M.O

M.O

Ashcroft, Connolly, Samuels
Background information
Origin London, England, United Kingdom
Genres
Years active 2012–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website www.officialmo.com
Members Annie Ashcroft
Chanal Benjilali[1]
Nadine Samumles
Past members Frankee Connoly

M.O are an English female recording group consisting of members Annie Ashcroft, Chanal Benjilali and Nadine Samuels and previously Frankee Connoly until her departure in June 2017. The girl band was formed in 2012 by the members themselves, after their previous groups Mini Viva and Duchess had disbanded.[2] Starting out on independent label Operator Records, they have been signed to Polydor Records since early 2016.[3]

Career

Frankee Connoly was a part of Mini Viva until the duo's split in 2010, where as Nadine Samules and Annie 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] M.O stands for Modus Operandi.[7] which is a Latin term for "a particular way to do something" M.O's initial aim was to bring old school 90s music back, naming old school TLC, J.Lo, Aaliyah and, All Saints 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 early 2014, M.O announced that the Jess Glynne-penned track "For a Minute" would be released as their official debut single.[11][12] It was released in April 2014 and entered the UK Indie Charts at number 6.[13] In May, the group 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, they released their garage-influenced second single "Dance on My Own", which entered the UK Sales Chart at number 49.[16][17] Also in 2014, the group was nominated for a MOBO Award in the Best Newcomer category.[18]

In 2015, the single "Preach", which was co-written by Starsmith and Joel Compass, was released.[19][20] The same year, they signed a record deal with Polydor Records and released the promotional single "Love the Most", a collaboration with The HeavyTrackerz. In 2016, M.O released the extended plays Good Friends and Who Do You Think Of?, the latter of which spawned a single of the same name. "Who Do You Think Of?" reached the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart, becoming their highest-charting single yet. In July, it was announced that the band has since a US deal with Interscope Records.[21]

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
Good Friends
Who Do You Think Of?
  • Released: 2 August 2016
  • Label: Operator Records
  • Format: Digital download

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[22]		 UK
Indie
[13]		 IRE
[23][24]
"For a Minute" 2014 103 6 —
"Dance on My Own" 49 4 —
"Preach" 2015 51 4 —
"Who Do You Think Of?" 2016 18 — 56
"Not in Love"
(featuring Kent Jones)		 42 — 75
[26]
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Promotional singles

Title Year
"Wait Your Turn"[27] 2012
"On and On"[28] 2013
"Ain't Got Time"[29]
"Come Let Me Show You"[30]
"Hot"[31]
"On Ya"[32]
"Love the Most"[33] 2015

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Outcome
2014 MOBO Awards Best Newcomer Nominated[18]
2016 MOBO Awards Best Song Nominated[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Girl group M.O perform with new member Chanal Benjilali after Frankee Connolly quits". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Younes, Nadia. "The 405 meets M.O". The 405. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "M.O Tease New Mixtape With "Love The Most," Featuring Yungen". The FADER. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
  4. ↑ Love, Ryan. "Mini Viva confirm split". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Parke, Phoebe. "Pass the Tissues: Girl Group Duchess Split". Pappzd. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 "M.O - Meeting Eachother, [sic] Last Year, Creativity - Interview [Part 1]". MOBO Awards. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Phillips, Noel. "INTERVIEW: M.O, KICKIN’ UP A STORM". Respect. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ↑ Magnocavallo, Fabio. "M.O - Interview - May 2014". Hit the Floor. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Waller, Joe. "M.O Girl Group - The only girl group you need to worry about!". Flavour. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  10. ↑ Lester, Paul. "M.O. (New band of the day No 1,657)". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  11. 1 2 Copsey, Robert. "M.O debut new single 'For A Minute' - listen". Digital Spy. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ↑ Copsey, Rob. "M.O. tease debut album, next single: ‘It will make you want to dance!’". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  13. 1 2 Peak positions for single on the UK Indie Chart:
  14. ↑ "LITTLE MIX ANNOUNCE M.O AS UK SALUTE TOUR SUPPORT ACT". sugarscape.com. Sugarscape. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Wireless Festival 2014 Line-Up". capitalxtra.com. Capital Xtra. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "BBC Radio 1 - official twitter account". BBC Radio 1 on Twitter. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100". officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 "Best Newcomer". mobo.com. MOBO.
  19. ↑ "M.O Get Uplifting In Their Video For "Preach"". The Fader. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  20. ↑ Corner, Lewis. "M.O premiere brand new R&B single 'Preach'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "News: M.O Signs With Interscope Records". Notion. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "M.O". officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "Discography M.O". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  24. ↑ "GfK Chart-Track". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
  25. ↑ "BPI Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  26. ↑ "IRMA - Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  27. ↑ "New music: MO – Wait Your Turn". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  28. ↑ "FRESH: M.O - 'ON AND ON'". MTV (UK). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  29. ↑ "M.O: 'Ain't Got Time' - Single review". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  30. ↑ "M.O unveil new track 'Come Let Me Show You' - listen". Digital Spy. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  31. ↑ "Hot - Single". iTunes (GB). Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  32. ↑ "On Ya - Single". iTunes (GB). Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  33. ↑ "Love the Most (feat. Yungen) - Single". iTunes (GB). Retrieved 2016-08-02.
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