Vance Joy

Vance Joy (2014)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Dream Your Life Away   AU 1  × 2 Double platinum 09/21/2014 (99 weeks)   CH 23 09/21/2014 (1 week)   UK 20th  silver 09/27/2014 (3 weeks)   US 17th  platinum 09/27/2014 (62 weeks) Nation of Two   AU 1  gold 03/11/2018 (46 weeks)   CH 35 04.03.2018 (1 week)   UK 32 03/08/2018 (1 week)   US 10 03/10/2018 (3 weeks)

Singles

Riptide   AU 6th  × 9 Nine-fold platinum 06/30/2013 (45 weeks)   DE 9  gold 03/21/2014 (38 weeks)   AT 4th  platinum 03/21/2014 (27 weeks)   CH 17th  gold March 16, 2014 (40 weeks)   UK 10  × 3 Triple platinum 01/18/2014 (87 weeks)   US 30th  × 6 Six-fold platinum 07/12/2014 (44 weeks) Mess is mine   AU 33  × 2 Double platinum 07/27/2014 (8 weeks) Wasted time   AU 43 07.09.2014 (1 week) Georgia   AU 15th  × 3 Triple platinum 03/01/2015 (17 weeks) Fire and the Flood   AU 6th  × 4 Quadruple platinum 08/09/2015 (27 weeks) Lay it on me   AU 18th  × 2 Double platinum 07/30/2017 (26 weeks) We're going home   AU 16  × 2 Double platinum 02/18/2018 (10 weeks) Saturday Sun   AU 47  platinum 06/24/2018 (1 week)

Vance Joy is the stage name of the Australian singer-songwriter James Keogh (born December 1, 1987 in Melbourne ). He is best known for his worldwide success Riptide , which holds the record in Australia for the longest stay in the charts.

biography

James Keogh holds a law degree from Monash University , Melbourne, and played in defense for the Australian football club Coburg Tigers, the reserve team of the AFL club Richmond Tigers , between 2008 and 2009 .

Keogh borrowed the name Vance from the narrative character in Peter Carey's book Bliss . He is signed to Atlantic Records and released his first EP in early 2013, entitled God Loves You When You're Dancing . This was followed by a sold out club tour through the major Australian cities.

The single Riptide was released in June 2013 and entered the Australian single charts . As the highest ranking it only reached number 6, but it stayed in the top 50 for 10 months and in the extended top 100 it was longer than any other single before. In May 2015 it stood there at 107 weeks. The song was also very successful internationally and was able to place itself in all major music markets and stay in the charts for a long time. The deep house remix of the title by the Austrian producer duo Flic Flac also contributed to the success .

Discography

Albums

• Dream Your Life Away (2014)
• Nation of Two (2018)

Live albums

• Live at Red Rocks Amphitheater (2018)

EPs

• God Loves You When You're Dancing (2013, US:gold)

Songs

• From Afar (2013, AU:platinum)
• Riptide (2013)
• Play with Fire (2014)
• Snaggletooth (2014)
• Emmylou (2014)
• Mess Is Mine (2014, UK:silver; US:platinum)
• First Time (2014)
• Wasted Time (2014)
• My Kind of Man (2014)
• Georgia (2015, UK:silver; US:platinum)
• All I Ever Wanted (2015)
• Fire and the Flood (2015, US:gold)
• Straight into Your Arms (2016)
• Lay It on Me (2017, US:gold)
• Like Gold (2017, AU:gold)
• We're Going Home (2018)
• Saturday Sun (2018, US:gold)
• Call If You Need Me (2018)
• I'm with You (2018)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2016: for the single I'm With You  Belgium 2016: for the single Riptide  Brazil 2020: for the single Georgia 2020: for the single Saturday Sun 2020: for the single Mess Is Mine  Denmark 2014: for streaming Riptide 2018: for the album Dream Your Life Away  Italy 2018: for the single Mess Is Mine  Canada 2017: for the single Fire and the Flood 2017: for the single Georgia 2018: for the single Lay It on Me

Platinum record  Denmark 2018: for the single Riptide  France 2017: for the single Riptide  Canada 2017: for the single Mess Is Mine  Sweden 2014: for the single Riptide 2 × platinum record  Canada 2017: for the album Dream Your Life Away 3 × platinum record  Italy 2019: for the single Riptide 6 × platinum record  Canada 2017: for the single Riptide

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)	-	3 × gold3	26 × platinum26th	1,925,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	3 × gold3	-	60,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	platinum1	100,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	150,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	-	platinum1	150,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	3 × platinum3	175,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	3 × gold3	9 × platinum9	840,000	musiccanada.com
Austria (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	30,000	ifpi.at
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	platinum1	40,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	15,000	hitparade.ch
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	9 × platinum9	11,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × silver3	-	3 × platinum3	2,260,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	3 × silver3	19 × gold19th	54 × platinum54

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: AU DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ Former Coburg player claims Hottest 100 , foxsportspulse.com, January 29, 2014
3. ↑ Singer-songwriter Vance Joy signs breakthrough US album deal with Atlantic Records , news.com.au, May 1, 2013
4. ^ Vance Joy adds extra Melbourne show to tour , the music.com.au, April 9, 2013
5. ↑ Australias's Longest Charting Hits of All Time , Tonedeaf, May 13, 2015

Web links

Commons : Vance Joy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Homepage (English)