page_title: Hootie & the Blowfish
hierarchical_section_title: Hootie & the Blowfish
caption_attribution_description: English: Hootie and the Blowfish; The rock group Hootie and the Blowfish perform a United Services Organization sponsored concert for the crew members of the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) while the ship is in port at Minas Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 5, 1998. Enterprise and its embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Southern Watch, which is the U.S. and coalition enforcement of the no-fly-zone over Southern Iraq. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class William G. Lewis, U.S. Navy. Deutsch: Die Band "Hootie and the Blowfish"
context_page_description: Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986. The band's lineup for most of its existence has been the quartet of Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld. The band went on hiatus in 2008 until they announced plans for a full reunion tour in 2019 and released their first new studio album in fourteen years, Imperfect Circle.
  As of 2019, the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded six studio albums. Their debut album, Cracked Rear View, is the 19th-best-selling album of all time in the United States, and was certified platinum 21 times. They have sold over 21 million copies of their albums in the United States. The group was also popular in Canada, having three number-one singles in the country.
context_section_description: Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986. The band's lineup for most of its existence has been the quartet of Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, and Jim Sonefeld. The band went on hiatus in 2008 until they announced plans for a full reunion tour in 2019 and released their first new studio album in fourteen years, Imperfect Circle.
  As of 2019, the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded six studio albums. Their debut album, Cracked Rear View (1994), is the 19th-best-selling album of all time in the United States, and was certified platinum 21 times. They have sold over 21 million copies of their albums in the United States. The group was also popular in Canada, having three number-one singles in the country.
caption: The band in 1998, pictured left to right: Sonefeld (behind drum kit), Felber, Rucker, and Bryan.
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