Mark Owen
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Take That - Live at the Capital's Jingle Bell Ball 2023 as Self
- 2023 · Radio 2 In Concert Take That as Self
- 2023 · Greatest Days as Train Busker
- 2023 · The Coronation Concert as Self
- 2019 · Take That : Greatest Hits Live as Self
- 2019 · Take That: Odyssey (Greatest Hits Live) as Self
- 2018 · Take That: We've Come a Long Way as Self
- 2018 · Derry Girls as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Take That: Wonderland Live from the O2 as Self
- 2017 · One Love Manchester as Self
- 2017 · An Evening with Take That as Self
- 2016 · Robbie Williams: BRITs Icon as Self
- 2015 · Take That: These Days On Tour as Self
- 2015 · Take That Live at Apple Music Festival as Self
- 2015 · Take That Live 2015 as Self
- 2015 · The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · Die Helene Fischer Show 2014 as Self - Take That
- 2013 · Gary Barlow and Friends as Self
- 2012 · London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music as Self - Take That
- 2011 · Take That: Progress Live as Self
- 2010 · Take That: Look Back, Don't Stare as Self
- 2010 · Take That: The Circus Live as Self
- 2009 · Take That: In Session At Abbey Road as Self
- 2009 · Children in Need Rocks the Royal Albert Hall as Self
- 2009 · Take That: Where Did It All Go Right ? as Self
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Take That: Come To Town as Self
- 2008 · Celebrity Juice as Self
- 2008 · Take That: The Journey as Self
- 2008 · Take That - Beautiful World Live as Self
- 2007 · Concert for Diana as Self - Take That
- 2007 · Take That: Live At Primavera, Madrid as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Musical Guest
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Take That
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · An Audience with Take That as Self
- 2006 · Take That: The Ultimate Tour as Self
- 2006 · Take That: The Ultimate Story as Self
- 2006 · Take That: For the Record as Self
- 2005 · Take That - Never Forget - The Ultimate Collection as Self (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Truth About Take That as Self
- 2004 · Mark Owen: Live at The Academy as Self
- 2004 · Love on a Saturday Night as
- 2003 · Robbie Williams: What We Did Last Summer - Live at Knebworth as Self
- 2003 · Top of the Pops Saturday as Self
- 2003 · The Terry and Gaby Show as Self
- 2002 · Bo' Selecta! as Self
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self - Performer
- 2002 · RI:SE as
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 2001 · Big Brother's Little Brother as Self
- 2000 · Life & Cooking as Self
- 1996 · Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist
- 1995 · Take That: Nobody Else - The Movie as Self
- 1995 · Take That - Hometown: Live at Manchester G-Mex as Self
- 1994 · Take That - Live in Berlin as Self
- 1994 · Take That: Everything Changes as Self
- 1994 · Tape That as Self
- 1993 · Shooting Stars as Self
- 1993 · Take That: The Party - Live at Wembley as Self
- 1992 · Take That & Party as Self
- Future · Take That as Self
- 1993 · Take That Away! as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self - Take That
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self - Host
- Future · In Session At Abbey Road as Self