From a fortuitous chance encounter between Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart in the early seventies, the pair went on to form The Tourists, who ultimately achieved significant success in the UK, Europe and Australia. It was not until the break up of the band in ’79 however, that Annie and Dave decided to form a duo, calling themselves EURYTHMICS.

They released their first album, In the Garden in 1981, but it was not until the worldwide success of their second album, Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This, in 1983, that Eurythmics became the musical phenomenon we know today. That year "Sweet Dreams" reached number two in the UK charts and number one in the US charts, "Love Is A Stranger" went to number six in the UK in April, and "Who’s That Girl" hit number three in July. 

In January 1984, a 175 date tour began, followed by the album Touch, in February, which topped the UK charts. "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty Four)" reached number four in the charts in November. It was music from the movie 1984 starring John Hurt. Eurythmics scooped a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo for "Missionary Man" and an Ivor Novello Award,  BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG for "It’s Alright (Baby’s Coming Back)" in 1986.  The album Revenge went to number three in the UK (and stayed in the charts for one year). In the US it made top 20. The album We Too Are One became the duo’s second number one in September 1989. It was a huge success staying in the album charts well into 1990. Greatest Hits, which was released in 1991 was the duo’s third number one album.
 
The Eurythmics received a BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in February 1999. They celebrated their win by duetting with Stevie Wonder. It was their first BRIT as a duo, despite 11 individual wins. In October the Eurythmics released their new album Peace  and embarked on the ‘Peacetour’ stretching over 3 continents. All of the proceeds went to Amnesty International and Greenpeace. To celebrate the arrival of the new century, the Eurythmics performed at the Millennium Concert at the Royal Observatory, along with Bryan Ferry and Mick Hucknall.

Eurythmics went on to sell over 75 million albums, and achieved over 20 international hits across the world.