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Spandau Ballet are a popular British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 band famous in the 1980s. Initially inspired by the New Romantic
New Romantic

New Romanticism was a fashion movement that peaked in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. Originally part of the New Wave music movement, it has seen several revivals since then, and continues to influence popular culture....
 fashion, they quickly steered in to a mixture of funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
, jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, soul
Soul

In many religions and parts of philosophy, the soul is the immaterial part of a person. It is usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and Personality psychology, and can be synonymous with the spirit, mind or self....
 and synthpop
Synthpop

Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave music and pop music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It is most closely associated with the era between the late 1970s and early to middle 1980s, although it has continued to exist and develop ever since....
, then eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 act. They continued to be tagged New Romantics, though, well into the mid '80s, long after that genre had waned, and their own style had long since changed.

band's history began in 1976, and was originally called 'The Cut' during their formative years with Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp is an England Pop music musician and actor who was the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s Synthpop band Spandau Ballet....
 as singer/songwriter and Steve Norman
Steve Norman

Steve Norman is a United Kingdom Pop music musician who played saxophone, guitar, percussion, and other musical instrument, for the 1980s band , Spandau Ballet....
 on guitar, later saxophone and percussion.






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Spandau Ballet are a popular British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 band famous in the 1980s. Initially inspired by the New Romantic
New Romantic

New Romanticism was a fashion movement that peaked in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. Originally part of the New Wave music movement, it has seen several revivals since then, and continues to influence popular culture....
 fashion, they quickly steered in to a mixture of funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
, jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, soul
Soul

In many religions and parts of philosophy, the soul is the immaterial part of a person. It is usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and Personality psychology, and can be synonymous with the spirit, mind or self....
 and synthpop
Synthpop

Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave music and pop music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It is most closely associated with the era between the late 1970s and early to middle 1980s, although it has continued to exist and develop ever since....
, then eventually mellowed into a mainstream pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 act. They continued to be tagged New Romantics, though, well into the mid '80s, long after that genre had waned, and their own style had long since changed.

History


Formation and first successes

The band's history began in 1976, and was originally called 'The Cut' during their formative years with Gary Kemp
Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp is an England Pop music musician and actor who was the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s Synthpop band Spandau Ballet....
 as singer/songwriter and Steve Norman
Steve Norman

Steve Norman is a United Kingdom Pop music musician who played saxophone, guitar, percussion, and other musical instrument, for the 1980s band , Spandau Ballet....
 on guitar, later saxophone and percussion. Gary and Steve were both attending Dame Alice Owen's School
Dame Alice Owen's School

Dame Alice Owen's School is a mixed voluntary aided school secondary school in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England, founded in the London Borough of Islington....
, Islington
Islington

Islington is the central district of the London Borough of Islington. It is an inner-city district in London, spanning from Islington High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the area around the busy A1 road #Upper Street....
 (which later moved to Potters Bar
Potters Bar

Potters Bar is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England, located 18 miles north of central London. In 2001 it had a population of 21,618....
), and were close friends. They shared a similar interest in music and a common desire to form a band. Next came fellow student John Keeble
John Keeble

John Keeble is a United Kingdom Pop music musician, who was the drummer with the 1980s musical band, Spandau Ballet.Spandau Ballet disbanded in 1989, after their final recording studio album, Heart Like a Sky, failed to live up to the critical and commercial success of their earlier albums, such as True and Parade ....
, who had met Steve when they both discovered the drum kit in the school’s music room, and would regularly meet at lunchtimes to practice. Following John in joining the band was bass player Michael Ellison, and after that was Tony Hadley
Tony Hadley

Tony Hadley is an England Pop music singer who fronted the 1980s synthpop/new wave music band Spandau Ballet.The group disbanded in 1989, after their final recording studio album, Heart Like a Sky, failed to live up to the critical and commercial success of their earlier albums, such as True and Parade ....
 as lead singer, who approached Steve Norman
Steve Norman

Steve Norman is a United Kingdom Pop music musician who played saxophone, guitar, percussion, and other musical instrument, for the 1980s band , Spandau Ballet....
 one day in the 6th form common room. After a few months, Richard Miller replaced Michael Ellison on bass, before Gary's brother Martin Kemp
Martin Kemp (actor)

Martin John Kemp , brother of Gary Kemp, is an England actor and former bass player with the New Romantic band Spandau Ballet....
 finally took over the role, joining the band a couple of years later. By this time, the band had already played some considerable gigs and had gained live experience, which would eventually prove fruitful. Steve Dagger, a friend of the band members, was then asked by Steve and Gary to manage them. He was to be an integral part of the band's initial and continuing success.

