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The Prodigy

The Prodigy is an English electronic music group from Braintree, Essex, formed by Liam Howlett in 1990. The current members include Liam Howlett (keyboardist and composer), Keith Flint (dancer and vocalist) and Maxim (MC and vocalist). Leeroy Thornhill (dancer and occasional live keyboardist) was a member of the band from 1990 to 2000, as was a female dancer and vocalist called Sharky who left the group during their early period.

Along with The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. They have sold over 25 million records worldwide. The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including two Brit Awards—winning Best British Dance Act twice, three MTV Video Music Awards, two Kerrang! Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and have twice been nominated for Grammy Awards.

The group's brand of music makes use of various styles ranging from rave, hardcore techno, electro-industrial, jungle and breakbeat in the early 1990s to big beat and electronic rock with punk vocal elements in later times. The Prodigy first emerged on the underground rave scene in the early 1990s and have since achieved popularity and worldwide renown. They have been called "the premiere dance act for the alternative masses" and "the Godfathers of Rave".

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Genres electronic breakbeat big beat hardcore techno
Picks
  1. Smack My Bitch Up
  2. Firestarter
  3. Diesel Power
Top release The Fat of the Land

Albums

  1. Experience
    1992
  2. Music for the Jilted Generation
    1994
  3. 5.5
    The Fat of the Land
    1997
  4. 5.0
    Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
    2004
  5. 1.0
    Invaders Must Die
    2009
  6. 2.0
    The Day Is My Enemy
    2015

Other releases

  1. Pyromaniac
    1996
  2. The Singles
    1996
  3. Singles Collection
    1997
  4. Committing Arson
    1997
  5. Everybody in the Place
    1997
  6. Rare Trax: The Super Collection
    1997
  7. The Rest, The Unreleased! The Last!
    1997
  8. Someself One
    1998
  9. Hit Singles Collection
    1999
  10. Ultra Rare Trax
    2000
  11. Their Law: The Singles 1990-2005
    2005
  12. Remixers Must Die
    2009
  13. Greatest Hits
    2009
  14. Rhythm Bomb
    2015