Donkeyboy

The just act in Norwegian chart history to knock themselves away the main spot, five-piece electro-pop outfit Donkeyboy are, unquestionably, probably one of the most successful Scandinavian pop acts from the past due noughties. Created in Drammen, Norway in 2005, the music group contain brothers Cato (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Kent (synth) Sundberg, guitarist Peter Michelsen, bassist Alexander Garborg Agedal, and drummer Thomas Drablos. Affected by Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac pc, and your pet Shop Kids, they authorized to Warner Music in 2008 after becoming noticed on MySpace by an archive company professional. A year later on, their first solitary, “Ambitions,” that was later included in X-Factor champion Joe McElderry, remained at number 1 for an unparalleled 12 weeks. It had been then changed by their second one, “Occasionally,” both extracted from their debut record, Caught within a Lifestyle. The music group was nominated for Greatest Norwegian Act on the MTV Western european Music Honours, received four nods on the Norwegian Grammys, Spellemannprisen, and backed a-ha on the Base of the Hill tour. Bolstered by the air hits “Town Boy” and “Draw of the attention, the band’s sophomore studio room outing, 2012’s Sterling silver Moon, peaked at the quantity two slot in the Norwegian albums graph.