MGMT

Formed:: 2002, over 10 years ago.
Snapshot:: A Group with 13 releases, and credited 3 times on others' music. 5 members.

MGMT (officially pronounced em-gee-em-tee but often incorrectly referred to as 'Management') is an American band based in Brooklyn, New York, consisting of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. Formed at Wesleyan University and originally with Cantora Records, they signed with Columbia Records and Red Ink in 2006.

On October 5, 2007, Spin.com named MGMT "Artist of the Day". On November 14, 2007, Rolling Stone pegged MGMT as a top 10 "Artist to Watch" in 2008. The band was named 9th in the BBC's Sound of 2008 top 10 poll. They were also named as Last.fm's most played new artist of 2008 in their Best of 2008 lists.

Their first album as MGMT, Oracular Spectacular, debuted at number 12 on the UK album chart and number six on the Australian ARIA Charts, and hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart. It has also been named the 18th best album of the decade by Rolling Stone magazine. It was named the best album of 2008 by NME. MGMT also appeared prominently in Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 2008, coming in 2nd with "Electric Feel", 5th with "Kids" and 18th with "Time to Pretend".

MGMT was nominated for the 2010 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and their track "Kids" was nominated for Best Pop Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocals. These are the first Grammy nominations for the band. At the 2009 Grammy Awards, the Justice remix of "Electric Feel" won the Grammy for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical

Their second album, Congratulations, was released on April 13, 2010.

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Andrew VanWyngarden

current & founder member

lead singer, guitar, keyboard, bass guitar, drums:
- 2002-

Ben Goldwasser

current & founder member

keyboards, vocals, guitar:
- 2002-

James Richardson

current member

lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboard, percussion:
- 2008-

Matthew Asti

current member

bass guitar:
- 2008-

Will Berman

current member

drums, percussion, backing vocals:
- 2009-

Mar, 1 2009

Brooklyn duo MGMT made a big breakthrough last year, with three endlessly catchy singles and a unique fashion sense appealing to alternative pop fans and on-the-pulse European presidents alike. French première Nicolas Sarkozy's political party UMP used their third single "Kids" in meetings and on promotional videos, apparently without seeking permission first. It's a scenario reminiscent of the US presidential election campaign, when several acts had to publicly ask candidates to stop using their songs because they didn't agree with their policies. MGMT haven't elaborated on their opinions of French politics, but their French lawyer Isabelle Wekstein is demanding compensation for using the song anyway. UMP have apologized and offered a single Euro ($1.25) as a token settlement, but Wekstein isn't accepting that. "This offer is disrespectful of the rights of artists and authors," she said. "We are dealing with acts of counterfeiting, an infringement of intellectual property."