Biography

In the late 1980s, hits like "Never Gonna Give You Up" and "Together Forever" made Rick Astley one of the most successful members of the Stock-Aitken-Waterman hit factory, alongside Bananarama and Kylie Minogue. Some twenty years after the British singer's initial success, his career was unexpectedly revived by the internet phenomenon known as "rickrolling," or tricking someone into watching a YouTube video of Astley's ultra-catchy 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up." Astley professed to be amused by the meme, which also led to the now-retired singer winning the Best Act Ever award at the 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards.

Top Tracks

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• Be With You

• Body And Soul

• Cry For Help

• Don't Say Goodbye

• Is This Really Love?

• It Would Take A Strong Strong Man

• It Would Take A Strong, Strong Man

• Keep It Turned On

• Never Gonna Give You Up

• No More Looking For Love

• One Night Stand

• She Wants To Dance With Me

• The Bottom Line

• The Love Has Gone

• Together Forever

• Wanna Believe You

• Whenever You Need Somebody

Discography

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• Portrait

  BMG International

  2005

• Keep It Turned On

  Polygram

  2002

• Body & Soul

  RCA

  1993

• Free

  RCA

  1991

• Hold Me in Your Arms

  BMG

  1988

• Whenever You Need Somebody

  RCA

  1987