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On bbclearningenglish.com I found:
'Iron Maiden are one of the most successful and influential British heavy metal rock bands.'
but also 'The band takes the name....'
When is a band referred to as singular and when plural?
Thanks for your help.
So...thanks for your answers but.....
RobbieCook-why use two different criteria on the same bbc website?
Shad-Iron Maiden are one ......-'are' is used for plural as in 'They are one of the..........'
Queenbu
Iron Maiden 
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