Enigma (British band)

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{{Short description|British disco band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Enigma
| genre = [[Disco]]
| years_active = 1981–1987
| label = [[Creole Records]]
| past_members = Tino Rowe Martin Jay [[Jill Saward (singer)|Jill Saward]] [[Tracy Ackerman]] Steve Underwood
}}

'''Enigma''' was a musical project by British producer and musician [[Nigel Wright (record producer)|Nigel Wright]] in the early 1980s. The recordings were by session musicians and singers who performed [[List of musical medleys|medleys]] of popular disco tracks. In 1981, the [[Single (music)|singles]] "Ain't No Stopping" and "I Love Music" reached #11 and #25 on the [[UK Singles Chart]], respectively. They also released an [[album]], ''Ain't No Stoppin{{'}}'', which reached #80 on the [[UK Albums Chart]] in September 1981. Their releases were under the [[Creole Records]] [[record label|label]].<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book|first=David|last=Roberts|year=2006|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records|isbn=1-904994-10-5|page=184}}</ref>

Band members were Tino Rowe (vocals), Martin Jay (vocals and guitar), [[Jill Saward (singer)|Jill Saward]] (vocals), [[Tracy Ackerman]] (as Tracy Lee Ackerman) (vocals), and Steve Underwood (bass guitar). Saward, Ackerman and Underwood all had associations with the band [[Shakatak]], of which Wright was a member.

In 1987, Wright released one more single under this name before embarking on another remix project under the name [[Mirage (medley group)|Mirage]], which also scored a few hits over a brief period.

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Album
! style="width:45px;"|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/47370/enigma-(uk)/|title=ENIGMA (UK) - full Official Chart History|website=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1981
| ''Ain't No Stoppin'''
| align=center | 80
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Song
! style="width:45px;"|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]] <ref name="uk"/>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1981
| "Ain't No Stopping"
| align=center | 11
|-
| "I Love Music"
| align=center | 25
|-
| "Summer Groovin'"
| align=center | —
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1987
| "Which Way Is Up"
| align=center | —
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

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[[Category:English dance music groups]]
[[Category:British disco groups]]
[[Category:Medley music groups]]

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