The band was called 'The Makers' in the early years, but profess to have changed their name after a friend’s (BBC London 94.9
BBC London 94.9

BBC London 94.9 is London's BBC Local Radio station, and part of BBC London. Broadcasting across the city on 94.9 FM, Digital audio broadcasting, Virgin Media, Sky Digital and also on the Internet, it was previously known as London Live, GLR and before that Radio London, not to be confused with the pirate radio station of the Wonder...
 DJ Robert Elms
Robert Elms

Robert Elms is an England writer, broadcaster and D.J. for BBC London 94.9, broadcasting weekdays from noon to 3pm.Born in West London, he attended Mill Hill County High School in Burnt Oak North London and then the London School of Economics, where he studied modern history and political thought....
) visit to Spandau
Spandau

Spandau is the fifth and westernmost Boroughs of Berlin of Berlin, situated at the Confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel....
, a borough of Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
, the inspiration being from graffiti he saw in the lavatory of a club there. The term Spandau Ballet may have two likely origins: referring to the spasms of Nazi war prisoners as they "danced at the end of the rope", when they were hanged at Spandau Prison
Spandau Prison

Spandau Prison was a prison situated in the Boroughs of Berlin of Spandau in western Berlin, constructed in 1876 and demolished in 1987 after the death of its last prisoner, Rudolf Hess, to prevent it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine....
, or according to others, referring to lines of enemies being gunned down by the infamous WW2 German machine gun MG42 "Spandau" (both origins pointing anyway to the same macabre Nazi heritage). This is a contentious point. The more likely source of the name came in fact from graffiti on the wall of a lavatory in The Venue
The Venue

The Venue may refer to any of various places including:* The Venue , now the Leicester Square Theatre* The Zodiac , Oxford, England, previously known as The Venue...
, London (Victoria) in 1978/9, where members of the originally named band worked. These members were; (Michael J) Mick Austin
Mick Austin

Michael J. "Mick" Austin is a fine artist who lives and works in the UK. Initially a comic book artist and illustrator his painterly style led to him leaving this genre and concentrating on fine art in 1996....
 (now artist), David Wardill (later David Agar of The Passions
The Passions

The Passions were a United Kingdom pop music band which formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1983. They were archetypal one-hit wonders with their misty, trance-like pop song, "I'm in love with a German film star"....
), and Mark Robinson (now 3D artist/musician),and Gordon (Drums). They had been playing under the name Spandau Ballet since 1978 and had played in London once under this name at the Hope & Anchor, Islington, London on 6 May 1979 supporting The Softies. The new Spandau Ballet, with Martin Kemp and Tony Hadley, began performing with this name and generating a positive buzz around London. Their music prior to then was very R&B in the style of the early Rolling Stones or The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
, but became more electronic as they started to hang out in clubs such as Billys and Blitz
Blitz Kids

The Blitz Kids were a short- lived group of then-unknown people who frequented the Blitz nightclub in Covent Garden, London in the very early 1980s....
 nightclub, where they would listen to bands like Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk is an influential electronic music band from D?sseldorf, Germany. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, Repetitive music rhythms with catchy melody, mainly following a Western classical music style of harmony, with a minimalism and strictly electronic instrumentation....
 and Telex
Telex (band)

The Belgium synthpop group Telex was formed in 1978 in music by Marc Moulin, Dan Lacksman and Michel Moers, with the intention of "Making something really European, different from rock, without guitar - and the idea was electronic music." Mixing the aesthetics of disco, Punk rock and experimental electronic music, they released a stripped-dow...
. The Blitz was regarded as the birthplace of a new 1980s music and fashion phenomenon called New Romantic
New Romantic

New Romanticism was a fashion movement that peaked in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. Originally part of the New Wave music movement, it has seen several revivals since then, and continues to influence popular culture....
ism.

The band was involved in a major bidding war. They eventually signed to Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a Pupa#Chrysalis and an amalgam of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis ....
 and released "To Cut a Long Story Short", produced by the cutting-edge electronic musician Richard James Burgess
Richard James Burgess

Richard James Burgess is a recording studio drummer, music-computer programmer, recording artist, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor....
. Released just ten days after the band emerged from the studio in order to meet the huge demand created by the buzz they had established, "To Cut a Long Story Short" was an instant British top 5 hit in 1980. This was followed by hits with "The Freeze", "Musclebound" and the well-received and genre-defining Gold certified album Journeys to Glory (February 1981). The sound of Journeys to Glory made way for the nascent New Romantic
New Romantic

New Romanticism was a fashion movement that peaked in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s. Originally part of the New Wave music movement, it has seen several revivals since then, and continues to influence popular culture....
 movement with chanted vocals, club/dance bottom end, splashy snare drum sound, lack of guitar solos and strongly rhythmic guitar parts.

