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Blake are a British vocal group. They are widely known as the group who formed on Facebook.〔"Walshe, Barbara, (Blake hitting the high notes )", www.coutts.com. Retrieved on 4 March 2009.〕 Blake comprises three men whose friendship and musical careers date back to their school days. After reuniting via Facebook as adults they had recorded their first album after only six months. It was a phenomenal success going straight to No. 1 in the UK Classical Album Chart and taking the pop charts by storm. With over 100,000 copies of the album selling in just three weeks, the group earned their first Gold Disc. Recognised by the music industry for their talent, the album received the prestigious Classical Brit Award for Album of the Year in 2008 - a huge honour for a group that was still less than a year old. Their second album, And So It Goes, captured the hearts of a devoted and fast-growing fan-base of all ages. It went straight in at No. 12 in the UK pop charts and No.1 in several classical charts around the world. During 2008 and 2009 the group undertook triumphant tours of Australia and Japan, bringing their unique brand of music to an expanding global audience. 2009 continued to be a whirlwind year for the boys with a big UK tour, the creation of their new record label, Blake Records, and the release of their third album, Together, which enjoyed huge chart success. They finished the year with a 30-night sell-out tour in Scandinavia. 2010 proved to be another exciting year for Blake. Their original track, ‘Beautiful Earth’, was selected by the World Wildlife Fund as its Earth Hour Anthem, and their album Together continued its chart success, reaching No. 1 in the Australian Classical Charts and No. 1 in the South African Classical Charts during the FIFA World Cup. Blake took their ‘An Evening With Blake’ show to over 40 locations throughout the UK and the group traveled the length and breadth of the country, performing to over 50,000 people. After being invited to Buckingham Palace twice during 2010, Blake released ‘All of Me’ in 2011 - written by acclaimed songwriter Simon May (Eastender’s Theme) – to help the country celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. With over 90 live concert appearances in 2011, this was their busiest year yet. They made highly successful début tours to the Philippines and Russia and headlined the famous Henley Festival. Another high-profile performance that year was for Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco. By 2012 major tours took the band into two important new territories – China and the USA – and they also returned to the Philippines for 20 concerts there. In addition to long hours in the recording studio working on their fourth album, the group also found time for a major performance at the Olympic Stadium in the run-up to the 2012 Games. In 2013 Blake launched their fourth album Start Over in the UK and the USA, revealing a new contemporary and original harmony sound. The year also saw performances at Wembley Stadium for the Rugby League Cup final, the group’s fi rst play-listed song on BBC Radio 2 (‘So Happy’), tours to Indonesia and Trinidad & Tobago plus the launch of their first Asia-only album. Towards the end of 2013, the band launched two charity singles. ‘You Raise Me Up’ was recorded with the soprano Camilla Kerslake and the ‘Sing To Beat Breast Cancer Choir’, made up entirely of women affected by the disease, and was released in October shortly before a 20 date UK tour where Camilla appeared as their guest artist. ‘To The Sun’ was released in November and debuted live in Trafalgar square as the anthem for the launch of the Walking With The Wounded South Pole challenge in the presence of Prince Harry. In addition to their worldwide touring schedule, Blake also find time to perform and work as ambassadors for their many selected charities, which include, amongst others, Cancer Research, The War Widows Association, The World Wildlife Fund, Clic Sargent, The Prince’s Trust, Variety (The Children’s Charity), MIND, Starlight, The Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes. The band continue to do much work for military charities, most famously fundraising for, and performing at the opening of the Bomber Command Memorial in London for the Queen and 5,000 veterans in the summer of 2012. This year will see Blake tour Russia, The Philippines and South Korea alongside their tour throughout the UK taking them to new venues each month. At the end of 2014 Blake released their fifth album In Harmony to much acclaim. In 2015 Blake have been back on tour throughout the UK, played at the famous Holders Festival in Barbados and recorded their biggest and best album yet. After an incredible campaign on Pledge to fund their first completely independent album (whilst raising money for Variety, The Children's Charity) Blake teamed up with Dame Shirley Bassey for an incredible version of The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) which will appear on their first ever Christmas album. Dame Shirley explains how the collaboration came about: “Blake sang Moon River at my 70th birthday party, and then we met again at the reception of (charity ) Variety’s 70th anniversary six months ago. Ollie mentioned singing a Christmas song together, and I said I’ve never done a Christmas song before!” With 10/1 odds at William Hill for a Christmas Number One Blake are confident this will be a favourite in everyone's home this Christmas. ==Current members== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blake (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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