Odelay, released in 1996, topped critic polls and won several awards.
Returning to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, he cut his breakthrough single ' Loser', which became a worldwide hit in 1994, and released his first major album, Mellow Gold, the same year. He moved to New York City in 1989 and became involved in the city's anti-folk movement. He has released 14 studio albums (three of which were released on indie labels), as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music.īorn and raised in Los Angeles, Beck grew towards hip hop and folk in his teens and began to perform locally at coffeehouses and clubs. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronic, alternative rock, country, and psychedelia. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell July 8, 1970), known mononymously as Beck, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
