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Point Break
Point Break
Origin	United Kingdom
Genres	Pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1999-2000
Labels	Warner Bros. Records
Past members	Brett Adams; Declan Bennett; David Oliver; Dustin Strong; George Trotter; Jonathan Newman

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Point Break were a British pop group, formed and managed by Danielle Barnett and signed to WEA, who found brief success between 1999 and 2000.

Brett Adams and David Oliver first started out with George Trotter as a group called "Aurora"^[1] & performed in local schools & clubs in England and included. They changed their name to "Point Break" when they clinched a record deal with Warner Music, after the 1991 crime action film of the same name.

Launched as a new boy band in 1999, the group featured Brett Adams and David "Ollie" Oliver, who had both acted in TV's Byker Grove, and Declan Bennett joined when original member Jon had to quit due to illness.^[2] Within a year, they clocked up five UK hit singles and an album.^[3] Other members included American Dustin Strong,and Nicol Lampert who both joined the group as singers and songwriters and toured live with Point Break before the group disbanded.^[4]

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	UK ^[3]	FIN ^[5]	JPN ^[6]^[7]
Apocadelic	Released: 7 August 2000 Label: Eternal Records Formats: CD	21	35	83

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions			Album
Year	Title	UK ^[3]	AUS ^[8]	JPN ^[7]	Album
1999	"Do We Rock?"	29	—	7	Apocadelic
2000	"Stand Tough"	7	49	10
	"Freakytime"	13	—	11
	"You"	14	—	—
	"What About Us?"	24	—	—

References

^ "Crush - Interview (Luv'd Up, TCC)". YouTube. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ "Point Break Bio". Mesos Cafe. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 430. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "A member of boy band Point Break performing at the Peugeot 307 Summer..." Getty Images. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.
^ "ポイント・ブレイクのアルバム売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS.
^ ^a ^b Oricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved 2 November 2012)
^ Steffen Hung. "Point Break – Stand Tough". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

[1] "Crush - Interview (Luv'd Up, TCC)". YouTube. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[2] "Point Break Bio". Mesos Cafe. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-3] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 430. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[4] "A member of boy band Point Break performing at the Peugeot 307 Summer..." Getty Images. Retrieved 16 January 2023.

[5] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community". Swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013.

[6] "ポイント・ブレイクのアルバム売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS.

[Oricon_Singles_Chart-7] Oricon Singles Chart Oricon Singles Chart (Retrieved 2 November 2012)

[8] Steffen Hung. "Point Break – Stand Tough". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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+'''Point Break''' were a British pop group, formed and managed by Danielle Barnett and signed to [[Warner Music Group|WEA]], who found brief success between 1999 and 2000.
+Brett Adams and David Oliver first started out with George Trotter as a group called "Aurora"<ref>{{cite web |title=Crush - Interview (Luv'd Up, TCC) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsZCX_WzvRU |website=YouTube |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> & performed in local schools & clubs in England and included.  They changed their name to "Point Break" when they clinched a record deal with Warner Music, after the 1991 [[crime film|crime]] [[action film]] [[Point Break|of the same name]].
-'''Point Break''' were a British pop group, formed and managed by Danielle Barnett and signed to [[Warner Music Group|WEA]], who found brief success between 1999 and 2000. Launched as a new [[boy band]] in 1999, the group featured Brett Adams and David "Ollie" Oliver, who had both acted in TV's ''[[Byker Grove]]'' with [[Declan Bennett]]. Within a year, they clocked up five [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[hit single]]s and an [[album]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums" />
+Launched as a new [[boy band]] in 1999, the group featured Brett Adams and David "Ollie" Oliver, who had both acted in TV's ''[[Byker Grove]]'', and [[Declan Bennett]] joined when original member Jon had to quit due to illness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Point Break Bio |url=http://www.t-cnet.or.jp/~meso/english/biopb.html |website=Mesos Cafe |access-date=3 April 2023}}</ref> Within a year, they clocked up five [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[hit single]]s and an [[album]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums" /> Other members included American Dustin Strong,and Nicol Lampert who both joined the group as singers and songwriters and toured live with Point Break before the group disbanded.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A member of boy band Point Break performing at the Peugeot 307 Summer... |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/member-of-boy-band-point-break-performing-at-the-peugeot-news-photo/830661958 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Getty Images |language=en-us}}</ref>
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+!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Official Charts Company|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited| location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 430}}</ref>
-!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[The Official Finnish Charts|FIN]]<br><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/song/-/-1646005|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130204075101/http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Point+Break&titel=Apocadelic&cat=a|url-status=dead|title=The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community|website=Swisscharts.com|archivedate=2013-02-04}}</ref>
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+===Singles===
-!scope="row"| ''[[Y2K PB Ya]]''
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
-|
+|-
-* Released: 28 Stepember - 2020
+! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
-* Label: [[Eternal Records]]
+! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:24em;" | Title
-* Formats: [[Compact disc|CD]]
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-| 1 || 32 || 23
+! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
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+!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Official Charts Company|UK]]<br /><ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/>
+!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Point+Break&titel=Stand+Tough&cat=s |title=Point Break – Stand Tough |website=Swisscharts.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-22}}</ref>
+!style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|[[Oricon Singles Chart|JPN]]<br /><ref name="Oricon Singles Chart"/>
+|-
+|1999
+! scope="row" |"[[Do We Rock|Do We Rock?]]"
+| 29 || — || 7
+|rowspan="5"|''Apocadelic''
+|-
+|rowspan="4"|2000
+! scope="row" |"[[Stand Tough]]"
+| 7 || 49 || 10
+|-
+! scope="row" |"[[Freakytime]]"
+| 13 || — || 11
+|-
+! scope="row" |"You"
+| 14 || — || —
+|-
+! scope="row" |"What About Us?"
+| 24 || — || —
 |-
 |}
-===Singles===
-°[[Let It Be]] Ft [[Ferry Aid]]
-°[[Perfect Day]] Ft [[David Bowie]]
-°[[Do We Rock|Do We Rock?]]"
-°[[Stand Tough]]"
-°[[Freakytime]]"
-°[[You]]
-°[[What About Us]]
-°[[God Only Knows]] Ft [[BBC Music]]
-°[[Uptown Girl]] Ft Glee Cast
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v t e Point Break
Brett Adams Declan Bennett David Oliver
Studio albums	Apocadelic
Singles	"Do We Rock?" "Stand Tough" "Freakytime" "You" "What About Us?"
Related articles	Eternal Records WEA Records

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