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Damon Albarn ( ALL-barn; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician. He is the main vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz.

Albarn was raised in Leytonstone, East London, and around Colchester, Essex. While attending the Stanway School, he met Graham Coxon, with whom he formed Blur in 1988. They released their debut album, Leisure, in 1991. After spending long periods touring the US, Albarn's songwriting became increasingly influenced by British bands from the 1960s. The result was the Blur albums Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). All three received acclaim, while Blur gained mass popularity in the UK, aided by a Britpop chart rivalry with Oasis. Chart-topping albums such as Blur (1997), 13 (1999) and Think Tank (2003) incorporated influences from lo-fi, art rock, electronic and world music. These were followed by The Magic Whip (2015), Blur's first studio album in 12 years, and The Ballad of Darren in 2023.

Albarn formed the virtual band Gorillaz in 1998 with the comic book artist Jamie Hewlett, drawing influences from electronic, hip-hop and world music, Gorillaz released their self-titled debut album in 2001 to worldwide success and have continued to release albums and tour. Albarn remains the group's only consistent musical contributor. His other projects include the supergroups the Good, the Bad & the Queen and Rocket Juice & the Moon. He co-founded the non-profit musical organisation Africa Express and has composed film soundtracks. Albarn also scored the stage productions Monkey: Journey to the West (2007), Dr Dee (2011) and Wonder.land (2015). His debut solo album, Everyday Robots, was released in 2014, followed by The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows in 2021.

Albarn is widely regarded as one of the most influential British musicians of his generation. Through his work with Blur, he became a central figure of the Britpop era, helping to shape the musical and cultural identity of Britain in the 1990s. Albarn is known for his prolific output, musical experimentation, and collaborations with artists from diverse genres and cultural traditions. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to music.

Elastica foi um conjunto musical de britpop formado em 1992, em Londres, após a saída de Justine Frischmann do Suede, da qual foi uma das fundadoras. Junto do baterista Justin Welch, outro ex-Suede, encontram a guitarrista Donna Matthews por meio de um anúncio na Melody Maker, e a baixista Annie Holland logo se une a eles, também. Assim, consolidava-se sua formação. O quarteto é mais conhecido por seu álbum autointitulado, de 1995, cujos singles alcançaram as paradas de sucesso tanto britânicas quanto americanas, e que superou Definitely Maybe, do Oasis, como o disco de estreia mais rapidamente vendido do Reino Unido, um recorde que levou cerca de onze anos para ser superado. A banda encerrou suas atividades ao fim dos anos 2000, amigavelmente. Lançaram, ainda, um último single no outono de 2001, "The Bitch Don't Work." Em 2017, houve boatos quanto a uma possível reunião da banda, após três dos membros, exceto Justine Frischmann, terem sido flagrados juntos em um estúdio. Justin Welch desmentiu-os pouco depois, entretanto, e anunciou que os integrantes do Elastica haviam se reencontrado apenas para trabalhar no relançamento, em um vinil colorido de edição limitada, de seu primeiro álbum.