The Ting Tings

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The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings in performance on May 13, 2008.
The Ting Tings in performance on May 13, 2008.
General information
origin Salford , England
Genre (s) Indie-Pop , Indie-Rock , Electropunk , Synth-Pop , Dance-Pop , Electronica
founding 2007
Website http://www.thetingtings.com
Current occupation
Katie White
Jules De Martino

The Ting Tings are an English pop duo. They were founded in 2007 by the drummer Jules De Martino and the singer Katie White in Islington Mill , Salford , a city in north-west England near Manchester. The band's music has strong electronic influences.

Career

Lead singer Katie White was a teenager in the Riot Grrrl group TKO, an acronym for Technical Knock Out . Together with two friends she accompanied bands like Steps or Five . However, the band remained without a record deal and release. When she finished high school, she met drummer Jules De Martino and started The Ting Tings with him.

In late April 2008, her song Shut Up and Let Me Go was used in a commercial for the Apple iPod , and in 2009 in a commercial for Fanta .

A week before their debut album was released, the single That's Not My Name was re-released and this time it went straight to number 1 in the UK . In addition, the song was used in several films (e.g. Honey 2). The album We Started Nothing followed a week later at number 1 in the album charts.

In June 2008 they performed at the Glastonbury Festival , on June 19, 2009 The Ting Tings had an appearance at the Hurricane Festival and the Southside Festival . Almost a month later there was also an appearance at the legendary Sziget Festival .

In 2009 the band received the Ivor Novello Award . They also received a nomination for Best New Artist for the Grammy Awards 2010 .

The band is signed to Columbia Records .

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
We Started Nothing
  DE 59 06/13/2008 (1 week)
  AT 57 06/20/2008 (4 weeks)
  CH 28 06/01/2008 (15 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum
05/31/2008 (55 weeks)
  US 78 06/21/2008 (54 weeks)
Sounds from Nowheresville
  DE 50 03/09/2012 (1 week)
  AT 30th 03/09/2012 (2 weeks)
  CH 12 03/11/2012 (4 weeks)
  UK 23 03/10/2012 (1 week)
  US 87 March 31, 2012 (1 week)
Singles
That's not my name
  DE 42 05/30/2008 (19 weeks)
  AT 34 06/13/2008 (34 weeks)
  CH 44 07/27/2008 (17 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
05/24/2008 (31 weeks)
  US 39 
platinum
platinum
December 20, 2008 (26 weeks)
Shut Up and Let Me Go
  DE 43 04/24/2009 (9 weeks)
  AT 52 05/01/2009 (3 weeks)
  CH 48 08/03/2008 (11 weeks)
  UK 6th 
silver
silver
05/31/2008 (23 weeks)
  US 55 
platinum
platinum
05/17/2008 (11 weeks)
Great DJ
  UK 33 05/31/2008 (8 weeks)
Be the one
  UK 28 October 18, 2008 (3 weeks)
We walk
  UK 58 07.03.2009 (1 week)
Hands
  CH 70 October 24, 2010 (2 weeks)
  UK 29 23/10/2010 (2 weeks)

Discography

Albums

  • 2008: We Started Nothing
  • 2012: Sounds from Nowheresville
  • 2014: Super Critical
  • 2018: The Black Light

Singles

  • 2007: That's Not My Name / Great DJ
  • 2007: Fruit Machine (Limited edition of 500 pieces)
  • 2008: Great DJ (Re-Release)
  • 2008: That's Not My Name (Re-Release)
  • 2008: Shut Up and Let Me Go
  • 2008: Be the One
  • 2009: Fruit Machine (re-release)
  • 2009: We Walk
  • 2010: Hands
  • 2011: Hang It Up
  • 2012: Hit Me Down Sonny
  • 2014: Wrong Club

Awards

  • IDMA
    • 2009: in the category "Best Break-Through Artist (Group)"
  • UK Festival Awards
    • 2008: in the category "Festival Pop Act"
    • 2008: in the category "Best Newcomer Awards"
    • 2008: in the category "Anthem of the Summer"
  • Vodafone Live Music Award
    • 2008: in the category "Xfm Live Breakthrough Act"

swell

  1. ^ Official website of the Glastonbury Festival
  2. ↑ Line up of the Hurricane Festival 2009 ( Memento of November 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), official website of the Hurricane Festival
  3. ^ Official site of the Southside Festival
  4. ↑ Official website of the Sziget Festival
  5. ↑ timesonline.co.uk of December 2, 2009
  6. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  7. ↑ a b Music Sales Awards: UK , US

Web links

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