The Strumbellas

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Hope
  CH 83 08/28/2016 (2 weeks)
  US 98 05/14/2016 (1 week)
  CA 3 
gold
gold
05/02/2016 (23 weeks)
Rattlesnake
  CA 56 04/08/2019 (1 week)
Singles
Spirits
  DE 18th 
gold
gold
05/20/2016 (27 weeks)
  AT 5 06/10/2016 (22 weeks)
  CH 18th 05/15/2016 (30 weeks)
  CA 23 
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum
05/14/2016 (22 weeks)

The Strumbellas , also known as Bellas for short , are a six-piece Canadian folk pop band from Toronto .

Band history

The band was founded in 2008 by singer and songwriter Simon Ward. He started out as a musician in the small Canadian town of Lindsay before joining five other musicians to form the Strumbellas and moving to Toronto. A year later they released their first self-produced EP with the band name as the title. After that, it was three years before their first album, My Father and the Hunter . It earned them a lot of attention and a nomination for a Juno Award in the Roots & Traditional Album category . In 2014 the follow-up album We Still Move on Dance Floors was released on the Six Shooter Records label . They were nominated again and this time they also won the Juno Award. With the album they were also successful across national borders and were able to place themselves in the top 10 of the US bluegrass charts.

The label Glassnote Records released their third album Hope in spring 2016 , with which they entered the official charts in the USA for the first time . It was created in collaboration with US producer Dave Schiffman. The big international breakthrough came with the single Spirits . In Europe, the song was able to place itself in the top 20 of the official charts, especially in German-speaking countries and in Italy. In the US it reached # 1 on Modern Rock Tracks .

Members

  • Simon Ward, singer and guitarist
  • David Ritter, keyboardist and singer
  • Jon Hembrey, lead guitar
  • Isabel Ritchie, violinist
  • Darryl James, bassist
  • Jeremy Drury, drummer

Discography

Albums

  • The Strumbellas (EP, 2009)
  • My Father and the Hunter (2012)
  • We Still Move on Dance Floors (2014)
  • Hope (2016)
  • Rattlesnake (2019)

Songs

  • Sheriff (2012)
  • Sailing (2014)
  • Spirits (2016) (US:goldgold)
  • Young & Wild (2017)
  • Salvation (2018)
  • Running Scared (2019)
  • I'll Wait (2019)

Awards for music sales

Golden record

  • BelgiumBelgium Belgium
    • 2016: for the single Spirits
  • FranceFrance France
    • 2017: for the single Spirits
  • South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
    • 2018: for the single Spirits

3 × platinum record

  • ItalyItaly Italy
    • 2017: for the single Spirits

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

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA) Belgium (BEA) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 15,000 ultratop.be
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 200,000 musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 75,000 snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI) Italy (FIMI) 0! G- Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 150,000 fimi.it
Canada (MC) Canada (MC) Gold record icon.svg gold1 Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 280,000 musiccanada.com
South Africa (RISA) South Africa (RISA) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 10,000 risa.org.za
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg gold1 0! P- 500,000 riaa.com
All in all Gold record icon.svg 6 × gold6th Platinum record icon.svg 6 × platinum6th

Artist awards

  • Juno Award 2014: Roots & Traditional Album of the Year ( We Still Move on Dance Floors )
  • CBC Music's Rising Star

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  1. ↑ Canadian album charts from May 2, 2016 (Music Canada)
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH US
  3. ↑ The Strumbellas at the Juno Awards (database query)

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