Duran Duran (English rock band)

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Duran Duran () are an English pop rock band formed in Birmingham in 1978 by singer Stephen Duffy, keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist/bassist John Taylor. With the addition of bassist Simon Colley and drummer Roger Taylor the following year, the band went through numerous personnel changes before May 1980, when they settled on their most famous line-up by adding guitarist Andy Taylor and lead vocalist Simon Le Bon.

Emerging as members of the New Romantic scene, Duran Duran were innovators of the music video and a leading band in the MTV-driven Second British Invasion of the US in the 1980s. By 1984, the band had achieved levels of fame similar to Beatlemania. The band's first major hit was "Girls on Film" (1981), from their self-titled debut album, the popularity of which was enhanced by a controversial music video. The band's breakthrough second album was Rio (1982), a worldwide hit. The songs "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Rio" featured cinematic music videos directed by Australian film maker Russell Mulcahy and became two of their biggest hits. Their third album, Seven and the Ragged Tiger, became their only UK number one album and featured the US and UK number one single "The Reflex". In 1985, the band topped the US charts with the single "A View to a Kill" from the soundtrack of the James Bond film of the same title.

Andy Taylor and Roger Taylor left the band before the recording of their fourth album, Notorious (1986), which yielded the top ten title track; Warren Cuccurullo replaced Andy as guitarist. The band spent the rest of the 1980s and early 1990s continuing to release albums and singles to only moderate success. Their comeback album, 1993's Duran Duran (commonly called The Wedding Album), featured two top-ten worldwide hits "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone". After John Taylor left in 1997, the band released a number of albums and singles which underperformed on the sales charts. A full reunion of the line-up of Le Bon, Rhodes and all three Taylors in 2001 led to a number of highly successful concert tours and the 2004 album Astronaut, which reached number three in the UK and top 40 in numerous other countries. The album's lead single "(Reach Up for The) Sunrise" was an international dance hit, and reached number five in the UK. Andy Taylor left again in 2006, and the band have released five additional albums, with the most recent being Danse Macabre in 2023.

According to Billboard, Duran Duran have sold over 100 million records. They achieved 30 top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart (14 of them top 10) and 21 top 40 singles in the US Billboard Hot 100. The band have won numerous awards throughout their career: two Brit Awards including the 2004 award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, two Grammy Awards, an MTV Video Music Award for Lifetime Achievement and a Video Visionary Award from the MTV Europe Music Awards. They were also awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1981Duran Duran (debut album)Duran Duran3.8526
1982RioDuran Duran3.929
1983Seven and the Ragged TigerDuran Duran4.1519
1984ArenaDuran Duran1
1986NotoriousDuran Duran411
1988Big ThingDuran Duran213
1990LibertyDuran Duran23
1993Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)Duran Duran3.511
1995Thank YouDuran Duran2.58
1997MedazzalandDuran Duran36
2000Pop TrashDuran Duran38
2001AstronautDuran Duran311
2007Red Carpet MassacreDuran Duran36
2010All You Need Is NowDuran Duran411
2015Paper GodsDuran Duran3.59
2021Future PastDuran Duran25
2023Danse MacabreDuran Duran6

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1987Master MixesDuran Duran3
1989DecadeDuran Duran4.2511
1991Nite Romantics / Carnival / Tiger Tiger / Strange BehaviorDuran Duran51
1998GreatestDuran Duran415
1999The CollectionDuran Duran1
2000Best of the 80’s: Duran DuranDuran Duran1
2003The Singles 81–85Duran Duran3
2004The Singles 1986–1995Duran Duran3
2007The Essential CollectionDuran Duran3
2008Greatest HitsDuran Duran1
201110 Great SongsDuran Duran1
2012Greatest Hits on CD&DVDDuran Duran1
2012The Biggest and the BestDuran Duran1

Album + Compilation + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2003Encore SeriesDuran Duran1

Album + Compilation + Remix

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1987Strange BehaviorDuran Duran2
1998Essential Duran Duran (Night Versions)Duran Duran1

Album + Compilation + Demo

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2023Girls on Film: Complete 1979 DemosDuran Duran featuring Andy Wickett1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1984ArenaDuran Duran411
1984As the Lights Go Down (live)Duran Duran3
200378-03: Tokyo July 12, 2003Duran Duran1
2005Live From LondonDuran Duran4
2009Hammersmith ’82!Duran Duran1
2010Live at the Beacon Theatre (NYC, 31st August 1987)Duran Duran1
2011Live! - Rome - 12th May 2011Duran Duran1
2012Live 2011: A Diamond in the MindDuran Duran2
2017Duran Duran: Big Bang Concert Series (Live)Duran Duran1
2017Thanksgiving Live at Pleasure IslandDuran Duran2
2023Live In The 90’sDuran Duran1

Album + Remix

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1999Strange BehaviourDuran Duran4

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1981Planet EarthDuran Duran52
1981Careless MemoriesDuran Duran3
1981Girls on FilmDuran Duran54
1981My Own WayDuran Duran2
1982Hungry Like the WolfDuran Duran53
1982Save a PrayerDuran Duran52
1982RioDuran Duran52
1983Is There Something I Should Know?Duran Duran4
1983Union of the SnakeDuran Duran3
1984New Moon on MondayDuran Duran51
1984The ReflexDuran Duran55
1984The Wild BoysDuran Duran56
1985Save a PrayerDuran Duran1
1985A View to a KillDuran Duran53
1986NotoriousDuran Duran55
1987Skin TradeDuran Duran2
1987Meet El PresidenteDuran Duran2
1987The Presidential SuiteDuran Duran1
1988I Don’t Want Your LoveDuran Duran4
1988All She Wants IsDuran Duran4
1989Do You Believe in Shame?Duran Duran3
1989Burning the GroundDuran Duran2
1990Violence of SummerDuran Duran4
1990SeriousDuran Duran1
1993Come UndoneDuran Duran8
1993Ordinary WorldDuran Duran8
1993Too Much InformationDuran Duran4
1995Perfect DayDuran Duran5
1995White Lines (Don’t Do It)Duran Duran4
1997Out of My MindDuran Duran4
1997Electric BarbarellaDuran Duran4
2000Someone Else Not MeDuran Duran1
2004(Reach Up for the) SunriseDuran Duran5
2005What Happens TomorrowDuran Duran3
2006NiceDuran Duran1
2007Falling DownDuran Duran4
2010All You Need Is NowDuran Duran1
2010From Mediterranea With LoveDuran Duran11
2011Girl Panic!Duran Duran1
2015Pressure OffDuran Duran Featuring Janelle Monáe And Nile Rodgers2
2015What Are the Chances?Duran Duran1
2015Paper GodsDuran Duran feat. Mr Hudson1
2015You Kill Me With SilenceDuran Duran1
2015Last Night in the CityDuran Duran feat. Kiesza1
2021Five YearsDuran Duran2
2021InvisibleDuran Duran1
2021More Joy!Duran Duran feat. CHAI1
2021AnniversaryDuran Duran1
2023Danse MacabreDuran Duran1
2023Black MoonlightDuran Duran1
2023Psycho KillerDuran Duran feat. Victoria De Angelis1

Single + Remix

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2022Give It All Up (Erol Alkan’s rework)Duran Duran feat. Tove Lo1

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1985MixingDuran Duran1
2013No Ordinary EPDuran Duran1

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