The follow-up album Diamond (March 1982) also produced by Richard James Burgess
Richard James Burgess

Richard James Burgess is a recording studio drummer, music-computer programmer, recording artist, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor....
 was certified Gold by the BPI and featured the influential funk-flavoured single "Chant No. 1". The band had Burgess remix every single from both albums for inclusion on each single's B-side and for twelve-inch club releases. These mixes were later released as a boxed set. However, times were changing; and these were the days of Dollar
Dollar (band)

Dollar are a pop human voice pop duo from the United Kingdom, consisting of David Van Day and Thereza Bazar. The duo were successful in the late 1970s and 1980s....
 and Bucks Fizz
Bucks Fizz (band)

Bucks Fizz are a England pop group, formed in 1981 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest that year. They won with "Making Your Mind Up", which is still their best-known song....
, and the British charts were swinging away from the edgier New Romantic sound created by the band and Burgess. The second chart single from Diamond was "Paint Me Down", which broke their run of top 20 hits by stalling at #30, and the third single, "She Loved Like Diamond", failed to make the UK Top 40 at all. Trevor Horn
Trevor Horn

Trevor Charles Horn is an English pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Hetton-le-Hole, England.Horn has produced commercially successful songs and albums for numerous British and international artists....
 remixed the track "Instinction" which was released as the fourth single from the album, and which returned the band to the UK top ten after the poor chart performance of their previous two singles and of the Diamond album in general which had peaked at #15.

International fame


With a slicker, adult contemporary sound, the band released their third album True
True (Spandau Ballet album)

True was the third studio album by United Kingdom band Spandau Ballet. It was released in March 1983, and was heavily influenced by jazz, soul music, and Rhythm and blues....
 in (March 1983), produced by Tony Swain and Steve Jolley, who would go on to enjoy a couple of years as the "producers du jour" in Britain. The title cut was a six-minute opus paying tribute to the Motown sound (and in some respects, Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye was an United States singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range....
). In 1991, P.M. Dawn sampled the song in "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" is the signature hit by P.M. Dawn from their debut album, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience....
", which became a hit song. The image changed too; the cossack outfits and makeup of the New Romantic movement they had helped to establish had been replaced by smart, 1940s-inspired suits and well-scrubbed faces. The band still looked vaguely aristocratic, however. It was at this point that Steve Norman became the band's sax player. The album topped the charts all around the world, and launched several international hit singles, such as "Gold" and the aforementioned title cut which was #1 in several countries. An old friend of Gary Kemp's, keyboard player Jess Bailey, appeared on many of Spandau Ballet's albums, including True and Parade, as well as regularly toured with the band.

The follow up, Parade (June 1984) and its singles were again big successes in the European charts, Australia and Canada, and the opening song "Only When You Leave" became their last American hit. At the end of 1984, the band performed on the Band Aid
Band Aid (band)

For the bandage company, see Band-Aid.Band Aid was a Great Britain and Ireland Charitable organization supergroup , founded in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia by releasing the record "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the Christmas market that year....
 charity single, with Hadley taking a prominent lead vocal role; and in 1985, they performed at the Wembley Stadium end of Live Aid
Live Aid

Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on . The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia....
. During this same year, Spandau Ballet achieved platinum status with the compilation, The Singles Collection, which kept the focus on the band between two studio albums, and celebrated their five years of success. In 1986, Spandau Ballet signed to CBS Records and released Through the Barricades (October 1986), which saw the band trying to move away from the pop/soul influences of True and Parade and more towards rock. The album, the title track and the single "Fight For Ourselves" were big hits in their native UK, in Europe - particularly in Germany, Italy and in the Benelux as usual - and in Australia, but not in the United States.

The end


After a hiatus from recording during which the Kemps established themselves as credible actors in the gangster film The Krays
The Krays (film)

The Krays is a 1990 in film film based on the lives and crimes of the United Kingdom gangsters Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as Kray twins....
, the band released Heart Like a Sky in September 1989. The album was not widely released (not at all in the US) and was for the most part disregarded. It did, however, do well in Italy. Afterwards, Spandau Ballet — from whom Gary Kemp was already feeling estranged — split up for good.

