Keane

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Keane (disambiguation) .

Keane
Keane at Rock im Park 2006
General information
origin	Battle , England
Genre (s)	Britpop , indie , piano rock
founding	1995
Website	www.keanemusic.com
Current occupation
Singing , guitar , piano	Tom Chaplin (since 1997)
Piano , bass , vocals	Tim Rice-Oxley
Drums , vocals	Richard David Hughes
Bass, guitar, vocals	Jesse Joseph Quin (since 2011)
former members
Guitar , vocals	Dominic Scott (until 2001)

Tom Chaplin in an appearance (2008)

Keane is an English pop rock band from Battle in East Sussex that was formed in 1995.

history

Tom Chaplin , Tim Rice-Oxley, and Richard Hughes grew up in Battle and went to school together. In 1995 Rice-Oxley founded the band The Lotus Eaters with Dominic Scott , to which Richard Hughes soon joined. Tom Chaplin joined in 1997, and the band was initially renamed Cherry Keane and eventually Keane . In 2000 and 2001 the group released the singles Call Me What You Like and Wolf at the Door , which were only released in a small edition. Meanwhile, Dominic Scott left the band.

In 2002 the trio played two acoustic concerts in small bars, attended by Simon Williams, the record manager of Fierce Panda , which among others have the bands Coldplay , Idlewild and Supergrass under contract. He offered them to record a single. That's how Everybody's Changing came out , and soon after that, Keane appeared on the BBC and Xfm radio stations . The Sunday Times and NME praised the newcomers and helped the band to become more popular with the general public. 2004 appeared major label - debut album Hopes and Fears in Iceland Records , from which the single Somewhere Only We Know was extracted. Due to the great popularity of the song, the title is currently still used for television productions. In 2005, Keane received two BRIT Awards for the best British album and the British breakthrough act award for this album . The band also made it into the charts and onto the stages of major music festivals in Germany .

In summer 2006 the second album Under the Iron Sea was released , which sounds much more adventurous and complex than its predecessor. The Singles Is It Any Wonder? and Crystal Ball made Keane even more popular outside of the UK. The song Nothing in My Way is also the theme song for the game FIFA 07 .

After the singer Tom Chaplin was admitted to a rehab clinic for a few weeks in the fall of 2006 , the North American tour had to be canceled. After a break of about two months, the trio continued their tour. The band almost broke up due to this crisis, especially since Chaplin left the band during a concert tour in Japan without informing the band or the management and boarded a plane to England. The entire North American tour was canceled and there was no adequate replacement program in the later period. Keane also appeared at the Live 8 and Live Earth charity music events .

In 2007, Keane contributed the theme song Try Again to the film One Way .

On October 13, 2008, the third album Perfect Symmetry was released. In November 2008, Keane played live in three German cities. During the tour, Keane was accompanied by Jesse Quin, an English musician, among others.

On May 10, 2010 the EP Night Train was released , for which Keane recorded two pieces with rapper K'naan . The EP also includes a cover version of the song You've Got to Help Yourself by Yellow Magic Orchestra .

On February 3, 2011, it was announced that Jesse Quin had joined the band.

Released internationally on May 7, 2012, the fourth studio album Strangeland was released in Germany on May 4, 2012. While Perfect Symmetry was still an experimental excursion, the four-piece band has now returned to the recipe for success of the first two albums and once again builds on catchy piano melodies completely im Styles of piano pop / rock. As a result of their world tour, however, new influences, especially from the Asian region, can be recognized. The album climbed to 5th place in the German charts and went straight to 1st place in the English charts in the first week.

On June 6, 2019, the band released a new single called The Way I Feel and announced the release of their fifth studio album, Cause and Effect, on September 20 of the same year.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Hopes and Fears	DE30th gold (39 weeks)DE	AT18th gold (35 weeks)AT	CH22nd platinum (72 weeks)CH	UK1 × 9 Nine-fold platinum (130 weeks)UK	US45 platinum (54 weeks)US	First published: May 10, 2004
2006	Under the Iron Sea	DE3 (19 weeks) DE	AT4 (13 weeks) AT	CH2 gold (16 weeks)CH	UK1 × 3 Triple platinum (41 weeks)UK	US4th gold (14 weeks)US	First published: June 12, 2006
2008	Perfect symmetry	DE10 (6 weeks) DE	AT22 (4 weeks) AT	CH6 (9 weeks) CH	UK1 platinum (26 weeks)UK	US7 (6 weeks) US	First published: October 13, 2008
2012	Strangeland	DE5 (6 weeks) DE	AT20 (4 weeks) AT	CH3 (12 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (26 weeks)UK	US17 (4 weeks) US	First published: May 4, 2012
2013	The best of	DE49 (1 week) DE	-	CH66 (1 week) CH	UK10 gold (17 weeks)UK	-	Compilation First published: November 11, 2013
2019	Cause and Effect	DE16 (2 weeks) DE	AT56 (1 week) AT	CH18 (3 weeks) CH	UK2 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 20, 2019

