Pet Shop Boys facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys at an interview in 2013
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Synth-pop dance-pop EDM art pop new wave
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Parlophone EMI Capitol x2 Kobalt Atlantic
Associated acts	Electronic Dusty Springfield Liza Minnelli the Killers David Bowie Robbie Williams Take That Elton John Cicero Helena Springs Sylvia Mason-James Blur Morten Harket Stuart Price Example Anne Clark Sam Taylor-Wood Philip Oakey
Members	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe

Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.

Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles, 22 of them Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's a Sin", an acclaimed cover of "Always on My Mind", and "Heart". Other hit songs include a cover of "Go West", "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in a duet with Dusty Springfield.

At the 2009 Brit Awards in London, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2016, Billboard magazine named Pet Shop Boys the number one dance duo/group over the 40 years since the chart's inception in 1976. In 2017 the duo received NME's Godlike Genius Award.

Images for kids

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  Performing in Turku, Finland in 1997

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  Performing in 2007

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  Pet Shop Boys performing in 2010

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  Neil Tennant performing at Pori Jazz in Finland in 2014

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  Live in Cork, Ireland, June 2022

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  Pet Shop Boys performing at the Flow Festival in Helsinki, 2015

See also

In Spanish: Pet Shop Boys para niños