由Mark、Ben、Paul、Christian四位年轻但却已拥有丰富舞台经验、能写会唱、舞艺高超男孩所组成a1（优格男孩）于1999年以其首支青春洋溢单曲“Be The First To Believe”初试啼声便获得极大回响入榜单周便一举拿下全英单曲榜第六位名次立刻攫获世界各国乐迷好奇与注意而这却只a1一连串辉煌成果起头而已愈战愈勇a1不到半年时间内又陆续地1999年间发表了“Summertime Of Our Lives”、“Everytime/Ready Or Not”且每一次排行成绩都更上一层楼分别拿下全英单曲榜第五及第三名

New millennium pop music remained a global force and practically non-stoppable in the eyes of young fans wishing for a piece of their favorite pop artist. The English foursome A1 wanted to be a part of that world and for three years, Ben Adams, Christian Ingebrigtsen, Mark Read, and Paul Marazzi had hopes of becoming one of Britain's biggest stars. It wasn't until 1999 when the boy band finally joined the ranks of Westlife and Backstreet Boys when their glossy single "Be the First to Believe" hit number six on the U.K. charts. Dashing good looks and songs of heartbreak and young love escalated two more smash hits and prepped A1's debut Here We Come for massive teen hysteria across England. They might have been manufactured in the sense of forming a band, but A1 were strong musicians with an intelligible talent for writing their own material. The year 2000 proved more successful with the issue of The A-List in late November. A reworked version of a-ha's cult classic "Take on Me" was well-received and marked the group's first number one song.