{{Short description|2014–2025 British rap duo}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bars and Melody | caption = | image = Bars and Melody 2018.jpg | alias = BAM | origin = Wales | genre = Hip hop, R&B | years_active = 2014–2025 | label = Syco Music, Universal Music Group, Zeneration Records, BetterNow Records, | website = {{URL|http://barsandmelody.tv/}} | current_members = Leondre Devries <br />Charlie Lenehan | past_members = }}
'''Bars and Melody''' (often abbreviated as '''BAM''') were an R&B and rap duo consisting of rapper Leondre Devries and singer Charlie Lenehan.<ref name="Billboard" /> BAM took part in the eighth series of Britain's Got Talent in 2014. During their audition, they were automatically sent into the semifinals of the competition after the head judge, Simon Cowell, pressed the golden buzzer.<ref name="WO Cardiff app" /> They ultimately finished in third place in the series.<ref name="SS Jamie's a Winner" /><ref name="OC Hopeful">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20140803/7501/|title=2014-08-09 Top 40 Official Singles Chart UK Archive|publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref><ref name="PT heartthrobs">{{cite news|url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/whats-on/bgt-heartthrobs-bars-and-melody-at-the-met-1-7573620 |title=BGT heartthrobs Bars and Melody at The Met |date=12 September 2016 |website=Peterborough Today |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> Their first single after the show, "Shining Star", was released on 30 July 2014, accompanied by an acoustic version of their song "Hopeful".<ref name="LE Bambinos queue">{{cite news|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/bambinos-queue-hours-outside-hmv-8993843 |title=Bambinos queue for hours outside HMV Liverpool One to meet Bars and Melody | author=Jade Wright |date=7 April 2015 |website=Liverpool Echo |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>
Bars and Melody released their debut studio album, ''143'', on 21 August 2015.<ref name="CL 143">{{cite news|url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/britains-talents-bars--melody-9834520|title=Britain's Got Talent's Bars & Melody line-up two Newcastle dates|website=ChronicleLive|author=Gordon Barr|date=12 August 2015|access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> It debuted at number four on the Official UK Charts.<ref name="WO Cardiff app" /> Their EP ''Teen Spirit'' was released in 2016. BAM later released ''Generation Z'' (2017) and ''Sadboi'' (2020). A 2021 EP entitled ''Carpe Diem'' signaled a change in their sound.<ref name="WO Cardiff app">{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/britains-talents-bars-melody-coming-11810803 |title=Britain's Got Talent's Bars and Melody are coming to Cardiff and here's how you can meet them | author=Rachel Mainwaring |date=28 August 2016 |website=Wales Online |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> Bars and Melody disbanded in 2025.
==History== ===2013–15: Formation, ''Britain's Got Talent'' and ''143''=== {{Main|143 (Bars and Melody album)}} Devries and Lenehan first met on social media<ref name="Billboard" /> in September 2013, after Devries had seen Lenehan's videos. They first met in person in January 2014 to form a music duo as Bars and Melody.<ref name="BP Jones" /> On 8 February 2014, Bars and Melody auditioned in Manchester for the eighth series of ''Britain's Got Talent''. They performed a song based on Twista and Faith Evans' "Hope", with Devries replacing the original verses with ones protesting against bullying. After the performance, Simon Cowell pressed the golden buzzer, sending them straight to the live semifinals.<ref name="Billboard" /><ref name="SWEP Leondre" /> Before the semifinals, the group appeared and performed on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-thursdays-tv-highlights-labyrinth-on-ktla-20140521-story.html |title=Thursday's (May 22) TV Highlights: 'Labyrinth' on KTLA |date=21 May 2014 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> In the ''BGT'' semi-final on 29 May, they performed Puff Daddy and Faith Evans' "I'll Be Missing You", coupled with new verses about someone who had recently lost a friend; audience were given candles to wave during the performance. They won their semi-final and progressed through to the final,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/479142/Britain-s-Got-Talent-2014-Bars-Melody-and-Lettice-Rowbotham-reach-final|title=Britain's Got Talent: Bars & Melody and Lettice Rowbotham book final spots|last=Dassanayake|first=Dion|date=29 May 2014|work=Daily Express|publisher=Northern & Shell|access-date=8 June 2014}}</ref> where they performed the song they sang in their audition and ultimately finished third behind Lucy Kay and Collabro.<ref name="SS Jamie's a Winner" >{{cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-36140438.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212829/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-36140438.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2017|title=Jamie's a Winner as Collabro Get a Huge Thumbs Up|location=Newcastle-upon-Tyne|author=Alex Finnis|date=8 June 2014|work=Sunday Sun|access-date=25 February 2017 }}</ref> According to Billboard magazine, the video of their audition was number six in the top ten trending videos for 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6397791/watch-youtubes-2014-rewind-video-with-music-from-dj-earworm |title=Watch YouTube's 2014 Rewind Video, With Music From DJ Earworm | author=Elias Leight |date=9 December 2014 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=16 February 2017}}</ref>
