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Pet Shop Boys | |
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 Neil Tennant (left) and Chris Lowe (right) during an interview in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | London, England |
| Genres | |
| Discography | Pet Shop Boys discography |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | |
| Members | |
| Website | petshopboys |
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 100 million records worldwide[4] and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records.[5]
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 10 singles in the 1980s, they are associated with the Second British Invasion.[6]
At the 2009 Brit Awards in London, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2016, Billboard newspaper named Pet Shop Boys the number one dance duo/group over the 40 years since the chart's inception in 1976.[7] In 2017, the duo received NME's Godlike Genius Award,[8] and in 2024, they were awarded the Pop Pioneers award at the MTV Europe Music Awards.[9]
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- ^ Hawkins, Stan (1997). "The Pet Shop Boys: Musicology, masculinity and banality". In Whiteley, Sheila (ed.). Sexing the Groove: Popular Music and Gender. Routledge. pp. 118–133. ISBN 0-415-14670-4.
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- Lindsay, Cam (19 February 2007). "Pet Shop Boys A Life in Pop". Exclaim!. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- 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.
- ^ "Pet Shop Boys". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Beaumont, Mark (17 February 2017). "Pet Shop Boys: Exclusive interview with VO5 NME Awards 2017 Godlike Geniuses". NME. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Grein, Paul (30 October 2024). "Pet Shop Boys to Be Honored as Pop Pioneer Recipients at 2024 MTV EMA". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2024.