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title: Hootie & the Blowfish text: Hootie & the Blowfish Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986 by Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld. As of July 2010, the band had charted sixteen singles on various "Billboard" singles charts and recorded five 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 title: Hootie & the Blowfish text: Academy to recognize achievement in the mainly English-language music industry. The MTV Video Music Award is an award presented by the cable channel MTV to honor the best in the music video medium. Hootie & the Blowfish Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was formed in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1986 by Darius Rucker, Mark Bryan, Dean Felber and Jim Sonefeld. As of July 2010, the band had charted sixteen singles on various "Billboard" singles charts and recorded five studio albums. Their debut album, "Cracked Rear View" (1994), is the 19th-best-selling album of all time in title: Hootie & the Blowfish text: uninterested in signing Hootie & The Blowfish because their sound was radically different from the grunge music that was popular at the time. Their mainstream debut album was "Cracked Rear View" (1994). It was an instant success, went platinum 16 times in the United States, became the best-selling album of 1995, and was one of the fastest-selling debut albums of all time. The album featured four hits, "Hold My Hand" (U.S. No. 10), "Let Her Cry" (U.S. No. 9), "Only Wanna Be with You" (U.S. No. 6), and "Time" (U.S. No. 14). The album's last single, "Drowning", was not as title: Hootie & the Blowfish text: the group to pursue music ministry, but he has made scattered guest appearances with the band (he played cello on their "MTV Unplugged" performance in 1996, and played drums at Gruene Hall in Gruene, Texas, on June 27, 2008). The band independently released two cassette demo EPs in 1991 and 1992. In 1993, they pressed 50,000 copies of a self-released EP, "Kootchypop". They were signed to Atlantic Records in August 1993, after being discovered by Atlantic A&R representative Tim Sommer, a former music journalist and member of the art rock band Hugo Largo. Sommer recalled that other record labels were title: Hootie & the Blowfish text: singles in the country. Hootie & the Blowfish formed in 1986. The quartet met when they were freshmen at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Bryan heard Rucker singing in the showers of the dorm they shared and was impressed by his vocal ability. They began playing cover tunes as The Wolf Brothers; eventually they collaborated with Felber, a former high school bandmate of Bryan's, and Jim "Soni" Sonefeld as Hootie & the Blowfish. The name is a conjunction of the nicknames of two of their college friends. Brantley Smith was the original drummer for the band. He left