Arctic Monkeys discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Arctic Monkeys

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Caption = Arctic Monekys performing live at the Newcastle Academy on 30 January 2006.
Studio = 2
Music videos = 8
EP = 2
Singles = 9
References = YesThe discography of Arctic Monkeys, a British indie rock band, currently consists of two studio albums, two extended plays (EPs) and nine singles.

Arctic Monkeys were formed in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders. After recording and independently distributing demos, the band released their debut EP, "Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys", on 30 May 2005. Among various offers, Domino Records was the label favoured by the band, and they signed a deal with the London-based group in June 2005.

Arctic Monkeys' first release on Domino was the single "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor", which went straight to #1 on the UK Singles Chart.cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=778 |title=Chart Stats - Arctic Monkeys |publisher=Chart Stats |accessdate=2008-09-01] A second single, "When the Sun Goes Down", was released a week before their full-length debut and followed in the footsteps of its predecessor by topping the UK chart. The band's debut album was released on 23 January 2006; "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" reached #1 in the UK and Australiacite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Arctic+Monkeys |title=Discography Arctic Monkeys |accessdate=2008-09-01 |publisher=australian-charts.com ] and became the fastest-selling debut album in British history, selling 363,735 copies in its first week. [cite news |first=Alex |last=Kumi |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1698025,00.html |publisher="The Guardian" |title=Arctic Monkeys make chart history |date=2006-01-30 |accessdate=2008-09-01 ]

A second EP was released on 24 April; "Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys?" featured the last material recorded with original bassist Andy Nicholson, whose departure from the band was announced in June. [cite news |url=http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/23380 |title=Arctic Monkeys bassist leaves band |publisher="NME" |date=2006-04-19 |accessdate=2008-09-01 ] He was replaced by Nick O'Malley, formerly of The Dodgems. "Leave Before the Lights Come On" was the first single released after Nicholson's departure, which reached #4 in the UK. "Fake Tales of San Francisco" was also released in August, though only in the US as a radio-only single and the Netherlands.

The Monkeys returned to the recording studio in late-2007 to record the follow-up to their 4× Platinumcite web |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinum.html |title=Search the Awards Database |accessdate=2008-09-01 |publisher=British Phonographic Industry Note: User must define 'Artist Name' search parameter as "Arctic Monkeys".] debut. "Brianstorm" was the first single released from the album, which was denied the top-spot only by Beyoncé and Shakira's "Beautiful Liar". [cite web |url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles_last.php?week=71&end=22/04/2007%20-%2028/04/2007 |title=WEEK 17 : 22/04/2007 - 28/04/2007 |work=Top 40 Singles Archive |accessdate=2008-09-01 |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company ] "Favourite Worst Nightmare" was released on 18 April and reached #1 in the UK while improving on "Whatever..."'s American performance by reaching #7 on the Billboard 200.cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=698634&model.vnuAlbumId=903343 |title= Artist Chart History - Arctic Monkeys |publisher="Billboard" |accessdate=2008-09-01] The second single released from "Favourite Worst Nightmare" was "Fluorescent Adolescent", which reached #5. On December 3 "Teddy Picker" was released, which became the band's lowest-charting single at #20.

tudio albums

;Notes
*A ^ Radio-only single released in the United States and the Netherlands.
*B ^ Limited edition single released in the United Kingdom only.
*C ^ Limited edition single released in the United Kingdom only under the pseudonym Death Ramps.

Music videos

References

External links

* [http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/ Arctic Monkeys official website]