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2010	Night train	DE65 (1 week) DE	-	CH23 (4 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (7 weeks)UK	US25 (3 weeks) US	First published: May 10, 2010

more publishments

• 2005: Live Recordings 2004
• 2006: Live 06
• 2008: Live Recordings: European Tour 2008
• 2008: Retrospective EP
• 2009: The Cherrytree Sessions
• 2010: Retrospective EP2
• 2010: iTunes Festival: London 2010
• 2013: Amazon Artist Lounge: Keane Live from London

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2004	Somewhere Only We Know Hopes and Fears	DE55 gold (9 weeks)DE	-	-	UK3 platinum (27 weeks)UK	US50 × 2 Double platinum (11 weeks)US	First published: February 16, 2004
	Everybody's Changing Hopes and Fears	DE60 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH24 (19 weeks) CH	UK4th gold (15 weeks)UK	-	First published: May 4, 2004
	Bedshaped Hopes and Fears	DE61 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK10 (9 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 16, 2004
	This Is the Last Time Hopes and Fears	DE84 (4 weeks) DE	-	-	UK18 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 22, 2004
2005	Bend and Break, Hopes and Fears	DE95 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: July 25, 2005
2006	Is It Any Wonder? Under the Iron Sea	DE61 (9 weeks) DE	AT47 (14 weeks) AT	CH28 (18 weeks) CH	UK3 silver (20 weeks)UK	US78 (8 weeks) US	First published: May 29, 2006
	Crystal Ball Under the Iron Sea	DE64 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 21, 2006
	Nothing in My Way Under the Iron Sea	-	-	-	UK19 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 30, 2006
2007	A Bad Dream Under the Iron Sea	-	-	-	UK23 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: January 22, 2007
	Try Again Under the Iron Sea	DE39 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH83 (2 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: February 9, 2007
2008	Spiralling Perfect Symmetry	DE83 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK23 (18 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 4, 2008
	The Lovers Are Losing Perfect Symmetry	-	-	-	UK52 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 20, 2008
2010	Stop for a Minute Night Train	-	-	-	UK40 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 5th, 2010 feat. K'naan
2012	Silenced by the Night Strangeland	-	-	-	UK46 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 13, 2012
	Sovereign Light Café Strangeland	-	-	-	UK74 (1 week) UK	-	First published: July 23, 2012

more publishments

• 2000: Call Me What You Like
• 2001: Wolf at the Door
• 2006: Atlantic
• 2008: Perfect Symmetry
• 2009: Better Than This
• 2012: Disconnected
• 2013: Higher Than the Sun
• 2014: Won't Be Broken
• 2016: Tear Up This Town
• 2019: The Way I Feel
• 2019: Love Too Much

Video albums

• 2005: Strangers (UK:gold)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Argentina 2006: for the album Under the Iron Sea  Denmark 2005: for the album Hopes and Fears 2007: for the album Under the Iron Sea 2007: for the single Crystal Ball  Italy 2017: for the single Somewhere Only We Know 2019: for the single Everybody's Changing  Mexico 2005: for the album Hopes and Fears  New Zealand 2004: for the album Hopes and Fears  Netherlands 2006: for the album Under the Iron Sea  Portugal 2006: for the album Under the Iron Sea

Platinum record  Argentina 2004: for the album Hopes and Fears  Belgium 2006: for the album Hopes and Fears  Europe 2006: for the album Under the Iron Sea  France 2005: for the album Hopes and Fears  Ireland 2006: for the album Under the Iron Sea  Canada 2005: for the album Hopes and Fears  Netherlands 2005: for the album Hopes and Fears

2 × platinum record  Norway 2005: for the album Hopes and Fears  Portugal 2006: for the album Hopes and Fears 4 × platinum record  Europe 2007: for the album Hopes and Fears 5 × platinum record  Ireland 2005: for the album Hopes and Fears

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)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	gold1	platinum1	60,000	capif.org.arg
Belgium (BEA)	-	-	platinum1	50,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	47,500	ifpi.dk DK2
Germany (BVMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	300,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	5 × platinum5	(5,000,000)	ifpi.org
France (SNEP)	-	-	platinum1	300,000	infodisc.fr
Ireland (IRMA)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	90,000	irishcharts.ie
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	-	50,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	-	platinum1	100,000	musiccanada.com
Mexico (AMPROFON)	-	gold1	-	50,000	amprofon.com.mx
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	-	7,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	115,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	80,000	ifpi.no
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ifpi.at
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	2 × platinum2	100,000	Individual evidence
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	55,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	3,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	4 × gold4th	14 × platinum14th	5,685,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	19 × gold19th	38 × platinum38

swell

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Keane&title=Strangeland&country=de
4. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2012-05-19/
5. ^ Rob Copsey: Keane announce first studio album in seven years, titled Cause and Effect. In: officialcharts.com. The Official UK Charts Company, June 7, 2019, accessed June 10, 2019 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
7. ↑ https://www.universal-music.de/keane/news/fuer-den-film-und-die-freundschaft-keane-liefern-mit-tear-up-this-town-den-song-zum-fantasy -film-drama-a-monster-calls-240418
8. ↑ Gold for Under the Iron Sea in Portugal ( Memento from November 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ 2 × platinum for Hopes and Fears in Portugal ( Memento from November 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Keane  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official international site (English)
• Official website of the music publisher
• Official German website
• German fansite
• English fansite