The proclaimers biography

Scottish musical group

The Proclaimers are a Scottish rock duo formed in 1983 by twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid (born 5 March 1962).^[1] They came to attention with their 1987 single "Letter from America", which reached No. 3 in the United Kingdom, and the 1988 single "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", which topped the charts in Australia,^[2][3] Iceland and New Zealand.^[4] The duo's biggest album, Sunshine on Leith (1988) has been certified multi-Platinum in Australia and Canada, selling over 2 million copies worldwide, including around 700,000 in the United States.^[5] The Proclaimers have sold over 5 million albums worldwide.^[6][7]

First active from 1983 as an acoustic duo,^[1] the Proclaimers moved toward band-oriented rock in later works.

The Proclaimers' style draws from a diversity of influences, including country, folk^[8][9] and punk rock.^[10] The This is the story of 30 years of The Proclaimers - BBC News FAM