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THE CANDY DROPS ARE UNLIKE ANY OTHER BANDS AROUND RIGHT NOW .THE YOUNG BRITISH BAND CRACKED THE AMERICAN TOP 10 THIS WEEK .

The amazing British band CANDY DROP has hit the American top 10 with their number one hit “LOVE YUH”. The group have announced that there is another hit coming up. The CANDY DROP is an American swing music group, consisting of rappers DAN and singer KIM. Originally an alternative swing group, they subsequently added pop. Although the group was founded in London in 1990, it was not until the release of their third album on 1992 that they achieved high record sales. Since that time, the group has sold an estimated 50 million records making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all time. Their first major hit was the 2000 single "I’ve been there"  , topped the charts in 20 countries, including America, where it spent seven weeks at number one and went on to become Britain's biggest selling single of 2000.Another  hit single from the album was "So what". Their fourth album ‘whatever you like’ was an even bigger worldwide success, certified 4× Platinum in the U.S.

In eighth-graders DAN AND KIM began singing and performing together around London. The pair started singing in school performances and local studios. At the age of 16 the duo began to expand their circle and started to participate in local music competitions. The pair signed to Records in 1990, catching the attention of manager DAVID ALBERT. The duo release their first single “LIKE WHAT”  which wasn’t a success however  their third  single “WONDER WOMAN “ became The CANDY DROP's first major hit, peaking at No.3 on the U.S. It became the biggest-selling single of 2001. After a year they released an album “ I LIKE IT”. Their second single from the album titled "NOBODY LIKE YOU” won a 2005 Grammy for Best Performance by a Duo and also received two nominations for Record of the Year and Best  swing Song. Their fourth album “WE ARE YOUNG” was recorded through 2005 and was released on June 7, 2006.  The album's first single, I’M REAL", was a hit in the U.S., reaching number three on the U.S Hot 100.

Now 2014 the CANDY DROPS are one of the best British bands. The duos write their own music and also make their own music video “It’s just something that we've always done our first ever video was made because we finished the song and we wanted to make a video for it. So we did and kept making other videos, we kind of never stopped”.

So what’s the story behind the band name?

“This might sound stupid but the story behind our band name is that we both like candy. We couldn't think of a band name so we decided to mix two thing we really love, music and candy”

How is the process of making music like for you guys?

KIM does most of the song writing. And then we work together and change things up.

Usually bands have a lead singer, but you guys don’t. Is there a reason for that?

We just like to work together and we are both as talented so we didnt really think about having a lead singer.

Who are your musical inspirations?

A lot of UK swing dance music so people like Ben Webster and Art Tatum. At the moment for me,

I've been listening to a lot of Don Bays.