The Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals. They have sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Since 1986, they have had 39 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK, including four Number Ones: West End Girls, It’s a Sin, Always on My Mind, and Heart.
Joss Stone, born Jocelyn Eve Stoker on 11 April 1987, is an English soul and R&B singer-songwriter and actress. Throughout her career, Stone has sold over ten million albums worldwide, and has won two BRIT Awards and one Grammy Award. She also made her acting debut in late 2006 with the fantasy adventure film Eragon, as the witch Angela.
The Prodigy are an electronic music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990, in Braintree, Essex, England. They were pioneers of the big beat electronic dance genre. They have sold over 16 million records worldwide which is unequaled in electronic music history. Their music consists of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore and industrial in the early 1990s to alternative rock and big beat with punk vocal elements in later times.
Robert Peter Williams, more popularly known as Robbie Williams, was born on February 13, 1974 and is a Grammy Award-nominated, 15-time BRIT Award-winning English singer-songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990. He left Take That in 1995 to begin his solo career, where his album sales stand at over 55 million, with singles sales over 17 million. Robbie Williams also entered The Guinness Book of World Records when in just one day he sold more than 1.6 million tickets for his 2006 world tour.
Blur is an English alternative rock band that was formed in Colchester in 1989. The members of Blur are Damon Albarn (vocals), Graham Coxon (guitar), Alex James (bass guitar) and Dave Rowntree (drums). Blur’s debut album Leisure was released in 1991and the band helped to popularize the Britpop genre and achieved mass popularity in the UK.
Take That is an English pop boy band composed of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and Robbie Williams. Take That sold more than 30 million records between 1991-1996 and was described as the most successful British band since The Beatles in the UK, beloved of young and old alike.
Aimee Anne Duffy, professionally known as Duffy, was born on 23 June 1984 in Gwynedd, Wales. Duffy is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her album “Rockferry” is currently the top selling album in the UK in 2008.
The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award-winning English pop group formed in 1994 consisting of Geri Halliwell, Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, and Melanie Chisholm. The girls are considered to be UK’s most successful all-female group, as they sold over 55 million records worldwide.
Ash is an alternative rock band that was formed in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland back in 1992. Ash initially found mainstream success when the media pegged the music they were making as Britpop, but have eventually branched out into pop rock, indie rock, and other musical genres.
The Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. The Arctic Monkeys was formed back in 2002 and currently consists of Alex Turner on lead vocals and guitar, Jamie Cook on guitar, Matt Helders on drums and back-up vocals, and Nick O’Malley on bass guitar.