Ward was born in 1984[citation needed] in Clayton to Irish parents Martin and Philomena.[1] He has a twin sister named Emma and five other siblings: Mark, Martin, Michael, Lisa and Leona.[1] He is a Manchester United supporter,[2] and in 2002 he reached the final thirty of Popstars: The Rivals,[citation needed] the television show that created Girls Aloud. Prior to his participation in The X Factor, Ward was in a band called Destiny with two women named Tracy Murphy and Tracey Lyle, performing at pubs, clubs and weddings.[citation needed] He currently resides in Fish Island, London.[citation needed]
[edit] The X Factor 2005
In early 2005, Ward auditioned for the second series of The X Factor. He impressed all three judges (Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh) and passed through to the next round. His category (16 to 24 year olds) was then mentored by Walsh, and Ward was chosen to be among Walsh's top four contestants and perform on the live shows. Ward quickly became the bookmakers' favourite to win the show, and after making it to the grand final, he defeated Simon Cowell's duo Journey South and Sharon Osbourne's over-25 singer Andy Abraham and was crowned as the winner of The X Factor 2005.[3] He had not fallen into the bottom two throughout the entire competition, and won by a margin of 1.2% of the vote, out of a reported 10.8 million phone votes cast by viewers. Immediately after the competition, his X Factor mentor Louis Walsh became his manager under a joint venture with Global Publishing and Walsh Global Management.
[edit] Performances on The X Factor
Week Song choice Original artist Result
Audition "Sacrifice" Elton John To Final 24
Week 1 "Right Here Waiting" Richard Marx Safe
Week 2 "If You're Not The One" Daniel Bedingfield Safe
Week 3 "Summer of 69" Bryan Adams Safe
Week 4 "You Make Me Feel Brand New" The Stylistics Safe
Week 5 "Cry Me a River" Justin Timberlake Safe
Week 6 "A Million Love Songs" Take That Safe
Week 7 "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" The Darkness Safe
Week 8 "Careless Whisper" George Michael Safe
"Take Your Mama" Scissor Sisters
Semi-final "If Tomorrow Never Comes" Garth Brooks Safe
"Unchained Melody" The Righteous Brothers
Final "If You're Not The One" Daniel Bedingfield Winner
"When A Child Is Born Johnny Mathis
"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" Judy Garland
"That's My Goal" Shayne Ward
[edit] Post-X Factor Career
[edit] 2006–2007: Shayne Ward
Immediately after his victory on The X Factor, Ward signed a recording contract with Syco Music and his first single, "That's My Goal", was released in the UK on Wednesday, 21 December 2005. After selling 742,000 copies in the first week (including 313,000 on its first day), it became the Christmas number one single of 2005, held the top spot for four weeks and stayed in the top 75 until June 2006, a 21-week run. It became (at that time) the fourth fastest-selling UK single of all time, beaten only by 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. To date, "That's My Goal" has sold over 1.3 million copies in the UK. Ward also won a Ivor Nevello Award for being the Best Selling Single.
Ward's second single, "No Promises", a cover of a Bryan Rice song was released on 10 April 2006, and peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart. Shayne Ward, his self-titled debut album was released on Monday April 17. It sold 201,266 copies in the first week and entered the albums chart at number one. To date, the album has sold 520,000 copies in the UK and a further 200,000 worldwide, reaching number one in eight other countries. The album was certified platinum.
Ward's third single "Stand by Me" failed to make the chart impact of the previous two, entering and peaking in the UK Singles Chart at number fourteen. It fared slightly better in the Irish charts however, reaching number nine.
It was confirmed in Gary Barlow's autobiography, that in 2006, fellow Take That member, Jason Orange threatened to quit the band, and Ward was seriously considered as his replacement. Orange, however, later changed his mind and a replacement was not required.
In August 2006, it was reported that Ward had developed vocal cord nodules — the same condition that stopped the singing career of Julie Andrews — and was to be flown out to Los Angeles in early September to see a specialist surgeon. His manager, Louis Walsh, released a statement that he was confident Ward would be fine and would be back at work by the end of the month. Ward had successful treatment and was indeed able to return to his singing career. In November 2006, he released his autobiography entitled My Story. He travelled to several places around the UK for book signings, which hundreds of people attended. In early 2007, Ward embarked on a solo tour of UK & Republic of Ireland venues, taking in eighteen concerts in twenty-eight days from late January to mid-February. The tour commenced in Dublin on January 21 and ended in Birmingham on 17 February 2007.
