Editing Simply Red (section)

{{Short description|English soul band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Simply Red
| image             = Mick Hucknall singing.jpg
| caption           = Lead singer [[Mick Hucknall]]
| origin            = [[Manchester]], England
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]<ref name="Times"/>|[[Soul music|soul]]<ref name="Times"/>|[[blue-eyed soul]]<ref>{{cite book|editor-first= Colin |editor-last= Larkin |year= 2011 |title= Encyclopedia of Popular Music |chapter= Simply Red |edition= 5th |publisher= [[Music Sales Group|Omnibus Press]] |isbn= 978-0-85-712595-8}}</ref>|[[sophisti-pop]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Pop/Rock » Punk/New Wave » Sophisti-Pop |publisher= [[AllMusic]]. [[All Media Network]] |url= http://www.allmusic.com/style/sophisti-pop-ma0000011994 |access-date= 28 April 2016}}</ref>}}
| years_active      = {{hlist|1985–2010|2015–present}}
| label             = {{hlist|[[Elektra Records|Elektra]]|[[East West Records|East West]]|Simplyred.com}}
| website           = {{URL|simplyred.com}}
| current_members   = * [[Mick Hucknall]]
* [[Ian Kirkham]]
* Kenji Suzuki
* Kevin Robinson
* Roman Roth
* [[Gary Sanctuary]]
| past_members      = 
}}

'''Simply Red''' are<!-- Per WP:ENGVAR, bands that originate from Great Britain are treated plural, so do not change "are" to "is" THEN BE CONSISTENT! --> an English [[soul music|soul]] and pop band formed in [[Manchester]] in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simply Red discography - RYM/Sonemic |url=https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/simply_red |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=Rate Your Music |language=en}}</ref> Band leader, singer and songwriter [[Mick Hucknall]] was the only original member left by the time Simply Red initially disbanded in 2010.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3668826/Simply-Red-Splitting-up-is-never-easy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3668826/Simply-Red-Splitting-up-is-never-easy.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Neil | last=McCormick | title=Simply Red: Splitting up is never easy | date=26 October 2007}}{{cbignore}}</ref> They have released thirteen studio albums, from ''[[Picture Book (Simply Red album)|Picture Book]]'' (1985) through [[Time (Simply Red album)|''Time'']] (2023), all of which have peaked within the top ten on the [[UK Albums Chart]]; with the albums ''[[A New Flame]]'' (1989), ''[[Stars (Simply Red album)|Stars]]'' (1991), [[Life (Simply Red album)|''Life'']] (1995) and [[Blue (Simply Red album)|''Blue'']] (1998), along with their [[Greatest Hits (Simply Red album)|''Greatest Hits'']] (1996) album, reaching number one. Their 1991 album ''Stars'' is one of the [[List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom|best-selling albums in the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 40 Best Selling Albums: 28 July 1956 – 14 June 2009 |url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/assets/files/top%2040%20albums.pdf |access-date=26 July 2011 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>

The group released ten songs that have reached the top 10 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], including "[[Stars (Simply Red song)|Stars]]", the [[Fugees]]-assisted "[[Angel (Aretha Franklin song)#Simply Red version|Angel]]", "[[The Air That I Breathe#Simply Red version|The Air That I Breathe]]" and "[[Sunrise (Simply Red song)|Sunrise]]", with the single "[[Fairground (song)|Fairground]]" peaking atop the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Their singles "[[Holding Back the Years]]" and "[[If You Don't Know Me by Now]]" both reached number one on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].

At the 1992 and 1993 [[Brit Awards]], they received the award for Best British Group.<ref>[http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/simply-red "Simply Red: BRITs Profile"]. Brit Awards. Retrieved 21 November 2012</ref> They have received three [[Grammy Award]] nominations, including one for [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]] in 1987. Their version of "If You Don't Know Me by Now" won songwriters [[Gamble and Huff|Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff]] the [[Grammy Award]] for the [[Grammy Award for Best R&B Song|Best R&B Song]]. The band re-formed in 2015. Simply Red have sold over 50 million albums.<ref>{{cite web|title=Simply Red to reunite for 30th anniversary tour|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29884145|publisher=BBC|date=25 March 2017}}</ref>