X Factor boy band JLS are to split after five years The four members of the RnB group - Aston Merrygold, 25, Marvin Humes, 28, Jonathan "JB" Gill and Oritse Williams, both 26 - found fame in 2008 after finishing second to Alexandra Burke on The X Factor. In their five-year career JLS have sold more than 10 million records and had five number one singles, something that no other UK talent show star has achieved, not even One Direction. The foursome have also won two Brit awards and five Mobo awards, and were last year crowned Britain's hardest-working band after headlining more major concerts than any other artists. They band will bow out with a farewell tour, a final single and a greatest hits album. Merrygold told The Sun it was the right time for the band to go their separate ways, saying: "We are still the best of friends and always will be - but this is the end." In a message on their website they said: "To each and every JLSter, our beloved fans around the world. We wanted to make sure that you heard it from the four of us, that we have decided to bring our time as a band to an end. It has been the most incredible journey over the last six years and we have achieved more things than we could have ever dreamed possible. The band are now focusing on their individual plans. Father-to-be Marvin, who is expecting his first child with his Saturdays wife Rochelle, is a DJ on Capital FM and a reporter for ITV's Daybreak. Oritsé has his own music management company. Aston has just finished filming another series of Sky's Got to Dance. And JB, who won last year's Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special, has bought a deer farm in Scotland. Their greatest hits arena tour in December will be the last time the band perform together... until the inevitable reunion, of course.