Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by means of guitarist Mick Jones, vocalist Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, bassist Ed Gagliardi and multi-instrumentalist, and unique King Crimson member, Ian McDonald. Foreigner is without doubt one of the world's bestselling bands of all time, with worldwide sales of greater than eighty million information, together with 37.Five million in the United States.Jones came up with the band's identify as he, Elliott and McDonald were British, whilst Gramm, Greenwood and Gagliardi had been American, that means no less than part of the band could be foreigners no matter what country they have been in.In 1977, Foreigner released its self-titled debut album, the first of 4 straight albums to be qualified at least 5× platinum in the USA. Foreigner peaked at No. 4 on america album chart and within the top 10 in Canada and Australia, while producing two best 10 hits in North America: "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice". Their 1978 follow-up, Double Vision, was once even more a success, peaking at No. Three in North America with two hit singles: "Hot Blooded", a No. Three hit in each countries, and the identify track, a US No. 2 and a Canadian No. 7. Rick Wills replaced Gagliardi on bass earlier than Foreigner recorded their third album, Head Games (1979), which went to No. 5 in North America with two top 20 singles, together with its name track. After the departures of McDonald and Greenwood decreased the band to a quartet, their album 4 (1981) hit No. 1 (for 10 weeks) in america and No. 2 in Canada, whilst becoming Foreigner's break-through album out of doors of North America, going top 5 in the UK, Germany and Australia. Three of four's singles have been hits: "Urgent" reached No. 1 in Canada and on the new US Rock Tracks chart, rose to No. 4 on the US Hot 100 and became their first most sensible 15 hit in Germany; the ballad "Waiting for a Girl Like You" peaked at No. 2 in both america (for a report 10 weeks) and Canada, crowned the United States Rock Tracks chart and become their first best 10 hit in the UK and Australia; and "Juke Box Hero" reached No. Three on the Rock Tracks chart and the highest 30 on the Hot 100. In 1982, Foreigner launched its first biggest hits album, Records, which has gone on to sell 7 million copies in the United States. In 1984, Foreigner had its greatest hit single, the anthemic ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is", which topped the USA, UK, Canadian, and Australian charts, whilst hitting No. Three in Germany and the top 10 in a lot of other countries. Its supply album, Agent Provocateur, was the band's maximum a hit in the United Kingdom, Germany, and every other international locations in Europe, where it peaked at No. 1, and in Australia the place it peaked at No. 3, while making the top Five in the United States and Canada. After a damage, Foreigner launched Inside Information (1987), which despite the No. 6 US and Australian hit, "Say You Will" (which additionally rose to No. 1 on the US Rock Tracks chart) and the No. 5 US hit, "I Don't Want to Live Without You" (which additionally reached No. 1 on the United States Adult Contemporary chart), had a large gross sales drop-off, most effective hitting the highest 10 in a few European international locations with a No. 15 height in the United States. The band's most recent albums, Unusual Heat (1991), without Gramm, Mr. Moonlight (1994), with Gramm returning, and Can't Slow Down (2009), once again with out Gramm, weren't primary sellers; the highest chart positions have been obtained in Germany, the place the remaining album peaked at No. 16. Dennis Elliot and Rick Wills each left the band in 1991. Lou Gramm's 2nd departure in 2003 left Mick Jones as the only founding member nonetheless involved. Two of the founding participants, Ed Gagliardi and Ian McDonald, died in 2014 and 2022 respectively.

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