Mark Owen

Known for ActingBorn 1972-01-27 (age 54)Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

Mark Owen (born 27 January 1972) is an English singer and songwriter best known for being a member of pop group and band Take That; as of 2019, the group have sold 14 million albums and 11.4 million singles in the UK. In Owen's solo career, he has released five studio albums: Green Man (1996), In Your Own Time (2003), How the Mighty Fall (2005), The Art of Doing Nothing (2013) and his most recent, Land of Dreams, which was released in September 2022 and debuted at number 5 on the UK Official Albums Chart. Growing up, Owen lived in a small council house with his mother Mary, his father Keith, brother Daniel, and sister Tracey in Oldham. His father was a decorator, later getting a job at a police station. His mother was a supervisor in a bakery. Owen was educated at Holy Rosary Primary and St Augustine's Catholic Schools, both in Oldham. He had little interest in music and played football briefly for Chadderton F.C., in addition to having trials at Manchester United and Rochdale. Before auditioning for Take That, he worked at Barclays in Failsworth. After selecting Gary Barlow as the group's lead singer in 1989, Nigel Martin-Smith introduced Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and finally Robbie Williams to the fold. The group were signed to RCA records, and after a number of top 40 hits, eventually secured their first number one with Barlow's "Pray". Previous hits included "A Million Love Songs", "It Only Takes a Minute" and "Could It Be Magic". The band's debut album Take That & Party was released on 17 August 1992. It reached number two on the UK Album Chart. The following year saw the release of their second album, Everything Changes. It went straight in at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four number-one singles, as well as "Why Can't I Wake Up with You" and "Love Ain't Here Anymore" hitting number two and three respectively. Owen sang lead vocals on "Babe", which was released in December 1993. Their third album Nobody Else went straight to number 1 and was to be their last studio album of the '90s. The album had three number-one singles, including "Back for Good" which peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was brought forward an unprecedented six weeks before its official release such was the demand for the single. Owen also sang lead vocals on "The Day After Tomorrow" from the album. A Greatest Hits collection followed again reaching number one. The album featured the band's eighth number-one single "How Deep Is Your Love". This was to be the first single released by Take That as a four piece (without Williams) and it was their last single until they reformed in 2005. Although Owen's vocal contributions were limited in Take That's original run, he was arguably the most popular member of the group, on account of his boyish good looks and sweet demeanour, regularly earning awards such as Smash Hit's "Most Fanciable Male in the World" and "Best Haircut". ... Source: Article "Mark Owen" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Take That: Wonderland Live from the O2

Take That: For the Record

An Audience with Take That

Life & Cooking

Take That - Hometown: Live at Manchester G-Mex

Take That Live 2015

The BRIT Awards

Die Helene Fischer Show 2014

Take That: Odyssey - Greatest Hits Live

The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World

One Love Manchester

Take That - Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection

Radio 2 In Concert Take That

Take That: Where Did It All Go Right ?

Take That: Nobody Else - The Movie

Take That - Live in Berlin

Take That: Everything Changes

Take That: Tape That

Take That & Party

Take That: Come To Town

Robbie Williams: What We Did Last Summer - Live at Knebworth

Better Man

Concert for Diana

Shooting Stars

Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare

Take That: The Party - Live at Wembley

Take That: Progress Live

Take That: The Circus Live

The Graham Norton Show

Take That at the BBC

Take That: The Ultimate Tour

Take That

Bo' Selecta!

The Terry and Gaby Show

London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Celebrity Juice

Take That - Beautiful World Live

Take That: Live At Primavera, Madrid

Greatest Days

Top of the Pops

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

The Coronation Concert

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

Big Brother's Little Brother

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Skavlan

An Audience with...