Capital cities
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Capital Cities 2013 |
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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
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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
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Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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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
- 2013: in the Best Visual Effects category for Safe and Sound
swell
- ↑ Bose SoundTrue and FreeStyle Headphones TV Spot, 'Listen For Yourself'
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US