The Corrs

The Corrs are four siblings from Dundalk in County Louth, Ireland, and they got together in 1990: Andrea singing lead and playing tin whistle, mandolin and ukulele, Sharon on violin, keyboards and vocals, Caroline on drums, percussion, piano and bodhrán, and Jim on guitar, piano and keyboards. They take glossy pop rock and lace it with the reels and airs of home, and the blend is as smooth as anything on the radio.

Talk on Corners is the big one. In the UK it was the best-selling album of its year, and for a stretch it sat at number one with Forgiven, Not Forgotten right behind it at number two, a trick very few acts have managed. "What Can I Do" is the Corrs at their most tender, all hushed harmonies and a melody that aches, and In Blue went on to top the charts in seventeen countries. Add it all up and the family has sold 40 million albums.

They picked up two Grammy nominations and a BRIT Award, and in 2005 they were made honorary MBEs for their music and charity work. Then came a break of almost ten years while all four raised families, Andrea and Sharon with solo careers on the side. They came back with White Light in 2015 and followed it with Jupiter Calling in 2017.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.