Shayne Ward

Shayne Ward, polnoe imya Shayne Thomas Ward, — britanskiy pevec i aktyor, rodivshiysya 16 oktyabrya 1984 goda v Manchestere, Angliya.

Shirokuyu izvestnost v Velikobritanii on poluchil, vyigrav v 2005 godu shou The X Factor, gde schitalsya favoritom bukmekerov i nakhodilsya pod nastavničestvom menedzhera Louisa Walsha. V finale on pobedil duet Journey South i pevtsa Andy Abraham s raznitsey v 1,2% golosov.

Ego debiutnyy singl That's My Goal, vypushchennyy v dekabre 2005 goda, stal rozhdestvenskim №1 po prodazham v tom godu. Prodav 313 000 kopiy v pervyy den, on stal tret’im po skorosti prodazh singlom v istorii na tot moment.

Odnoimennyy album, vyshchedshiy v aprele 2006 goda, startoval s 1-go mesta v britanskom chart’e s bolee chem 200 000 prodannykh kopiy za pervuyu nedelyu. Album dal singly No Promises i Stand By Me i poluchil platinovuyu sertifikatsiyu v neskol’kikh stranakh.

Vtoroy album Breathless vyshyel v noyabre 2007 goda i debutiroval na 2-m meste v britanskom reitinge albomov, ustupiv Spirit Leona Lewis, sleduyushchey pobeditelnitse The X Factor. V Irlandii album srazu zanyal 1-e mesto, smestiv s pervoy strochki reliz Lewis, i prodderzhalsya tam tri nedeli, poluchiv vposledstvii pyatikratnuyu platinovuyu sertifikatsiyu.

Pervyy singl so vtorogo alboma, If That's OK with You, vypushchennyy v sentyabre 2007 goda dvoynym A-side vmeste s No U Hang Up, dostig 2-go mesta v Velikobritanii. V Irlandii No U Hang Up podnyalsya do 11-go mesta, togda kak If That's OK with You srazu voshel na 1-e mesto. Vtoroy singl alboma, Breathless, vyshyel v noyabre 2007 goda.

Do uchastiya v The X Factor Shayne Ward byl uchastnikom gruppy Destiny vmeste s Tracy Murphy i Tracey Lyle, vystupaya v pubakh, klubakh i na svad’bakh. Takzhe on voshel v tridsatku finalistov shou Popstars: The Rivals.