B*Witched
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B*Witched was a late 1990s girl group from Ireland who were wildly popular in Europe, but only enjoyed mild success in the United States. They were unique for their ability to mix Irish country music with mainstream pop.
Their members were twin sisters Edele and Keavy Lynch, Sinéad O'Carroll, and Lindsay Armaou.
Shane Lynch, Edele and Keavy's brother and a member of Boyzone, helped in finding them a manager who got them signed to Epic Records.
They released their debut single "C'est La Vie" on May 25, 1998. It immediately went No. 1 on the UK charts, making them youngest girl group ever to do so and also went Top 10 in the United States. Their debut album, B*Witched, was released on October 12, reaching No. 3 in the charts and going triple platinum.
The band deliberately cultivated a tom boy image. Their songs were mostly written by contract songwriters such as Cathy Dennis.
B*Witched was the first ever group to have its first four singles all enter the charts at No. 1. This record would later be broken by Westlife in 2000.
Their second album, Awake and Breathe, released in 1999, peaked at No. 5 on the charts and only sold a fraction of their debut. The singles from this album only reached No. 4, No. 13, and No. 16, and by 2000 plans for a third album had been scrapped. They officially split in 2002.
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Discography
Albums
- B*Witched (Epic Records, 1998) #3 UK
- Awake and Breathe (Epic Records, 1999) #5 UK
Singles
- "C'est La Vie" (1998) #1 UK
- "Rollercoaster" (1998) #1 UK
- "To You I Belong" (1998) #1 UK
- "Blame It On The Weatherman" (1999) #1 UK
- "Thank ABBA For The Music" (with Steps, Tina Cousins, Cleopatra and Billie) (1999) #4 UK
- "Jesse Hold On" (1999) #4 UK
- "I Shall Be There" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo) (1999) #13 UK
- "Jump Down" (2000) #16 UK
External links
- B*Witched's song Lyrics (http://lyrics.activelyrics.com/B/b-witched/index.html)
- B*Witched (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=B*WITCHED&uid=MIW030505080602&sql=11:3ho7gjlr16im~T0) at the All Music Guide