The Lumineers

The Lumineers
The Lumineers 2012 in Fairfield, Connecticut
General information
origin	Denver , United States
Genre (s)	Folk rock
founding	2005
Website	www.thelumineers.com
Current occupation
Vocals , guitar	Wesley Schultz
Drums	Jeremiah Fraites
Violin , piano , vocals	Lauren Jacobson
Piano , guitar , drums , vocals	Stelth Ulvang
Guitar , drums , vocals	Byron Isaacs
former members
Cello , mandolin , piano	Neyla Pekarek

The Lumineers are a five-piece American folk-rock - band from Denver , Colorado .

history

The group was founded in 2002 by guitarist and singer Wesley Schultz and drummer Jeremiah Fraites. The two grew up in Ramsey , New Jersey and had previously played in various bands. Schultz was the best friend of Fraite's older brother Joshua, who died of a drug overdose when he was 19. Together they processed the experience musically and performed in the New York area.

After living in the east coast metropolis became too expensive for them and they moved to Denver, they looked for someone who could help them with the cello. They found Neyla Pekarek, who has classical training on several instruments, and from then on they formed a trio. They had their first appearances on the youth stage of the Meadowlark Club and they developed according to their own folk-rock and Americana style. They finished their first demo EP in 2009, produced a second two years later and went on tour in the USA .

They had their breakthrough in late 2011 when their song Ho Hey was used in the TV series Hart of Dixie . They signed a recording deal with Dualtone Records and released their debut album The Lumineers in April 2012 . It rose to number 77 on the US album charts and after the release of Ho Hey as a single, it rose to number 11 by September. The single reached number 13 and platinum status.

After a sold out club tour in the USA and an appearance at SXSW , they came to Europe as the opening act for The Civil Wars in autumn and also played their own shows in Germany. The single and album were released in Europe from October and they were successful in the charts first in England and later in many other countries.

Silent film actress Theda Bara is shown on the cover of her second album Cleopatra, which was released on April 8, 2016 .

Neyla Pekarek, who mainly supported the band musically with her violin playing, left the band at the end of 2018 to start a solo career.

In April 2019 the band announced their third album with the simple title III , which illuminates different chapters of the fictional Sparks family, which are mainly about alcohol addiction. The album was released on September 13, 2019.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	The Lumineers	DE17th gold (26 weeks)DE	AT24 (17 weeks) AT	CH20 (38 weeks) CH	UK8th platinum (67 weeks)UK	US2 × 3 Triple platinum (130 weeks)US	First published: April 3, 2012
2016	Cleopatra	DE16 (4 weeks) DE	AT13 (3 weeks) AT	CH5 (13 weeks) CH	UK1 gold (11 weeks)UK	US1 platinum (116 weeks)US	First published: April 8, 2016
2019	III	DE40 (1 week) DE	AT26 (1 week) AT	CH10 (2 weeks) CH	UK8 (1 week) UK	US2 (10 weeks) US	First published: September 13, 2019

EPs

• 2011: The Lumineers
• 2012: winter
• 2018: C-Sides

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2012	Ho Hey The Lumineers	DE5 platinum (35 weeks)DE	AT5 (33 weeks) AT	CH7th platinum (41 weeks)CH	UK8 (59 weeks) UK	US3 platinum (62 weeks)US	First published: June 4, 2012
	Stubborn Love The Lumineers	-	-	-	UK- silver UK	US70 platinum (15 weeks)US	First published: October 3, 2012
2016	Ophelia Cleopatra	-	-	CH49 (4 weeks) CH	-	US66 (12 weeks) US	First published: February 5, 2016

More singles

• 2013: Submarines
• 2013: Gale Song
• 2016: Cleopatra
• 2016: Angela
• 2016: Nobody Knows
• 2016: Holdin 'Out
• 2016: Sleep on the Floor
• 2016: Blue Christmas
• 2018: Walls
• 2019: Gloria

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Belgium 2013: for the single Ho Hey  Denmark 2019: for the album The Lumineers  France 2015: for the album The Lumineers 2017: for the single Ophelia  Italy 2017: for the single Ophelia 2019: for the single Stubborn Love  Canada 2018: for the single Slow It Down 2018: for the single Flowers In Your Hair 2018: for the single Gale Song 2019: for the single Gloria  Sweden 2013: for the album The Lumineers Platinum record  Australia 2015: for the album The Lumineers  Denmark 2013: for streaming Ho Hey  Canada 2018: for the single Sleep On The Floor 2018: for the single Cleopatra 2018: for the single Angela

2 × platinum record  Canada 2018: for the single Stubborn Love 2018: for the album Cleopatra 3 × platinum record  Italy 2019: for the single Ho Hey  Canada 2018: for the single Ophelia  Sweden 2013: for the single Ho Hey 4 × platinum record  Canada 2018: for the album The Lumineers 5 × platinum record  Australia 2015: for the single Ho Hey 9 × platinum record  Canada 2018: for the single Ho Hey

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)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	420,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	-	gold1	platinum1	10,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	platinum1	400,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	2 × gold2	-	125,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	3 × platinum3	200,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	4 × gold4th	23 × platinum23	2,000,000	musiccanada.com
Sweden (IFPI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	140,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	-	6 × platinum6th	30,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	gold1	6 × platinum6th	6,500,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	gold1	3 × platinum3	2,000,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	14 × gold14th	52 × platinum52

Web links

• The band website (English)
• The Lumineers at Allmusic (English)
• Review at Rollingstone.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Meet roots rockers The Lumineers , by Maeve McDermott, USA Today, June 24, 2012
2. ↑ Christian Schwarz: The Lumineers: The reward of a long friendship. In: wz. January 4, 2013, accessed December 28, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US