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Lou Gramm
Lou Gramm
American rock singer-songwriter
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Mick Jones
Mick Jones
English rock guitarist (Spooky Tooth, Foreigner)
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Bad Company
Bad Company
English rock supergroup
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Brian Howe
Brian Howe
British singer
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Shadow King
Shadow King
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Def Leppard
Def Leppard
British rock band
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Gonzalez
Gonzalez
British R&B and funk band
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Japan
Japan
English new wave band
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Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite
British musical group formed in 1984
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Simply Red
Simply Red
English soul band
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The Hollies
The Hollies
English pop group formed in Manchester in the early 1960s
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John Purdell
John Purdell
American musician and record producer
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Daryl Hall & John Oates
Daryl Hall & John Oates
American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates
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Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive
British band
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The Rubettes
The Rubettes
band
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Little Walter
Little Walter
American blues harmonica player
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Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald
English musician, a founder of King Crimson
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Heart
Heart
American rock band
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Faces
Faces
English rock band
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Ellen Foley
Ellen Foley
American singer and actress
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The Verve
The Verve
British Rock Band
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The Charlatans
The Charlatans
English rock band
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Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits
English beat rock band formed in Manchester in 1964
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Triumph
Triumph
Canadian hard rock power trio
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The Sweet
The Sweet
British glam-rock band
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rock band from America and England
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Juno Award for International Album of the Year Grammy Award for Best New Artist
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Foreigner is a British-American rock supergroup, originally formed in New York City in 1976 by veteran British guitarist and songwriter Mick Jones, and fellow Briton and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald, along with American vocalist Lou Gramm. Jones came up with the band's name as he, McDonald and Dennis Elliott were British, whereas Gramm, Al Greenwood and Ed Gagliardi were American.

In 1977, Foreigner released its self-titled debut album, the first of four straight albums to be certified at least 5x platinum in the US. Foreigner peaked at No. 4 on the US album chart and in the Top 10 in Canada and Australia, while yielding two Top 10 hits in North America, "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice". Their 1978 follow-up, Double Vision, was even more successful peaking at No. 3 in North America with two hit singles, “Hot Blooded” a No. 3 hit in both countries, and the title track, a US No. 2 and a Canadian No. 7. Foreigner’s third album, Head Games (1979) went to No. 5 in North America producing two Top 20 singles including its titletrack.

Reduced to a quartet, 4 (1981) hit No. 1 (for 10 weeks) in the US and No. 2 in Canada, while becoming Foreigner’s break-through album outside of North America, going Top 5 in the UK, Germany and Australia. Two of 4’s singles were smashes: "Urgent" reached No. 1 in Canada and on the new US Rock Tracks chart, No. 4 on the US Hot 100 and, became their first Top 15 hit in Germany; and, the ballad “Waiting for a Girl Like You” peaked at No. 2 in both the US (for a record 10 weeks) and Canada, topped the US Rock Tracks chart, and became their first Top 10 hit in the UK and Australia. In 1982, Foreigner released its first greatest hits album, Records, which has gone on to sell 7 million copies in the US. In 1984, Foreigner had its biggest hit single, the anthemic ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is", which topped the US, UK, Canadian and Australian charts, while hitting No. 3 in Germany and the Top 10 in numerous other countries. Its source album, Agent Provocateur, was the band’s most successful in the UK, Germany and some other countries in Europe, where it peaked at No. 1, and in Australia (No. 3), while performing well in the US (No. 4) and Canada (No. 3).

After a break, Foreigner released Inside Information (1987), which despite the No. 6 US and Australian hit, “Say You Will” (which also rose to No. 1 on the US Rock Tracks chart), had a large sales drop-off, only hitting the Top 10 in a few European countries with a No. 15 peak in the US. The band's most recent albums, Unusual Heat (1991), without Gramm, who departed due to the band's shift towards the use of synthesizers, Mr. Moonlight (1994), with Gramm back on vocals, and Can't Slow Down (2009), once again without Gramm, were not major sellers; the highest chart positions were obtained in Germany, where the last album peaked at No. 16. Foreigner is one of the world's best-selling bands of all time with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records, including 37.5 million in the US. Leader Mick Jones has been for many years the only founding member still involved.