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Irish rock band the rock band|the plant species|Cranberry|other uses|Cranberry (disambiguation) Use Hiberno-English June 2013 August 2021 Infobox musical artist | name = The Cranberries | image = The-Cramberries-Paris-31-mai-2010 IMG 7726.JPG | alt = | caption = The Cranberries performing in Paris, France in 2010. From left to right: Noel Hogan, Dolores O'Riordan, Fergal Lawler, and Mike Hogan. | alias = The Cranberry Saw Us (1989–1990) | landscape = yes | origin = Limerick, Ireland | genre = flatlist| * Alternative rock * indie rock * pop rock * jangle pop * post-punk * dream pop * shoegaze | discography = flatlist| * The Cranberries discography Albums and singles * List of songs recorded by The Cranberries|all songs | years_active = flatlist| * 1989–2003 * 2009–2019cite web http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-cranberries-open-up-about-the-last-days-of-singer-dolores-o-riordan-she-was-on-a-roll__24108/ "She was on a roll": The Cranberries open up about the last days of singer Dolores O'Riordan The Official Charts Company 21 September 2018 21 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180921114828/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-cranberries-open-up-about-the-last-days-of-singer-dolores-o-riordan-she-was-on-a-roll__24108/live | label = flatlist| * Xeric * Island Records|Island * Universal Music Group|Universal * Downtown Records|Downtown * Cooking Vinyl * BMG Rights Management|BMG | website = URL|cranberries.com | past_members = * Mike Hogan * Noel Hogan * Fergal Lawler * Niall Quinn * Dolores O'Riordan ''The Cranberries'' were an Irish rock music|rock band formed in Limerick, Ireland, in 1989. The band was originally named ''The Cranberry Saw Us'' and featured singer Niall Quinn, guitarist Noel Hogan, bassist Mike Hogan, and drummer Fergal Lawler; Quinn was replaced as lead singer by Dolores O'Riordan in 1990, and the group changed their name to the Cranberries. The band classified themselves as an alternative rock group, but incorporated aspects of indie rock, jangle pop, dream pop, folk rock, post-punk, and pop rock into their sound. In 1991, the Cranberries signed with Island Records, and released their debut album, ''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' (1993, to commercial success. Their second album, ''No Need to Argue'' (1994, brought the band to international fame, and included the single "Zombie (The Cranberries song)|Zombie", which became a stadium anthem and one of the band's most recognizable songs. The band continued this success with the albums ''To the Faithful Departed'' (1996) and Bury the Hatchet (album)|''Bury the Hatchet'' (1999, and were transferred to MCA Records in 2000. Their fifth album, ''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee'' (2001, did not meet the commercial success of their preceding albums, and the band cited their dissatisfaction with MCA's promotion. Following a six-year hiatus from 2003 to 2009, the Cranberries embarked on a North American tour which was followed by shows in Latin America and Europe. They released their sixth album, ''Roses (The Cranberries album)|Roses'' (2012, their first album in eleven years since ''Wake Up and Smell the Coffee'', and expanded their musical style with their seventh Acoustic music|acoustic album, ''Something Else (The Cranberries album)|Something Else'' (2017). Following O'Riordan's death from drowning due to alcohol intoxication in 2018, Noel Hogan confirmed that the remaining members chose to disband out of respect for her. They disbanded after the release of their acclaimed final album, ''In the End (album)|In the End'' (2019). The Cranberries were one of the best-selling alternative acts of the 1990s, having sold nearly fifty million albums worldwide as of 2019. In their career, they won an Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award (out of two nominations, a Juno Awards|Juno Award, a MTV Europe Music Award, a World Music Award, and were nominated for a Brit Awards|Brit Award and a Grammy Awards|Grammy Award. The music video for "Zombie" made the Cranberries the first Irish band to reach one billion views on List of most-viewed YouTube videos#Billion-View Club|YouTube.