Moby

Moby is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is well known for his sample-based electronic music, his vegan lifestyle and support of animal rights.

Moby has sold over 20 million albums worlwide and he has released ten studio albums, one live album, ten compilation albums, six remix albums, three video albums, four extended plays, fifty-seven singles, five promotional singles and seventy-seven music videos.

Moby gained attention in the early 1990s with his electronic dance music work, which dabbled in the techno and breakbeat hardcore genres. With his fifth studio album, the electronica and house-influenced Play, he gained international success. Originally released in mid-1999 to an unflattering response, it re-entered the charts in early 2000 and slowly became an unexpected hit, producing eight singles and eventually selling over 10 million copies worldwide.

Moby followed the album in 2002 with 18, which was also successful, selling over 5 million copies worldwide. In 2005, he released Hotel which incorporated more alternative rock elements than previous albums and sold around 2 million copies worldwide. After 2008's dance-influenced Last Night, he returned to the downtempo electronica with 2009's mostly-ambient Wait for Me. Moby's latest album, Destroyed., was released in May 2011.

Moby has co-written, produced, and remixed music for The Smashing Pumpkins, Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Daft Punk, Brian Eno, Pet Shop Boys, Britney Spears, New Order, Public Enemy, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, and others.