Thanks for all: Daft Punk

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo --- Thomas Bangalter

Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter.

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Awards and nominations

American Music Award
0 wins	1 nominations
Billboard
2 wins	4 nominations
Brit
1 wins	5 nominations
Grammy
6 wins	12 nominations
MTV Europe
1 wins	8 nominations
MTV VMA
0 wins	2 nominations
Teen Choice
0 wins	3 nominations
BMI Awards
1 wins	1 nominations

Studio albums

Homework (1997)

Homework is the debut studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 20 January 1997 by Virgin Records and Soma Quality Recordings.

Discovery (2001)

Discovery is the second studio album by French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 12 March 2001[1] by Virgin Records. It marks a shift from the Chicago house sound prevalent on their first studio record, Homework (1997), to a house style more heavily inspired by disco, post-disco, garage house, and R&B.

Human After All (2005)

Human After All is the third studio album, first released on 14 March 2005 through Virgin Records. Unlike their previous studio album Discovery, whose sound was inspired by disco and garage house, Human After All was more minimalistic and improvisational with a mixture of heavier guitars

Random Access Memories (2013)

Random Access Memories is the fourth and final studio album by French electronic duo Daft Punk, released on 17 May 2013 by Daft Life and Columbia Records. The album pays tribute to late 1970s and early 1980s American music, particularly from Los Angeles.

facts about Daft Punk you may not know

Daft Punk's Helmets Costed $65, 000 To Create
A major makeover from the dinky Halloween masks the duo sported in the 90's, Daft Punk went full robot after the millennium with their decked out helmets that took a small fortune to produce. Reportedly, the pair of helmets (and accompanying accessories) cost a whopping total of $65, 000, with features including working LED displays, ribbed neck seals, detachable rear sections, and integrated "gauntlets" that controlled the helmet's display texts and animations.

The band was initially named after a Beach Boys song
The band was originally a three-piece band with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Thomas Bangalter and Laurent Brancowitz called Darlin after a Beach Boys song. After a harsh review by British music magazine Melody Maker describing them as 'daft punky thrash' led to the inspiration of Daft Punk.

What is Daft Punk worth?
The duo has an estimated net worth of over $140 million, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo Net Worth: $70 million tied with Thomas Bangalter Net Worth: $70 million currently ranks number 5 in richest DJ's in the world. They are rumored to have earned $1 million per show during the Alive tour in 2007.

They shared a studio with the Muppets
Parts of the duo's album Random Access Memories were recorded at Henson Recording studio's where the classic Rainbow Connection from The Muppets was recorded.

They spent $4 million to create an animated film, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
The project took three years to produce and was accomplished by the duo in collaboration with Japanese Designer Matsumoto. The 66-year-old was responsible for 25 years of film production and worked on films like Galaxy Express 999, Arcadia, and Akira. Each of the characters on Interstella 5555 portrays different styles of Matsumoto's animations throughout his career.

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