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  • JLS
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  • JLS
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  • Dev_(singer)
  • LuvBug
  • Tinie_Tempah
Subject
  • Brit Award winners
  • Black British musical groups
  • British pop music groups
  • British rhythm and blues musical groups
  • English boy bands
  • Musical groups established in 2007
  • Musical groups disestablished in 2013
  • The X Factor (UK TV series) contestants
abstract
  • JLS is a British Pop / R&B / Hip-Hop group whose name stands for %22Jack the Lad Swing%22. They made their debut on the British television show X Factor.
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  • JLS (an initialism of Jack the Lad Swing) were an English pop/R&B boy band consisting of members JB Gill, Marvin Humes, Aston Merrygold and Oritsé Williams. Originally formed by Oritse Williams. They originally signed to Tracklacers production company New Track City and then went on to become runners-up of the fifth series of the ITV reality talent show The X Factor in 2008, coming second to Alexandra Burke.Following their appearance on The X Factor, JLS signed to Epic Records. Their first two singles %22Beat Again%22 and %22Everybody in Love%22 both went to number one on the UK Singles Chart. The band's self-titled debut album was released on 9 November 2009, and has since sold over 1 million copies in the UK. JLS won the awards for British Breakthrough and British Single (%22Beat Again%22) at the 2010 BRIT Awards. They also won several awards at the Mobo awards for Best song for %22Beat Again%22 in 2009 and also Best Newcomer in the same year. In 2010 they won the MOBO Awards for Best UK act and Best Album. They also went on to win their fifth MOBO Award in 2012 by winning Best Video for %22Do You Feel What I Feel?%22. They won the title of the UK's hardest-working band for two constitutive years, in 2011 and 2012.In 2010, JLS signed a record in the United States with Jive Records, and released %22Everybody in Love%22 as their debut US single, but it failed to chart. %22The Club Is Alive%22, the lead single from their second studio album, was released in the UK in July 2010, and earned the band their third number-one on the UK Singles Chart. Their single %22Love You More%22, the official single for Children in Need in 2010, was the group's fourth UK number one. Their single %22She Makes Me Wanna%22 featuring Dev was their fifth UK number one. As of 2012, their debut album and single has been named one of The X Factor‍ '​s top ten biggest-selling debut singles and albums. As of 2013, they are the sixteenth richest reality TV stars in the UK, with an estimated fortune of £6 million per member, totalling £24 million.JLS have sold over 6 million records in the UK alone and more than 10 million records worldwide.
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  • Jack the Lad Swing, X-Factor Finalists (2008)
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  • 2013-12
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  • 2007
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  • JLS
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  • Epic Records
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  • R&B
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