Despite not winning, Bars and Melody signed a £500,000 record deal with Simon Cowell's record label,<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6207987/bars-and-melody/biography |title=Biography |author=John D. Buchanan, Rovi |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 February 2017 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004163636/https://www.billboard.com/artist/6207987/bars-and-melody/biography |url-status=dead }}</ref> Syco, which released "Hopeful" in July 2014.<ref name="Billboard" /> Their debut single went straight to number five on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="OC Hopeful" /> The music video of their song "Hopeful" was released on YouTube on 7 July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.reveal.co.uk/lifestyle/news/a582910/britains-got-talent-stars-bars-and-melody-unveil-hopeful-music-video.html|title=Britain's Got Talent stars Bars and Melody unveil 'Hopeful' music video|last=Heath|first=Olivia|date=8 July 2014|work=Reveal|publisher=Nat Mags|access-date=13 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://imvdb.com/video/bars-and-melody/hopeful |title=Hopeful (2014) | author=Max & Dania (director) |website=IMVdB |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> To promote the song, they appeared on television shows such as ''Good Morning Britain'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/entertainment/bars-and-melody-are-number-two |title='Our parents didn't speak for at least three days!' |date=1 August 2014 |website=Good Morning Britain |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> ''This Morning'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/thismorning/showbiz/bars-and-melody-britains-got-talent-hopeful |title=Bars and Melody make Hopeful debut |date=27 July 2014 |website=This Morning |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> and ''The Official Chart'' on BBC Radio 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01pq7sq/p02453tp |title=Bars and Melody pop in to see Jameela! |website=BBC |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> By late September, the song "Hopeful" was number 33 on the Twitter Top Tracks.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/social-charts-kendrick-lamar-one-direction/ |title=Kendrick Lamar, One Direction Highlight Social Chart Action | author=William Gruger |date=26 September 2014 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> Bars and Melody also participated in their first HMV signing tour to promote ''Hopeful''. They released the song "Shining Star", which came out as part of ''Hopeful Acoustic''.<ref name="LE Bambinos queue" /> Their second single, "Keep Smiling", was released on 28 February 2015,<ref name="UK" /> with a music video filmed in Plymouth.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/bars-melody-prepare-release-second-8589201 |title=Bars and Melody prepare for release of second single after BGT success | author=Emma Sisk |date=7 February 2015 |website=Wales Online |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref><ref name="WO Easter egg">{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/bars-melody-prepare-release-second-8589201 |title=BGT's Bars and Melody release their very own Easter egg | author=Kate Rees |date=17 March 2015 |website=Wales Online |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> It peaked at 52 in the Official Charts Company.<ref name="UK" /> Their third official single, "Stay Strong", was released on 18 April 2015 and peaked at 53 in the Official Charts Company.<ref name="UK" /> Two physical editions of the CD could be purchased with each one containing an image of either Lenehan or Devries, promoted through a second HMV signing tour.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/bars-melody-meet-adoring-bambinos-city-s-hmv/story-26314321-detail/story.html |title=Bars and Melody meet their adoring 'Bambinos' in city's hmv |author=David W Owen |date=10 April 2015 |website=Leicester Mercury |access-date=25 February 2017 |quote=See photograph showing Lenehan and Devries each holding their versions of the single with their photographs on the cover. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813143106/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Bars-Melody-meet-adoring-Bambinos-city-s-hmv/story-26314321-detail/story.html |archive-date=13 August 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They released their fourth single "Beautiful" in June 2015 alongside a music video.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bars-and-melody-mn0003282589/biography|title=Bars and Melody biography|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
