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French electronic music duo (1993–2021) use British English February 2021 September 2024 Infobox musical artist | name = | image = Daft Punk in 2013 2- centered.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo in 2013 | origin = France | genre = flatlist| *French house *Electronic music|electronic *dance music|dance *disco | discography = hlist|Daft Punk discography Albums and singles|List of songs recorded by Daft Punk|songs | years_active = 1993–2021 | label = flatlist| *Daft Life *Columbia Records|Columbia *Virgin Records *Soma Quality Recordings|Soma *Parlophone *Warner Records|Warner *nowrap|Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney *Alternative Distribution Alliance|ADA France | spinoff_of = Darlin' (French band)|Darlin' | past_members = *Thomas Bangalter *Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo | website = URL|daftpunk.com ''Daft Punk'' were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved early popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining elements of house music with funk, disco, techno, Rock music|rock and synth-pop.cite news Coscarelli Joe 22 February 2021 Daft Punk Announces Breakup After 28 Years https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/arts/music/daft-punk-breakup.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20210222161256/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/arts/music/daft-punk-breakup.html 22 February 2021 22 February 2021 |work=The New York Times They are regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music. Daft Punk formed after Bangalter and de Homem-Christo's indie rock band, Darlin' (French band)|Darlin', disbanded. Their debut album, ''Homework (Daft Punk album)|Homework'', was released by Virgin Records in 1997 to positive reviews, backed by the singles "Around the World (Daft Punk song)|Around the World" and "Da Funk". From 1999, Daft Punk assumed robot personas for public appearances, with helmets, outfits and gloves to disguise their identities. They made few media appearances. They were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the head of Ed Banger Records. Daft Punk's second album, ''Discovery (Daft Punk album)|Discovery'' (2001, earned acclaim and further success, with the hit singles "One More Time (Daft Punk song)|One More Time", "Digital Love (Daft Punk song)|Digital Love" and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". It became the basis for an animated film, ''Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem|Interstella 5555,'' supervised by the Japanese artist Leiji Matsumoto. Daft Punk's third album, ''Human After All'' (2005, received mixed reviews, though the singles "Robot Rock (song)|Robot Rock" and "Technologic" were successful in the UK. Daft Punk directed an avant-garde science-fiction film, ''Daft Punk's Electroma|Electroma'', released in 2006. They toured throughout 2006 and 2007 and released the live album ''Alive 2007'', which won a Grammy Award for Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album|Best Electronic/Dance Album; the tour is credited for broadening the appeal of dance music in North America. Daft Punk composed Tron: Legacy (soundtrack)|the score for the 2010 film ''Tron: Legacy''. In 2013, Daft Punk left Virgin for Columbia Records and released their fourth and final album, ''Random Access Memories'', to acclaim. The lead single, "Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)|Get Lucky", reached the top 10 in the charts of 27 countries. ''Random Access Memories'' won five Grammy Awards in 2014, including Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year and Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year for "Get Lucky". In 2016, Daft Punk gained their only number one on the Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100 with "Starboy (song)|Starboy", a collaboration with The Weeknd. ''Rolling Stone'' ranked them the 12th-greatest musical duo of all time in 2015, and included ''Discovery'' and ''Random Access Memories'' on their list of the Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Daft Punk announced their split in 2021.