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Toto is an American rock band that formed in the 1970s and became known for their polished studio production and genre-blending sound. The band achieved significant commercial success and cultural impact through their skillful musicianship and hit songs that influenced rock music.
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- Origin
- Van Nuys , Los Angeles , California , U.S.
- Genres
- Arena rock pop rock hard rock jazz fusion progressive rock
- Works
- Discography
- Years active
- 1977–2008 2010–2019 2020–present
- Labels
- Columbia Frontiers Atlantic Legacy Sony Mascot
- Members
- David Paich Steve Lukather Joseph Williams
- Past members
- Jeff Porcaro David Hungate Bobby Kimball Steve Porcaro Mike Porcaro Fergie Frederiksen Jean-Michel Byron Simon Phillips Greg Phillinganes
- Website
- totoofficial .com
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Official website
TOTO – The official TOTO website
totoofficial.com →Over the past decade, TOTO has had a major renaissance in popularity like few bands at this point in their career. No individual statistic exhibits this more than achieving the milestone of over 3.4 billion streams at Spotify alone. The total plays of the band’s collected works across all platforms is now approaching five billion. Amongst the most listened to recordings, “Africa” accounts for over one billion streams at Spotify alone. The song was recertified by the RIAA 8X Platinum. Individually and collectively, the band’s family tree can be heard on an astonishing 5000 albums that together amass a sales history of a half a billion albums. Amongst these recordings, NARAS applauded the performances with hundreds of Grammy nominations. They are pop culture, and are one of the few 70’s bands that have endured the changing trends and styles while continuing to remain relevant.
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Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1977. Toto combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, prog, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz. Having released 14 studio albums and sold over 50 million records worldwide, the group has received several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.
David Paich (keyboards, vocals) and Jeff Porcaro (drums) had played together as session musicians on several albums and formed the band; David Hungate (bass), Steve Lukather (guitar, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards, vocals), and Bobby Kimball (vocals) were recruited before the release of the band's eponymous debut album in 1978. Led by the top 5 single "Hold the Line", the album brought the band to mainstream attention, though it was their fourth album Toto IV (1982) which brought them global attention. "Africa" topped the Billboard Hot 100, while "Rosanna" reached number 2, helping Toto become one of the best-selling music groups of their era.
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1977 establishments in CaliforniaAmerican musical sextetsAmerican pop rock music groupsAmerican rock music supergroupsAmerican soft rock music groupsAtlantic Records artistsColumbia Records artistsFrontiers Records artistsGrammy Award winnersHard rock musical groups from CaliforniaMusical groups disestablished in 2008Musical groups disestablished in 2019