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Astley and Sony BMG were unhappy with the result, so the album was poorly promoted, [3] yet it managed to reach No. 26 on the UK Albums Chart. In April 2008, the album The Ultimate Collection: Rick Astley was released by Sony BMG, and by May it had reached No. 17 on the UK Top 40 Albums Chart, [61] again with no promotion by Astley.
Still, after his first album, Astley had enough cachet with producers Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, and Pete Waterman, as one of their earlier signings, to have the freedom to submit his own material.
Rick Astley’s spent this early-October afternoon enjoying the unusually warm weather, doing “bits and bobs,” playing with his new guitar pedal — “geeky-boring” stuff — casually ...
FIRST PERSON: The ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ star reflects on his difficult upbringing and the Christmas traditions he embraces now. As told to Roisin O’Connor
Are We There Yet? is the ninth studio album by the English singer and songwriter Rick Astley, released on 13 October 2023 by BMG. It was preceded by the lead single "Dippin My Feet" and the single "Never Gonna Stop". Astley toured the UK, Ireland and Europe in support of the album from November 2023 to March 2024. [1]
After this album, Astley left the music business behind for several years and released no new material until 2001. It is estimated that by retirement at the end of 1993 Rick Astley had sold approximately 40 million records. His fifth studio album, Keep It Turned On, was released in December 2001.
THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The man whose sonorous voice made ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ a global hit speaks to Louis Chilton about the absurdity of fame, his unprecedented comeback, and why now ...
‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ star played a test run gig at the new venue in Manchester over the weekend