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=== Jamiroquai === Kay formed [[Jamiroquai]] in 1992. Band members included [[Toby Smith]] (keyboards), Nick Van Gelder (drums, 1992β1993), Derrick McKenzie (drums 1994βpresent) and Wallis Buchanan ([[didgeridoo]]).<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jamiroquai-mn0000176358/biography|title=Jamiroquai {{!}} Biography & History {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=8 February 2018}}</ref> After the success of Jamiroquai's first single, "[[When You Gonna Learn]]", Kay signed a US$1 million record deal with [[S2 Records|Sony Soho<sup>2</sup>]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RIEjkWXZdrMC&q=jamiroquai&pg=PA309|title=Funk|last=Thompson|first=Dave|date=2001|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306298|language=en}}</ref> The band's first album was ''[[Emergency on Planet Earth]]''. The relationship with Sony ended in 2007.<ref name="Jay Kay quits music">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a43304/jamiroquai-singer-jay-kay-quits-music.html|title=Jay Kay quits music|work=Digital Spy|date=28 February 2007}}</ref> The band has sold more than 26 million albums worldwide.<ref name="The Telegraph-2017">{{cite news|date=29 April 2017|title=Toby Grafftey-Smith, co-founder of Jamiroquai β obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/04/29/toby-grafftey-smith-co-founder-jamiroquai-obituary/|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=22 January 2018|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|archive-date=25 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065303/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/04/29/toby-grafftey-smith-co-founder-jamiroquai-obituary/}}</ref> Kay is occasionally referred to as 'Jamiroquai' due to the misconception that the band is a solo artist.<ref>[https://www.stereogum.com/1921842/jamiroquais-back-and-hes-got-a-new-hat/video/ Jamiroquai's Back And He's Got A New Hat] β Stereogum. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.</ref><ref>[http://heavy.com/entertainment/2017/01/jamiroquai-automation-virtual-insanity-new-album/ Jamiroquai: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know] β ''Heavy''. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.</ref> Kay is well known for his array of elaborate hats and headgear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onblackheath.com/news/jamiroquai-hats|title=The evolution of Jamiroquai's hats|website=OnBlackheath|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116104726/https://onblackheath.com/news/jamiroquai-hats|archive-date=16 January 2020|access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref> Professional appearances for concerts, interviews and the like have prompted descriptions of Kay as "the mad hatter" for his love of headgear.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/music/mad-hatter/2005/11/24/1132703291988.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Mad hatter | date=25 November 2005}}</ref> In 2005, it was announced that Kay, often referred to as "the cat in the hat", was launching a range of distinctive clothing, including his trademark hats, on his new "Quai" label.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ozler |first=Levent |url=https://www.dexigner.com/news/4882|title=Jamiroquai to Launch Fashion Line |publisher=Dexigner |date=3 July 2005 |access-date=17 November 2011}}</ref> The Indian Country Media Network criticised him for wearing headdresses originating from [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] populations, including the feathered [[war bonnet]] (as seen in the music video and CD single artwork for "[[Corner of the Earth]]" as well as on the album artwork for 2010's ''[[Rock Dust Light Star]]'').<ref>{{cite web |date=9 June 2012 |title=13 Rock Stars Who've Worn Native Headdresses (and Probably Shouldn't Have) |url=https://ictnews.org/archive/13-rock-stars-whove-worn-native-headdresses-and-probably-shouldnt-have |access-date=20 March 2017 |publisher=Indian Country Media Network}}</ref> On 9 October 2017, Kay received the [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] President's Award at the [[BMI Film & TV Awards|BMI London Awards]].<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Jamiroquai's Jay Kay lets slip he's married long-term partner|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV8Dmhlgi90|publisher=SNV Channel|access-date=2 July 2019|date=10 October 2017}}</ref> That same year, he seriously injured his spine.<ref name=":39">{{Cite news|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jamiroquai-talk-coachella-comeback-and-what-became-of-the-virtual-insanity-hat-704449/|title=Jamiroquai Talk Coachella Comeback and What Became of the 'Virtual Insanity' Hat|last=Weingarten|first=Christopher R.|date=30 July 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=25 November 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> Requiring surgery, it led to Jamiroquai cancelling two shows in [[Tokyo]] for their Automaton Tour, which were rescheduled later that year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/international/7850086/jamiroquai-tokyo-japan-concert-tour-date-nippon-budokan|title=Jamiroquai Announces New Tokyo Concert Date in September|magazine=Billboard|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref>
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