Birds of Tokyo

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Singer Ian Kenny (2008)

Birds of Tokyo are an Australian alternative rock band from Perth . It is singer Ian Kenny's second project alongside Karnivool .

biography

The band was founded in 2004 in Perth , Western Australia , and released their first recordings a year later. The song Stay from their debut single got them first attention and was honored as rock song of the year with the WAMi-Award of the Western Australian music industry. The debut album One Day , released in 2007, also received awards, but remained a local success. With the follow-up album Universes , released just a year later , they made their breakthrough throughout Australia and reached number 3 on the album charts.

Birds of Tokyo were able to finally establish themselves in 2010 with the third album, which bears the band name as its title. With number 2, they again achieved a top position in the Australian album charts and platinum status with over 70,000 albums sold . In addition, they had a single hit with Plans , which even made it into the New Zealand charts. Hayley Mary, front woman of the Jezabels , supported her vocals on Discoloured on her album Brace .

Members

  • Ian Kenny, singer
  • Adam Spark, guitarist
  • Adam Weston, drummer
  • Glenn Sarangapany, keyboardist
  • Ian Berney, bass player

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AU AU NZ NZ
2008 Universes AU3
gold
gold

(13 weeks)AU 		-
2010 Birds of Tokyo AU2
platinum
platinum

(46 weeks)AU 		-
2013 March Fires AU1
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)AU 		NZ26 (1 week)
NZ
2016 Brace AU3 (4 weeks)
AU 		-
2020 Human design AU1 (... week)
Template: chart table / maintenance / provisional / 2020AU 		-

More studio albums

  • 2007: Day One

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AU AU NZ NZ
2010 The Broken Strings Tour AU11 (3 weeks)
AU 		-

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AU AU NZ NZ
2015 Playlist AU4 (10 weeks)
AU 		-

EPs

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AU AU NZ NZ
2012 This Fire AU32
gold
gold

(1 week)AU 		-
2015 Anchor AU33
platinum
platinum

(12 weeks)AU 		-

More EPs

  • 2005: Birds of Tokyo

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
AU AU NZ NZ
2010 Plans
Birds of Tokyo 		AU11
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(31 weeks)AU 		NZ32 (13 weeks)
NZ
Wild at Heart
Birds of Tokyo 		AU50
platinum
platinum

(2 weeks)AU 		-
2013 Lanterns
March Fires 		AU3
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(19 weeks)AU 		-
2015 I'd Go with You Anywhere
Playlist 		AU18th
gold
gold

(9 weeks)AU 		-
2019 Good Lord
Human Design 		AU19th
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(13 weeks)AU 		-

More singles

  • 2005: One Way / Stay
  • 2006: Off Kilter
  • 2007: Black Sheets
  • 2007: Wayside
  • 2008: Silhouettic
  • 2008: Broken Bones
  • 2008: Wild Eyed Boy
  • 2008: White Witch
  • 2009: Head in My Hands
  • 2010: The Saddest Think I Know
  • 2011: Circles
  • 2012: This Fire
  • 2015: Anchor
  • 2016: Brace
  • 2016: Empire
  • 2018: Unbreakable
  • 2019: The Greatest Mistakes
  • 2020: Two of Us (AU:goldgold)

swell

  1. ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: AU NZ
  2. ↑ a b c Awards for Music Sales: AU

Web links

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