 The opera crossover quartet Il Divo was formed by the music manager Simon Cowell in 2003.Their "self-titled debut album" was released in November the following year and went straight to number one in the UK and in seven other countries.Henrik and Ulf Janson arranged the orchestra and worked as conductors on parts of the album, which they also did on the group’s following two UK number one studio albums "Ancora" and "Siempre".