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Alex Turner was born on January 6, 1986 in Sheffield England
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Alex’s parents gave him a guitar for Christmas that year,His mother would introduce him to music by Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Jackson Browne, The Eagles, The Carpenters, Al Green, The Beatles, and The Beach Boys. His father, on the other hand, was a fan of jazz and swing music, particularly Frank Sinatra.
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In the summer of that year, Alex, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders and Andy Nicholson decided to form a band after seeing their friends.
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In May of that year, they released their first EP, “Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys”. And they signed with Domino Records after bidding war.
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His first album was released with the title “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I'm Not” and this album became the fastest selling album debut
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Their second album was released, Favourite Worst Nightmare in Japan.
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Their 3rd album was Humbug, released in Japan.
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Suck It and See was the fourth album, the album went straight to number one on its first week in the UK
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AM was the fifth album, and appears at number 449 on the list of 500 greatest albums of all time, according to NME. It has become the most successful Arctic Monkeys album to the date, topping the charts in several countries, and reaching the top ten in many more. In the UK Arctic Monkeys broke a record with AM, becoming the first indie band to debut at number one with their first five albums
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Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is the sixth and last album (until now), it reached number one in the UK and has shipped nearly 25,000 vinyl copies in its first week in record stores, making the fastest-selling vinyl record in Britain in the last 25 years in that format.
