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Birth Name: Theo Hutchcraft, Adam Anderson

Country of origin: United Kingdom

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Description: Hurts are an English band formed in 2009, consisting of singer Theo Hutchcraft (born 30 August 1986 in Richmond) and synthesist Adam Anderson (born 14 May 1984 in Manchester). Their debut album, Happiness, released in September 2010, has reached the top ten in twelve European countries, and has sold over one million copies worldwide. The band has also sold more than one million singles worldwide. Happiness is the debut studio album by English synthpop duo Hurts, released on 27 August 2010 by RCA Records. It was preceded by the release of the singles "Better Than Love" on 23 May 2010 and "Wonderful Life" on 2 Hurts are an English band formed in 2009, consisting of singer Theo Hutchcraft (born 30 August 1986 in Richmond) and synthesist Adam Anderson (born 14 May 1984 in Manchester). Their debut album, Happiness, released in September 2010, has reached the top ten in twelve European countries, and has sold over one million copies worldwide. The band has also sold more than one million singles worldwide.
Happiness is the debut studio album by English synthpop duo Hurts, released on 27 August 2010 by RCA Records. It was preceded by the release of the singles "Better Than Love" on 23 May 2010 and "Wonderful Life" on 22 August 2010. Collaborators include Jonas Quant and production team The Nexus, as well as a duet with Australian singer Kylie Minogue on the song "Devotion". To promote the release of the album the band made the non-album song "Happiness" available as a free download via Amazon.co.uk on 1 August 2010.

Happiness received mixed reviews from music critics. The album debuted at number four on the UK Albums Chart, selling 25,493 copies in its first week the fastest-selling debut album of 2010 by a band in the United Kingdom. It topped reached number one on the Greek Foreign Albums Chart, number two in Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, and the top ten in Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Sweden. As of 2011, the album has sold 150,000 copies in the UK and 340,000 copies elsewhere.

"Better Than Love" was released as the lead single on 23 May 2010 in the United Kingdom. It spent one week at number fifty on the UK Singles Chart, and charted in Belgium, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands.
The second single, "Wonderful Life" was released on 22 August 2010 in the United Kingdom. It was previously released as the band's debut single in Denmark on 3 May 2010. According to lead singer Theo Hutchcraft, the song is about two extremes, "the first being a man who wants to kill himself and the second being love at first sight." The song debuted at number twenty-one in the UK, and peaked at number two in Germany. It reached top ten positions in Austria, Denmark and Switzerland.
"Stay" was released as the third single on 15 November 2010, and peaked at number fifty on the UK Singles Chart on 21 November 2010.
"Sunday" was released as the fourth single on 27 February 2011.
"Illuminated" was released as the fifth single on 1 May 2011 as a double A-side with a re-release of "Better Than Love".
"Blood, Tears & Gold" was released as the album's sixth single in October 2011 exclusively in Germany.

In September 2012, Hurts stated that recording of the album was underway. One month later, Hurts posted on their Facebook page that they were deep into the process of completing their sophomore album. Once again they been working with producer Jonas Quant The name and release date of the new album are currently unknown. New tracks will be introduced in February 2013 in concerts in London and Berlin.
On 14th December 2012, Hurts announced on their Facebook page that their second studio album, Exile, would be available 11th March 2013, and was available to pre-order through iTunes which you get a new track release of 'The Road' featured in the Exile 2013 video which was also released December 14 2012 on youtube. ... (more)