Blondie

In 1976 they released their first album, Blondie, with Private Stock Records. The first single, X Offender, the story of a prostitute attracted by a police officer, generated controversy for its title and content — originally it was called Sex Offender — and had little exposure. The record label eventually released them and they signed with Chrysalis. Then came a chance event that changed their fortune: in 1977, the Australian television program Countdown had to play X Offender, but the programmer played the B-side, In the Flesh, a ballad with a 60s vibe. The song unexpectedly took off. Chrysalis re-released the album and single in Australia, where Blondie reached number 14 and In the Flesh reached number 2. In November of that year they pushed Rip Her to Shreds in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Blondie was a phenomenon in Oceania, but in their own country it was still not.

The break came with Parallel Lines in 1978, their third album, which finally established them in the American market. What followed was a streak of singles that hit all over the world: Heart of Glass, One Way or Another, Atomic, Call Me, Rapture and The Tide Is High. Each song went in a different direction: punk, disco, synth pop, reggae, rap. They didn't stay still in one genre. In 1982, after the commercial failure of The Hunter and Stein's illness, the original lineup disbanded.

The story didn't end there. In 1997 they reunited for a series of concerts and to record No Exit, which was released in 1999 and became a multi-platinum album, driven by the single Maria. Since then they haven't stopped: they released four more albums and toured through America, Europe, Oceania and Asia. Their latest album, Pollinator, appeared in 2017 and performed well both in terms of critical reception and sales. In total, the group has accumulated 11 studio albums, 38 singles and over 40 million records sold. In 2006 they entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.