Shayne Ward – Breathless (2007)
Breathless by Shayne Ward
Biography
Shayne Thomas Ward (born 16 October 1984) in Clayton, Manchester, is an English pop singer, who rose to prominence in the United Kingdom and Ireland after becoming the winner of the 2005 series of the talent show The X Factor. However, He considers himself to be Irish, as both his parents are Irish. He is in a relationship with long-term girlfriend, Faye. He has six siblings, including a twin sister named Emma. Prior to his participation in The X Factor, Ward was in a band called Destiny with two women named Tracy Murphy and Tracey Lyle. They performed at pubs, clubs and weddings. Ward also reached the final thirty of Popstars: The Rivals.
During The X Factor competition, Ward was mentored by manager Louis Walsh (who is now his manager under a joint venture with Global Publishing and Walsh Global Management). The bookies’ favourite to win the show, he defeated duo Journey South and singer Andy Abraham in the final, screened by ITV, by a margin of 1.2% of the vote, out of a reported 10.8 million phone votes cast by viewers.
His first single, “That’s My Goal“, was released in the UK on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 and became the Christmas number one in 2005 and stayed in the charts until June 2006. It sold 313,000 copies on its first day of sales (though technically it was not in one day because sales of downloads for this song were around 70,000 which had been on sale for four days before the physical release), making it the fourth fastest selling single of all time (behind Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind”, Will Young’s “Anything Is Possible/Evergreen”, and Gareth Gates’ “Unchained Melody” which sold 685,000, 403,000 and 335,000 copies in their first days of sale respectively). “That’s My Goal” went on to sell over one million copies.
His second single “No Promises” (a cover of a Bryan Rice song) was released on 10 April 2006, and it reached number two in the UK Singles Chart. His self-titled debut album was released on Monday April 17, and it sold over 95,000 copies on the first two days of release. By the end of the week, the album sold 201,266 copies at number one. The album has sold 480,000 copies in total in the UK. Ward’s third single “Stand by Me” failed to set the charts alight like the previous two, entering the UK top 20 at number fourteen. It fared slightly better in the Irish charts, reaching number nine.
Sony BMG released Ward’s debut album on 14 July 2006 in Taiwan and other Asian countries. He enjoyed major success there and in South Africa and he has had some success across Scandinavia.
Ward’s second album, Breathless, was released on 26 November 2007. Ward says that it is a “funky, sexy and different” step for him. Prior to the release of the album, Ward went on tour across the UK and Ireland in early 2007, taking in eighteen concerts in twenty-eight days from late January to mid-February. The tour commenced in Dublin on 21 January and ended in Birmingham on 17 February 2007.
The second single from the album is “Breathless“, released on 19 November 2007. On November 10, 2007, Ward performed world exclusives of “Breathless” on the live results show of the fourth series of The X Factor and on The Paul O’Grady Show on 19 November 2007.
Breathless
Breathless album tracklists are:
01
No U Hang Up
02
Breathless
03
If That’s OK With You
04
Damaged
05
Some Tears Never Dry
06
Until You
07
Stand By Your Side
08
Melt The Snow
09
Tangled Up
10
Just Be Good To Me
11
U Got Me So
12
You Make Me Wish
13
Tell Him
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