Congo

Congo
Congo in Austin, Texas (March 2013)
General information
Genre (s)	Alternative rock
founding	2007
Website	http://www.kongos.com/
Founding members
Vocals, bass , lap steel guitar	Dylan Congo
Vocals, guitar	Daniel Congo
Vocals, drums	Jesse Congos
Vocals, accordion , keyboard	Johnny Congos

Kongos (in its own spelling KONGOS ) is a South African band that can be assigned to alternative rock . It consists of the four brothers Dylan, Daniel, Jesse and Johnny Kongos, who in turn are the sons of John Kongos , a South African singer and songwriter .

Career

Three of the four brothers were born in London before the family moved to Johannesburg , their father's homeland. Her father is John Kongos , a South African musician of Greek origin who achieved some success in European and American charts in the early 1970s . The youngest son (Daniel) was born in South Africa; the four then attended the Saheti School in Johannesburg. After eight years in South Africa, the family moved to the United States in Phoenix , Arizona , their mother's hometown.

In 2011, Congos released their debut album Lunatic in South Africa, of which the singles I'm Only Joking and Come with Me Now proved to be a great success and placed in the charts. In the United States, the band released Lunatic in October 2013 at their own expense, before being signed by Epic Records in January 2014 and the album was re-released. As a result, the band received greater attention in the United States, to which the single Come with Me Now contributed, which reached number one on the Billboard Top 100 Alternative . In addition, the single was used in various commercials, trailers as well as in the films Holy Motors and The Expendables 3 and in the game Borderlands .

In 2014, Kongos played at various festivals and were on tour with the Kings of Leon .

Discography

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Lunatic   US 39 04/12/2014 (29 weeks) Egomaniac   US 80 07/02/2016 (1 week)

Singles

Come with me now   AT 65 05.09.2014 (1 week)   US 31  × 2 Double platinum 04/19/2014 (21 weeks)

Studio albums

• Congo (2007)
• Lunatic (2012)
• Egomaniac (2016)
• 1929, Pt. 1 (2019)

Singles (selection)

• I'm Only Joking (2011)
• Come with Me Now (2011)
• I Want to Know (2012)
• Escape (2012)
• Sex on the Radio (2012)

Awards for music sales

Silver record  United Kingdom 2020: for the single Come with Me Now 2 × platinum record  Canada 2014: for the single Come with Me Now

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)
Canada (MC)	-	-	2 × platinum2	160,000	musiccanada.com
United States (RIAA)	-	-	2 × platinum2	2,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver1	-	-	200,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	silver1	-	4 × platinum4th

gallery

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  Daniel Congo

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  Johnny Congos

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  Dylan Congo

Trivia

The band expressly points out that it is not called The Kongos , so a designation with an article (the Kongos) would be wrong.

Web links

Commons : Congos  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} arizonafoothillsmagazine.com: "Local Legends: Kongos" (English, May 19, 2013, accessed July 30, 2014)
2. ↑ rockpages.gr: "John Kongos" ( Memento of August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English, accessed July 30, 2014)
3. ↑ saheti.co.za: "KONGOS COMES HOME TO SAHETI" (English, accessed on July 30, 2014)
4. ↑ billboard.com: "Kongos Scores Fastest Top 10 Alternative Debut Single Since Lorde's 'Royals'" (English, March 14, 2014, accessed July 30, 2014)
5. ↑ ^{a b} US (billboard.com)
6. ↑ kongos.com: About (accessed August 2, 2014)