Alabama shakes
| Alabama shakes | |
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 Brittany Howard and Zac Cockrell in January 2012 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Garage rock , southern rock , alternative rock |
| founding | 2009 |
| Website | alabamashakes.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Brittany Howard | |
| Heath Fogg | |
| Zac Cockrell | |
| Steve Johnson | |
The Alabama Shakes are an American rock band that moves stylistically between southern rock and blues . The band was founded in Athens , Alabama in 2009 by singer Brittany Howard and bassist Zac Cockrell. Later guitarist Heath Fogg and drummer Steve Johnson joined them.
In September 2011 the band released the EP Alabama Shakes with four songs. Shortly thereafter, Alabama Shakes was named to MTV's list of eleven bands to watch in 2012.
In November 2011 the band signed a contract with Rough Trade Records in the UK and ATO Records in the United States. The first full album was released on April 6, 2012 with Boys & Girls .
Alabama Shakes entitled Always Alright are featured on the soundtrack of the US tragic comedy Silver Linings from 2012 . On April 21, 2015, the second studio album Sound & Color was released on Rough Trade .
Discography
Albums
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| 2011 | Alabama Shakes (EP) | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 13, 2011
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| 2012 | Boys & Girls |
DE59 (4 weeks) DE |
AT55 (2 weeks) AT |
CH48 (6 weeks) CH |
UK3  (19 weeks)UK |
US6th  (64 weeks)US |
First published: April 6, 2012
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| 2015 | Sound & Color |
DE28 (5 weeks) DE |
AT52 (2 weeks) AT |
CH10 (6 weeks) CH |
UK6th  (15 weeks)UK |
US1 (49 weeks)US |
First published: April 21, 2015
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Singles
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| 2012 | Hold On Boys & Girls |
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US93 (2 weeks)US |
First published: February 6, 2012
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- 2015: Don't Wanna Fight (US:platinum)
Awards
| year | Nominee work | price | Result |
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| 2012 | Alabama shakes | Q Award for Best New Act | Nominated |
| Americana Music Honors & Award for Emerging Artist of the Year | Won | ||
| 2013 | Grammy Award for Best New Artist | Nominated | |
| Hold on | Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance | Nominated | |
| Alabama shakes | BRIT Award for International Group | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Always alright | Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance | Nominated |
| 2016 | Don't wanna fight | Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance | Won |
| Grammy Award for Best Rock Song | Won | ||
| Sound & Color | Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album | Won | |
| 2018 | Killer Diller Blues | Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance | Won |
swell
- ↑ MTV's 11 Artists To Watch In 2012
- ↑ Alabama Shakes - 'Sound & Color' on nme.com on April 14, 2015
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AT CH UK US
- ↑ Awards: UK US
Web links
- Official website
- Alabama Shakes on MusicBrainz (English)
- Alabama Shakes at Discogs (English)
- Alabama Shakes at Allmusic (English)