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Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys at an interview in 2013
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Synthpop dance-pop art pop new wave
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Parlophone EMI x2 Kobalt
Associated acts	Electronic Dusty Springfield Liza Minnelli The Killers David Bowie Robbie Williams Take That Elton John Cicero Blur Morten Harket Stuart Price Example Anne Clark Sam Taylor-Wood
Website	petshopboys.co.uk
Members	Neil Tennant Chris Lowe

Pet Shop Boys are an English synthpop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant (lead vocals, keyboards, occasional guitar) and Chris Lowe (keyboards, vocals).

Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 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)" (satire of Thatcherism) 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.