Gnarls Barkley

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Formed:
2006, over 6 years ago.
Snapshot:
A Group with 11 releases. 2 members.

Biography

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Rapper and singer Cee-Lo Green was an original member of Goodie Mob, and released two solo albums including the critically acclaimed ...Is The Soul Machine. Artist and producer Danger Mouse worked on Gorillaz' acclaimed Demon Days album, and released the notorious bootleg The Grey Album, which was banned from stores for failing to obtain sample clearances. It was a mix of vocals from Jay-Z's The Black Album with instrumentals from The Beatles self-titled LP commonly known as The White Album.

The pair met in 2003 and formed Gnarls Barkley. They released their debut album St. Elsewhere in 2006, preceded by first single "Crazy". "Crazy" was a massive hit, topping the UK charts for nine weeks before being pulled by the group, who explained that they didn't want people to get tired of it. It was Britain's biggest-selling single of the year, and also topped the charts in Austria, Canada, Denmark, Ireland and other countries. In the US, it reached No. 2, and at the end of the year several music magazines and websites named it as the best song of 2006. The album was warmly received, and won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album. It sold over a million in the US, and topped the British album charts. Subsequent singles "Smiley Faces" and "Gone Daddy Gone" (a Violent Femmes cover) also performed well.

In 2008, Gnarls Barkley released The Odd Couple. Due to an Internet leak, the album's release date was pushed up by two weeks. The album received positive reviews, and included the hit singles "Run (I'm a Natural Disaster)," "Going On" and "Who's Gonna Save My Soul." The band also released a backwards instrumental version of the album via the Internet.

He joined Goodie, one of the famous hip hop group of Atlanta and came into the limelight.

In the 90's he contributed for the Dirty South movement. After the third album in 1999 Cee-Lo left the group.

Then he started the solo group owned by him. That was the year when he became famous for the song "Do You Like the Way" accompanied by Lauryn Hill and the name of the album was Santana's multi-platinum Supernatural album.

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Neo-Soul, Experimental, Pop, Traditional R&B, Alternative, Hip-Hop, Soul, Electronica, Rock. Vote on Genres

Discography

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Members

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Cee-Lo Green

current & founder member

Danger Mouse

current & founder member

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