14 tracks · 43 min
Rising to stardom as runners up on the 2008 instalment of TV talent show The X Factor, behind that year’s eventual winner Alexandra Burke, JLS nevertheless carved out a successful career for themselves, releasing four albums together from their self-titled debut to their 2012 album Evolution – all of which landed in the UK Album Chart’s Top 3. After their fourth LP and a 2013 greatest hits album titled Goodbye, members Ortise Williams, Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes and JB Gill went their separate ways to focus on solo projects. Now, though, JLS are back with a brand new album, 2.0, which sees them updating their slick brand of R&B-influenced pop and aiming to rekindle their chart success. In the intervening years since their 2013 greatest hits collection, the boys have kept themselves busy in a variety of ways – Gill, Merrygold and Humes have all enjoyed turns as TV presenters, while Williams has collaborated with the likes of Pusha T and he and Merry gold have both appeared as contestants on dancing shows Stepping Out and Strictly Come Dancing. News of a reformation arrived in November 2019, when the group began working on new music, and despite a bizarre episode where a drill…
