DNCE

DNCE (2017)

DNCE is an American pop-rock - band , which was founded, 2015. It consists of Joe Jonas , Jack Lawless, Cole Whittle and JinJoo Lee and is signed to Republic Records . The debut single Cake by the Ocean was released on September 18, 2015 and reached number 9 on the US charts .

Career

Joe Jonas became known as a member of the Jonas Brothers , a pop-rock band that found success with their music and acting. The band released four studio albums between 2006 and 2009, which sold over 17 million copies. After the Jonas Brothers split up as a band, Jonas released a solo album, Fastlife , in 2010 . Although the Jonas Brothers recorded their fifth studio album in 2013, this was never released.

Jack Lawless first met Jonas while playing drums on the Jonas Brothers' Marvelous Party Tour in 2007. Lawless and Jonas became friends and Lawless performed with Jonas' band on other tours. In 2010 Lawless became the drummer for the band Ocean Grove , which released their first EP in 2011.

Cole Whittle gained fame as the bass guitarist for the band Semi Precious Weapons . The band released three studio albums up to their last album in 2014. JinJoo Lee has also been on tour with the Jonas Brothers and played guitar. She was a member of the band that toured with Cee-Lo Green from 2010 to 2011 and later worked with Charli XCX .

Jonas and Lawless first had the idea of ​​founding the band DNCE when they were living together for some time, but it was initially not realized because both were very busy with their own projects. In 2015, Jonas, Lawless and Lee officially formed the band DNCE and shortly thereafter began working on their first studio album. Although the recordings had already started, the band was looking for a fourth member.

Jonas worked with Justin Tranter, Semi Precious Weapons songwriter, on DNCE's first album. As a result, Jonas and Whittle met, became friends and Whittle soon became the fourth member of the band. The band chose the name DNCE after they wrote a song about someone being too drunk to properly pronounce the word "dance". Lee later added that, as the band's name suggests, you don't have to be the perfect dancer if you want to dance. The band had several secret concerts in New York to rehearse for their first tour and other appearances. In September DNCE signed up on Instagram , where Jonas released the first preview for the band on September 10th.

The band released their debut single Cake by the Ocean , which made it into the charts in various countries, on September 18, 2015. On October 23, 2015, the band's first EP, SWAAY , was released . It contained four songs and received mostly positive reviews. In November 2015, the band announced a 14-concert tour entitled Greatest Tour Ever . All 14 concerts on the tour were sold out. The tour received positive feedback and the band played unreleased songs and covers of classics in addition to the previously published songs .

At the end of January 2016, DNCE took part in Grease: Live .

The band's first studio album was released on November 18, 2016 on Republic Records . It's simply called DNCE and contains three tracks from the debut EP and eleven new tracks.

Members

• Joe Jonas - vocals (since 2015)
• Jack Lawless - drums (since 2015)
• Cole Whittle - bass guitar, keyboard (since 2015)
• JinJoo Lee - guitar (since 2015)

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2016	DNCE	-	-	CH89 (1 week) CH	UK48 (1 week) UK	US17th gold (5 weeks)US	First published: November 18, 2016

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	SWAAY	-	-	-	-	US39 (41 weeks) US	First published: October 23, 2015

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	Cake by the Ocean SWAAY / DNCE	DE6th platinum (29 weeks)DE	AT5 (29 weeks) AT	CH13 (36 weeks) CH	UK4th × 2 Double platinum (42 weeks)UK	US9 × 4 Quadruple platinum (46 weeks)US	First published: September 18, 2015
2016	Toothbrush SWAAY / DNCE	-	-	-	UK49 silver (11 weeks)UK	US44 platinum (10 weeks)US	First published: May 17, 2016
	Body Moves DNCE	-	-	-	UK99 (1 week) UK	-	First published: September 30, 2016
2017	Kissing Strangers	-	-	-	-	-	First published: April 14, 2017 feat. Nicki Minaj
2018	Dance	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 26, 2018

As a guest musician

• 2016: Rock Bottom ( Hailee Steinfeld feat.DNCE, US:platinum)
• 2017: Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (Remix) ( Rod Stewart feat.DNCE)
• 2018: Hands Up ( Merk & Kremont feat.DNCE)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2016: for the single Toothbrush  Brazil 2017: for the album DNCE  Canada 2017: for the single Rock Bottom  Mexico 2016: for the album DNCE  New Zealand 2016: for the single Rock Bottom

Platinum record  Australia 2019: for the single Rock Bottom  Belgium 2016: for the single Cake by the Ocean  Denmark 2016: for the single Cake by the Ocean  France 2017: for the Single Cake by the Ocean  Italy 2017: for the single Kissing Stragners 2019: for the single Hands Up  Netherlands 2016: for the single Cake by the Ocean

2 × platinum record  Canada 2016: for the single Cake by the Ocean  New Zealand 2016: for the single Cake by the Ocean  Poland 2016: for the single Cake by the Ocean  Spain 2016: for the single Cake by the Ocean 3 × platinum record  Australia 2017: for the Single Cake by the Ocean  Sweden 2016: for the single Cake by the Ocean 4 × platinum record  Italy 2017: for the Single Cake by the Ocean

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)	-	gold1	4 × platinum4th	315,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	20,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	60,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	-	platinum1	400,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	-	platinum1	150,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	300,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	200,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	30,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	45,000	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	-	platinum1	40,000	nvpi.nl
Poland (ZPAV)	-	-	2 × platinum2	40,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	3 × platinum3	120,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Spain (Promusicae)	-	-	2 × platinum2	80,000	elportaldemusica.es
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	6,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	2 × platinum2	1,400,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	6 × gold6th	34 × platinum34

Tours

• 2015: Greatest Tour Ever Tour
• 2016: The Greatest Euro Tour Ever Tour

As a support act

• 2016: Revival Tour

swell

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