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Texas

Scottish musical group; alternative rock band

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Founded: 1986
Members / parts: Sharleen Spiteri
, Johnny McElhone
, Ally McErlaine
+4 more
Genre: alternative rock
, pop rock
Label: Mercury Records
, Vertigo Records
, BMG Rights Management
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Formed in: Glasgow

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Texas are a Scottish rock band from Glasgow, founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone, Ally McErlaine, Tony O'Boyle, and Sharleen Spiteri. They made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee, and released their debut album Southside in 1989, along with their debut single "I Don't Want a Lover". Southside entered at number three on the UK Albums Chart and number 88 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States, and sold over two million copies worldwide. Despite the success of Southside, the follow-up albums Mothers Heaven (1991) and Ricks Road (1993) were less successful, but achieved moderate success on various European markets.

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Discography: Texas discography
Website: texas.uk.com language: English
Start of work period: 1986
Social media followers: 18,685(February 5, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1131309187
16,871(February 28, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1131309187
81,800(July 3, 2021) youtube channel id: UCc9KS7JP9ERosOQy-D1fOZA
14,310(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1131309187
14,314(April 24, 2020) x (twitter) numeric user id: 1131309187
Name: Texas
Awards: NRJ Music Award for International Group/Duo/Troupe of the Year(2000) statement is subject of: 1st annual NRJ Music Awards

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