Martin Kemp went on to land an acting role in the UK soap opera EastEnders
EastEnders

EastEnders is a popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985. It currently ranks within the top of the most watched shows in the United Kingdom....
, while Tony Hadley tried to establish a solo career. Gary Kemp did a little more acting, appearing in a supporting role in the Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an United States singer, songwriter,actress, record producer, film producer, and former model . Houston rose to international fame in the mid-1980s and her crossover success opened doors for many other African American women to find success in booty shaking & pop music and movies....
 hit The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard is a 1992 in film romance film-thriller film starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. In the film, Costner stars as a former Secret Service Agent turned bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker....
, and in 1995 released the commercially unsuccessful solo album, Little Bruises. In the 1990s, Hadley, Norman and Keeble launched a failed court case against Gary Kemp for a share of Kemp's song writing royalties. Since then Hadley's profile has been raised by his winning the ITV reality show Reborn in the USA
Reborn in the USA

Reborn in the USA was a 2003 ITV reality TV show, in which ten former British pop acts were transported to the USA, where they were supposedly not known , in the hope of revitalising their music career....
.

The three non-Kemp members toured as a trio, but as they had to sell their shares in Spandau Ballet's company to Gary Kemp to pay off legal debts, and that company owned the rights to the name of Spandau Ballet, they had to tour under the moniker of 'Hadley, Norman and Keeble, ex-Spandau Ballet'.

Steve Norman and the Kemps have since managed to put their differences behind them and a reunion tour has been mentioned.

After leaving Eastenders, Martin Kemp became the face of SCS Sofas stores and has continued acting, Gary Kemp has been writing songs with Paul Stratham who has previously written songs for Dido
Dido (singer)

Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong professionally known as Dido is an Dido #Awards England Singer-songwriter....
, Steve Norman is now a member of 'Cloudfish', the band he formed with Shelley Preston
Shelley Preston

Shelley Preston , is a singer who is most famous for being the new girl when she joined pop group Bucks Fizz in June 1985....
, and Tony Hadley has released a swing album and landed the lead role in the musical Chicago
Chicago (musical)

Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical theatre set in Prohibition in the United States Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse....
.

In December 2007, unconfirmed reports indicated that the entire lineup of Spandau Ballet had agreed to reunite to perform a show at a Las Vegas luxury property for £2-million.

Band members

  • Tony Hadley
    Tony Hadley

    Tony Hadley is an England Pop music singer who fronted the 1980s synthpop/new wave music band Spandau Ballet.The group disbanded in 1989, after their final recording studio album, Heart Like a Sky, failed to live up to the critical and commercial success of their earlier albums, such as True and Parade ....
     - lead vocals, synthesizer (1979–1989)
  • Gary Kemp
    Gary Kemp

    Gary Kemp is an England Pop music musician and actor who was the guitar player and chief songwriter for the 1980s Synthpop band Spandau Ballet....
     - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1979–1989)
  • Martin Kemp - bass (1979–1989)
  • Steve Norman
    Steve Norman

    Steve Norman is a United Kingdom Pop music musician who played saxophone, guitar, percussion, and other musical instrument, for the 1980s band , Spandau Ballet....
     - saxophone, guitar, percussion (1979–1989)
  • John Keeble
    John Keeble

    John Keeble is a United Kingdom Pop music musician, who was the drummer with the 1980s musical band, Spandau Ballet.Spandau Ballet disbanded in 1989, after their final recording studio album, Heart Like a Sky, failed to live up to the critical and commercial success of their earlier albums, such as True and Parade ....
     - drums, backing vocals (1979–1989)


Discography


Studio albums

YearAlbumChartCertification
UK
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
1981Journeys to Glory
Journeys to Glory

Journeys To Glory is the first studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1981 by Chrysalis Records The first editions of the vinyl version had the enbossed cover....
5
  • BPI
    British Phonographic Industry

    The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade group. Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four 'major' record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies representing literally thousands of labels....
    : Gold
1982Diamond
Diamond (album)

Diamond is the second studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1982 by Chrysalis Records. The album was promoted with the single "Chant No....
15
  • BPI
    British Phonographic Industry

    The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade group. Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four 'major' record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies representing literally thousands of labels....
    : Gold
    • 1983True
    True (Spandau Ballet album)

    True was the third studio album by United Kingdom band Spandau Ballet. It was released in March 1983, and was heavily influenced by jazz, soul music, and Rhythm and blues....
    		1
  • BPI
    British Phonographic Industry

    The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade group. Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four 'major' record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies representing literally thousands of labels....
    : 3 × Platinum
    • 1984Parade
    Parade (Spandau Ballet album)

    Parade is a studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1984 by Chrysalis Records. The album contained two UK Top 10 hits, "Only When You Leave" , and "I'll Fly for You" ....
    		2
  • BPI
    British Phonographic Industry

