Keane is an English rock band formed in Battle, East Sussex in 1995. It’s members consist of Tim Rice-Oxley, Tom Chaplin and Richard Hughes. On May 10, 2004, Keane released their debut album, Hopes and Fears in the United Kingdom. It topped the UK album charts upon release, was the best selling British album of 2004, and has since gone eight times platinum. It returned to the top of the charts after winning a BRIT Award for Best Album in February 2005. With almost six million copies sold, it has been ranked the 16th biggest-selling album of the millennium so far in the UK. Keane followed up that success with the release of their sophomore album, Under the Iron Sea in 2006. During its first week on sale in the UK, the album went to number one, selling 222,297 copies. In the United States, the album came in at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 75,702 units in its first week. As of January 22, the album had sold above 2,690,000 copies worldwide. Keane’s last album was Perfect Symmetry. It was released on October 13, 2008 in the United Kingdom. The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on October 19, 2008. It also reached number 7 on the US Billboard 200.
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