Boys like girls

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Boys like girls
Boys Like Girls (2009)
Boys Like Girls (2009)
General information
Genre (s) Alternative rock , pop rock
founding 2005
Website boyslikegirls.com
Current occupation
Martin Johnson
guitar
 Paul DiGiovanni
Morgan Dorr
John Keefe
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Boys like girls
  US 55 
gold
gold
04/21/2007 (64 weeks)
Love Drunk
  US 8th 09/26/2009 (20 weeks)
Crazy World
  US 134 12/29/2012 (1 week)
Singles
The Great Escape
  UK 72 07/19/2008 (3 weeks)
  US 23 
platinum
platinum
06/02/2007 (25 weeks)
Hero / Heroine
  US 43 
gold
gold
12/22/2007 (17 weeks)
Thunder
  US 76 
gold
gold
07/12/2008 (13 weeks)
Love Drunk
  UK 44 04/24/2010 (6 weeks)
  US 22nd 
platinum
platinum
07/18/2009 (20 weeks)
Two Is Better Than One (feat.Taylor Swift )
  US 18th 
platinum
platinum
09/26/2009 (21 weeks)

Boys Like Girls is an American rock band from Boston , Massachusetts .

Band history

The band first gained fame on the Internet, where they released their first demos and created a fan base. Eventually she became aware of producer Matt Squire and her real music career began.

They first started touring in 2006 and then finished their debut album. The album, which is titled with the band name, was released in August by Red Ink / Columbia and went unnoticed for a long time. It wasn't until months after the release of the song The Great Escape that the breakthrough came. The single made it to number 23 in the official charts and sold over a million copies. As a result, album sales increased and although it did not go beyond number 55 in the LP charts, the debut album stayed in the chart ranks for over a year and reached gold status . Two other single releases were also awarded gold.

On March 17, 2007, it was announced that the band had been named Artist of the Year 2006 by readers of Spin magazine .

It took some time until the follow-up album was completed and Love Drunk was not released until mid-2009 . In return, it went straight to number 1 on the rock album charts and also reached number 8 on the Billboard 200. The title song was also very successful and was already her fourth title, which was sold at least half a million times. The album also includes a collaboration with Taylor Swift , the most successful artist of 2009 in the US, which was selected as the second release.

In 2011 the band split from bassist Bryan Donahue.

Discography

Albums

  • Boys Like Girls (2006)
  • Love Drunk (2009)
  • Crazy World (2012)

EPs

  • AOL Music Sessions (2007)
  • Love Drunk EP (2010)
  • Crazy World (2012)

Singles

  • 5 Minutes to Midnight (2006)
  • Hero / Heroine (2006)
  • The Great Escape (2007, US:Gold (mastertone)Gold (mastertone))
  • Thunder (2008)
  • Love Drunk (2009)
  • Two Is Better Than One (feat.Taylor Swift , 2009)
  • Heart Heart Heartbreak (2010)
  • Be Your Everything (2012)

swell

  1. ↑ a b UK US
  2. ↑ a b Awards for Music Sales: US

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