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British singer-songwriter Morrissey has recorded 16 albums in the British Top Ten, as well as 9 albums in the Top Ten with his former band The Smiths, of which Morrissey was a founding member. In the United States, Morrissey recorded two albums in the Top 10 and eight albums in the Top 20. In 1991, Morrissey broke the Beatles' Hollywood Bowl filling record. In 2006, Morrissey was elected the second largest living British icon by BBC viewers, ahead of Sir David Attenborough and Sir Paul McCartney. In 2007, Morrissey was elected "The Greatest Northern Male" (the greatest man in the North) in a poll by a national newspaper. In 2012, Morrissey received the keys to the city of Tel Aviv. In 2013, Penguin Classics published Morrissey Autobiography which became the second best-selling autobiography in British history. The book has spent six weeks at number 1, five weeks at number 2, four weeks at number 3, and is a continuing British bestseller.
Morrissey’s songs have been covered by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, the Killers, Marianne Faithfull, Chrissie Hynde, My Chemical Romance, Thelma Houston, Christy Moore, among others. Morrissey was the singer and lyricist of The Smiths for 6 years and has been a successful solo artist for 35 years. In 1994, his album "Your Arsenal" was nominated for the Grammy Awards. Born in Manchester, England, Morrissey is of Irish parents and, more specifically, of the Dublin lineage.
