Fired Up

Fired Up is the debut album from Australian-British-Irish boy band, Weekend. The album was released in March 2012 through Angel Music Records. So far, the album has produced one top 5 single; 'Everything About You'. The album is being produced by Georgie James. The second single Smile About It was released on March 10th 2012 and became their first No.1 single. The album debuted at No.1 on the Chart Heat Albums chart. The third single lifted from the album was Fired Up
==Background & Development==
After the group was formed by Lyrica Ocha, they started to work on their debut album straight away. Weekend have expressed an unusual dislike towards house and dance music which is a current musical trend. They stated that the album is influenced by good old fashioned feel good pop. Most songs on the album have been produced by Georgie James.
It was also confirmed that an alternate tracklisting/cover art will be used for the American release. The american album contains an edited tracklisting as well as two new songs, which were used as B-Sides in Europe. There is also a special edition of the album which is only available in Australia (however can be imported), it features the radio mix of Smile About It, covers of 'Say It Right' by Nelly Furtado and 'Firework' by Katy Perry, 5 individua pull out posters, new cover art and a 'making of' DVD.
==Chart Performance==
The album was originally expected to only do moderately well in charts across Europe, however after the unexpected record breaking success of Everything About You, the album is set to become one of the biggest selling albums of the year. Pre-orders on Amazon are extremely high and the album was expected to go Top 5 worldwide. Fired Up is available now in Europe, Oceania, Asia and was released in America in April. It entered at No.1 in the UK during its first week of release. The album peaked at No.4 in France in its first week of charting. In Germany the album entered at No.18 before rising to its peak of No.2 the next week. 'Fired Up' entered the Billboard 200 at No.1 and remained their for 5 weeks. In Australia the album faired even better with it entering at the top spot and staying there for 10 whole weeks, then they became the first act ever to replace themselves at the top of the ARIA album charts as the Special Australian version of the album took the top spot and still currently remains there after 2 weeks with the standard version remaining at No.2.
==Vocals==
Oscar Ward is the only member of the band to receive solo parts on every song on the album, making him the lead singer of the band. He only has two lines on the track Fired Up.
Dustyn Blue has the second most solo parts on the album. Dustyn's vocals feature heavily on the track; Fired Up on which he sings the pre-chorus and chorus to the song on his own. He doesn't have a solo on 'Hold On'.
Billy Khan has the third most solo parts on Fired Up. His vocals feature most on 'Back To The Start' and 'The Weekend'. He only features on a handful of tracks.
Riley Hamilton receives the fourth most solos on the album. Riley only features on a handful of tracks like Billy. He is known to feature mainly on ballads.
Scott Wellington has the least solos on the album. In fact he only features on two tracks; 'Back To The Start' and 'Fired Up'.
==Singles==
Everything About You was the lead single from the album and was released on 22nd January 2012. The single went straight in at No.5 in its first week of charting and has so far peaked at No.2. It will be sent to American radio stations in February 2012.
Smile About It was the second single from the album and was released on 10th March 2012. It entered at No.11 in its first week and rose to the top spot one week later.
 Fired Up was the third single to be lifted from the album. It was released on 5th June 2012. The single is the only dance song that appears on the album. The single has already reached the top 10 in Australia due to strong downloads from the album alone.
==Tracklisting==
===European Version===
===American Version===
===Special Australian Version===
Weekend (edit)
Dustyn Blue Scott Wellington Oscar Ward Riley Hamilton Billy Khan	
Singles: Everything About You | Smile About It | Fired Up	
Studio Albums: Fired Up 	
Category: Albums