  Classifying what music category
Gorillaz fall in to can be difficult:
hip-hop, punk, electronic, alternative, rap.
Making the band even more elusive is their
cartoonish presentation in videos and photos
leading many to refer to them as the first
"virtual band." Damon Albarn and
Jamie Hewlett are believed to be the real
puppet masters behind the Gorillaz.
 Gorillaz released Gorillaz.
Gorillaz was certified gold.
Gorillaz hit the Top 40 with
"Clint Eastwood."
Gorillaz was certified
platinum.
The video for "Clint Eastwood" was nominated
for 3 MTV Video Music
Awards for Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, and the MTV2 Award.
 Gorillaz won 2 MTV Europe Awards
for Best Dance Act and Best Song ("Clint Eastwood").
 Gorillaz
released G-Sides - a compilation of
rarities, remixes and a few new tracks.
Gorillaz were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or
Group
("Clint Eastwood").
Gorillaz hit the Top 40 with
"19/2000."
 Laika
Come Home (Space Monkeys Vs. Gorillaz) was released.
Gorillaz were
nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (Phase
One: Celebrity Take Down).
 # 44
Singles Artist of the Year
 Gorillaz released Demon
Days.
Gorillaz topped the Billboard
Top Electronics Album chart with Demon
Days.
 Gorillaz hit the Top 40 with
"Feel Good Inc."
The video for "Feel Good Inc." won 2 MTV Video Music
Awards for Best Special Effects and Breakthrough Video.
Gorillaz hit the Top 10 with "Feel Good Inc."
Gorillaz won a MTV Europe Awards
for Best Group.
Gorillaz could be heard on the Music
From The O.C. Mix 5 soundtrack
with the track "Kids With Guns."
Gorillaz topped the Billboard
Year-End Charts as the Top Electronic
Artist and with the Top Electronic Album (Demon
Days).
 # 144
Singles Artist of the Year
 Gorillaz won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
("Feel Good Inc." with De
La Soul), and was nominated for Record of the Year, Best Urban / Alternative
Performance, and Best Music Video, Short Form ("Feel Good Inc."). Gorillaz also
performed at the ceremony.
Demon
Days was certified 2x platinum.
 The single "Feel Good Inc." was certified
gold.
Gorillaz were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form ( Demon
Days - Live In Manchester).
 Gorillaz released D-Sides.
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)' included "Clint Eastwood" at # 38.
 Gorillaz released Plastic
Beach.
The video for "Stylo"
was nominted for a MTV Video Music
Award for Breakthrough Video.
Gorillaz were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including
Best Pop Instrumental
Performance ("Orchestra Intro")
and Best Music Video, Short
Form
("Stylo").
 Gorillaz could be heard on the Snoop Dogg LP Doggumentary
Music on the track "Sumthin Like
This Night."
Gorillaz released The
Fall.
Gorillaz topped the Billboard
Dance Electronic Albums chart with The
Fall.
The
Single Collection: 2001-2011 was released.
 April 28: Gorillaz released
Humanz.
May 20: Gorillaz topped
the Billboard Top Album Sales chart,
Digital Albums chart, Alternative Albums
chart, and Rock Albums chart with Humanz.
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Gorillaz
Released: June, 2001
US: Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 14
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks:
"Re-hash" - "5/4" -
"Tomorrow Comes Today" -
"New Genius (Brother)" - ' Clint Eastwood" - "Man
Research (Clapper)" -
"Punk" - "Sound Check
(Gravity)" - "Double Bass"
- "Rock The House" - "19/2000" -
"Latin Simone" -
"Starshine" - "Slow
Country" - "M1 A1" -
"Dracula" - "Left Hand
Suzuki Method" |
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G-Sides
Released: February, 2002
Billboard
peak:
# 84
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks:
"19-2000" (Soulchild Remix) -
"Latin Simone" - "The
Sounder" - "Faust" -
"Clint Eastwood" (Phi Life
Cypher) - "Ghost Train" -
"Hip Albatross" -
"12D3" - "19/2000" (The
Wiseguys House Of Wisdom Remix) |
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Laika Come Home (Space
Monkeys Vs. Gorillaz)
Released: July, 2002
Billboard
peak:
# 156
Tracks: "19/2000" (Jungle
Fresh) - "Slow Country"
(Strictly Rubbadub) - "Tomorrow
Comes Today" (Banana Baby) -
"Man Research" (Monkey Racket)
- "Punk" (De-Punked) -
"5/4" (P.45) -
"Starshine" (Dub 09) -
"Soundcheck (Gravity)" (Crooked
Dub) - "New Genius (Brother)"
(Mutant Genius) - "Re-Hash (Come
Again)" - "Clint Eastwood" (A Fistful
Of Peanuts) - "M1A1" (Lil' Dub
Chefin') |
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Demon Days
Released: May, 2005
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 6
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Intro"
- "Last Living Souls" -
"Kids With Guns" - "O
Green World" - "Dirty
Harry" - "Feel Good Inc." - "El
Manana" - "Every Planet We
Reach Is Dead" - "November Has
Come" - "All Alone" -
"White Light" -
"DARE" - "Fire Coming Out
Of A Monkey's Head" - "Don't
Get Lost In Heaven" - "Demon
Days" |
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D-Sides
Released: November, 2007
Billboard
peak:
# 166
Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "68
State" - "People" (Dare
Demo) - "Hongkongaton" -
