About

Bananarama’s Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary and their achievements speak for themselves. Two Band Aid appearances, an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most successful female band worldwide with the most charting singles, many of which were international hits, four hitting the US Billboard Top 10 including a No.1 with Venus. To date the duo have had 30 Top hits. They have released 12 albums and sold 30 million records.

Identifying the right producers/collaborators at the right point in their career has always been their strong point from Jolley and Swain who produced their debut album DEEP SEA SKIVING and follow up ‘BANANARAMA’ to Stock/Aitken/Waterman who produced the Platinum selling WOW! to Dallin and Woodwards albums ( Fahey left in early 1988) POP LIFE produced by Youth (U2, Paul Mc Cartney) and DRAMA produced by Murlyn

Siobhan Fahey was replaced by Jacquie O’Sullivan in 1988 and the trio embarked on their first wildly successful world tour. O’Sullivan recorded the critically acclaimed album POP LIFE with Dallin and Woodward in 1991 including the hit singles Only Your Love & Preacher Man.

After this album Sara and Keren decided to continue as a duo, PLEASE YOURSELF 1993, produced by Stock & Waterman, ULTRA VIOLET 1995, produced by Gary Miller, EXOTICA 2001, by French producer Pascal Caubet, DRAMA 2005, written and recorded in Stockholm with Swedish hitmakers Murlyn (singles Move In My Direction & Look On The Floor Top 20’s UK, US Billboard dance No. 2 and VIVA 2009, home to the thumping club hit Love Comes, with celebrated producer, composer, songwriter and remixer Ian Masterson, whose credits include work with Girls Aloud, Kylie Minogue and the Pet Shop Boys.

Bananarama celebrate over 40 years at the top with the release of ‘Glorious – The Ultimate Collection’ on March 8th, 2024. They launch the album alongside the euphoric new track ‘Feel the Love’, which continues the stellar form they established with 2022’s ‘Masquerade’.