The group released their debut album, ''143'', on 21 August 2015,<ref name="CL 143" /> which peaked at number four on the UK Albums Chart on 28 August 2015.<ref name="WO Cardiff app" /> The album included their previously recorded singles and additional songs. To promote the album, they toured across the United Kingdom in the summer and had a winter tour in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Poland,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-39654928.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212741/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-39654928.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 February 2017 |title=BGT Duo's Gig at Slade Rooms |date=19 May 2016 |newspaper=The Tamworth Herald |access-date=25 February 2017 }}</ref> where the album went platinum.<ref name="WM duo sign">{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-461838674.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212633/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-461838674.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 February 2017 |title=Pop Rap Duo in Signing Appearance |date=29 August 2016 |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff, Wales |access-date=25 February 2017 }}</ref> Following a guest presenting stint in 2014,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29062673 |title=CBBC's Friday Download heads to the big screen | author=Entertainment & Arts |date=4 September 2014 |website= BBC|access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> Bars and Melody made a red carpet appearance at the premiere of CBBC show ''Friday Download'' in May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/up-all-night-stars-dionne-bromfield-and-tyger-drew-honey-reveal-their-holiday-nightmares-676502.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716053037/http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/up-all-night-stars-dionne-bromfield-and-tyger-drew-honey-reveal-their-holiday-nightmares-676502.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2015 |title=Up All Night stars Dionne Bromfield and Tyger Drew-Honey reveal their holiday nightmares |date=10 May 2015 |website=Irish Examiner |access-date=25 February 2017 }}</ref> They also participated in the ''Friday Download'' movie called ''Up All Night''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-14.com/posts/the-vamps-friday-download-the-movie-up-all-night-75913 |title=The Vamps 'Friday Download, The Movie (Up All Night)' | author=Heather Thompson |date=31 October 2015 |website=J-14 |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> They performed the third ending theme "Unite (Live Forever)" for the anime series ''Future Card Buddyfight Triple D''.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} They appeared on BBC's ''Newsround'' during a week-long series about bullying in February 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/av/30122787 |title=Greg James, Niki and Sammy, Bars and Melody on bullying |date=20 February 2015 |website=BBC's Newsround |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref>
===2016–18: ''Teen Spirit'' and ''Generation Z''=== {{Main|Teen Spirit (EP)}} In 2016, they toured five cities with Kiera Weathers, a contestant on ''The X Factor'', in February and April of that year. The cities included London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, and Liverpool.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/the-x-factor/news/a779432/x-factors-kiera-weathers-to-join-britains-got-talents-bars-and-melody-on-uk-tour/ |title=X Factor's Kiera Weathers to join Britain's Got Talent's Bars and Melody on UK Tour | author=Ian Sandwell |date=10 January 2016 |website= Digital Spy|access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> They also became ambassadors for the Anti Bullying Charity campaign that year.<ref name="WO Cardiff app" /> In August 2016, their album ''Teen Spirit'' was released by Syco.<ref name="WO Cardiff app" /> They toured Australia and Japan by August 2016.<ref name="WM duo sign" />
In August 2016 they released their first Japanese album, titled ''Hopeful'' by Avex Music Creative, including fourteen tracks from the UK albums 143 and Teen Spirit as well as UK and Japanese versions of Hopeful.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bars-And-Melody-Hopeful/release/9328834|title=Bars And Melody – Hopeful|website=Discogs|date=24 August 2016 |language=en|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> They toured thirteen cities in Austria, Germany and Switzerland in November and December, opening for German teen singer Lukas Rieger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juiceorcider.com/2016/11/13/bars-melody-tour-german-speaking-countries/|title=Bars and Melody to tour German-speaking countries – Juice or Cider|access-date=3 May 2017}}{{Dead link|date=May 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On 15 February 2017 they released their second Japanese album, entitled ''Never Give Up''. The album was released by Rhythm Sound, a division of Avex Music Creative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bars-And-Melody-Never-Give-Up/release/9835988|title=Bars And Melody – Never Give Up|website=Discogs|date=15 February 2017 |language=en|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref> They announced the immediate digital release of new song "Faded" on 14 April.<ref name="News - BarsandMelody.tv">{{cite web|url=http://barsandmelody.tv/news/|title=News – BarsandMelody.tv|website=BarsandMelody.tv|language=en-US|access-date=3 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420030456/http://barsandmelody.tv/news/|archive-date=20 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in April, they toured ten cities in the UK opening for the dance troupe Diversity.<ref name="News - BarsandMelody.tv"/> On 27 May, they released a song called "Thousand Years," which has a music video with over 28 million views on YouTube as of 14 November 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/BarsAndMelody/status/868100169853800449|title=Bars and Melody on Twitter|work=Twitter|access-date=28 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> On 1 September they released a new album entitled ''Generation Z''.
