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| Birth Name(s) : Liberty X |
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Full Liberty X Biography
Liberty X (originally called Liberty) was a pop vocal group formed from five contestants from the 2001 ITV show Popstars. The group consists of Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Michelle Heaton, Kelli Young and Jessica Taylor. They are perhaps best known for their UK number one single 'Just A Little', which was also their biggest hit worldwide. The band went on to achieve 10 consecutive UK Top 20 singles. Their 11th and final UK single 'X' failed to reach the UK Top 40, stalling at number 47. Few of their singles made much of an impact on international charts.
In mid-2005 it was announced that Liberty X had left V2 records, and had signed to independent label Unique Corp records. Their third album was announced as being titled, X to be released in October 2005. Not owning the rights to certain songs (including collaborations with Richard X), the band had to write new material. The first single, "Song 4 Lovers" however, had been recorded when they were signed to V2 Records back in 2004. It was finally released in September 2005 and it features Rev Run of Run DMC, who also co-wrote the track. The single was well received, achieving a large amount of airplay on British music channels, as well as radio. During its first week of release, midweek figures showed that the single was to debut at either number 2 or 3, but finished the week at number 5, their first Top 10 hit in nearly two years in the United Kingdom. It spent 4 consecutive weeks inside the Top 10.
Their third album 'X' was released in October 2005, but to a lukewarm reception, despite the top 5 success of the single which preceded the album. It peaked at number 27, leaving the top 40 after just one week. People were unimpressed with the content of the album as it contained four previous singles (Just A Little, Got To Have Your Love, Being Nobody, Holding On For You), plus the current single (Song 4 Lovers), and a track ("Yo DJ") which was used as a b-side to Song 4 Lovers. 'X' went on to sell an extremely poor 10,000 copies in the UK, and saw a strictly limited release around the world.
After an hiatus, the band returned in June 2006 with a slightly remixed new single "X". The song was a fan favourite, but due to a lack of promotion and lack of airplay and video play (the video itself was attacked for being considerably low-budget), the song failed to hit the Top 40, peaking at a low number 47. The re-release of the album, which contained the new version of X and A Night To Remember which was planned, still went ahead, unknown to the public. 'X' also peaked at number 89 in France, their lowest chart placing there, just ahead of 'Holding On For You' which reached number 109.
Despite rumours of the band splitting, members leaving and being dropped by their label, the band announced that they were still together but each doing separate things. Michelle, not long back posted on the band's official site stating the band were still together and would be releasing a new single in the new year (January 2007) with a song from a forthcoming film. However, this failed to materialise. Michelle Heaton since then has married her lover of four years, Andy Scott-Lee who is best known for making the final seven in the second series of Pop Idol. Jessica Taylor got engaged to cricket star, Kevin Pietersen, Kevin Simm has appeared on Channel 4's The Games: Champion of Champions, competing for his team, and Tony Lundon was busy writing tracks for what would have been the band's fourth album. |
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