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Kings
Of Leon
appears on:
2010 Grammy Nominees
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 MEMBERS: (Ivan) Nathan
Followill, (Anthony) Caleb Followill,
(Michael) Jared Followill, (Cameron) Matthew
Followill- BIRTHDAY: Nathan Followill
(June 26, 1979), Caleb Followill (January 14,
1982), Jared Followill (November 11, 1986),
Matthew Followill (September 10, 1984)
- BIGGEST
POP SINGLE: "Use Somebody" (20009)
- BIGGEST
LP: Only
By The Night (2008)
- GRAMMY
AWARDS: 4
- "Basically
we got the point where we realized that we
can be known as a band that hit it hard for 3
records and disappeared, or be a band that
was smart enough to realize that not very
many bands get to make 4 records, so let's
make the most of this. Because honestly, we
were horrible housepainters and that's what
we'd be doing if we weren't do this." - Nathan Followill, Kings
Of Leon
 
 Kings Of Leon hail from
Tennessee and Oklahoma and consists of brothers
Nathan Followill on drums, Caleb Followill on
lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Jared Followill on
bass, and their cousin Matthew Followill on lead
guitar. The Followill brothers, Nathan, Caleb,
and Jared, spend much of their childhood on the
road with their father (Leon) - a traveling
Pentecostal evangelist. As a group, they have
been described as sounding like The Strokes playing Lynyrd
Skynyrd songs with a bluesy, Southern
rock twist. Kings Of Leon signed with RCA Records
in 2002 and got their cousin Matthew Followill to
join as their second guitarist. The boys were
barely starting in their 20s with Jared still a
teen. Gradual exposure to the Kings Of Leon came
with the boys opening for U2 in 2005, followed by Bob
Dylan and Pearl
Jam.
- August 19: Kings Of Leon released
their debut LP Youth
And Young Manhood in the US. Rolling Stone
called the LP "...a debut album that sounded
as cool as they look."
 Kings Of Leon had hits in the UK
with "Holy Roller Novocaine,"
"What I Saw," "Molly's
Chambers," and "Wasted Time."
 Kings Of Leon had hits in the UK
with "The Bucket" and "California
Waiting."
- February 22: Kings Of Leon released Aha
Shake Heartbreak in the US. Rolling Stone
described the LP as "...just a handful of
kicks and shivers short of pulverizing
excellence." The band found more success
outside the US with Aha
Shake Heartbreak selling over 750,000 copies
overseas compared with over 100,000 copies in the
US.
 Kings Of Leon had hits in the UK
with "Four Kicks" and "King Of The
Rodeo."
- Kings Of Leon had
hits in the UK with "On Call,"
"Fans," and "Charmer."
- December: Caleb admitted to Q
magazine that as a teen he battled with anorexia
by eating very minimally and exercising
excessively.
- December 20: Kings Of Leon topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 8 weeks
with "Sex On Fire."
     
- April 11: Kings Of Leon topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 3 weeks
with "Use Somebody."
- April 30: Kings Of Leon appeared on
the cover of Rolling Stone.
- November 6: Kings Of
Leon topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart
for 1 week, Rock Albums chart for 3 weeks, and
Alternative Albums chart for 4 weeks with Come
Around Sundown.
     
- August: Kings Of Leon canceled
their US tour after concerns for Caleb
Followill's health with various reports of
exhaustion and vocal issues.
      
