Global InformationPet Shop Boys information
Pet Shop Boys | |
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 Neil Tennant (left) and Chris Lowe during an interview in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
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| Discography | Pet Shop Boys discography |
| Years active | 1981–present |
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| Members | Neil Tennant Chris Lowe |
| Website | petshopboys |
The Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 50 million records worldwide,[4][5] and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records.[6]
Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1984 they have achieved 42 top 30 singles, 22 of these being top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's a Sin", a synth-pop version of "Always on My Mind", and "Heart". Other hit songs include a cover of "Go West", and their own "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in a duet with Dusty Springfield. With five US top ten singles in the 1980s, they are associated with the Second British Invasion.[7]
At the 2009 Brit Awards in London, the Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2016, Billboard newspaper named the Pet Shop Boys the number one dance duo/group over the 40 years since the chart's inception in 1976.[8] In 2017, the duo received NME's Godlike Genius Award.
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- Comer, M. Tye (13 April 2014). "Coachella 2014: Empire of the Sun, Pet Shop Boys Bring Art Pop to the Desert". Billboard. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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- ^ "Pet Shop Boys: Biografie". Warner Music Germany (in German). Archived from the original on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2008.
- ^ The Guinness Book of Records 1999. Guinness. 1998. p. 228.
- ^ Sujansky, Joanne; Ferri-Reed, Jan (2009). Keeping The Millennials: Why Companies Are Losing Billions in Turnover to This Generation- and What to Do About It. John Wiley & Sons. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-4704-3851-0.
- ^ "Greatest of All Time: Madonna Is Billboard's No. 1 Dance Club Songs Artist". Billboard. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.