BBMak

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BBMak
Publicity Still, c. 2000. (from left, Burns, Barry, and McNally)
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Pop, pop rock
Years active	1999-2003
Labels	EMI/Hollywood
Website	hollywoodrecords.go.com/bbmak
Former members
Mark Barry Christian Burns Stephen McNally

BBMak (Barry, Burns, McNally) were an English pop group consisting of Mark Barry, Christian Burns and Stephen McNally. Together they sold nearly three million albums and spawned six Top 10 and Top 40 singles worldwide between 1999 when the group was formed and 2003 when they eventually disbanded. The band also guest starred on Disney's television show, Even Stevens in 2001.

Career

Sooner or Later

In 1999, when the group's debut single "Back Here" was released, it barely made it into the Top 40 in the United Kingdom. BBMak's debut album, Sooner or Later, was released in 2000 and sold over one million copies, giving the re-release of "Back Here" to gain more publicity and the single eventually climbed to #5 on the UK Singles Chart, #13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart. The band's next single, "Still On Your Side," reached #8 in the UK and #54 in the US. BBMak closed that year with sold out concerts and a live performance on MTV in Times Square on New Year's Eve. In 2001 BBMak released a DVD called Sooner Or Later: Our First Year in America and their third single "Ghost of You and Me" peaked at #8 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart.

Soundtrack appearances

In July 2001, BBMak had the track "Miss You More" featured on the soundtrack to The Princess Diaries. Later that year in October, BBMak member Christian Burns' vocals were featured along with those of 'N Sync's Lance Bass and Joey Fatone, Mandy Moore and True Vibe on the single "On The Line" for the film of the same name. The BBMak song "Don't Look Down" was also featured on the soundtrack to On The Line. The "Out of Reach" track from the album Into Your Head appeared in one of the episodes of the Lizzie McGuire hit TV series season 2. Also, BBMak covered the song "Do You Believe in Magic" for Disney's Peter Pan Sequel, Return to Neverland.

Into Your Head

In August 2002, BBMak released their second album titled Into Your Head, which reintroduced the group with a "nu-breed" sound with more emphasis on harmonies. The album reached #25 on the Billboard 200. The first single from it, "Out of My Heart (Into Your Head)," peaked at #56 on the Hot 100 chart and #25 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In 2003, their next single "Staring Into Space" was released in select countries and barely charted.

Solo careers

After Into Your Head failed to sell as well as expected, BBMak broke up in 2003, after having released two full-length studio albums with a total of six singles as well as three live DVDs, reaching close to three million records sold. Afterwards, Barry, Burns and McNally all went on to pursue solo careers. After resting for a short while, McNally began to write songs about his experiences, passions and where he is in life now, while Burns formed a new band called Inhaler, now renamed to The Bleach Works. Christian has worked with DJ Tiësto and he released the single In the dark featuring Christian Burns. The Bleach Works debut album is due to summer/fall 2009 according to Christian Burns on youtube.

On 15 September 2007, McNally auditioned on the 4th season of The X Factor. He was successful in making it through to the next round, 'Boot Camp'. He is now in a new band called 10 reasons to live, as the lead singer and the occasional guitar player, and in another project called Harper Mak.

Mark is writing with his new Soul/Funk band Fresno and recording demos and writing songs as a solo artist.

Personnel

• Mark Barry: vocals, and sometimes other musical instruments, including the bagpipes, and hurdy gurdy - born Mark Anthony Luke Barry, 26 October 1978, Manchester.
• Christian Burns: acoustic guitar and vocals - born Christian Anthony Burns, 18 January 1974, Liverpool.
• Stephen McNally: electric guitar and vocals - born Stephen Patrick McNally, 4 July 1978, Liverpool.

Discography

Albums

• Sooner or Later (2000) #38 U.S. (Gold), #16 UK
• Into Your Head (2002) #25 U.S.

Soundtracks

• The Princess Diaries (2001) (song: "Miss You More")
• On The Line (2001) (song: "Don't Look Down")
• On the Line (2001) (song: "On the Line" with Mandy Moore, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone)
• Return to Never Land (2002) (song: "Do You Believe in Magic")
• Treasure Planet (2002) (song: "Always Know Where You Are")

Singles

• 1999 / 2000 - "Back Here" #37 UK (re-issue #5 UK), #13 U.S., #8 US Top 40 Mainstream, #18 NZ, #1 U.S. (Adult Contemporary)
• 2001 - "Still On Your Side" #8 UK, #54 U.S., #12 US Top 40 Mainstream
• 2001 - "Ghost of You and Me" #8 U.S. (Adult Contemporary, #26 US Top 40 Mainstream
• 2001 - "Love Is Leaving" (Asia Release)
• 2002 - "Out Of My Heart (Into Your Head)" #19 NZ, #36 UK, #56 U.S.,#20 US Top 40 Mainstream, #25 U.S. (Adult Contemporary)
• 2003 - "Staring Into Space"

DVDs/Videos

• 2001 - Music in High Places: Live In Vietnam (DVD/VHS)
• 2001 - Sooner Or Later: Our First Year in America (DVD/VHS)
• 2002 - Out Of My Heart (Into Your Head) (DVD)

External links

• BBMak (Official website)
• [1] (BBMak fansite)