ABC are an English
new wave group that first came to prominence in the early 1980s. Their 1982 debut album,
The Lexicon of Love, was a UK number one and they achieved ten UK and five US
Top 40 hit singles between 1981 and 1990. The band, now essentially a vehicle for singer
Martin Fry, continues to tour and released their eighth studio album,
Traffic, in 2008.