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Description: Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) is the recording name of English musician Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for her voice. Florence and the Machine's sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including rock and soul. The band's music received praise across the music media, especially from the BBC, before they gained mainstream success. Specifically, the BBC played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting Florence and the Machine as part of BBC Introducing. The band's debut album, Lungs, was released on 6 July 2009, and held Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) is the recording name of English musician Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for her voice. Florence and the Machine's sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including rock and soul. The band's music received praise across the music media, especially from the BBC, before they gained mainstream success. Specifically, the BBC played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting Florence and the Machine as part of BBC Introducing.
The band's debut album, Lungs, was released on 6 July 2009, and held the number-two position for its first five weeks on the UK Albums Chart. On 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position, after being on the chart for twenty-eight consecutive weeks. The album has been in the top forty in the United Kingdom for sixty-five consecutive weeks, making it one of the best-selling albums of 2009 and 2010.

Lungs won the MasterCard British Album award at the 2010 BRIT Awards. At the 53rd Grammy Awards, Florence and the Machine was nominated for Best New Artist. Additionally, the band performed at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert.

Lungs is the debut album by English indie pop band Florence and the Machine, released 6 July 2009 by Island Records. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart for five weeks after its release, behind The Essential Michael Jackson compilation. On 10 January 2010 the album returned to number two extending its stay at the runner-up spot to six non-consecutive weeks. The following week it reached its new peak position of number one for two consecutive weeks. So far it has spent sixty-five consecutive weeks within the top forty and thirty-three of those inside the top ten. It also peaked at number two for six weeks on the Irish Albums Chart. Lungs was a main contender for the 2009 Mercury Prize and has garnered generally favourable reviews from music critics. Additionally, the album won the Mastercard British Album award at the 2010 BRIT Awards.

The lead single from Lungs, "Kiss with a Fist", was released before the final recording of the album, on 9 June 2008, peaking at number fifty-one on the UK Singles Chart. The song was used in the American comedy horror film Jennifer's Body and in the British comedy film St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, both from 2009. "Dog Days Are Over", the second single, was released on 1 December 2008 and reached number twenty-three on the UK Singles Chart on 10 January 2010. The song was used in the eighth episode of the third series of the BAFTA-winning teen drama Skins, originally aired on 12 March 2009, as well as in the second episode of the American comedy-drama television series The Unusuals, titled "Boorland Day" and broadcast 15 April 2009. It is also featured in the theatrical trailer for the film Eat Pray Love, starring Julia Roberts. The Yeasayer remix of "Dog Days Are Over", which is included on Between Two Lungs, was released on 12 October 2010 via iTunes.

As a precursor to the album's July 2009 release, "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" was released as the album's third single on 22 June 2009. It received a considerably greater amount of airplay in comparison to the two earlier singles, and subsequently debuted at number twelve on the UK Singles Chart. "Drumming Song" was released as the album's fourth single on 7 September 2009, reaching number fifty-four in the UK.

"You've Got the Love" was the fifth single to be released from the album and reached a new peak of number five on the UK Singles Chart on 10 January 2010. The song also spawned a spin-off single called "You Got the Dirtee Love", a mash-up of Welch and English rapper Dizzee Rascal's "Dirtee Cash", which they performed together at the 2010 BRIT Awards. The single was released on 17 February 2010, one day after the BRITs performance.

On 5 January 2010, "Hurricane Drunk" was originally announced as the next new single from the album. A video for the single was filmed in Paris on 8 January 2010 and premiered on 29 January after the Celebrity Big Brother 2010 final on Channel 4. However, on 3 March 2010 a re-release of "Dog Days Are Over" was announced on the band's website. The single was released digitally on 11 April and on 7" vinyl the following day, backed by a brand-new video.

"Cosmic Love" was released on 5 July 2010 as the album's sixth and final single. The song was featured in the 21 January 2010 episode of The Vampire Diaries, titled "Bloodlines", and subsequently in the series' season 2 trailer. The band also made a guest appearance in the 7 February 2011 episode of Gossip Girl, titled "Panic Roommate", where they performed an acoustic rendition of the song. It has a music video shot, which was described as "amazing" by Welch's manager Mairead Nash.

"Heavy in Your Arms" was announced as the eighth single from Lungs and the first from the Between Two Lungs re-release. It was released on 15 November 2010 and is also part of the soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

An exclusive remix of "I'm Not Calling You a Liar" is featured in the 2011 video game Dragon Age II as "I'm Not Calling You a Liar (Dragon Age II: Varric's Theme)". This version is produced by the game's composer Inon Zur and the song also appears on the game's soundtrack. ... (more)