Jack Johnson (musician)

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Jack Johnson (2008)

Jack Hody Johnson (born May 18, 1975 in Oahu , Hawaii ) is an American surfer , (surf) film director and singer-songwriter .

Life

Johnson learned to surf as a five-year-old and at 17 was the youngest finals competitor in the Pipe Trials , a world-famous surfing event. Before he finished high school , he had a professional contract with Quiksilver . Until his graduation in 1993 he was a student at Kahuku High School on the north coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The " Northshore " with its beaches is the popular meeting place for surfers on the island chain. The fun of surfing was absolutely in the foreground for him at a young age. After a long break from injury, during which he played a lot of guitar, he ended his professional career as a surfer in order not to turn the attitude to life "surfing" into a profit-oriented competitive sport. As an environmental activist for the One Percent for the Planet organization , he allows at least one percent of his profits to flow into ecological projects. He lives vegetarian.

Movies

He attended as a film student, the University of California in California's Santa Barbara . He participated in the surf films September Sessions , Thicker than Water and A Brokedown Melody and Sprout , which appeared under the record label The Moonshine Conspiracy . In 2004 the label was renamed Woodshed Films . Woodshed films are known for their relaxed atmosphere, jazzy music and first-class recordings with 16 mm cameras. Unlike many other surf films, Woodshed films are not about big wave surfing, but about everyday surfing and life around them. Johnson is friends with surf professionals like Kelly Slater , Rob Machado and Donavon Frankenreiter .

music

His first steps as a musician began with learning to play the guitar at the age of twelve, but for a long time he only pursued it as a hobby.

The self-produced films had to be accompanied by music, and to keep costs down, he used self-written songs. From now on he quickly became a permanent musical figure in the surfing scene. Garrett Dutton, better known as G.Love , frontman of from Philadelphia coming R & B - Hip-Hop -Formation G. Love & Special Sauce and even avid surfer, took notice of Johnson and cleared the piece Rodeo Clowns in 1999 a place on the album Philadelphonic a. Through word of mouth and "tape-to-tape" propaganda, Johnson's popularity increased, after which his debut Brushfire Fairytales appeared in 2001 .

The success made it possible for him to set up his own studio in Hawaii (The Mango Tree) and his own record label ( Brushfire Records ). He has already released four albums since 2002, and in 2002 he was also represented in the US charts with the song Flake . Ben Stiller played a leading role in the video for the title Taylor (2004) . According to his own information, Johnson was musically influenced by the Beatles , Jimi Hendrix , Bob Dylan , Ben Harper , Radiohead , Neil Young , Bob Marley , Otis Redding, etc. In an interview in Surfers, the european soul magazine (issue 01/03) he said that he used to play in a punk band and still listens to punk rock today.

My first band was a punk band - but you should have heard that ... awful! We loved the pogen , but you couldn't call it music. Still, I couldn't make up my mind. I still listen to punk and Bob Marley. "

Jack Johnson concert in the Hallenstadion Zurich , March 2006

In 2005 he recorded a revised version of his song Gone (new: Gone Going ) with The Black Eyed Peas . After a long world tour in 2008, Johnson released the most famous hits of his studio albums on the live double CD En Concert in 2009 . His friend and well-known filmmaker Emmet Malloy released a DVD with the same title for the tour. Johnson plans to donate part of the proceeds to two charitable organizations that deal with environmental problems in Hawaii. His sixth studio album, To the Sea , was released in early June 2010 .

Under contract to Johnson's record label Brushfire Records :

and stood:

Band cast

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2001 Brushfire Fairytales - - - UK36
gold
gold

(32 weeks)UK
US34
platinum
platinum

(59 weeks)US
First published: February 1, 2001
2003 On and on DE88 (2 weeks)
DE
AT50 (5 weeks)
AT
CH62 (12 weeks)
CH
UK30th
platinum
platinum

(36 weeks)UK
US3
platinum
platinum

(55 weeks)US
First published: May 6, 2003
2005 In Between Dreams DE7 (71 weeks)
DE
AT13
gold
gold

(44 weeks)AT
CH8th
gold
gold

(65 weeks)CH
UK1
Quintuple platinum
× 5
Quintuple platinum

(97 weeks)UK
US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(108 weeks)US
First published: March 1, 2005
2008 Sleep through the static DE2
gold
gold

