Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai performing at the Coachella Music Festival in 2018
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Funk acid jazz soul disco house R&B
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Acid Jazz Sony Soho2 Work Epic Mercury Virgin EMI
Members	Jay Kay Derrick McKenzie Sola Akingbola Rob Harris Matt Johnson Paul Turner
Past members	Nick Van Gelder Stuart Zender Toby Smith Wallis Buchanan Simon Katz Nick Fyffe
Website	jamiroquai.com

Jamiroquai (/dʒəˈmɪrəkwaɪ/ ^ⓘ jə-MIRR-ə-kwy) are an English acid jazz and funk band from London. Formed in 1992, they are fronted by vocalist Jay Kay, and were prominent in the London-based funk and acid jazz movement of the 1990s. They built on their acid jazz sound in their early releases and later drew from rock, disco, electronic and Latin music genres. Lyrically, the group has addressed social and environmental justice. Kay has remained as the only original member through several line-up changes.

The band made their debut under Acid Jazz Records but subsequently found mainstream success under Sony. While under this label, three of their albums have charted at number one in the UK, including Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), Synkronized (1999), A Funk Odyssey (2001), and the band's single, "Deeper Underground" (1998).

As of 2017, Jamiroquai had sold more than 26 million albums worldwide. Their third album, Travelling Without Moving (1996), received a Guinness World Record as the best-selling funk album in history. The music video for its second single, "Virtual Insanity", also contributed to the band's success. The song was named Video of the Year at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards and earned the band a Grammy Award in 1998.