Plenty of solo stars began their music careers as part of a band..

All this week, Lost in Music are looking for the BEST break out stars who went on to take the music world by storm.

There are too many to pick and we need help.

Your suggestions will go into a listener playlist over the week so get involved! 

Here's some ideas to get the ball rolling..

Lost in Music with Louise Duffy weeknights from 7pm 

Diana Ross left The Supremes back in 1970 and went on to sell well over 100 million records worldwide

In 1995 Robbie Williams broke loose from Take That to become one of Britain's best male solo artists

Iggy Pop departed from The Stooges in 1974 and in 1976 (with the help of David Bowie) he launched his solo career 

Gwen Stefani went solo in 2004 after No Doubt went on hiatus and won a Grammy Award and four MTV Video Music Awards