<P> Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, and a collaboration of other musicians . The band's music received praise across the media, especially from the BBC, which played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting Florence and the Machine as part of BBC Introducing . At the 2009 Brit Awards they received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award . The band's music is renowned for its dramatic and eccentric production and also Welch's powerful vocal performances . </P> <P> The band's debut studio album, Lungs, was released on 6 July 2009, and held the number - two position for its first five weeks on the UK Albums Chart . On 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position, after being on the chart for twenty - eight consecutive weeks . As of October 2010, the album had been in the top forty in the United Kingdom for sixty - five consecutive weeks, making it one of the best - selling albums of 2009 and 2010 . The group's second studio album, Ceremonials, released in October 2011, entered the charts at number one in the UK and number six in the US . The band's third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, was released on 2 June 2015 . It topped the UK charts, and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, their first to do so . The album reached number one in a total of eight countries and the top ten of twenty . Also in 2015, the band was the headlining act at Glastonbury Festival, making Florence Welch the first British female headliner this century . </P> <P> Florence and the Machine's sound has been described as a combination of various genres, including rock and soul . Lungs won the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2010 . Florence and the Machine have been nominated for six Grammy Awards including Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album . Additionally, the band performed at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards and the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Concert . </P> <P> The name of Florence and the Machine is attributed to Florence Welch's teenage collaboration with Isabella "Machine" Summers . Welch and Summers performed together for a time under the name Florence Robot / Isa Machine . According to Welch, "The name Florence and the Machine started off as a private joke that got out of hand . I made music with my friend, who we called Isabella Machine to which I was Florence Robot . When I was about an hour away from my first gig, I still didn't have a name, so I thought' Okay, I'll be Florence Robot / Isa Machine', before realising that name was so long it'd drive me mad ." </P>

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