DMC

DMC are a British hip hop, pop rock duo consisting of James Harrison and Andrew Collins. The entered the fifth series of The X Factor as a singing duo with no rapping, over time they started to rap as the competition progressed, they not only auditioned with an original song the also wrote their duet "My Life" with 50 Cent. After winning the show with a 71.44% winning percentage the released their winners single and two original songs before the end of 2008. As the career progressed they focused mainly on hip hop and ocassionally went back to singing. The are known for the length of the album with all in excess of 90 minutes. The group have as of August 20, 2013 achieved fifteen UK number one singles only bettered by Elvis Presley (21) and The Beatles (17). The are by far the most successful X Factor contest with four number one albums, fifteen number one singles, ten number one collaborations, over fourty million album sales and over 90 million single sales which makes them one of the best selling artists of all-time. With an estimated 137 million sales they outsell Genesis, Donna Summer, the Bee Gees, Rihanna, Metallica, Eminem, the Backstreet Boys, Prince, Paul McCartney (solo only), George Michael (solo only), Cher, Lionel Richie and Tina Turner and many other big names. The group have had two single sell over 20 million copies, "I'd Wait For Life" (26.75m) and "Holy Grail" (27m). The group have collaborated with the likes of 50 Cent, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z, Kanye West and Daft Punk. The groups 2014 will contain several collaborations and is expected to be their biggest yet.

Discography

 * DMC (2009)
 * Fortunes (2010)
 * One Shot (2012)
 * Plastic (2013)
 * The Beast (2014)