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Neil Amin-Smith

Clean Bandit
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Clean Bandit performing in 2016.
Background information
Origin Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Genres
Years active 2008–present
Labels
Website cleanbandit.co.uk
Members
  • Grace Chatto
  • Jack Patterson
  • Luke Patterson
Past members
  • Neil Amin-Smith

Clean Bandit are a British electronic music group formed in Cambridge, England in 2008. The band consists of Grace Chatto, Jack Patterson and Luke Patterson. Their 2010 single "Mozart's House", released by Black Butter Records, reached number 17 on the UK Singles Chart when re-released in 2013. In January 2014, they scored their first UK Singles Chart-topping single with "Rather Be", a collaboration with Jess Glynne, featuring elements of both classical and dance music. "Rather Be" remained at the top of the chart for four weeks. They also achieved their first US top 10 single with "Rather Be" peaking at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 2015, "Rather Be" won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. Their 2016 single "Rockabye", which features rapper Sean Paul and singer Anne-Marie, became their second number-one hit in the UK, becoming the Christmas number one single for 2016 in its seventh consecutive week at number-one.

Clean Bandit have sold over 13 million singles and 1.6 million albums worldwide.

Band members Grace Chatto, Jack Patterson, Luke Patterson and Neil Amin-Smith met while studying as undergraduates at Jesus College, University of Cambridge. At the time, Amin-Smith, who attended Westminster School was leading a string quartet together with Chatto, who attended The Latymer School.


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