    The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade group. Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four 'major' record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies representing literally thousands of labels....
    : 2 × Platinum
    • 1986Through the Barricades
    Through the Barricades

    Through the Barricades is a studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1986 by Epic Records.The song lyrics were inspired by love prevailing over the troubles in Northern Ireland....
    		7
  • BPI
    British Phonographic Industry

    The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade group. Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four 'major' record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies representing literally thousands of labels....
    : Platinum
    • 1989Heart Like a Sky
    Heart Like a Sky

    Heart Like a Sky is a studio album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1989 by Reformation Records. Not released in the United States of America, and mostly ignored in the United Kingdom, the work, which was the group's last album before disbanding, only achieved commercial success in Italy....
    		31
    —


    Singles


    YearSongUnited Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

    Singles Chart
    UK Singles Chart

    The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
    		United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...

    Hot 100
    Billboard Hot 100

    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
    		Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....

    Singles Chart
    ARIA Charts

    File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
    		Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....

    Singles Chart    		Album
    1980"To Cut a Long Story Short
    To Cut a Long Story Short

    "To Cut a Long Story Short" is a 1980 song by Spandau Ballet. It was their first single. It reached number 5 on the UK singles chart....
    "    		5-15-Journeys To Glory
    1981"The Freeze"17---
    Musclebound"10---
    "Chant No.1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)"3-30-Diamond
    1982"Paint Me Down"30---
    "She Loved Like Diamond"49---
    "Instinction"10-30-
    "Lifeline"7-68-True
    1983"Communication"125924-
    "True"1449
    "Gold"229916
    "Pleasure"---61
    1984"Only When You Leave"3341226Parade
    "I'll Fly For You"9-38-
    "Highly Strung"15-83-
    1985"Round And Round"18-16-
    1986"Fight For Ourselves"15-1632Through the Barricades
    "Through The Barricades"6-5014
    1987"How Many Lies"34---
    1989"Raw"47---Heart Like A Sky
    "Be Free With Your Love"42--52
    "Empty Spaces"94---
    "Crashed Into Love"96---


    Compilations & live albums


    YearAlbumUnited Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....

    Albums Chart
    UK Albums Chart

    The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
    		United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...

    Albums Chart
    Billboard 200

    The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
    		Australia
    Australia

    Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....

    Albums Chart
    ARIA Charts

    File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
    1985The Singles Collection
    The Singles Collection (Spandau Ballet album)

    The Singles Collection is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet, released in 1985 by Chrysalis Records....
    		3----
    1986The Twelve Inch Mixes
    The Twelve Inch Mixes

    The Twelve Inch Mixes is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1986 by Reformation Records....
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    1991The Best of Spandau Ballet
    The Best of Spandau Ballet

    The Best Of Spandau Ballet is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1991 by Chrysalis Records....
    		44--41
    1997The Collection
    The Collection (Spandau Ballet album)

    The Collection is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1997 by EMI.In 2001 it was reissued by the Dutch reissue label Disky....
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    1999Original Gold
    Original Gold (Spandau Ballet album)

    Original Gold is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1999 by Disky....
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    2000Gold - The Best Of
    Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet

    Gold: The Best of Spandau Ballet is a greatest hits album, from Spandau Ballet, released on 4 September 2000 and contains 17 of their biggest hits....
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    2001The Collection
    The Collection (Spandau Ballet album)

    The Collection is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 1997 by EMI.In 2001 it was reissued by the Dutch reissue label Disky....
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    2002Reformation
    Reformation (Spandau Ballet album)

    Reformation is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 2002 by Chrysalis Records and Reformation Records....
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    2003The Collection II
    The Collection II

    The Collection II is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 2003 by EMI....
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    2005The Ultra Selection
    The Ultra Selection (Spandau Ballet album)

    The Ultra Selection is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 2005 by Disky Communications....
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    2005Live From The N.E.C.
    Live from the N.E.C.

    Live From The N.E.C. is a live album by Spandau Ballet. It was released in 2005 by Sony BMG....
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    2006Singles, Rarities & Remixes
    Singles, Rarities & Remixes

    Singles, Rarities & Remixes is a compilation album by Spandau Ballet, released on 13 November 2006 and contains 30 songs, in original, live, or remixed version....
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    2009Spandau Ballet Platinum Series Collection------


    Awards

    • 1984 BRIT Awards
      Brit Awards

      The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of British or Britannia, but has subsequently become a "backronym" for British Record Industry Trust....
       - The Sony Award For Technical Excellence


    See also

    • List of best-selling music artists
      List of best-selling music artists

      This list documents the world's best-selling music artists categorically and alphabetically. This information cannot be listed officially, as there is no organization that has recorded global music sales....


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