They also won the Mercury Prize in 2006 for their debut album, in addition to receiving nominations in 20. The band have won seven Brit Awards-winning both Best British Group and Best British Album three times, and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. Their debut album is the fastest-selling debut album by a band in British chart history, and in 2013, Rolling Stone ranked it the 30th-greatest debut album of all time. They have released five studio albums: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009), Suck It and See (2011) and AM (2013), as well as one live album, At the Apollo (2008). Former band member Andy Nicholson (bass guitar, backing vocals) left the band in 2006 shortly after their debut album was released. The band consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar), Matt Helders (drums, backing vocals), Jamie Cook (lead guitar, rhythm guitar) and Nick O'Malley (bass, backing vocals).

Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield.