Editing Jamiroquai (section)

===1996–2000: ''Travelling Without Moving'', peak of fame and ''Synkronized''===
Released in 1996, ''[[Travelling Without Moving]]'' reached number 24 in the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{cite magazine|date=9 February 2017|title=Dance Chart Upstarts: Jamiroquai, Louis the Child & Pavlova|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/billboard-dance-chart-upstarts-jamiroquai-louis-child-pavlova-233325954.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080232/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/billboard-dance-chart-upstarts-jamiroquai-louis-child-pavlova-233325954.html|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=1 October 2019|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> and number 2 in the UK albums chart.<ref name="Charts-2018">{{Cite web|title=Jamiroquai {{!}} Full Official Chart History|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28264/jamiroquai/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080202/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/28264/jamiroquai/|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=17 January 2018|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref> With more than 8 million copies sold worldwide,<ref name="larryflick">{{cite magazine|last=Flick|first=Larry|date=25 August 2001|title=Epic's Jamiroquai Steps Into '2001'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hMEAAAAMBAJ&q=jamiroquai&pg=PA82|magazine=Billboard|pages=1. 82|access-date=}}</ref> it has been listed in the [[Guinness World Records]] as the best-selling funk album in history since 2001.{{sfn|Footman|Young|2001|page=163}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Best-selling album of funk music|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/74163-best-selling-album-of-funk-music|access-date=4 July 2021|website=[[Guinness World Records]]}}</ref> The album's lead single, "[[Virtual Insanity]]", gained popularity for its music video, which was heavily played on [[MTV]].{{sfn|Prouty|2011|page=481}} Containing symphonic and jungle elements,<ref name="coker" /> Kay aimed for a more accessible sound.<ref name="twm2013">{{cite AV media|title=Travelling Without Moving |last=Kay |first=Jay|others=Jamiroquai|publisher=[[Sony Music Entertainment]]|year=2013|id=88691967912|type=liner notes}}</ref> Ted Kessler of ''[[NME]]'' saw ''Travelling Without Moving'' as an improvement from previous albums,<ref name="Kessler-1996">{{cite journal|last=Kessler|first=Ted|date=14 September 1996|title=Jamiroquai – ''Travelling Without Moving''|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000880reviews.html|url-status=dead|journal=[[NME]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001011192348/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000880reviews.html|archive-date=11 October 2000|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref> while critic [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] commented that it did not have "uniform consistenc[ies]" in comparison.<ref>{{cite web |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas|title=Travelling Without Moving – Jamiroquai|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/travelling-without-moving-mw0000086408|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080229/https://www.allmusic.com/album/travelling-without-moving-mw0000086408|archive-date=15 December 2020|access-date=28 February 2018|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

While the group were preparing their fourth album, ''[[Synkronized]]'' (1999), Zender left Jamiroquai due to internal conflicts with Kay.<ref name="Mehle-1999" /> While Zender had not been involved in the album's songwriting, the group chose to scrap his recorded tracks to avoid lawsuits, and [[Nick Fyffe]] was recruited for new sessions.<ref name="Markwell-1999" /><ref name="Mehle-1999">{{cite journal |last=Mehle |first=Michael |date=9 July 1999|title=Musical Two Rock Festivals Herald The Sounds Of Summer Mayhem Jamiroquai|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67486971.html/|journal=[[Rocky Mountain News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121120328/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67486971.html/|archive-date=21 November 2018}}</ref> This resulted in what was thought to be both a "tighter, more angry collection of songs" for ''Synkronized'',<ref name="Markwell-1999" /> and a change of musical direction from "creating propulsive collections of looooong{{sic}} tunes, speaking out against injustice".<ref name="alexyoung" /> Some of the album's tracks, including "[[Canned Heat (song)|Canned Heat]]", display a [[hi-NRG]] and [[House music|house]] style, while slower tempos on others were said to "ease the pressure for [Kay's] more romantic musings".<ref name="Bidaye-1999">{{cite magazine|title=Jamiroquai Synkronized|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-synkronized|last=Bidaye|first=Prasad|date=1 August 1999 |website=[[Exclaim!]]|access-date=3 May 2020|archive-date=15 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080237/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jamiroquai-synkronized|url-status=live}}</ref> The album reached number 1 in the UK albums chart and number 28 in the US ''Billboard'' 200.<ref name="larryflick" /><ref name="Kaufman-2017">{{cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |title=Jamiroquai Drops 'Automaton' Video, Album Due March 31 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7669848/jamiroquai-drops-automaton-video-album-due-march-31 |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |date=27 January 2017 |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215080157/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7669848/jamiroquai-drops-automaton-video-album-due-march-31 |archive-date=15 December 2020}}</ref> A year prior to ''Synkronized'', "[[Deeper Underground]]" was released as a single for the [[Godzilla: The Album|''Godzilla'' soundtrack]] and reached number one in the UK singles chart.<ref name="larryflick" />