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Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. New Zealand album certifications – Hear'Say – Popstars". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 10 March 2020. Andr3w (3 February 2010). "NUMBER ONES OF THE 2000s: 2001 Hear'Say – Pure and Simple". blogspot.com . Retrieved 6 February 2014. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( link)

a b " UK certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 22 November 2020. Note: User needs to enter Hear'say in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter a b c Myers, Justin (5 November 2016). "Girlbands vs Boybands – their biggest songs of the century revealed". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 6 November 2016. Hear'Say search for replacement". The Daily Telegraph. 3 February 2002 . Retrieved 4 December 2012.a b Lane, Dan (7 September 2012). "The biggest selling debut singles of the 21st Century revealed!". Official Charts . Retrieved 6 February 2014. Hear'Say were a British pop group. They were created through the ITV reality TV show Popstars in February 2001, the first UK series of the international Popstars franchise. The group, who were signed to Polydor Records, originally consisted of Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, and Noel Sullivan. a b " UK certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 22 November 2020. Note: User needs to enter Hearsay in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter Pure and Simple (UK CD single liner notes). Hear'Say. Polydor Records. 2001. 587 063-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) After the formation of the group Sullivan gave up a part-time job as a waiter to move to London. Hear'say went on to enjoy international success, selling nearly three million records worldwide. The group's debut single " Pure and Simple" became the fastest selling number one single of the UK Singles Chart at the time. The group also released another UK number one single and a number one album, as well as performing a sell out arena tour across the UK and Ireland. The group disbanded 18 months later after four single and two album releases.

Hear'Say achieved instant fame, breaking chart records with their debut single " Pure and Simple" and the album Popstars. However, their second album failed to match this success. David Roberts (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p.248. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. Pure and Simple (UK cassette single sleeve). Hear'Say. Polydor Records. 2001. 587 006-4. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Kym and Jamie had daughter Polly in 2011 and married in 2012 before divorcing in 2014. She is now dating soldier Scott Ratcliff. a b Jeffery (5 February 2002). "Hear'Say announce new fifth member". The Guardian . Retrieved 4 December 2012.

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Pure and Simple (Australasian CD single liner notes). Hear'Say. Polydor Records. 2001. 587 006-2. {{ cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) ( link) Kym: Hear'Say was one big row". London Evening Standard. 28 January 2002. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013 . Retrieved 4 December 2012. The ARIA Report: ARIA New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 7th May 2001" (PDF). ARIA. 7 May 2001. p.25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002 . Retrieved 20 April 2021.

a b "New Zealand single certifications – Hear'Say – Pure and Simple". Recorded Music NZ . Retrieved 3 February 2015.

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The best-selling single this year, however, may be a bit of a surprise. Managing to shift well over 1 million copies that year, Shaggy's confessional bop It Wasn't Me with RikRok topped the Official Singles Chart for just one week, but its influence was palpable all year long. Number 1 Singles Sullivan appeared in BBC's Call the Midwife Christmas Special in 2021. [ citation needed] A year later, he appeared in the BBC soap opera Doctors as Oscar Baxter. [6] Personal life [ edit ] This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 9781904994107. a b "Hear'say - Popstars". entertainment.ie. The Irish Times. 26 March 2001 . Retrieved 4 December 2012.

Pure and Simple" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart after selling 550,000 copies in its first week, which, at the time, made it the fastest-selling debut single of all time in the United Kingdom. It spent a total of three weeks at the top and has sold over 1.08 million copies in the UK. As of 2012, it is the seventh biggest-selling debut single of the 21st century in that country. The song also topped the New Zealand Singles Chart for five weeks and reached number three in Ireland. Pure and Simple" was released on 12 March 2001 in the United Kingdom and received a continental European release in April 2001. [6] [7] On 18 March 2001, "Pure and Simple" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart. It sold 160,000 copies during its first day on sale and 549,823 copies during its first week, becoming the fastest-selling debut single of all time in the UK, [1] [8] a record beaten a year later by Will Young, the winner of the first series of Pop Idol, with his debut single " Evergreen" / " Anything Is Possible". [9] It was also the third-fastest-selling single in UK chart history at that point, behind " Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid and " Candle in the Wind 1997" by Elton John. [10] The song spent a total of three weeks at the top of the UK chart. [11]Many critics noted that the song had a distinct resemblance to Oasis's " All Around the World" and All Saints' " Never Ever". [2] [3] BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles even recorded a parody version of "Pure and Simple" that included the song lyrics from these two songs. [4] Despite this, Noel Gallagher took no legal action due to his own self-confessed borrowings from other artists. [5] The song and band were also criticised by several contemporary musical acts at the time, including Stereophonics, David Gray, and Blur. [1] Commercial reception [ edit ] Henry Binns, Tim Hawes, Ray Hedges, Pete Kirtley, Yoyo Olugbo, Stargate, Quiz & Larossi, Wayne Wilkins a b c "TIM HAWES & PETE KIRTLEY: Writing & Recording Hear'Say's 'Pure & Simple' ". Sound on Sound. SOS Publications Group. May 2001. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012 . Retrieved 4 December 2012.