[edit] 2007–2008: Breathless
After the completition of his successful debut tour, Ward's fourth single and first from his second album ("If That's OK with You") was given a release date of 20 August 2007, but was then delayed and became a double A-side single with "No U Hang Up". It was finally released on 24 September 2007, and charted at number two in the UK being held off by the Sugababes with "About you now". "No U Hang Up" and "If That's OK with You" charted separately in Ireland, the former reaching number eleven and the latter entering at number one.
Ward's second album, Breathless, was released on 26 November 2007, and after selling over 95,000 copies in its first week, debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, held off the top spot by his X Factor successor, Leona Lewis's, multi-platinum selling debut, Spirit. In Ireland, the album debuted at number one (removing Lewis's album from the top spot) a position it held for three weeks, and was later certified five times platinum.
The second single from Ward's album was announced as "Breathless", and was released on 19 November 2007. It peaked at number six in the UK and number two in Ireland. On November 10, Ward performed "Breathless" on the live results show of the fourth series of The X Factor, although the single was not available for download until the November 18, followed by a performance on The Paul O'Grady Show on November 19. In the UK the album has been certified platinum with sales of over 450,000.
In May 2008 Ward embarked on his month-long UK tour named The Breathless Tour 2008. He made his stage debut at London's O2 Arena and visited his home town Manchester at the MEN Arena. He also performed his complete show as a support act for Westlife's 2008 tour in front of a crowd of over 80,000 at Ireland's Croke Park. Ward also played on the opening night at the O2, Dublin, at the Cheerios Childline concert on 16 Dec 2008.
[edit] 2009–present: third album
Ward started working on his third album in 2009 with producers RedOne and Taio Cruz. He will make his comeback appearance on "T4: Hollyoaks Music Show" on 15 October.[4]
[edit] Personal life
Ward has been in a relationship with Faye McKeever since 2004.[5]
[edit] Tours
X Factor Live 2006 (with The X Factor 2005 Finalists)
Shayne Ward Live 2007
The Breathless Tour 2008
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Year Name Charts Certifications
UK
[6] IRE
[7] SWE
[8] DEN
[9]
2006 Shayne Ward
First studio album
Released on 17 April 2006
Labels: Syco
Formats: CD, digital download
1 1 8 — IRE: 4× Platinum[10]
UK: Platinum[11]
2007 Breathless
Second studio album
Released on 26 November 2007
Labels: Syco
Formats: CD, digital download
2 1 — 39 IRE: 5× Platinum[12]
UK: Platinum
[edit] Singles
Year Single Chart positions Album
UK
[6] IRE
[7] SWE
[8] NOR
[13] DEN
[9] CZE
2005 "That's My Goal" 1 1 58 — — — Shayne Ward
2006 "No Promises" 2 1 4 13 — —
"Stand by Me" 14 9 — — — —
2007 "If That's OK with You" 1 2 1 45 — — 4 Breathless
"No U Hang Up" 1 11 38 — 4 —
"Breathless" 6 2 — — — —
^1 "If That's OK with You" and "No U Hang Up" were released as a double-A side in the UK, but charted separately elsewhere.
[edit] References
1.^ a b Carroll, Sue (7 July 2006). "SHAYNE WARD EXCLUSIVE". Daily Mirror. Trinity Mirror. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2006/07/07/shayne-ward-exclusive-115875-17342774/. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
2.^ Chua, Dennis (5th October 2008). "The Red Devil in Shayne". New Strait Times. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/Features/20081005161719/Article/indexF_html. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
3.^ "Shayne Ward wins X Factor". RTÉ Entertainment. 16 December 2005. http://www.rte.ie/arts/2005/1216/thexfactor.html. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
4.^ Fletcher, Alex (27 January 2010). "Shayne Ward records Haiti message". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a199672/shayne-ward-records-haiti-message.html. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
5.^ Levine, Nick (31 July 2007). "EXCLUSIVE: Shayne Ward's girlfriend 'furious' over phone bill". Digital Spy. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/a68833/shayne-wards-girlfriend-furious-over-phone-bill.html. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
6.^ a b "Shayne Ward Top 75 Releases". The Official Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/shayne%20ward/. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
7.^ a b "Discography Shayne Ward". irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shayne+Ward. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
8.^ a b "Discography Shayne Ward". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shayne+Ward. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
9.^ a b "Discography Shayne Ward". danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. http://danishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shayne+Ward. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
10.^ IRMA Certifications 2006
11.^ http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx
12.^ Irish 2007 Certifications
13.^ "Discography Shayne Ward". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. http://norwegiancharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Shayne+Ward. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
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