His backing band was known as The Royal Family. Young’s debut studio album No Parlez was released in 1983 and went 3x Platinum in the UK. The album peaked at #1 in the UK, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. Young’s second album The Secret of Association went 2x Platinum in the UK and also reached #1 in the UK, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Young released a total of eight solo studio albums with his latest coming in 2006. Young became a 1980s teen idol and had hits such as “Love of the Common People”, “Come Back and Stay”, “Where I Lay My Hat”, “Oh Girl”, and “Everytime You Go Away”. He won the Best British Male award at the 1985 Brit Awards. He also formed the band Los Pacaminos in 1993.