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Noel Gallagher

Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967, Burnage, Manchester, England) is a British musician, singer, guitarist, ideologue, and main songwriter for the British rock band Oasis. Noel began playing the guitar when he turned 13. Initially trying his hand in the construction sector, in 1988 he joined the local band Inspiral Carpets as a technician. While on tour with Inspiral Carpets, he learned that his brother Liam had founded his own band called The Rain, which he then renamed to Oasis. When Noel returned to England, Liam invited him to join Oasis as a songwriter and guitarist. The band's debut album, Definitely Maybe, marked the beginning of the band's movement to the peak of fame in the Britpop genre. And their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, became the most commercially successful in Oasis's entire history. The total circulation of Oasis albums sold exceeds the 60 million mark. The band has received NME Awards 15 times, Brit Awards 5 times, Q Awards 9 times, MTV Europe Awards 4 times, Ivor Novello 2 times, and was nominated for a Grammy three times. Guinness Publishing included Oasis in their record book for the longest stay in the top ten of the British hit-parade and for the longest stay in the British hit-parade for one calendar year: 22 of the band's singles made it into the first top ten of the UK chart, and 8 of them reached the top spot.