Alexander David Turner (born 6 January 1986) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman and principal songwriter of the rock band Arctic Monkeys, with whom he has released six albums. He has also recorded with his side project The Last Shadow Puppets and as a solo artist.
When Turner was 16, he and three friends formed Arctic Monkeys in their native Sheffield. Their debut album, Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006), became the fastest-selling debut album in British history and was ranked at No. 30 on Rolling Stone’s list of the greatest debut albums of all time, with the single “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor” becoming a UK number-one hit. The band’s subsequent studio albums, Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009), Suck It and See (2011), AM (2013) and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018), have experimented with desert rock, indie pop, R&B, and lounge music. Arctic Monkeys headlined Glastonbury Festival in both 2007 and 2013, and performed during the 2012 London Summer Olympics opening ceremony.
As the co-frontmen of The Last Shadow Puppets, Turner and Miles Kane have released two orchestral pop albums: The Age of the Understatement (2008) and Everything You’ve Come to Expect (2016). Turner also provided an acoustic soundtrack for the feature film Submarine (2010), and co-wrote and co-produced Alexandra Savior’s debut album Belladonna of Sadness (2017).
Turner’s lyricism, ranging from kitchen sink realism to surrealist wordplay, has been widely praised. Each of his eight studio albums have topped the UK Albums Chart. He has won seven Brit Awards, an Ivor Novello Award, and a Mercury Prize (having been nominated six times).
instruments played
bass
drums
flute
Guitar
keyboards
percussion
sitar
Vocals
Associated Acts
Arctic Monkeys The Last Shadow Puppets Owen Pallett Miles Kane Bill Ryder-Jones James Ford Josh Homme Dizzee Rascal Richard Hawley Mini Mansions Alison Mosshart John Cooper Clarke Alexandra Savior
Genres
Indie rock garage rock psychedelic rock baroque pop post-punk revival
Labels
Domino
Occupation
Musician singer songwriter record producer
Years Active
2002 present
Name
Alex Turner
Nationality
England