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O-Town was a boy band formed from the first series of the MTV-produced reality television series Making The Band, in 2000. The members of the band were Jacob Underwood, Ashley Parker Angel, Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, and Dan Miller. After releasing two albums near the end of public interest in the boy band format, O-Town has no future plans to perform concerts or release further albums.

History

In 1999, Lou Pearlman, the man responsible for the formation of the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, embarked on a nationwide talent search, cutting 1,800 auditions in eight cities down to 25 young men, and eventually eight finalists. These eight young men would, as the premise for a new ABC reality show, compete for five spots in Pearlman's newest boy band creation, to be signed to his record label, Transcontinental Records. Midway through the first season, five of the eight were chosen. These five were Underwood, Angel, Estrada, Penick, and a young man by the name of Ikaika Kahoano. Several episodes later, however, Kahoano was forced to choose between the band and his family: he chose his family. Selecting from the group of 25 semi-finalists, the remaining four members of the band chose Miller to be Kahoano's replacement. With the final five members of O-Town in place, Making the Band tracked the development and struggles of the new band.

Brief existence

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Dissolution

O-Town understood that gaining a foothold in the music industry would be a challenge, considering the transparent nature of the band's formation. Making the Band had the unfortunate effect of emphasizing the extent to which bands like O-Town were packaged and corporately controlled, facets of the music industry that listeners were not attracted to. At the same time, however, the television show also illustrated the humanity of the band members, showing their struggle for market acceptance and group identity. Though the group released several songs, O-Town was never able to reach the popularity attained by other boy bands of the time.

Though fans tried to organize campaigns to get O-Town signed to a new label, these efforts were met with little success. As a result, the group disbanded late in 2003.

Discography

Albums

• O-Town (2001) #5 US, #7 UK (Double Platinum) {3 Million worldwide}
• O2 (2002) #28 US (Gold in U.S.) {2.5 Million units worldwide}
• Greatest Hits (2006)

Singles

Trivia

• O-Town's first single, "Liquid Dreams," was the first single to reach #1 on the Billboard singles sales chart without making the Airplay chart. The single managed to peak at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

See also

• List of bands named after places

External links

• AshleyAngel.NET (GERMAN Fansite)
• O-Town official website (no longer updated)
• Inside O-Town (fansite, still updated)
• O-Town Web (fansite, still updated)
• Sony-BMG Sony BMG official website
• J Records
• Transcontinental Records

• Boy bands