Formed in 2002 by guitarist and vocalist Alex Turner, guitarist and backing vocalist Jamie Cook, bass guitarist and backing vocalist Andy Nicholson and drummer and backing vocalist Matt Helders, Arctic Monkeys released their first EP, Five Minutes with Arctic Monkeys, in May 2005, and signed with London-based Domino Recording Company in June.

[5] The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) certified the album seven times platinum.

[2] Arctic Monkeys released their second studio album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, in April 2007.

[4] In the United States, the album peaked at number seven on the Billboard 200, their first top-ten entry.

[10] In the United Kingdom, AM made Arctic Monkeys the first independent label band to earn five number-one albums and was certified four times platinum by the BPI.