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English rock band Arctic Monkeys have released seven studio albums, five extended plays, two video albums, 24 music videos and 23 singles.Formed in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist and backing vocalist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys released their first EP, Five Minutes with ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. English rock band "Jamie Cook" redirects here. For other uses, see Jamie Cook (disambiguation). Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys performing at the Roskilde Festival in 2014. From left to right: Nick O'Malley, Alex Turner, Matt Helders and Jamie Cook Background information Also known as ...
Many critics and figures in the British media hyped the Arctic Monkeys and their rapid rise to acclaim through unconventional means [9] [35] [29] and some even cited the Arctic Monkeys as revolutionising the way people find music as they built a fanbase on the basis of a few demos shared by fans through the internet. [36]
This is a list of the best-selling albums by year in the United States, published by American music magazine Billboard since 1956 as year-end rankings of album sales. Until 1991, the Billboard album chart was based on a survey of representative retail outlets that determined a ranking, not a tally of actual sales.
Another Sheffield singer, Richard Hawley, featured on the Arctic Monkeys' B-side "Bad Woman" and performed with the band at the Manchester Apollo, as part of a concert film directed by Richard Ayoade. [95] Turner has described Arctic Monkeys' third album, Humbug, released in August 2009, as "a massive turning point" in the band's career. [96]
Michael Jackson's Thriller, estimated to have sold 70 million copies worldwide, is the best-selling album ever. [4] [5] [6] Jackson also currently has the highest number of albums on the list with five, Celine Dion has four, while the Beatles, Madonna, Whitney Houston and Pink Floyd each have three.
Those albums are notable as the only non-competitive winners in the award's history, with the award both times given directly to the year's highest-selling album. To date, 15 artists have won Album of the Year with their debut albums: Sade , Fairground Attraction , Seal , Coldplay, Dido , The Darkness , Keane , Arctic Monkeys, Duffy , Florence ...
The album also appeared on numerous year-end lists. At Album of the Year, which creates an aggregate of music critic's year-end lists, The Car was listed as the twenty-fourth best album of the year, [95] with NME [96] and Time Out [97] naming it the best album of 2022. Riot Mag also listed The Car as the year's second best album. [98]