- October 12: Kings Of
Leon topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart for 1
week and Alternative Albums chart for 1 week with
Mechanical
Bull.
- December 14: Kings Of Leon performed
"Temple" and "Wait For Me" on
Saturday Night Live.
 October 14: Kings Of Leon released Walls. - October 22: Kings Of Leon topped the
Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart with
"Waste A Moment."
- October 27: Kings Of Leon topped the
UK LP chart with Walls.
- November 5: Kings Of Leon topped
Billboard 200 LP chart, Digital Albums chart,
Album Sales chart, Rock Albums chart, and
Alternative Albums chart with Walls.
- December 3: Kings Of Leon topped the
Billboard Alternative Songs chart with
"Waste A Moment."
- December 10: Kings Of Leon topped the
Billboard Radio Airplay chart with "Waste A
Moment."
- February 4: Kings Of Leon topped the
Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart with
"Waste A Moment."
 February 20: Kings Of Leon topped the
Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart with
The Bandit."
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Holy
Roller Novocaine (EP)
Released: February 18, 2003
Rolling Stone: 
Tracks: "Molly's
Chambers" - "Wasted Time" -
"California Waiting" - "Wicker
Chair" - "Holy Roller
Novocaine"
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What
I Saw (EP)
Released: May 26, 2003
Tracks: "Red Morning
Light" - "Wicker Chair" -
"Talihina Sky"
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Youth
And Young Manhood
Released: July 7, 2003 (UK) and
August 19, 2003 (US)
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 113
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)'': # 80
Tracks: "Red Morning
Light" - "Happy Alone" -
"Wasted Time" - "Joe's
Head" - "Trani" -
"California Waiting" - "Spiral
Staircase" - "Molly's
Chambers" - "Genius" -
"Dusty" - "Holy Roller
Novocaine"
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Aha
Shake Heartbreak
Released: November 1, 2004 (UK)
and February 22, 2005 (US)
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 55
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)'': # 39
Tracks: "Slow Night, So
Long" - "King Of The Rodeo" -
"Taper Jean Girl" - "Pistol Of
Fire" - "Milk" - "The
Bucket" - "Soft" -
"Razz" - "Day Old Blues"
- "Four Kicks" - "Velvet
Snow" - "Rememo" - "Where
Nobody Knows"
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Day
Old Belgian Blues (EP)
Released: June 13, 2006
Tracks: "Tape Jean
Girl" - "The Bucket" -
"Soft" - "Molly's
Chambers" - "Four Kicks" -
"Trani"
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Because
Of The Times
Released: April 3, 2007
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 25
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: A-
Tracks: "Knocked
Up" - "Charmer" - "On
Call" - "McFearless" -
"Black Thumbnail" - "My
Party" - "True Love Way" -
"Ragoo" - "Fans" -
"The Runner" - "Trunk" -
"Camaro" - "Arizona"
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Only
By The Night
Released: September 23, 2008
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4
Billboard #1: Digital Albums,
Alternative Albums, Rock Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly: B+
Rolling Stone:
'100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)'': # 53
Tracks: "Closer" -
"Crawl" - "Sex On Fire" - "Use Somebody" -
"Manhattan" - "Revelry" -
"17" - "Notion" - "I
Want You" - "Be Somebody" -
"Cold Desert"
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Come
Around Sundown
Released: October 19, 2010
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2
Billboard #1: Digital Albums,
Alternative Albums, Rock Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Tracks: "The End" -
"Radioactive" - "Pyro" -
"Mary" - "The Face" -
"The Immortals" - "Back Down
South" - "Beach Side" -
"No Money" - "Pony Up" -
"Birthday" - "Mi Amigo" -
"Pickup Truck"
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Mechanical
Bull
Released: September 24, 2013
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2
Billboard #1: Alternative Albums,
Rock Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Tracks:
"Supersoaker" - "Rock
City" - "Don't Matter" -
"Beautiful War" -
"Temple" - "Wait For Me"
- "Family Tree" - "Comeback
Story" - "Tonight" -
"Coming Back Again" - "On The
Chin"
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Walls
Released: October 14, 2016
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1
Billboard #1: Digital Albums, Album
Sales, Alternative Albums, Rock Albums
Tracks: "Waste A
Moment" - "Reverend" -
"Around The World" - "Find
Me" - "Over" -
"Muchacho" - "Converstion
Piece" - "Eyes On You" -
"Wild" - "Walls"
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When
You See Yourself
Released: March 5, 2021
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 11
Tracks: "When You See
Yourself, Are You Far Away" - "The
Bandit" - "100,000 People" -
"Stormy Weather" - "A
Wave" - "Golden Restless Age"
- "Time In Disguise" -
"Supermarket" - "Claire &
Eddie" - "Echoing" -
"Fairytale"
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Can
We Please Have Fun
Released: May 10, 2024
Tracks: "Ballerina
Radio" - "Rainbow Ball" -
"Nowhere To Run" -
"Mustang" - "Actual
Daydream" - "Split Screen" -
"Don't Stop Bleeding" -
"Mothing To Do" - "M
Television" - "Hesitation Gen"
- "Ease Me On" - "Seen"
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