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Journey South is a duo originating from Middlesbrough in the United Kingdom. The duo consists of two brothers, Carl and Andy Pemberton, who initially performed in pubs and clubs throughout Great Britain for over eight years prior to achieving third place fame on the British television talent show, The X Factor in 2005.

The 28 December 2005 edition of the Evening Gazette reported that Journey South received five record contract offers and have signed with the one they 'wanted to work with most'. This was later confirmed to be Sony-BMG, the label on which they released their debut album, Journey South, on March 20, 2006. Andy Abraham, Chico Slimani and Shayne Ward have also been signed up by this record company.

The duo have stated that Bon Jovi, U2 and Mary J Blige have been influences for their work.

On 26 March 2006, their debut album entered the UK album chart at No 1 selling 216,000 albums in its first week, beating the first album by fellow X Factor finalist Andy Abraham. Also their first week sales were higher than Shayne Ward's (The X Factor winner) first album which sold 201,000 even with the help of a single for promotion.

So far in 2006, their debut album is the sixth highest selling album with sales of around 330,000.

Journey South released their first single on 19 June 2006. It was a double A-side featuring their cover of Ocean Colour Scene's "The Circle" and a re-recorded version of "Desperado".