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Ali Campbell
Ali Campbell
musician, UB40 member
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Maxi Priest
Maxi Priest
British reggae/pop singer
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Pato Banton
Pato Banton
British reggae musician
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Ruby Turner
Ruby Turner
British R&B and soul singer, songwriter and actress
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Inner Circle
Inner Circle
Jamaican reggae group
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Beshara
Beshara
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Madness
Madness
English ska band
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Clean Bandit
Clean Bandit
British band
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Slightly Stoopid
Slightly Stoopid
American band
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Eddy Grant
Eddy Grant
Guyana born British reggae musician
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Ian Campbell Folk Group
Ian Campbell Folk Group
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Mikey Dread
Mikey Dread
Jamaican musician, record producer, and broadcaster
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Prince Buster
Prince Buster
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
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Winston Groovy
Winston Groovy
Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter
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Lee Ryan
Lee Ryan
British singer-songwriter
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Bitty McLean
Bitty McLean
British singer
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John Holt
John Holt
Jamaican reggae singer
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Musical Youth
Musical Youth
band
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Shaggy
Shaggy
Jamaican reggae musician and former U.S. Marine
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Damian Marley
Damian Marley
Jamaican singer
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Katchafire
Katchafire
band that plays Roots reggae
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The Slickers
The Slickers
band
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The Beat
The Beat
British band
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Apache Indian
Apache Indian
UK vocalist and reggae DJ
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Third World
Third World
Jamaican reggae band
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The Selecter
The Selecter
British new wave band
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The Farm
The Farm
British band from Liverpool
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The View
The View
Scottish indie rock band
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Sly and Robbie
Sly and Robbie
Jamaican rhythm section and production duo
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Gaudi
Gaudi
Italian composer
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The Twang
The Twang
band
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Elliot Minor
Elliot Minor
English musical group; rock band from York
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Sadiki
Sadiki
musician
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Sean Paul
Sean Paul
Jamaican singer, rapper, and record producer
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Fashion
Fashion
British New Wave Band
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Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer
English singer-songwriter and musician
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The Paragons
The Paragons
Jamaïcan ska band
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Christine McVie
Christine McVie
British rock singer, songwriter
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Jamelia
Jamelia
British singer-songwriter
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Clint Eastwood & General Saint
Clint Eastwood & General Saint
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G4
G4
band
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Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry
band
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Big Mountain
Big Mountain
band
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King Adora
King Adora
English glam rock band
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Editors
Editors
British band
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The Movement
The Movement
American reggae band
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Culture Club
Culture Club
English pop band
Earl Falconer
British musician

Earl Falconer

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British musician
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UB40 are an English reggae and pop band, formed in December 1978 in Birmingham, England. The band has had more than 50 singles in the UK Singles Chart, and has also achieved considerable international success. They have been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album four times, and in 1984 were nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group. UB40 have sold over 70 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of English, Welsh, Irish, Jamaican, Scottish, and Yemeni parentage.

Their hit singles include their debut "Food for Thought" and two Billboard Hot 100 number ones with "Red Red Wine" and "Can't Help Falling in Love". Both of these also topped the UK Singles Chart, as did the band's version of "I Got You Babe". Their two most successful albums, Labour of Love (1983) and Promises and Lies (1993), reached number one on the UK Albums Chart. UB40 and the English ska band Madness hold the record for most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s, with 214 weeks each.

The band's line-up was stable for nearly 29 years, from March 1979 until January 2008, when frontman Ali Campbell left the band, followed shortly thereafter by keyboardist Mickey Virtue. Another member, Astro, remained with the band until November 2013, when he departed the original band to team up with Campbell and Virtue in a new version of UB40. In 2014, legal advice was sought by the original band (now consisting of remaining co-founding members drummer Jimmy Brown, guitarist Robin Campbell, bassist Earl Falconer, percussionist Norman Hassan, and saxophonist Brian Travers, along with new vocalist Duncan Campbell) who took action against the group containing Campbell, Virtue, and Astro over usage of the band name, due to it being used by both parties. On 5 July 2021, it was announced that Matt Doyle (formerly of the reggae band KIOKO) would become the band’s new vocalist following Duncan Campbell’s retirement due to ill health.