Título: Culture Club
Seção: Colour by Numbers: 1983-1984
Background: Culture Club are an English band that was formed in 1981. The band comprised Boy George (lead vocals), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), Mikey Craig (bass guitar) and Jon Moss (drums and percussion). They are considered one of the most representative and influential groups of the 1980s. Culture Club sold more than 50 million albums and 100 million singles (including Boy George solo) records worldwide, including 7 million-records awards RIAA certificate in the United States.

Conteúdo: The band's second album, Colour by Numbers (UK No. 1, US No. 2), was released in 1983. The first single, "Church of the Poison Mind", featuring backing vocalist Helen Terry, reached the UK and US Top 10. The second single, "Karma Chameleon", gave the band their biggest hit, peaking at No. 1 in the UK (the band's second chart-topper there), where it became the best selling single of 1983 and has sold 1.5 million copies there to date. It also peaked at No. 1 in the US for three consecutive weeks, and would ultimately hit No. 1 in 30 countries, thus becoming one of the top twenty best-selling singles of the 1980s sold up 7 million copies worldwide, with one of the most iconic images of Boy George on the cover shot by photographer David Levine.  The album Colour by Numbers would spawn more hits including "Miss Me Blind" (#5 US), "It's a Miracle" (#4 UK, No. 13 US), and "Victims" (#3 UK), and sold four million copies in the US and another five million worldwide at its time of release. The album gave Culture Club the distinction of being the first group in music history to have an album certified diamond in Canada (for sales of one million copies in that country). The band also won the 1984 Brit Award for Best Group and the Grammy Award for Best New Artist, where George gave a speech via satellite stating, "Thanks America, you've got style, you've got taste, and you know a good drag queen when you see one."  The group's back-up singer, Helen Terry, began work on her solo album, for

user: What was Colour by Numbers?

assistant: The band's second album,

user: When was it released?

assistant: released in 1983.

user: Was it successful?

assistant: UK No. 1, US No. 2

user: What else happened with the album?

assistant: The first single, "Church of the Poison Mind", featuring backing vocalist Helen Terry, reached the UK and US Top 10.

user: What other singles were there?

assistant: The second single, "Karma Chameleon", gave the band their biggest hit,

user: What else happened with Karma Chameleon?

assistant: peaking at No. 1 in the UK (the band's second chart-topper there), where it became the best selling single of 1983

user: Did it continue to do well?

assistant: has sold 1.5 million copies there to date.

user: What other success did they have?

assistant: The album Colour by Numbers would spawn more hits including "Miss Me Blind" (#5 US), "It's a Miracle" (#4 UK, No. 13 US), and "Victims" (#3 UK),

user: Did they have other top hits?

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user: Did they tour for Colour by Numbers?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: What happened after this album for them?

assistant: The band also won the 1984 Brit Award for Best Group and the Grammy Award for Best New Artist,