a1 was a British boyband whose first single, "Be the First to Believe", was released in 1999. The band consisted of Mark Read, Paul Marazzi, Ben Adams and Christian Ingebrigtsen from Norway. The group's publicity mainly focused on the fact that they wrote the majority of their own songs and three out of the four band members also played their own instruments. In 2000, they achieved their two number one singles in the UK; a cover of a-ha’s 1985 single “Take on Me” and “Same Old Brand New You”.
Genre(s):
Rock, Rock: Pop-Rock, Other, Pop
