For 14 years, Shane Filan was a prominent member of the hugely successful boy band Westlife. Before his 20th birthday he had already achieved his first number one single with the group. Following the October 2012 announcement of the band's plan to part ways, Filan was strongly rumored to be talking to various labels about a solo deal. He spent much of 2012 and early 2013 writing new material, and in April 2013 it was revealed that Filan had signed with London Records. His summer 2013 debut solo single, "Everything to Me," nodded to the mainstream folk of the Lumineers and Mumford & Sons, and an album, You & Me, was released that November. ~ James Wilkinson