Blondie (band)

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Blondie is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1974 by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer of the new wave genre emerging from the CBGB scene of the mid-1970s. They achieved global commercial success with their third album, Parallel Lines (1978), and a string of multi-genre hit singles including "Heart of Glass", "Call Me", and "Rapture". Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006, the band has sold over 40 million records worldwide. While Blondie's self-titled debut album, Blondie (1976), remained a strictly underground release, their second album, Plastic Letters (1978), brought the band their first commercial success in the United Kingdom and Australia. However, they remained largely unknown to mainstream audiences in their native United States until the release of their third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978). The record became an international breakthrough, selling an estimated 20 million copies worldwide. Over the next three...

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