A1

a1 was a British boy band, whose first single was released in 1999. They disbanded in 2002. Its members were Mark Read, Paul Marazzi, Ben Adams and Christian Ingebrigt

a1 was a British boy band, whose first single was released in 1999. They disbanded in 2002. Its members were Mark Read, Paul Marazzi, Ben Adams and Christian Ingebrigtsen (from Norway). The band's publicity focused on the fact that a1 wrote many of their own songs, and that three of the four play musical instruments. Read plays the piano and drum, Adams plays the piano and Ingebrigtsen plays the piano and guitar.

After an initial period during which they achieved moderate success in the UK singles chart, in autumn 2000 two of their singles went to number one in the chart within nine weeks: Take On Me and Same Old Brand New You. The former was a cover of A-ha's 1985 single, which itself only reached a number two position in the UK charts.