In early 2018, Bars and Melody went on their ''Generation Z'' Tour around Europe. On 12 October 2018, they released a single called "Put Ü First". They also announced and had shows in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka, Japan in December.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
===2019–2025: ''Love To See Me Fail'', ''Sadboi'', ''Carpe Diem'' and farewell tour=== In early 2019, Bars and Melody released a single from their upcoming album called ''Love To See Me Fail''. Just a few weeks after that, Bars and Melody embarked on their ''Choke Tour'' from late March to mid-May. On 26 July, they released their long-awaited single "Waiting for the Sun" on YouTube, Apple Music, Spotify and deezer. In late August, they competed on ''Britain's Got Talent: The Champions'' where they sang "Waiting for the Sun" in week 5 and reached the final.{{cn|date=November 2025}}
On 4 October, BAM released their single "Lighthouse". They also set to embark on their primarily-UK tour ''Lighthouse'' from October until early November, along with 3 shows in Japan in mid-January 2020. On 13 December, they released the single "Teenage Romance", featuring Mike Singer. On 7 December, they announced their album ''Sadboi'' would be released in 2020.{{cn|date=November 2025}}
On 27 January, BAM competed on ''America's Got Talent: The Champions''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dixon |first=Marcus James |date=2020-01-28 |title=‘America’s Got Talent: The Champions’ jaw-dropper: Bars and Melody eliminated after getting X’ed by Howie Mandel [WATCH] |url=https://www.goldderby.com/reality-tv/2020/americas-got-talent-the-champions-bars-and-melody-eliminated-howie-mandel/ |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Gold Derby |language=en-US}}</ref> On 6 March, their new single "Ain't Got You" was released. On 13 March, they made a surprise drop with their new song "Invisible". On 27 March 2020, their album ''Sadboi'' was finally released. In late March, they had to postpone their ''Sadboi'' tour due to the COVID-19 outbreak.{{cn|date=November 2025}}
On 15 January 2021, Bars and Melody released the album ''Carpe Diem'', starting with hit single "Own Ways".{{cn|date=November 2025}}
In July 2024, BAM announced that they would part ways as a duo after a farewell tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Sam |date=2024-07-23 |title=Britain's Got Talent child stars make major career announcement |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/britains-talent-child-stars-make-29594364 |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref> On March 14, 2025, Bars & Melody performed their final concert ever in Warsaw, Poland, at VooDoo Club.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-05 |title=Britain's Got Talent's Port Talbot duo Bars and Melody: Where are they now? - Yahoo Life UK |url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/britains-got-talents-port-talbot-173100059.html |access-date=2025-11-08 |website=uk.style.yahoo.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> The date, 14.03, was very special for both the duo and their fans, as it was a reference to their first album, ''143''.
