John & Edward (born John Paul Henry Daniel Richard Grimes and Edward Peter Anthony Kevin Patrick Grimes on 16 October 1991 in Dublin, Ireland), artistically known as Jedward are an irish pop singing duo. Known for their distinctive blond quiffs and unique performances, the identical twins have risen to fame since appearing in the sixth series of The X Factor in 2009, in a phenomenon described as the "Jedward paradox". They released their debut song "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby), a collaboration with 90s hip hop star Vanilla Ice on 31st January 2010. It hit #1 in the Irish singles charts and #2 in the UK singles charts, on downloads alone - the CD single was released on the 15th of February 2010.

They then released their second single, a cover of Blink-182's "All the Small Things", on 16 July 2010, and their debut album Planet Jedward on 26 July. Planet Jedward reached number one on the Irish Albums Chart and number 17 on the UK Albums Chart. It was also certified platinum in Northern Ireland.

Since then, Jedward have been on 3 tours in the UK and Ireland. The first, the 'planet jedward tour' hit both countries, with some cities being played more than once, in April and August 2010. The second, was the 'Bad Behaviour Tour' which was just in Ireland, in April 2011. They are due to hold another tour, in August 2011, named 'The Carnival Tour' which is just in Ireland, both the republic and north, with the concert held at night and 2 signings in each place at the day time. After they secured first place in the national selection on The 'Late Late Show' on rté in 11 February 2011, with their entry single "Lipstick", they then performed in dusselhorf, Germany in The Eurovision Song Contest, coming 8th place, getting to the 1st place spot then going down during the voting process, beating both the UK's entry 'Blue' and Germany's entry 'Lena.'

They are due to release their next album sometime this year, which is as of yet nameless, but with brand new original tracks such as 'Biggest Fan' and 'Miss America', and are scheduled to hold a first tour outside of the UK and Ireland, which is in Germany this year.

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