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The Script are a three-piece Irish pop rock band from Dublin, Ireland. They are currently based in London after signing to RCA Label Group imprint Phonogenic, and their multi- platinum selling debut album The Script was released in August 2008.
Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan met when they were in their late teens in a club in James's Street area of inner-city Dublin, near the Guinness brewery, gravitating to each other through a shared obsession with music, and in particular a love of American black music.Mark and Danny were formerly part of a band that had formed in 1996 called MyTown. They achieved limited success in Ireland and the UK but were overshadowed by the thriving boyband circuit. There were originally four members; Danny O'Donoghue, Mark Sheehan, Terry Daly and Paul Walker.
The Script released their debut single We Cry on the 24th of April 2008. "We Cry" received "Single of the Week" on RTÉ 2FM, Today FM and by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 1, where many radio presenter heavily supported the band. It was Kevin Hughes' tune of the week on GCap Media's The One Network show Music Control. and entered the UK Singles Chart at number thirty before rising and peaking at number 15 the next week, giving the band their first top twenty single. The track also performed well on the Irish Singles Chart by reaching the top ten, peaking at number nine giving them their first top ten single in their home country.
The band released their debut album, The Script on the 11 August 2008. Following the success of The Man Who Can't Be Moved, the album entered the UK Singles Charts at number one with sales of 54,520 copies where it stayed for two weeks. The album spent eight weeks in the top ten and was the twelfth best selling album in the UK of 2008. It had, of January 2009, spent twenty two weeks in the top ten. The Irish office of Sony BMG music presented the group with their first multi platinum award disc for over 600,000 sales of their debut album, "˜The Script'. Enjoy 99 more music channels @ fantv.bgton.com