The Prodigy is a British electronic music group playing in the genre of electronic music. The band was among the pioneers of the big beat style in music. It was founded in 1990 by Liam Howlett, who was also the author of the songs that made up their first mini-album released in 1991. Quite soon the musicians became popular at home and then abroad, first in Italy and some other countries. By now, the group has sold more than 25 million copies of its albums.