Damon Albarn
Sign in to saveDamon Albarn is an English musician. He is the main vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz.
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Damon Albarn is a British-Icelandic musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer born in Whitechapel in 1968. He is a member of the bands Gorillaz, Blur, and The Good, the Bad & the Queen. His musical genres include alternative rock, indie rock, Britpop, and worldbeat. He plays the guitar, melodica, voice, and piano, and possesses a baritone voice type.
Albarn was educated at Goldsmiths, University of London and began his work period in 1988. He is affiliated with the Stop the War Coalition and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. His record labels include Parlophone, Food Records, Virgin Records, and EMI. He is represented by PRS for Music and has received the award of Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He is a vegetarian and speaks English.
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Whitechapel, London, England, UK
Damon Albarn, OBE (born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the British rock band blur as well as co-founder, vocalist, instrumentalist and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz.
Known for
- Gorillaz Present: The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God — 2D (voice)2026
- Gorillaz - Journey to The Mountain — Self2026
- Gorillaz: Live at Rock Werchter 20262026
- Joy of Joys — Self2026
- TFI Unplugged — Self (Archive Footage)2026
- Gorillaz Live (YouTube Music Nights) — Lead Vocals/Keys/Guitar/Melodica2025
- Together for Palestine — Self2025
- Record On: The Specials - A Message to You — Self2024
- blur: To the End — Self2024
- blur: Live at Wembley Stadium — Self2024
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1968
Discography
Member of
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1968-03-23 ) 23 March 1968 (age 58) , Whitechapel , London, England
- Genres
- Alternative rock art pop Britpop electronic hip hop
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards guitar
- Works
- Discography
- Years active
- 1988–present
- Labels
- Food SBK Virgin Parlophone XL Honest Jon's Warner Transgressive
- Member of
- Blur Gorillaz
- Formerly of
- The Good, the Bad & the Queen Rocket Juice & the Moon
- Partners
- Justine Frischmann (1991–1998) Suzi Winstanley (1998–2023)
- Website
- www .damonalbarnmusic .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Damon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Iceland
- Place of birth
- Whitechapel
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- dub music
- Instrument
- ukulele
- Record label
- Parlophone
- Official website
- www.damonalbarnmusic.com
- Image
- BlurWembley090723 (65 of 172) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 1
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Damon Albarn
- date of birth
- 1968-03-23
- lifestyle
- vegetarianism
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 142000
- affiliation
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- unmarried partner
- Justine Frischmann
- copyright representative
- PRS for Music
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Encyclopedic overview
Damon Albarn (/ˈɔːlbɑːrn/ ALL-barn; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician. He is the main vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz.
Albarn was raised in Leytonstone, East London, and around Colchester, Essex. While attending the Stanway School, he met Graham Coxon, with whom he formed Blur in 1988. They released their debut album, Leisure, in 1991. After spending long periods touring the US, Albarn's songwriting became increasingly influenced by British bands from the 1960s. The result was the Blur albums Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). All three received acclaim, while Blur gained mass popularity in the UK, aided by a Britpop chart rivalry with Oasis. Chart-topping albums such as Blur (1997), 13 (1999) and Think Tank (2003) incorporated influences from lo-fi, art rock, electronic and world music. These were followed by The Magic Whip (2015), Blur's first studio album in 12 years, and The Ballad of Darren in 2023.
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