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M People is tagged as: pop, dance, 90s, female vocalists, house

Website: http://mpeople.webeden.co.uk
M People were a British house music act from Manchester which formed in 1990. They consisted of Mike Pickering, Heather Small and Paul Heard and Shovell. Pickering was a member of factory records dance act Quando Quango, but became more noted as one of the original DJs at The hacienda. Heard was a member of acid jazz band Ace Of Clubs. Heather Small was in the British Soul band Hot House who had released a number of critically acclaimed records without scoring any major success.
In 1994 and 1995 they won the Brit Award for Best British Dance Act. In 1994, they won the Mercury Music Prize for the album Elegant Slumming. The victory sparked controversy as they beat britpop band Blur, who were deemed by critics to be more ‘worthy’ than a mere dance band. With ten Top Ten UK singles, the band was one of the most consistent hit-makers of the 90s, and the album Bizarre Fruit stayed in the UK charts for two years.
In the United States, their biggest success was on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, where they achieved five Top 5 singles, four of which hit number one.
With the closure by BMG of the deConstruction dance record label in the late 1990s, M People gained their own record label called M People Records to release t...
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Top 10 M People Songs
Moving On Up
One Night in Heaven
Search for the Hero
Don't Look Any Further
Sight For Sore Eyes
Just for You
Open Your Heart
How Can I Love You More
Renaissance
Itchycoo Park
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Top 10 M People Albums
The Best of M People
Bizarre Fruit
Elegant Slumming
Fresco
Testify
Bizarre Fruit II
Ultimate Collection
Ultimate Collection The Remixes
The Collection
Bizzare Fruit
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