Olive

Olive were an English band formed in 1995 by singer Ruth-Ann Boyle, keyboardist Tim Kellet and beat-master Robin Taylor-Firth. Kellet was a member of Simply Red for their first nine years, as well as an occasional collaborator with UK pop-soul band Lighthouse Family. Taylor-Firth was one of the original members of Nightmare on Wax. Boyle used to sing in local bands. She had not been singing professionally before Olive was formed. Kellet was playing at a gig in Portugal with Durutti Column where he came across Ruth's voice which he then sampled. He loved it so much he asked Durutti Column "who is the vocalist I'm making tape loops of?"
They are best known for the hit "You're Not Alone" charted at Number 1 in the UK official charts on May 17th 1997 for a total of 2 weeks, despite the original release on September 7th 1996 only reaching number 42 in the UK charts. The aptly name "Extra Virgin" was the title of Olive's debut album and contained the UK#14 "Outlaw" which stopped them being a one #1 hit wonder. "Miracle" also on the album amazingly peaked twice at #41 on two separate releases.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1997    1	You're Not Alone
Aug 1997   14	Outlaw

What happened next?
In 2000, Olive released a second album, "Trickle", which featured a cover of 10cc's "I'm not in love", which reached #1 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. In 2009, Tinchy Stryder released a version of 'You're Not Alone', sparking new interest in Olive. A third album was in the works but never materialised. Boyle released the album, "What about us" in 2007.

Offshore

Offshore (or Off-Shore) was a dance project created by German DJs/Producers Jens Lissat and Peter Harder. They are best known for the UK Top 10 hit "I can't take the power", which samples Class Action's "Weekend" and Jocelyn Brown's "Love's Gonna Get You", together they make up the vocal sample. Amongst other songs released was another song featuring Jocelyn Brown, called "Got to get away" in 1991.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Dec 1990    7	I Can't Take The Power

What happened next?
Jens Lissat teamed up with Marco Wolters as Lissat and Voltaxx. Peter Harder set up the "Try Harder Studio" label and recently mixed and produced Mania's Changing Times.

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Oceanic

Oceanic are a English dance/rave act. They originally comprised of David Harry, Frank Crofts, Jorinde Williams. Oceanic are best known for the house/dance track "Insanity", which spent 3 weeks at #3 in August 1991 behind Bryan Adams' "Everything I do" and Right Said Fred's "I'm too sexy".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Aug 1991    3	Insanity
Nov 1991   25	Wicked Love
Jun 1992   14	Controlling Me

What happened next?
Oceanic released 1999 remix of "Insanity" but failed to chart.

N-Trance

N-Trance are in English group consisting of Dale Longworth and Kevin O'Toole. The pair were two former sound engineering students and for the debut single, they drafted in college student Kelly Llorenna on vocals. The single was "Set you free" is their best known single. It was the case of third time lucky, as one first release it failed to chart. Second time, it scraped into the top 40 before finally reaching #2 in 1995. The follow-up, "Stayin' Alive" featuring Ricardo Da Force and heavily sampling the Bee Gees said song also reached #2 and was #1 on the Canada Dance chart in November 1995.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
May 1994   39	Set You Free (featuring Kelly Llorenna)
Oct 1994   23	Turn Up The Power
Jan 1995    2	Set You Free (remix)
Sep 1995    2	Stayin' Alive (featuring Ricardo Da Force)
Feb 1996   11	Electronic Pleasure
Apr 1997   11	D.I.S.C.O.
Aug 1997   15	The Mind Of The Machine
Nov 1997    7	Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (featuring Rod Stewart)
Sep 1998   28	Paradise City

What happened next?
N-Trance continued to have hits with "Shake ya body" reaching UK#37 in 2000. In 2001, a fourth release of 'Set You Free', aided by a remix from Rob Searle made #4 in the UK. "Forever" reached UK#6 in 2002 and "Destiny" UK#37 in 2003. They did numerous remixes ranging from Divine Inspiration to Scooter, Trinity-X to Ultrabeat. In 2005, N-Trance embarked on another project, Freeloaders and with the Real Thing had #9 hit in the UK with "So much love to give". Kelly Llorenna went on to collaborate with Flip & Fill on "True love never dies" in 2001, which reached UK#7. She had another top ten with her version of Taylor Dayne's "Tell it to my heart" (UK #9 in 2002) and couple of top 20 hits with "Heart of Gold" and Donna Summer's "This time I know it's for real". Her last release was "Dress you up" in 2009.

