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Mark Owen (born Mark Anthony Patrick Owen, 27 January 1972, Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an English singer-songwriter. He is a founding member of the English pop group Take That. The band were successful during the early 1990s and are currently enjoying success since their reunion in 2005.
lived in a small council house with his mother Mary, his father Keith, brother Daniel and sister Tracy. His father was a decorator, later getting a job at a police station.
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Mark Owen (born Mark Anthony Patrick Owen, 27 January 1972, Oldham, Lancashire, England) is an English singer-songwriter. He is a founding member of the English pop group Take That. The band were successful during the early 1990s and are currently enjoying success since their reunion in 2005.
Early life
Owen lived in a small council house with his mother Mary, his father Keith, brother Daniel and sister Tracy. His father was a decorator, later getting a job at a police station. His mother was a supervisor in a bakery in Oldham. Owen was educated at the Holy Rosary Primary and St Augustine's Catholic School in Oldham. He starred in school plays but showed no interest in music at school, preferring football. He played for Chadderton F.C. for a brief period. He also had trials for Manchester United, Huddersfield Town and Rochdale.
His first job was at Zutti's, a clothes boutique in Oldham. From there he went on to work at a branch of Barclays Bank, which is where he was working when he auditioned for Take That.
Take That
During his time with Take That, he sang lead vocals on "Babe", which was released in December 1993 from the Everything Changes album. It reached number one in the UK, but was knocked off the top spot at Christmas by Mr Blobby. He also sang lead vocals on "The Day After Tomorrow" from the Nobody Else album.
Owen completed a critically acclaimed sell-out tour entitled The Ultimate Tour with the reformed Take That in 2006. The band embarked on The Beautiful World Tour in 2007, which proved another sell-out success. Before the start of the tour the band released an album entitled Beautiful World. Three singles were released off the album in the UK: Patience (in 2006), Shine (in 2007), which both reached number one in the charts, and I'd Wait for Life in June 2007, which peaked at number 17. A DVD of the concert tour was released after the climax of the tour.
In 2008 it was announced that the band were to start production on a follow up to Beautiful World. Preceding the album, the single "Greatest Day" was released on 24 November 2008. The album The Circus was released on 1 December in the UK. The album featured Owen taking lead vocals on the songs "Hello", "Julie", "Up All Night" and "Hold Up A Light", and sharing lead vocals on the songs "The Garden" and "Said It All".
Solo career
After Take That split, Owen became the first of the band's ex-members to release a solo record. He reached number three in the UK Singles Chart with his debut single, "Child". His second single, "Clementine", also went to number three. In 1997 his album Green Man was released, charting at a number 33. After another single, "I Am What I Am", charted at number 29, Owen was dropped by BMG Records in late 1997.
Owen won the second series of Celebrity Big Brother in November 2002 with 77% of the public vote against television presenter Les Dennis. After being invited to perform on stage with Robbie Williams at Knebworth, he returned to the spotlight and signed a deal with Island/Universal Records. In August 2003, Owen returned to the charts with the Top 5 hit, "Four Minute Warning", which remained in the Top 40 for eight weeks. His second album, In Your Own Time, was released in November 2003, entering the charts at number 59. After a second single, "Alone Without You", charted at number 26, Owen was dropped by Island/Universal Records.
In April 2004 he established his own record company, Sedna Records. He released his third solo album, How the Mighty Fall in 2005, which was recorded at Sunset Studios, Los Angeles in 2004. In February 2006 he released "Hail Mary" as a single from the album.
Personal life
Owen dated art student Joanna Kelly after leaving Take That. He then dated and lived with actress, Chloe Bailey, in the Lake District. His girlfriend Emma Ferguson, gave birth to his first child, Elwood Jack on 19 August 2006. On 25 November 2008, daughter Willow Rose was born, but Owen said he has no plans to marry at this year.
Discography
Albums
Singles
External links
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- A site run by fans for fans of Take That and Mark Owen
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