JAT (album)

JAT is the self-titled debut album by British boy band JAT. It was first released in the United Kingdom on September 17, 1997 through JAT Records. The album was written fully by James Harrison all four other members also contributed on song writing, Harrison also produced the entire album by himself. The debuted at #1 on the UK albums chart mainly through endorsments from other artists. The bands debut single "Earthquake", released 14 months prior to the albums release also debuted at #1 on the singles chart. Despite success of "Earthquake" which spent 8 weeks at #1 the other singles struggled in terms of success "Shine", released in late January 1997 didn't reach its peak of #1 until June 1997, "I'd Wait for Life" also took a long time to reach #1 being released in April it reached #1 in August. The success of "Iris" and "What About Now" was vastly different both debuted at #1 with the latter spending an incredible 14 consecutive weeks at #1 and 17 weeks in total. "Earthquake" would also spend an incredible 204 weeks in the top 100.

The album was a commercial and critical success selling an estimated 70 million copies something they are yet to get anywhere near. It also achieved a perfect score of 100 from Metacritic something they wouldn't repeat until their 2013 album Eruption making them the only artist to achieve this score more than once.