==Members== ===Leondre Devries (Bars)=== Leondre Antonio Devries was born on 6 October 2000<ref name="Billboard" /> to stonemason Antonio and personal trainer Victoria Lee.<ref name="WO open up" /><ref name="SWEP video">{{cite video|author=G Roberts|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Britain-s-Got-Talent-2014-Leondre-Devries-Bars/story-21199672-detail/story.html |title=Britain's Got Talent 2014: Leondre Devries from Bars and Melody tells all |work=South Wales Evening Post|date=7 June 2014|access-date=25 February 2017|time=0:34}}</ref> From Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot, Wales, he has three older brothers—Jacob Lee, Joseph Devries (Joey), the eldest is Ben Lee —and a younger sister, Matilda Devries (Tilly).<ref name="WO open up" /> Joey was part of the boy band Overload Generation who participated in the eleventh series of ''The X Factor''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/x-factor-overload-generation-second-7920625?pageNumber=17 |title=X Factor: Overload Generation is second Welsh act to make it through to live stages of talent show | author=Sandra Loy |date=11 October 2014 |website=Wales Online |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> Leondre Devries has spoken openly about his experiences of bullying for four years before he switched schools.<ref name="WO open up" /> He attended the Glan Afan Comprehensive School at the time of the ''Britain's Got Talent'' competition.<ref name="SWEP Leondre">{{cite news|author=G Roberts|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Britain-s-Got-Talent-2014-Leondre-Devries-Bars/story-21199672-detail/story.html |title=Britain's Got Talent 2014: Leondre from Bars and Melody tells all |newspaper=South Wales Evening Post |date=7 June 2014|access-date=15 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193439/http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Britain-s-Got-Talent-2014-Leondre-Devries-Bars/story-21199672-detail/story.html|archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> Previously he rapped solo under the stage name 'Little Dre'.<ref name="WO open up">{{cite news|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/britains-talent-2014-bars-melody-7184915 |title=Britain's Got Talent 2014: Bars and Melody open up on their meteoric rise to fame|date=29 May 2014|work=Wales Online|access-date=15 June 2014}}</ref> In December 2023, Devries revealed on Instagram that his brother Jacob had died earlier in the month.{{cn|date=November 2025}}
===Charlie Lenehan (Melody)=== Charlie Joe Lenehan-Green was born 27 October 1998 in Frampton Cotterell in Gloucestershire. He lives in London. His family includes his mother, his step-father, a businessman;<ref>{{cite video|author=G Roberts|url=http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Britain-s-Got-Talent-2014-Leondre-Devries-Bars/story-21199672-detail/story.html |title=Britain's Got Talent 2014: Leondre Devries from Bars and Melody tells all |work=South Wales Evening Post|date=7 June 2014|access-date=25 February 2017|time=0:42}}</ref> and a younger sister, Brooke. His mother, Karen James, is a cook in Thornbury at Gillingstool and New Siblands schools.<ref name="Gazette">{{cite news|url= http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/NEWS/11267350.Mum_tells_of_pride_at_son_s_third_place_on_Britain_s_Got_Talent/|title=Mum of Bars and Melody singer Charlie Lineman is 'over the moon' after 15-year-old comes third on Britain's Got Talent | author=Alexandra Womack |date=10 June 2014 |website=Gazette|publisher=Newsquest Media |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> Lenehan took up singing at the age of 11 when his schoolmates invited him to join a band.<ref name="Billboard" /> He attended the Winterbourne International Academy<ref name="BP Jones" /> from the age of 11, and was interested in drama, music, and engineering at the time of the competition. He returned to school the first day after the ''Britain's Got Talent'' finale.<ref name="Gazette" /> In June 2022, Lenehan welcomed a daughter named Delilah.{{cn|date=November 2025}}
==Lawsuit== Antonio Devries, Leondre's father, threatened to file a suit against the group in March 2016, claiming that he wrote ''Hopeful''.<ref name="YN">{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/britains-got-talent-stars-bars-and-melody-being-115755985.html |title=Britain's Got Talent Stars Bars And Melody Being Sued By Member's Own DAD | author=Adele Ankers |date=25 March 2016 |website=Yahoo News |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> He also claimed that he helped promote the boys until their ''Britain's Got Talent'' contest, that he was unhappy that the boys were moving away from the anti-bullying theme, and believed that their management overworked them. He said that he did not have any issues with Bars and Melody,<ref name="YN" /><ref name="Metro dad" /> but he took over the boys' social media accounts and posted music from his son Joey and other artists he represented until the management team regained control of the accounts.<ref name="BP Jones">{{cite news |url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/exclusive-britain-s-got-talent-favourites-bars/story-28987126-detail/story.html#oCOYkLrl7wu42B5l.99 |title=Exclusive: Britain's Got Talent stars Bars and Melody sued by dad |author=Craig Jones |date=24 March 2016 |website=Bristol Post |access-date=25 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326165339/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Exclusive-Britain-s-Got-Talent-favourites-Bars/story-28987126-detail/story.html#oCOYkLrl7wu42B5l.99 |archive-date=26 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The management team, who Devries said was the root of the problem, stated that the boys wrote "Hopeful". A spokesperson for the boys shared that they were happy with their career and management team and did not feel exploited or overworked.<ref name="YN" /><ref name="Metro dad">{{cite news|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/25/britains-got-talents-bars-and-melody-are-being-sued-by-one-of-their-dads-5776219/#ixzz4ZiGQZMcA |title=Britain's Got Talent's Bars And Melody are being sued by one of their dads | author=Katie Baillie |date=25 March 2016 |website=Metro |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> The official statement was that "Bars and Melody are sorry to hear that legal action is being threatened and they hope it will [be] resolved quickly and amicably."<ref name="YN" />
