Group

Jamiroquai

From: Ealing, United Kingdom
Since: 1992–present
Rating: ★ 4.85 (7 votes)
Releases: 126

acid jazz
funk
disco
house
r&b

About

Jamiroquai ( 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 have addressed social and environmental justice. Kay has remained the only constant member through several line-up changes.

The band made their debut under Acid Jazz Records but subsequently found mainstream success under Sony. While under the label, three of their studio albums charted at number one on the UK Albums Chart—Emergency on Planet Earth (1993), Synkronized (1999), and A Funk Odyssey (2001)—as did their compilation album High Times: Singles 1992–2006 (2006), while their single "Deeper Underground" (1998) topped the UK Singles Chart.
Jamiroquai were the third-best-selling UK act of the 1990s, after the Spice Girls and Oasis. As of 2026, Jamiroquai have 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 at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards in 1998.

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