Five (originally spelled 5ive) are a British boy band put together in early 1997 by the same team who formed the Spice Girls. They enjoyed fair success worldwide, but particularly in the UK, parts of Europe, Russia, South Korea, Japan, Brazil, Israel and Australia. They disbanded on 27 September, 2001 after selling close to 20 million records, and having 11 top ten UK singles and 4 top ten albums.
Five (often referred as five, as per the logo), formerly, and more commonly known as Channel 5, is the British fifth and final national analogue terrestrial TV channel.