Hootie & The Blowfish singer Darius Rucker thanks band in Walk of Fame ceremony

Darius Rucker attends a ceremony honoring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Hootie & The Blowfish singer Darius Rucker has thanked his bandmates during a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, describing the honour as “the biggest thing that has ever happened to me”.

The three-time Grammy winner was honoured on Monday in the category of recording after achieving success with the debut album by Hootie & The Blowfish in 1994, before becoming a country singing star, releasing his first album in 2008.