What does MGMT mean?
formerly known as The Management MGMT is an American musical group based in Brooklyn, New York consisting of Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden. Originally with New York-based Cantora Records, they signed on with Columbia Records/Red Ink/Sony in 2006. On October 5, 2007, Spin.com named MGMT “Artist of the Day”.[1] On November 14, 2007 Rolling Stone pegged MGMT as a top 10 “Artist to Watch” in 2008.[2] The band was recently named 9th in the BBC’s Sound of 2008 top 10 poll.[3] Their debut album Oracular Spectacular debuted at number twelve on the UK album chart, and hit number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.