No Mercy

No Mercy are an American group put together by German producer Frank Farian. The group consisted of Marty Cintron and twins Ariel and Gabriel Hernandez. They are best known for the internaional hit, a cover of La Bouche's "Where do you go?" which reached #1 on Canada Dance chart, #2 in the UK and #5 in the States in 1996/1997. A follow-up (not released in the UK) "When I die" reached #1 in Austria and Holland. "Please don't go" reached #4 in the UK and "Kiss you all over" reached #1 on the US Dance chart in 1998.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1997    2	Where Do You Go
May 1997    4	Please Don't Go
Sep 1997   16	Kiss You All Over

What happened next?
No Mercy released multiple songs with Stan Kolev including "Shed my Skin", "Miraculous Ways" and "Aquarius" in 2011. Marty Cintron still performs in Europe under the No Mercy name.

Nomad

Nomad is an English house music group and consisted of Damon Rochefort, Steve McCutcheon (Steve Mac) and Sharon D Clarke. The group was the brainchild of Damon (whose name backwards is Nomad). They are best known for their dance chart #1 and UK#2 hit "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion" and featured/credited MC Mikee Freedom in 1991. They had another top 20 hit with "Just a groove".

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Feb 1991    2	(I Wanna Give You) Devotion
May 1991   16	Just A Groove

What happened next?
The band disbanded after the release of "24 Hours a Day" in 1992 for other projects. Damon Rochefort wrote songs for acts including Elton John, RuPaul, Bad Boys Inc. Michelle Gayle and Kim Wilde. After meeting Alomo’s Marks & Gran at a sitcom workshop, he got into script writing and wrote episodes for "Birds of Feather". This led to other projects like eventually for "Boyz R Us" and "Last Gasp" before going on to write for "Coronation Street". He also presented ITV's dance show, "BPM". He also wrote first theatrical piece "Live At Carnegie Hall" in association with The Royal Ballet, a tribute to Judy Garland which premiered at The Royal Opera House and toured the US and Australia.
Steve Mac became a record producer and songwriter of his own. He'd first be a member of the group Undercover but then striking a partnership with Wayne Hector co-wrote a number of chart songs. He has scored 30 UK #1 hits and has worked with musicians including Ed Sheeran, Melanie C, Pink, Westlife, Little Mix, to name a few. Sharon Dee Clarke went on to make a career primarily in TV/theatre and has won multiple Laurence Olivier Awards:

• 2014: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (James Baldwin's The Amen Corner)
• 2018: Best Actress in a Musical (Caroline, or Change)
• 2020: Best Actress in a Play (Death of a Salesman)

NKOTB (New Kids On The Block)

New Kids On The Block (or NKOTB) is an American boyband consisting of Danny Wood, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Jonathan Knight, Jordan Knight. They are perhaps considered the first big boy band when they got together in the late 1980s. They have the honour of being the first UK#1 of the 1990s when "Hangin' tough" reached the top after having "You got it" also reaching #1, a couple months earlier. Those were the only #1s in the UK. They continued to have success in the UK, ironically more so than back in the USA with 11 UK Top 40 hits in the 90s until 1994.

90 Hits (Discography):

Date	   UK	Song
Jan 1990    1	Hangin' Tough
Mar 1990    5	I'll Be Loving You (Forever)
May 1990    4	Cover Girl
Jun 1990    2	Step By Step
Aug 1990    3	Tonight
Oct 1990    8	Let's Try Again / Didn't I Blow Your Mind
Dec 1990    9	This One's For The Children
Feb 1991   14	Games
May 1991   12	Call It What You Want
Dec 1991    9	If You Go Away
Feb 1994   27	Dirty Dawg	
Oct 1999    5	Give It To You (as Jordan Knight)

What happened next?
New Kids On The Block announced their split in 1994. Jordan Knight had a solo hit in the UK with "Give it to you" in 1999. The group reformed in 2008 and have toured on several revival tours.