O-Town occurs as boy band formed from a number 1 series of the MTV-produced reality television series Making The Band, in 2000. A members of the band come Jacob Underwood, Ashley Angel, Erik-Michael Estrada, Trevor Penick, and Dan Miller. Fallowing releasing deuce albums touching a prevent of public interest in the son band format, O-Town has there is no new plans to perform concerts or even release farther albums.

History
Around 1999, Lou Pearlman, the human responsible the formation of the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, embarked on the countrywide talent seek, cutting 1,800 auditions inside eight cities down to Xxv young men, & one of these days eight finalists. These eight young men would, when the assumption for a recently ABC reality show, compete for 5 spots inside Pearlman's newly son band creation, to become signed to his record label, Transcontinental Records. Middle through the 1st year, 5 of the eight were chosen. These 5 were Underwood, Angel, Estradthe, Penick, & a young human per title of Ikaika Kahoano. Many episodes late, nonetheless, Kahoano was forced to take between a b& and his personal: he chose his personal. Finding from either a class action of Xxv semi-finalists, a left little joe members of the band chose Miller to become Kahoano's replacement. By owning a final 5 members of O-Town in situ, Making a Band tracked a development & struggles of the freshly band.

Brief existence
A ratings of Making a Band were heavy plenty to warrant 2nd & third seasons, which saw a link to of O-Town & continued to track their development as a popular class action, resulting tours, performances, & more originative cases in the band's history. Such cases involved a development of their 2nd Video, O2, their transition to the fresh record label, Clive Davis' J Records, and an on-going struggle to "prove themselves" when legitimate creative person. A third & final year of Making a Band was broadcast in MTV, instead of its original network, ABC.

As a band, O-Town enjoyed simply modest profits. Their number one album, a self-titled O-Town, boosted per publicity of the television series, sold other than 2 million copies. A novelty of a b& before long bore polish off, still, & a band never really witnessed a market acceptance it sought; a son band niche was already largely filled by contender *NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys. Gross revenue in O-Town's 2nd album, O2, were in a image below expectations, & J Records dropped a band from either the label.

Dissolution
O-Town understood that gaining a foothold in the music industry would exist as the challenge, shopping for the transparent nature and severity of the band's formation. Making a Band experienced a unlucky symptom of emphasizing a extent to which elastic prefer O-Town were packaged & corporately controlled, facets of the music industry that auditor were non attracted to. At a equivalent period, yet, a television program besides illustrated a humanity of the b& members, showing their struggle for market acceptance and class action identity. Though a class action freed many mega-hit songs, O-Town was never breaa to email the popularity attained by more son elastic of the instance.

Though fans tried to organize campaigns for O-Town signed to the recently label, these efforts were met by owning little profits. Following, a class action disbanded late within 2003.

Discography
Albums
O-Town (2001) #5 US, #7 UK (Double Platinum)*O2 (2002) #28 US (gold around U.S.)

Singles
'From either O-Town: "Liquid Dreams" (2001) #1Usa, #3 UK "All Or Nothing" (2001) #3 US, #4 UK

From Dr. Dolittle 2 Soundtrack: "We Fit Together" (2001) #20 UK

From either O-Town: "Love Should Be A Crime" (2002) #38 UK

From either O2:' "These Are The Days" (2002) #64 US, #36 UK (2003 release) "I Showed Her" (2003)