John and Edward Grimes (born 16 October 1991 in Dublin, Ireland), known professionally as Jedward, are an Irish singing and television presenting duo. They are identical twins and first appeared as John & Edward in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, generating a phenomenon of ironic popularity described as "the Jedward paradox". They finished sixth and are now managed by Louis Walsh, who was their mentor during The X Factor.
Jedward have released three albums, Planet Jedward, Victory and Young Love. Planet Jedward and Victory went double platinum in Ireland. They have released nine singles, including "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" (a mash-up of "Under Pressure" by Queen and Vanilla Ice's track "Ice Ice Baby"), "Lipstick", the song with which they represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, and "Waterline", with which they represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
Albums
Released: 22 June, 2012
℗ 2012 Planet Jedward
Under Exclusive Licence to
Universal Music Ireland
Young Love
Young Love is the third studio album by Irish pop duo Jedward. The album was
released on 22 June 2012. In January 2012, Jedward began recording material
for their third studio album, including their 2012 Eurovision Song Contest entry
"Waterline". The rest of the album was recorded in March at a studio in Sweden.
Young Love is a concept album, based around the story of a relationship.
Singles & Video releases
Previous Albums
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Tracklist
1. Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)
2. All the Small Things
3. Everybody
4. Ghostbusters
5. Fight for Your Right to Party
6. I Want Candy
7. Jump
8. I Like to Move It
9. Rock DJ
10. Teenage Kicks
11. Pop Musik
Bonus:
Walk This Way
Everyday Superstar
Singles
Tracklist
1. Lipstick
2. Bad Behaviour
3. Everyday Superstar
4. My Miss America
5. Your Biggest Fan
6. DISTortion
7. POP Rocket
8. Saturday Night
9. Techno Girl
10. WOW OH WOW
11. Celebrity
12. Hold The World
Bonus:
Bad Behaviour (Wideboys Radio Edit)
Go Getter
Get Up And Dance
Lipstick (Instrumental)
Singles
4th Studio Album: (Name: TBA)
Update (24th April):
Tracklist | Song Title Reveals
▼Free Spirit
▼Ageless
▼Ferocious
▼Silent Raindrops
The other week I spent two hours just watching interviews given by these two since the beginning of their career. So obnoxious, but really endearing, charming and funny at the same time. I love that duality.
The other week I spent two hours just watching interviews given by these two since the beginning of their career. So obnoxious, but really endearing, charming and funny at the same time. I love that duality.
I looked up the Irish chart (the only chart that matters for them ), and Wow Oh Wow is nowhere in the top 50.
Victory, though, is enjoying its 21st week in the chart, it's at number 18.
Planet Jedward is in its 73rd week, and is at number 95.
And yesssss!!!
I remember doing that, it was what really cemented my stanship that day I found out about them. They are so funny and energetic, experiencing them in that way really makes it hard to dislike them. They're just all about the fun, and not about the drama.
It's clever, though, because it was chosen with the Eurovision juries in mind. Given that only half of the voting from every country is from the public and the other half is from music juries. The public half is guaranteed regardless of song because of the dedication of the brainless stans (which are now spread throughout Europe), so they picked this song because it's not 'mindless pop' enough for the juries to throw it under the bus.
Their new album is surprisingly decent. It seems as if they have matured a little, musically of course. There is a significant bunch of true pop gems on this record. "What's Your Number?", "Luminous", "Happens In the Dark" and "P.O.V." are all great tracks. You can't get anymore "pop" than this.
Their new album is surprisingly decent. It seems as if they have matured a little, musically of course. There is a significant bunch of true pop gems on this record. "What's Your Number?", "Luminous", "Happens In the Dark" and "P.O.V." are all great tracks. You can't get anymore "pop" than this.
Victory is way more pop than Young Love. I like Young Love a lot but I really feel like it's a poppier and significantly better attempt at Up All Night.
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Originally posted by mandym
What's Your Number? is such a jam
It was almost their Eurovision song instead of Waterline.