UB40
Sign in to saveUB40 is an English reggae band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times and were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group in 1984. UB40 have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- UB40
- Musical artist.image
- UB40in2010.jpg
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.caption
- UB40 onstage in their home city of Birmingham, England, in 2010
- Musical artist.background
- group_or_band
- Musical artist.origin
- Birmingham, England
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1978–present
- Musical artist.spinoffs
- UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell
- Musical artist.current_members
- Jimmy Brown Robin Campbell Earl Falconer Norman Hassan Matt Doyle Jahred Gordon Gilly G Matt Campbell Martin Meredith Ian Thompson Laurence Parry
- Musical artist.past_members
- Ali Campbell Yomi Babayemi Jimmy Lynn Brian Travers Mickey Virtue Astro Duncan Campbell
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- 1978–1983: Formation and rise to stardom
- 1988–2008: Continued success
- 2008–present: Line-up changes and the current era
- Influences
- Achievements
- Band members
- Timeline
- Biographies
- Astro
- Duncan Campbell
- Earl Falconer
- Norman Hassan
- Brian Travers
- UB40 featuring Ali Campbell
- Discography
- See also
- References
- External links
UB40 is an English reggae band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times and were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group in 1984. UB40 have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish and Yemeni parentage.
Their hit singles include their debut track "Food for Thought" and two Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits, "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". Both songs also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band's version of "I Got You Babe", recorded with Chrissie Hynde. The band's two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), both reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. UB40 and the English ska band Madness share the record for the most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s, with 214 weeks each.