Union J (originally Triple J) are an English singing duo and former
boy band consisting of members JJ Hamblett and Jaymi Hensley. The band
previously also included George Shelley, who left in 2016 and was
replaced by Casey Johnson, who left several months later , and Josh
Cuthbert, who left in 2018. The band formed in 2011, originally as a
trio known as Triple J, consisting of Cuthbert, Hamblett and Hensley.
They auditioned for the ninth series of the British television music
competition The X Factor where they met Shelley who joined the band at
the judges' request. They finished fourth and were subsequently signed
to Sony Music subsidiary RCA Records. Their debut single "Carry You"
was released in June 2013. Their self-titled debut studio album
followed in October 2013 and peaked at number 6 on the UK Albums
Chart.Union J left RCA Records in April 2014 and signed with Epic
Records. In the lead-up to the release of their second album You Got
It All â€" The Album, the band released two singles: "Tonight (We Live
Forever)" and "You Got It All". A new EP Who Would've Thought was
released on 22 March 2019.In 2007, Blair Dreelan of Alpha Dog
Management met 14-year-old Josh Cuthbert, who was auditioning for the
fourth series of The X Factor in front of judges Simon Cowell, Louis
Walsh, Sharon Osbourne and Dannii Minogue. Cuthbert failed to progress
to the bootcamp stage, but Dreelan believed that he looked like a pop
star and was impressed by his voice: "I began to sort of work with him
on various little projects like just sort of recording stuff because
I've got a recording studio in Swindon." In 2011, Cuthbert and Jaymi
Hensley met whilst studying performing arts at the Sylvia Young
Theatre School in Westminster and later decided to put a band
together. Former jockey Jamie "JJ" Hamblett was later added to the
group by Dreelan, and they named themselves Triple J (due to each
member sharing the same initial). Union J Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter