M.O (group)

M.O
Origin London, England, United Kingdom
Genres
Years active 2012–present
Labels Operator Records
Associated acts
Website www.officialmo.com
Members Annie Ashcroft, Frankee Connolly, Nadine Samuels

M.O are an English female trio consisting of members Annie Ashcroft, Frankee Connolly and Nadine Samuels. The girl band was formed in 2012 by the members themselves, after their previous groups Mini Viva and Duchess had disbanded.[1] In early 2014 they released their debut single "For A Minute", which was followed up by "Dance On My Own" in late 2014.[2] They are currently signed on Independent record label Operator Records. [3]

Career

Frankee Connolly was a part of Mini Viva until the duo's split in 2010, whereas Samuels and Ashcroft were both members of the girl band Duchess until 2012. [4][5] M.O was formed in late 2012, after Connolly had met Samuels and Ashcroft at music industry events.[6] The group's name originated from Drake’s "The Motto", which features the line "That’s my M.O add a B to that", and is short for Modus Operandi.[7] M.O's initial aim was to bring old school 90s music back, naming J.Lo and TLC as an inspiration amongst others.[6][8]

M.O made their debut as a band with a remix of Brandy and Monica's "The Boy Is Mine" on the YouTube channel SB.TV in 2012.[9] At this point they received positive feedback from the music industry and were championed by the likes of Ed Sheeran.[10] They followed up their debut on YouTube with their first promotional single "Wait Your Turn", which was followed by other releases in 2013, including "Ain’t Got Time" and "Hot".[11]

In 2014 they announced that the Jess Glynne co-written track "For A Minute" would be the debut single from their forthcoming album, which is expected to be released in 2015. [11][12] "For A Minute" was released in April 2014 and entered the UK Indie Charts at number 6.[13]

In May 2014 they joined Little Mix as the main support act on their sold out Salute Tour, and performed at numerous festivals in the UK, including Wireless festival.[14][15] In August 2014 they released their second single „Dance On My Own“, which was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 and entered the Official Singles Sales Chart at number 49, which makes it M.O's most successful single to date. [16][17]

The group was nominated for a MOBO award in the Best Newcomer category in 2014.[18]

The single "Preach", which was co-written by Starsmith and Joel Compass, will be released in May 2015.[19][20]

Discography

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions
UK
[21][22]		 UK Indie
[13][23]
"For A Minute" 2014 103 6
"Dance On My Own" 49 4

Promotional singles

Title Year
"Wait Your Turn"[24] 2012
"On And On"[25] 2013
"Ain't Got Time"[26] 2013
"Come Let Me Show You"[27] 2013
"Hot"[28] 2013
"On Ya"[29] 2013

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Outcome
2014 MOBO Awards Best Newcomer Nominated[18]

References

  1. ↑ Younes, Nadia. "The 405 meets M.O". http://www.thefourohfive.com/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - M.O". http://www.officialcharts.com/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Dance On My Own". http://www.recordoftheday.com''. Record Of The Day. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Love, Ryan. "Mini Viva confirm split". http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Parke, Phoebe. "Pass the Tissues: Girl Group Duchess Split". http://pappzd.com/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "M.O - Meeting Eachother, Last Year, Creativity - Interview [Part 1]". http://www.mobo.com/''. MOBO Awards. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Phillips, Noel. "INTERVIEW: M.O, KICKIN’ UP A STORM". http://respect-mag.com/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Magnocavallo, Fabio. "M.O - Interview - May 2014". http://www.hitthefloor.com/''. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Waller, Joe. "http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/m-o-the-only-girl-group-you-need-to-worry-about/". http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Lester, Paul. "M.O. (New band of the day No 1,657)". http://www.theguardian.com/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Copsey, Robert. "M.O debut new single 'For A Minute' - listen". http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Copsey, Rob. "M.O. tease debut album, next single: ‘It will make you want to dance!’". http://www.officialcharts.com/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Official Independent Singles Chart". http://www.officialcharts.com/''. Official Charts Company.
  14. ↑ "LITTLE MIX ANNOUNCE M.O AS UK SALUTE TOUR SUPPORT ACT". http://www.sugarscape.com''. Sugarscape. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Wireless Festival 2014 Line-Up". http://www.capitalxtra.com/''. Capital Xtra. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "BBC Radio 1 - official twitter account". https://twitter.com/BBCR1/''. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". http://www.officialcharts.com/''. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Best Newcomer". http://www.mobo.com''. MOBO.
  19. ↑ "M.O Get Uplifting In Their Video For "Preach"". http://www.thefader.com/''. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  20. ↑ Corner, Lewis. "M.O premiere brand new R&B single 'Preach'". http://www.digitalspy.co.uk''. Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - M.O". http://www.officialcharts.com/''. The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "The Statistics Pages - UK Record Sales - 2014". http://www.zobbel.de/''. Official Zobbel Website. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "Official Independent Singles Chart Top 50". http://www.officialcharts.com''. Official Charts Company.
  24. ↑ "New music: MO – Wait Your Turn". http://www.theguardian.com/''. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "FRESH: M.O - 'ON AND ON'". http://www.mtv.co.uk/''. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  26. ↑ "M.O: 'Ain't Got Time' - Single review". http://www.digitalspy.com/''. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  27. ↑ "M.O unveil new track 'Come Let Me Show You' - listen". http://www.digitalspy.com/''. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  28. ↑ "M.O unveil new single 'Hot' music video - watch". http://www.digitalspy.co.uk''. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  29. ↑ "M.O: "ON YA"". http://noisey.vice.com''. Retrieved 17 March 2015.