Hurts first formed in 2009 with two members of the names Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson. They both first met in a club and found that they had similar tastes in music and then decided to form a band together. They went through many different band names, but finally decided to stick with the band title 'Hurts'. Hurts has been active since 2009 and have hosted a total of four promoting tours around the world.
They currently have released three albums: Happiness (2009), Exile (2013), and Surrender (2015). Their album 'Happiness' reached number one on the Greek Foreign Albums Chart, number two in Austria, Germany, Poland and Switzerland, and the top ten in Denmark, Finland, Ireland and Sweden. Their album 'Exile', released three years afterwards reached number nine on the UK Albums chart. Their latest album 'Surrender' has not reached any album billboards, but their singles have.