Duran Duran

Duran Duran have always reveled in the shadows, playing with artistic, aesthetic, and emotional extremes. As much as you can move to the timeless chants of Hungry Like the Wolf, Ordinary World, or Rio, it feels most natural to do
so under the cover of night. They’re the ultimate soundtrack to sharing secrets in close whispers on the dancefloor before the lights go up. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® in 2022, they’ve sold north of 100 million
records around the world in addition to scoring 18 American chart hits and 21 Top 20 UK smashes. Their various awards and accolades have included eight lifetime achievement awards, two GRAMMYs®, two Ivor Novellos, two BRIT Awards (including “Outstanding Contribution to Music” in 2004), and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

They penned the only James Bond theme to reach #1 in the US, while David Lynch helmed one of their most successful concert films. You can hear them sampled in songs by everyone from Notorious B.I.G. to 5 Seconds of Summer and in reverent covers by Muse, Deftones, and more. Rio has claimed spots on Q’s “100 Greatest British Albums,” NME’s “100 Greatest Albums of All Time,” and Pitchfork’s “Top 100 Albums of the 1980s.” Summing up
their enduring impact, Vanity Fair proclaimed, “Duran Duran’s always been about constant innovation and the ‘new’.” Given a penchant and flair for fashion, rock music never looked the same after their emergence either.