singles Chart, their second single Echo peaked in the top 20 [3].
- Skins:
The soundtrack to the Channel 4 drama series was released on this label in September 2007.
- St. Trinians:
The soundtrack to this film (which featured the label's own Girls Aloud singing the theme from the film) was released through Fascination in December 2007.
- Mamma Mia:
The soundtrack to the film version of the Abba musical was released through Fascination in July 2008. The cast's cover of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" was released digitally as a single in July 2008.
- Britannia High:
Fascination in collaboration with Globe (the TV production arm of Universal Music Group) and ITV1 released the soundtrack to this new Fame style TV series, that went to air in the UK on 26 October 2008. The first single and theme tune to the series, "Start of Something", which has been written by Take That star Gary Barlow is available to download for free from the official programme website.
Former artists
The German punk pop band released their debut UK single "Ready, Set, Go!" under the label on 27 August 2007 but could only reach #77, and were dropped from their label in April 2008.
Singer songwriter Paul Steel was touted by the Sunday Times as one to watch. He released a debut, 10 track EP entitled April And I in March 2007 and released debut single "Your Loss" on 3 September, which failed to chart. Debut album Moon Rock and the follow up single "I Will Make You Disappear" were cancelled for release and Paul was dropped in April 2008.
Reformed artists
Bananarama have signed a deal for a new album titled Viva. Viva is the tenth studio album recorded by the British vocal duo Bananarama. It was released by Fascination Records on 14 September 2009 in the UK. It contains the singles "Love Comes" ,"Love Don't Live Here" and other new tracks co-written by Dallin and Woodward, as well as 3 cover versions – "Rapture" (originally by iiO), "The Runner" (originally a 1979 hit for The Three Degrees) and "S-S-S-Single Bed"" (originally by Fox).
Rumoured artists
Fascination in collaboration with Prestige Management are in the process of auditioning for an all male pop group of a similar ilk to Busted and McFly. It is also rumored Rachel Stevens is set to relaunch on the Fascination label.