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certification |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK<br /><ref name="UK">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32739/bars-and-melody/|title=Bars & Melody|publisher=Official Charts Company|work=Officialcharts.com}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRE<br /><ref name="IRE">{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bars+And+Melody|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062301/http://www.irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bars+and+Melody|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 February 2017|title=Discography Bars and Melody|work=Irish Charts Portal|publisher=Hung Medien}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POL<br /><ref name="POL">Peak chart positions for studio albums in Poland: * ''143'': {{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=1013&lang=en|title=OLiS – sales for the period 18.03.2016 – 24.03.2016|work=OLiS|publisher=ZPAV|access-date=31 March 2016}} * ''Teen Spirit'': {{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=1040&lang=en|title=OLiS – sales for the period 26.08.2016 – 01.09.2016|work=OLiS|publisher=ZPAV|access-date=8 September 2016}} * ''Generation Z'': {{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=1102&lang=en|title=OLiS – sales for the period 15.09.2017 – 21.09.2017|work=OLiS|publisher=ZPAV|access-date=28 September 2017}} * ''Sadboi'': {{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=1279&lang=en|title=OLiS – sales for the period 27.03.2020 – 02.04.2020|work=OLiS|publisher=ZPAV|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SCO<br /><ref name="SCOAlbums">Peak positions for albums in Scotland: * For ''143'': {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20150828/40/|title=Chart Archive > 28 August 2015 – 3 September 2015|publisher=Official Charts Company}} * For ''Teen Spirit'': {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20160902/40/|title=Chart Archive > 2 September 2016 – 8 September 2016|publisher=Official Charts Company}} * For ''Generation Z'': {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20170908/40/|title=Chart Archive > 8 September 2017 – 14 September 2017|publisher=Official Charts Company}} </ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''143'' | * Released: 21 August 2015 * Label: 143 Records * Formats: Digital download, CD | 4 || 11 || 31 || 12 | * ZPAV: Platinum<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/platynoweplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2016#title|title=Polish album and single certifications – 2016|publisher=Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry|access-date=27 April 2016|archive-date=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170419124311/http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/platynoweplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2016#title|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| ''Generation Z'' | * Release date: 1 September 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/album/generation-z/id1262081707?v0=9991&ign-mpt=uo%3D1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121105517/https://itunes.apple.com/album/generation-z/id1262081707?v0=9991&ign-mpt=uo%3D1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 November 2017 |title=‎Generation Z by Bars and Melody on Apple Music |publisher=iTunes |access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> * Label: Zeneration Records * Formats: Digital download, CD | 83 || — || 3 || 54 | |- ! scope="row"| ''Sadboi'' | * Release date: 27 March 2020 * Label: Better Now, Universal Music * Formats: Digital download, CD | — || — || 38 || — | |- | colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released. |}
===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Details ! scope="col" colspan="4"| Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK<br /><ref name="UK"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRE<br /><ref name="IRE"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| POL<br /><ref name="POL"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SCO<br /><ref name="SCOAlbums"/> |- ! scope="row"| ''Hopeful'' | * Released: 25 July 2014 * Label: Syco Music * Formats: Digital download | — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row"| ''Teen Spirit'' | * Released: 26 August 2016 * Label: Zeneration Records * Formats: Digital download | 49 || 85 || 4 || 97 |- ! scope="row"| ''Carpe Diem'' | * Released: 24 September 2021 * Label: Bars and Melody * Formats: Digital download | — || — || — || — |- | colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released. |}
