Scissor Sisters

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No lesser an authority than Bono has called them "the best pop group in the world", and their first three albums sold millions - 4.5 million in the United Kingdom alone - making them a household name everywhere from America, Japan and Australia to the UK, which they call their "spiritual home". They have collaborated with artists as varied as Santigold, 2 Bears, Kylie Minogue, and their global success, eclectic dance-pop-rock sound and wild New York club style can be said to have paved the way for Lady Gaga. They are Scissor Sisters, and their songs have soundtracked this century like few other acts.

As for their albums, in an era when the long-playing record has been said to be under threat, they are exceptions to the rule, endlessly playable from end to end, the proverbial "all killer, no filler". Their self-titled debut from 2004 set the gold (platinum, actually) standard, becoming the biggest-selling album of the year in the UK and proving that stylistic promiscuity need not be a barrier to mass acceptance. The follow-up, Ta-Dah (2006), was another chart-topper in the UK and their first US Billboard Top 20 chart entry. It included I Don't Feel Like Dancin', a number 1 single in nearly a dozen countries from Argentina to Australia, as well as She's My Man, Land Of A Thousand Words and I Can't Decide, the latter used to striking effect in a memorable episode of British sci-fi TV programme Dr Who.

There was a four-year hiatus before their third album, Night Work (2010), but the lay-off hardly dented their popularity: it went Top 20 in the States and reached number 2 in the UK, a virtual club concept record bolstered by such excellent dancefloor smashes as Any Which Way and Sex And Violence.

And now the world's best pop group are back with a fourth album, as supremely diverse as any they've ever done. Frontman Jake Shears tweeted on October 31, 2011 that the album was in its final stages, but it wasn't until January 2012 that a song entitled Shady Love, featuring guest vocals from Azealia Banks, according to the NME the coolest person on the planet, and Jake under his pseudonym Krystal Pepsy, debuted on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show.