Keane are an English rock band from Battle, East Sussex , formed in 1995. The band currently comprises
Tom Chaplin (lead vocals, acoustic/electric guitar), Tim Rice-Oxley (piano, synthesisers, backing vocals), Richard Hughes (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Jesse Quin (bass guitar, acoustic/electric guitar, backing vocals). Their original line-up included founder and guitarist
Dominic Scott , who left in 2001.
Keane achieved mainstream, international success with the release of their debut album, Hopes and Fears, in 2004. Topping the UK charts, the album won the 2005 Brit Award for Best British Album and was the second best-selling British album of 2004. [2] Their second album, Under the Iron Sea , released in 2006, topped the UK album charts and debuted at number four on the US
Billboard 200 . Their third album, Perfect Symmetry , was released in October 2008.
In May 2008, both Hopes and Fears (number 13) and
Under the Iron Sea (number 8) were voted by readers of
Q magazine as among the best British albums ever, with Keane, The Beatles , Oasis and Radiohead the only artists having two albums in the top 20. [3] In 2009,
Hopes and Fears was listed as the ninth best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the UK. [4] Their EP, Night Train, was released in May 2010. Their fourth studio album, Strangeland , was released in May 2012, and again peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart
