BIOGRAPHY Shayne Thomas Ward, born October 16, 1984, in Clayton, Manchester to Irish parents, is an English pop singer, who rose to prominence in the United Kingdom and Ireland after winning the second series of "The X Factor".
Prior to his participation in "The X Factor", Ward was in a band called "Destiny" with two women named Tracy Murphy and Tracey Lyle, performing at pubs, clubs and weddings. In early 2005, Ward auditioned for the second series of The X Factor. He impressed all three judges (Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh) and passed through to the next round. He had not fallen into the bottom two throughout the entire competition, and won by a margin of 1.2% of the vote, out of a reported 10.8 million phone votes cast by viewers.
Immediately after his victory on The X Factor, Ward signed a recording contract with Sony BMG and his first single, "That's My Goal", was rush-released in the UK on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 and after selling a massive 742,000 copies (including 313,000 on it's first day), it became the Christmas number one single of 2005, held the top spot for four weeks and stayed in the top 75 until June 2006, a huge 21-week run. It therefore became the fourth fastest selling UK single of all time, beaten only by Elton John's "Candle in the Wind". Ward's second album, Breathless, was released on 26 November 2007, and after selling over 90,000 copies in its first week, debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. View GALLERY:
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