Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band formed in London in 2007.[2] The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums), Ted Dwane (vocals, bass guitar, double bass), and Ben Lovett (vocals, keyboards, piano).
Mumford & Sons have released four studio albums: Sigh No More (2009), Babel (2012), Wilder Mind (2015), and Delta (2018). Their debut Sigh No More peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard 200 in the US, with Babel and Wilder Mind both debuting at number one in the UK and US, the former becoming the fastest-selling rock album of the decade[3][4] and leading to a headline performance at the Glastonbury Festival in 2013. The band has issued three live albums: Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire (2011), The Road to Red Rocks (2012), and Live from South Africa: Dust and Thunder (2017).
The band has won music awards throughout their career, with Sigh No More earning the band the Brit Award for Best British Album in 2011, a Mercury Prize nomination and six overall Grammy Award nominations. The live performance at the 2011 Grammy ceremony with Bob Dylan and The Avett Brothers led to a surge in popularity for the band in the US. The band received eight total Grammy nominations for Babel and won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The band also won the Brit Award for Best British Group in 2013 and an Ivor Novello Award for International Achievement in 2014.
They made their musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live on September 22, 2012, the second episode of Season 38, hosted by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt, where they performed "I Will Wait" and "Below My Feet" and appeared in the "London" sketch performing "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" as a band called "Hey Dude!," a Beatles tribute band.
They returned to Saturday Night Live as the musical guest for their 2nd appearance on April 11, 2015, the eighteenth episode of Season 40, hosted by actress Taraji P. Henson, star of the FOX's hit drama series Empire, where they performed "The Wolf" and "Believe".
They returned to Saturday Night Live as the musical guest for their 3rd appearance on December 8, 2018, the eighth episode and Holidays episode of Season 44, hosted by actor Jason Momoa, where they performed "Guiding Light" and "Delta".
Marcus Mumford made a cameo on the April 10, 2021 episode, the seventeenth episode of Season 46, which was hosted by his wife, Carey Mulligan, during the opening monologue.
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