(29 weeks)DE
AT3
gold
gold

(15 weeks)AT
CH2
gold
gold

(20 weeks)CH
UK1
gold
gold

(17 weeks)UK
US1
platinum
platinum

(65 weeks)US
First published: February 1, 2008
2010 To the Sea DE4 (16 weeks)
DE
AT4 (17 weeks)
AT
CH1
gold
gold

(18 weeks)CH
UK1
gold
gold

(10 weeks)UK
US1
gold
gold

(31 weeks)US
First published: June 1, 2010
2013 From Here to Now to You DE9 (5 weeks)
DE
AT5 (6 weeks)
AT
CH5 (8 weeks)
CH
UK7 (3 weeks)
UK
US1 (25 weeks)
US
First published: September 17, 2013
2017 All the Light Above It Too DE24 (2 weeks)
DE
AT27 (1 week)
AT
CH7 (4 weeks)
CH
UK46 (1 week)
UK
US5 (2 weeks)
US
First published: September 8, 2017

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2009 En Concert DE57 (1 week)
DE
AT26 (2 weeks)
AT
CH72 (1 week)
CH
- US11 (16 weeks)
US
First published: October 23, 2009
2012 Best of Kokua Festival - - - - US12 (5 weeks)
US
First published: April 13, 2012

More live albums

year title Remarks
2013 Live at Third Man Records 6-15-2013 First published: November 29, 2013

Remix albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2008 Sleep Through the Static: Remixed - - - - US118 (1 week)
US
First published: September 23, 2008

Soundtracks

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2006 Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George DE3 (30 weeks)
DE
AT3 (29 weeks)
AT
CH2
platinum
platinum

(32 weeks)CH
UK15th
gold
gold

(37 weeks)UK
US1 (44 weeks)
US
First published: February 7, 2006

Compilations

year title Remarks
2018 The essentials First published: July 4th, 2018

EPs

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2014 From Here To Now To You Live - - - - US35 (1 week)
US
First published: April 22, 2014

More EPs

year title Remarks
2004 Some live songs First published: December 14, 2004
with G. Love & Donovan Frankenreiter
2005 Sessions @ AOL First published: August 2, 2005

Singles

year Title
album
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2002 Flake
Brushfire Fairytales
- - - - US73 (17 weeks)
US
First published: July 2002
2005 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
In Between Dreams
DE82 (9 weeks)
DE
AT51 (3 weeks)
AT
- UK65 (6 weeks)
UK
US66
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
First published: March 25, 2005
Good People
In Between Dreams
- - - UK50 (4 weeks)
UK
US-
gold
gold
US
First published: June 2005
Breakdown
In Between Dreams
- - - UK73 (4 weeks)
UK
-
First published: September 2005
2006 Better Together
In Between Dreams
- - - UK24
platinum
platinum

(11 weeks)UK
-
First published: January 2006
Upside Down
Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George
DE54 (10 weeks)
DE
AT36 (17 weeks)
AT
- UK30th
silver
silver

(15 weeks)UK
US38
platinum
platinum

(20 weeks)US
First published: February 24, 2006
2007 Imagine
instant karma
- - - - US90 (2 weeks)
US
First published: June 2007
If I Had Eyes
Sleep Through the Static
DE67 (9 weeks)
DE
AT37 (8 weeks)
AT
CH30 (13 weeks)
CH
UK60 (4 weeks)
UK
US47 (11 weeks)
US
First published: December 11, 2007
2010 You and Your Heart
To the Sea
DE64 (9 weeks)
DE
AT21 (20 weeks)
AT
CH23 (12 weeks)
CH
- US20 (4 weeks)
US
First published: April 6, 2010
2013 I Got You
From Here to Now to You
- - - - US89 (1 week)
US
First published: June 10, 2013