===Singles=== ====As lead artist==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="3"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2"|Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK<br /><ref name="UK"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRE<br /><ref name="IRE"/> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SCO<br /><ref name="SCOSingles">Peak positions for singles in Scotland: * For "Hopeful": {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20140803/41/|title=Chart Archive > 3 August 2014 – 9 August 2014|publisher=Official Charts Company}} * For "Keep Smiling": {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20150222/41/|title=Chart Archive > 22 February 2015 – 28 February 2015|publisher=Official Charts Company}} * For "Stay Strong": {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20150412/41/|title=Chart Archive > 12 April 2015 – 18 April 2015|publisher=Official Charts Company}} </ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Hopeful" | 2014 | 5 || 56 || 6 | * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bars and Melody|access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref> | rowspan="3"| ''143'' |- ! scope="row"| "Keep Smiling" | rowspan="2"| 2015 | 52 || — || 43 | |- ! scope="row"| "Stay Strong" | 53 || — || 48 | |- ! scope="row"| "Battle Scars" | rowspan="2"| 2016 | — || — || — | |''Teen Spirit'' |- ! scope="row"| "Live Your Life" | — || — || — | | rowspan="3"| ''Generation Z'' |- ! scope="row"| "I Won't Let You Go" | rowspan="2"| 2017 | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Thousand Years" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Put U First" | 2018 | — || — || — | | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |- ! scope="row"| "Love To See Me Fail" | rowspan="4"| 2019 | — || — || — | | rowspan="4"| ''Sadboi'' |- ! scope="row"| "Waiting For the Sun" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Lighthouse" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Teenage Romance"<br />{{small|(with Mike Singer)}} | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Own Ways" | rowspan="3"| 2020 | — || — || — | | ''Carpe Diem'' |- ! scope="row"| "Ain't Got You" | — || — || — | | rowspan="2"| ''Sadboi'' |- ! scope="row"| "Invisible" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Bali" | rowspan="5"| 2021 | — || — || — | | rowspan="22" {{N/A|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Commotion" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Fan" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Henny" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Holiday" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Pneumonia" | rowspan="5"| 2022 | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "FaceTime Love" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Dumb" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Medicine" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Down" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Cake" | rowspan="10"| 2023 | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Angels and Demons" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Heart" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Uh Oh" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Fuck You" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "My Love" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Love Me" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Psycho" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "1 by 1" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Honest" | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Chosen" | rowspan="2"| 2024 | — || — || — | |- ! scope="row"| "Say You Are" | — || — || — | |- | colspan="20" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. |}
====Promotional singles==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:14em;"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year ! scope="col"| Album |- ! scope="row"| "Beautiful" | 2015 | ''143'' |- ! scope="row"| "Unite (Live Forever)" | 2016 | ''Teen Spirit'' |- ! scope="row"| "Never Give Up" | rowspan="7"| 2017 | ''Never Give Up'' |- ! scope="row"| "It Ain't Me"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/it-aint-me-single/1228309291|title=It Ain't Me – Single by Bars and Melody on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|date=5 May 2017|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> | rowspan="1"| Covers 2 |- ! scope="row"| "Thousand Years"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/thousand-years-single/1240439929|title=Thousand Years – Single by Bars and Melody on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|date=26 May 2017|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> | rowspan="5"| ''Generation Z'' |- ! scope="row"| "I Won't Let You Go"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-wont-let-you-go-single/1299182149|title=I Won't Let You Go – Single by Bars and Melody on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|date=26 October 2017|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Live Your Life" |- ! scope="row"| "Faded" |- ! scope="row"| "Fast Car" |- ! scope="row"| "Better Now"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/better-now-single/1416358059|title=Better Now – Single by Bars and Melody on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|date=23 July 2018|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> | rowspan="4"| 2018 | rowspan="4" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row"| "Lucid Dreams"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/lucid-dreams-single/1420504134|title=Lucid Dreams – Single by Bars and Melody on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|date=31 July 2018|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Falling Down"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/falling-down-single/1437404617|title=Falling Down – Single by Bars and Melody on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|date=26 September 2018|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| "Put Ü First"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/put-%C3%BC-first-single/1437198340|title=Put Ü First – Single by Bars and Melody on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|date=28 September 2018|access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> |}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * [http://barsandmelody.tv/ Official website] * [http://www.mainlymono.co.uk/bam Bars & Melody fan Photos Leicester 2016]
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