caption associated_acts years_active label article_title name background birth_date genre image origin birth_name occupation
webbe in 2011 blue , vs 2000 -- present innocent records -lrb- 2005 -- 08 -rrb- simon webbe
 simon webbe solo_singer 30 march 1978 pop , r & b , soul simon webbe 2011 cropped.jpg moss side , manchester , england simon solomon webbe singer , songwriter , actor
simon webbe

simon solomon webbe -lrb- born 30 march 1978 -rrb- is an english singer-songwriter , actor and music manager .
he is best known as a member of the british boy band blue , forming in 2000 before splitting in 2005 and reforming in 2009 , selling over 15 million records .
webbe released two solo studio albums in 2005 and 2006 , sold over 700,000 records worldwide and had five uk top 40 singles .