More singles

  • 2003: Bubbletoes
  • 2003: The Horizon Has Been Defeated
  • 2003: Wasting Time
  • 2004: Taylor
  • 2006: Talk of the Town
  • 2007: Sleep Through the Static
  • 2008: Same Girl (only in Brazil)
  • 2008: Hope
  • 2008: Go On
  • 2010: At or With Me
  • 2011: From the Clouds
  • 2011: In the Morning
  • 2013: Radiate
  • 2013: Shot Reverse Shot
  • 2017: Fragments
  • 2017: My Mind Is for Sale
  • 2017: Sunsets for Somebody Else
  • 2017: You Can't Control It
  • 2017: Big Sur
  • 2017: Only the Ocean
  • 2018: Willie Got Me Stoned
  • 2018: Big Sur (Mike D Remix) (Japan only)
  • 2018: Love Song # 16
  • 2019: New Ax
  • 2020: Don't Let Me Down (with Milky Chance )

Video albums

  • 2002: The September Sessions
  • 2003: Thicker Than Water
  • 2005: Kokua Festival 2004/2005
  • 2005: A Weekend at the Greek / Live in Japan (double DVD)
  • 2006: A Brokedown Melody
  • 2009: En Concert (DVD + CD)

Awards for music sales

Silver record

Golden record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2005: for the video album Jack Johnson and Friends: A Weekend at the Greek
  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 2007: for the album On and On
  • BrazilBrazil Brazil
    • 2005: for the album On and On
    • 2005: for the album In Between Dreams
    • 2009: for the single Upside Down
    • 2011: for the video album Jack Johnson en Concert
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2007: for the album On and On
    • 2009: for the album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George
    • 2016: for the single Better Together
    • 2019: for the single Banana Pancakes
    • 2019: for the single Upside Down
  • FranceFrance France
    • 2006: for the album In Between Dreams
  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2019: for the single Upside Down
  • JapanJapan Japan
    • 2005: for the album In Between Dreams
    • 2006: for the album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George
    • 2008: for the album Sleep Through the Static
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2003: for the album Brushfire Fairytales
    • 2003: for the album On and On
    • 2013: for the album From Here to Now to You
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2010: for the album To the Sea
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
    • 2006: for the album In Between Dreams

Platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2006: for the album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George
    • 2008: for the album Sleep Through the Static
    • 2013: for the album To the Sea
  • BrazilBrazil Brazil
    • 2006: for the album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George
    • 2007: for the video album Jack Johnson en Concert
  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2009: for the album In Between Dreams
    • 2018: for the album Sleep Through the Static
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2010: for the album To the Sea
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2006: for the album Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George
    • 2008: for the album Sleep Through the Static

2 × platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2013: for the album Brushfire Fairytales
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2004: for the album On and On
  • PortugalPortugal Portugal
    • 2013: for the album From Here to Now to You

3 × platinum record

  • DenmarkDenmark Denmark
    • 2016: for the album In Between Dreams
  • CanadaCanada Canada
    • 2005: for the album In Between Dreams
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2003: for the album Brushfire Fairytales

4 × platinum record

  • AustraliaAustralia Australia
    • 2005: for the album On and On
    • 2016: for the album In Between Dreams
  • New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
    • 2005: for the album In Between Dreams

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

Country / Region Silver record icon.svg silver Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA) Australia (ARIA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 13 × platinum13 917,500 aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB) Brazil (PMB) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 235,000 pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI) Denmark (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 5 × gold5 Platinum record icon.svg 5 × platinum5 280,000 ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 100,000 musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 75,000 infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 25,000 fimi.it
Japan (RIAJ) Japan (RIAJ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 0! P- 300,000 riaj.or.jp
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 4 × platinum4th 520,000 musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ) New Zealand (RMNZ) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 11 × platinum11 172,500 nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI) Netherlands (NVPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 35,000 nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI) Austria (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 2 × gold2 0! P- 25,000 ifpi.at
Portugal (AFP) Portugal (AFP) 0! S.- 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 2 × platinum2 40,000 Individual evidence
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg platinum1 80,000 hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) 0! S.- Gold record icon.svg 3 × gold3 Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th 7,500,000 riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 7 × platinum7th 3,200,000 bpi.co.uk
All in all Silver record icon.svg 2 × silver2 Gold record icon.svg 34 × gold34 Platinum record icon.svg 51 × platinum51

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  1. Unique sound of a ray man - Jack Johnson "En Concert"
  2. a b c d e f Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. 2 × platinum for From Here to Now to You in Portugal ( Memento from October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

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