Crowded House is a rock and pop group formed in Melbourne, Australia, and led by New Zealand musician and singer-songwriter Neil Finn.

The group had important connections in the Australian and New Zealand rock scenes. Neil Finn and Paul Hester were former members of the New Zealand rock band Split Enz; Neil is the younger brother of Split Enz founding member Tim Finn. Nick Seymour is the younger brother of singer-songwriter-guitarist Mark Seymour, leader of the now defunct Australian rock group Hunters & Collectors.

Though the band owes its original success to the Australian live music scene, references to New Zealand people and places in songs pay homage to their roots ("Kare Kare" is written about Karekare Beach, "Mean to Me" refers to Finn's hometown of Te Awamutu) and perhaps most famously “Four Seasons In One Day” is based on the city of Auckland. The success of the group's third album “Woodface” and the general success of Crowded House and Split Enz prompted Queen Elizabeth II of the Commonwealth in June 1993 to bestow the Order of the British Empire on both Tim and Neil Finn for their contribution to the music of New Zealand.

Originally active between 1985 and 1996, the band's notable hits from this period include "Don't Dream It's Over", "Something So Strong", "Better Be Home Soon", "Fall at Your Feet" and "Weather With You". In 2007, the group reunited with a new drummer. In this period, the group has released one album, “Time on Earth”, which reached no 1 on Australia's ARIA Albums Chart.

Crowded House has won several awards internationally. In Australia, the group has won eleven ARIA Awards from 26 nominations, including being the first ever winner of the Best New Talent award in 1987, the ceremony's first year. Notably, the majority of the awards were won in the band's earlier years from their first two albums, Crowded House and Temple of Low Men.[18] The group has also been nominated for eleven APRA Awards, including the New Zealand Silver Scroll for "Don't Stop Now" in 2007, and the group has won eight of the eleven with "Don't Dream It's Over" being named the seventh best Australian song of all time in 2001. In 1987, Crowded House won the American MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist for their song "Don't Dream It's Over", which was also nominated for three other awards.

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