JLS announce 15th anniversary edition of their Official Chart-topping debut album

"Everybody in love, go on put your hands up!" JLS have announced a 15th anniversary deluxe edition of their self-titled debut album.

Titled J15 – Anniversary Edition, the expanded reissue adds two unplugged versions and two remixes to the original 13-track album. 

Released in November 2009, the album stormed to Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart, where it set up residence for an impressive 69 weeks. It also yielded two Number 1 singles – Beat Again and Everybody in Love – and a third single, One Shot, that peaked at Number 6.

J15 – Anniversary Edition will be released on 8 November. In the meantime, the pop-R&B four-piece – Oritsé Williams, Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes and JB Gill – have shared Beat Again 15, a house-flavoured remix of their debut single courtest of Paul Woolford.

JLS's J15 – Anniversary Edition tracklisting:

1. Beat Again
2. Everybody in Love
3. Keep You
4. Crazy for You
5. Heal This Heartbreak
6. Close to You
7. Only Tonight
8. One Shot
9. Private
10. Don't Go
11. Only Making Love
12. Kickstart
13. Tightrope
14. Everybody in Love (Unplugged)
15. Crazy for You (Unplugged) 
16. Beat Again 15 (Paul Woolford Remix)
17. One Shot 15 (Jess Bays Remix)

JLS's J15 – Anniversary Edition artwork

JLS broke through on The X Factor in 2008, where they finished as runners-up behind Alexandra Burke. They have gone on to score five Number 1 singles and six Top 10 albums, the most recent of which, 2.0, peaked at Number 4 in 2021.

Last year they reconvened for Everybody Say JLS: The Hits Tour, which called in at arenas across the UK and Ireland.  Band member JB is currently competing on the latest series of Strictly Come Dancing, where he topped the leaderboard in week 1.