Capital cities

Capital cities
Capital Cities 2013
General information
origin	Los Angeles , United States
Genre (s)	Indie pop
founding	2009
Website	capitalcitiesmusic.com
Current occupation
	Ryan Merchant
	Sebu Simonian

Capital Cities is an American indie pop - duo from Los Angeles . It became internationally known with the song Safe and Sound .

history

Capital Cities was founded in 2009 by Ryan Merchant and Sebu Simonian. On June 7, 2011, the debut EP with the single Safe and Sound was released under the title Capital Cities EP . On June 1, 2012, the second single, Kangaroo Court , was released. Perez Hilton took it on the compilation Pop Up # 1 .

In February 2013 Safe and Sound rose to number 1 on the American alternative songs charts. In 2013, the telecommunications company Vodafone used the song in an advertising campaign for the German market. It then rose to number one in the German single charts within four weeks . On August 25, 2013, the Safe and Sound video clip received the MTV Video Music Award . In 2014, the Kangaroo Court title was used in the Bose “Listen For Yourself” advertising campaign.

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

In a Tidal Wave of Mystery   DE 75 06/21/2013 (1 week)   AT 53 06/21/2013 (1 week)   US 66 06/22/2013 (23 weeks)

Singles

safe and sound   DE 1  × 3 Triple gold 04/19/2013 (35 weeks)   AT 2  gold 05/03/2013 (28 weeks)   CH 8th  gold 05/26/2013 (35 weeks)   UK 42  silver 05/10/2013 (1 week)   US 8th  × 2 Double platinum 05/18/2013 (43 weeks) Kangaroo Court   DE 81 06.09.2013 (3 weeks)

Albums

• 2013: In a Tidal Wave of Mystery ( Capitol Records )
• 2018: Solarize ( Capitol Records )

EPs

• 2011: Capital Cities EP (Lazy Hooks)
• 2013: Kangaroo Court EP (Lazy Hooks)
• 2017: Swimming Pool Summer EP (Lazy Hooks)

Singles

• 2010: Beginnings
• 2011: Safe and Sound
• 2013: Kangaroo Court
• 2013: I Sold My Bed, But Not My Stereo
• 2014: One Minute More
• 2016: Vowels
• 2018: My Name Is Mars
• 2018: Venus & River
• 2018: Levitate
• 2018: Just Say When
• 2018: Space

Awards for music sales

Platinum record  Australia 2014: for the single Safe and Sound  Denmark 2014: for Streaming Safe and Sound  Mexico 2016: for the album In a Tidal Wave of Mystery

2 × platinum record  Italy 2014: for the single Safe and Sound  Mexico 2014: for the single Safe and Sound  Sweden 2014: for the single Safe and Sound 5 × platinum record  Canada 2017: for the single Safe and Sound

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	-	platinum1	70,000	aria.com.au
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	-	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	450,000	musikindustrie.de
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	60,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	-	5 × platinum5	400,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	-	3 × platinum3	180,000	amprofon.com.mx
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	80,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	2,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	3 × gold3	17 × platinum17th

Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

• 2013: in the Best Visual Effects category for Safe and Sound

swell

1. ↑ Bose SoundTrue and FreeStyle Headphones TV Spot, 'Listen For Yourself'
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Official website