"We Are Happy Landfill" -
"Hong Kon" - "Highway
(Under Construction) - "The
Rockit" - "Bill Murray" -
"The Swagga" - "Murdoc Is
God" - "Spitting Out The
Demons" - "Don't Get Lose In
Heaven" (Demo) - "Stop The
Dams" - "Dare" (DFA Remix)
- "Feel Good Inc." (Stanton
Warriors Remix) - "El Manana"
(TTC Remix) - "Dare" (Soulwax
Remix) - "Kids With Guns" (Hot
Chip Remix) - "Dare" (Junior
Sanchez Remix) - "Dirty Harry"
(Chinese New Years Remix) - "Kids
With Guns" (Quiet Village Remix) |
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Plastic Beach
Released: March, 2010
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Orchestral
Intro" - "Welcome To The World
Of The Plastic Beach" (featuring
Snoop Dogg & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble)
- "White Flag" (featuring Bash,
Kano & The National Orchestra For
Arabic Music) - "Rhinestone
Eyes" - "Stylo" (featuring
Mos Def & Bobby Womack) -
"Superfast Jellyfish"
(featuring Gruff Rhys & De La Soul) -
"Empire Ants" (featuring Little
Dragon) - "Glitter Freeze"
(featuring Mark E Smith) - "Some
Kind Of Nature" (featuring Lou Reed)
- "On Melancholy Hill" -
"Broken" -
"Sweepstakes" (featuring Mos
Def & Hypnotic Brass Ensemble) -
"Plastic Beach" (featuring Mick
Jones & Paul Simonon) - "To
Binge" (featuring Little Dragon) -
"Cloud Of Unknowing" (featuring
Bobby Womack & Sinfonia ViVA) -
"Pirate Jet" |
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The Fall
Released: April, 2011
Tracks: "Phoner To
Arizona" - "Revolving
Doors" - "HillBilly Man"
(featuring Mick Jones) -
"Detroit" -
"Shy-town" - "Little Pink
Plastic Bags" - "The Joplin
Spider" - "The Parish Of Space
Dust" - "The Snake In
Dallas" - "Amarillo" -
"The Speak It Mountains" -
"Aspen Forest" (featuring Paul
Simonon) - "Bobby In Phoenix"
(featuring Bobby Womack) -
"California & The Slipping Of
The Sun" - "Seattle Yodel"
(featuring The Archie McPhee Yodelling
Pickle) |
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The Single Collection:
2001-2011
Released: November, 2011
Tracks: "Tomorrow
Comes Today" - "Clint
Eastwood" - "19/2000" -
"Rock The House" - "Feel
Good Inc." - "Dare" -
"Dirty Harry" - "Kids With
Guns" - "El Manana" -
"Stylo" - "Superfast
Jellyfish" - "On Melancholy
Hill" - "Doncamatic" -
"Clint Eastwood" (Ed Case /
Sweetie Irie Refix) - "19/2000"
(Soulchild Remix) |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Humanz
Released: April 28, 2017
Billboard
peak:
# 2
Grammy
Nominee: Best Alternative
Music Album
Tracks: "Intro: I
Switched My Robot Off" -
"Ascencsion" (featuring Vince
Staples" - "Strobelite"
(featuring Peven Everett) - "Saturnz
Barz" (featuring Popcaan) -
"Momentz" (featuring De La
Soul) - "Interlude: The
Non-comformist Oath" -
"Submission" (featuring Danny
Brown & Kelela) - "Charger"
(featuring Grace Jones) -
"Interlude: Elevator Going Up"
- "Andromeda" (featuring
D.R.A.M,) - "Busted And Blue" -
"Interlude: Talk Radio" -
"Carnival" (featuring Anthony
Hamilton) - "Let Me Out"
(featuring Mavis Staples & Pusha T) -
"Interlude: Penthouse" -
"Sex Murder Party" (featuring
Jamie Principle & Zebra Katz) -
"She's My Collar" (featuring
Kali Uchis) - "Interlude: The
Elephant" - "Hallelujah
Money" (featuring Benjamin
Clementine) - "We Got The
Power" (featuring Jehnny Beth) |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
The Now Now
Released: June 29, 2018
Tracks:
"Humility" (featuring George
Benson) - "Tranz" -
"Hollywood" (featuring Snoop
Dogg & Jamie Principle) -
"Kansas" - "Sorcerez"
- "Idaho" - "Lake
Zurich" - "Magic City" -
"Fire Flies" - "One
Percent" - "Souk Eyes" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Song Machine, Season
One: Strange Timez
Released: October 23, 2020
Tracks: "Strange
Times" (featuring Robert Smith) -
"The Valley Of The Pagans"
(featuring Beck) - "The Lost
Chord" (featuring Leee John) -
"Pac-Man" (featuring Schoolboy
Q) - "Chalk Tablet Towers"
(featuring St. Vincent) - "The Pink
Phantom" (featuring Elton John &
6black) - "Aries" (featuring
Peter Hook & Georgia) - "Friday
The 13th" (featuring Octavian) -
"Dead Butterflies" (featuring
Kano & Roxani Arias) -
"Desole" (featuring Fatoumata
Diawara) - "Momentary Bliss"
(featuring slowthai & Slaves) -
"Opium" (featuring Earthgang) -
"Simplicity" (featuring Joan As
Police Woman) - "Severed Head"
(featuring Goldlink & Unknown Mortal
Orchestra) - "With Love To An Ex
(featuring Moonchild Sanelly) -
"MLS" (featuring JPEGMAFIA
& CHAI) - "How Far?"
(featuring Tony Allen & Skepta) |
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Cracker Island
Released: February 24, 2023
Billboard
peak:
# 3
Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative
Music Album
Tracks: "Cracker
Island" (featuring Thundercat) -
"Oil" (featuring Stevie Nicks)
- "The Tired Influencer" -
"Silent Running" (featuring
Adelye Omotayo) - "New Gold"
(featuring Tame Impala & Brooke
Brown) - "Baby Queen" -
"Tarantula" -
"Tormenta" (featuring Bad
Bunny) - "Skimmy Ape" -
"Possession Island" (featuring
Beck) |
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40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
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