Actually (stylized as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second album by English electronic music group Pet Shop Boys, released through Parlophone and EMI Manhattan Records in 1987. This album is also the group's third best selling album with over 4 million copies sold. Actually is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Actually (stylized as Pet Shop Boys, actually.) is the second album by English electronic music group Pet Shop Boys, released through Parlophone and EMI Manhattan Records in 1987. This album is also the group's third best selling album with over 4 million copies sold. Actually is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. false 2022-10-22 10:53:03 Actually 8.3 1987 1987-09-21 1987-09-21 48 Dance-Pop Electronic Pop Synth-Pop 111382 2111590 0cfaf983-8aa3-4f3a-a919-66db50be903a be540c02-7898-4b79-9acc-c8122c7d9e83 6de9a233-13dd-30b5-ad30-61c5814774c5 /media/data/media5/Music/Pet Shop Boys/Actually (1987)/folder.jpg Pet Shop Boys AlbumArtist Pet Shop Boys Artist Pet Shop Boys Pet Shop Boys 1 One More Chance 05:31 2 What Have I Done to Deserve This? 04:22 3 Shopping 03:37 4 Rent 05:09 5 Hit Music 04:44 6 It Couldn’t Happen Here 05:21 7 It’s a Sin 04:59 8 I Want to Wake Up 05:09 9 Heart 03:58 10 King’s Cross 05:10 Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981. Consisting of primary vocalist Neil Tennant and keyboardist Chris Lowe, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and were listed as the most successful duo in UK music history in the 1999 edition of The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1984 they have achieved 42 top 30 singles, 22 of these being top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart, including four UK number ones: "West End Girls" (also number one on the US Billboard Hot 100), "It's a Sin", a synth-pop version of "Always on My Mind", and "Heart". Other hit songs include a cover of "Go West", and their own "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)", and "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" in a duet with Dusty Springfield. With five US top ten singles in the 1980s, they are associated with the Second British Invasion. At the 2009 Brit Awards in London, Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2016, Billboard newspaper named Pet Shop Boys the number one dance duo/group over the 40 years since the chart's inception in 1976. In 2017, the duo received NME's Godlike Genius Award.