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Matchbox
20
appears on:
2006 Grammy Nominees
Live 8 DVD
Grammy Nominees 2004
A Night In The Life Of Matchbox Twenty DVD
VH1 Storytellers DVD
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- MEMBERS: Rob Thomas ~ Paul
Douchette ~ Brian Yale ~ Adam Gaynor ~ Kyle
Cook
- BIRTHDAYS: Rob Thomas (February
14, 1972) ~ Paul Douchette (August 22, 1972)
~ Brian Yale (November 14, 1968) ~ Adam
Gaynor (November 26, 1963) ~ Kyle Cook
(August 29, 1975)
- BIGGEST
POP SINGLE: "Bent" (2000)
- BIGGEST
LP: Yourself
Or Someone Like You (1996)
- GRAMMY
AWARDS: 3 (for Rob
Thomas)
- "I've
come to the conclusion that there are 2 types
of people in life: those who have been to
Graceland and those who have not. I am
thankful to say that I am 1 of those people
who has."
- Rob Thomas, Matchbox 20
- Rob Thomas was born in
Germany and raised in South Carolina and Florida.
After quitting high school and eventually
settling in the Orlando, Florida area, Thomas
hooked up with Paul Douchette (drummer) and Brian
Yale (bassist). The trio began playing music
together as 'Tabitha's Secret' (with 2 other
members) and then left the band, added guitarists
Kyle Cook and Adam Gaynor, and created Matchbox
20. With a quick "Push," Matchbox 20 began a steady
rise to fame that left them with a
multi-million-selling debut LP, radio saturation
of singles, and many tour dates.
- Matchbox 20 hooked up with producer
Matt Serletic (who had worked on LPs by Collective
Soul) and soon their demos landed the
band a contract with Atlantic Records.
- April: Rock and pop radio began
to play the single "Push" and the video eventually
became popular with MTV exposing the band to an
increasing fanbase.
- December: Readers of Rolling
Stone
named Matchbox 20 the Best New Band of the Year.
- December: In an interview, Thomas
addressed some controversy surrounding the hit
"Push": "I dont
understand how people who claim to have a brain
can misunderstand ["Push"] so much. Its not about
physical violence. Its about emotions and
how somebody can push you around without even
lifting a finger. Its all emotional.
Its all far more subtle. Anyway, in that
song its the guy who gets pushed around by
a girl hes having a relationship with. I
had a relationship like that where I was
emotionally pushed around, and you know what? I
grew almost comfortable with it. I got used to
it. Almost enjoyed it because I thought
thats how relationships work. I thought
its about getting manipulated and
controlled. Its a bit crazy that people
claim that Im a chauvinist and have a
violent attitude towards women."
- December 31: Matchbox 20 topped the Billboard Year-End
Charts as the Top Adult Top 40 Artist.
- November 13: Thomas topped the
Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart for 5 weeks and
Top 40 Mainstream chart for 8 weeks helping out Santana with "Smooth."
- November 20: Thomas topped the
Billboard Top 40 Tracks chart for 10 weeks and
Singles Sales chart for 2 weeks helping out Santana with "Smooth."
- February 23: Rob Thomas won 3 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and
Best Pop Collaboration with
Vocals
along with Santana, and Song of the Year with
Itaal Shur - all for "Smooth." Thomas
said of his work on "Smooth": "I
just fell bass-ackwards into luck again.
Everything about "Smooth" has been so
special and so beautiful. (The band) were taking
our time making Mad
Season,
so "Smooth" became this really good
bridge. We needed a break, and it kept us from
the 'Where Are They Now?' file."
- May 10: Yourself
Or Someone Like You was certified 11x platinum.
- May 23: Matchbox Twenty released Mad
Season.
Thomas said of the new LP: "When we made our
first record, we hadn't really been a band for
very long. We hadn't had any really good fights,
we hadn't had any really good laughs, we hadn't
done much of anything together. But now, so much
has happened to us that we've formed a character
within ourselves. So this is really the first
time we're saying, 'This is matchbox twenty
making a record,' because now matchbox twenty is
its own entity. This is the first one where we
can really say, this is our sound."
- June 10: Matchbox Twenty topped
the Billboard Internet Album Sales chart for 1
week with Mad
Season.
- June 10: Matchbox Twenty hit the Top 10 with "Bent."
- June 22: Matchbox Twenty topped
the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 1 week and Single
Sales chart for 1 week with "Bent."
- June 23: Mad
Season
was certified 2x platinum.
- July 29: Matchbox Twenty topped
the Billboard Adult Top 40 chart for 13 weeks
with "Bent."
- July: Matchbox Twenty hit the
road with Train.
- March: Matchbox Twenty postponed
their European tour due to the war in Iraq.
- April: Matchbox Twenty began
touring North America with Sugar
Ray.
- May 25: Matchbox Twenty released
the DVD Show:
A Night In The Life Of Matchbox 20. The live DVD was taped
from a June, 2003 performance in Atlanta, Georgia
and includes 20 songs and a documentary. The DVD
topped the Billboard Top Music Videos chart.
- June 25: Thomas topped the
Billboard Dance Music Club Play chart for 1 week
with the remixes of "Lonely No More."
- July 2: Thomas performed in
Philadelphia as part of the worldwide Live 8 concerts. The mission of
the concerts was to raise awareness of the
on-going poverty in Africa and to pressure the G8
leaders to take action by doubling aid, canceling
debt, and delivering trade justice for Africa.
- July 23: Thomas hit the ARC Weekly Top 40 with "This Is How A Heart Breaks."
- September 10: Thomas performed on ReAct
Now: Music & Relief - a benefit program
shown on music video channels to raise money for
those affected by Hurricane Katrina.
- July 18: Thomas topped the
Billboard Top Rock Albums chart for 1 week with Cradlesong.
- June 4: Thomas topped the
Billboard Dance Club Songs chart helping out INXS and CJ
Yaleidys for 1 week with "Original
Sin."
- September 4: Matchbox Twenty released North.
- September 22: Matchbox Twenty topped
the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, Internet
Albums chart for 1 week, and Rock Albums chart
for 1 week with North. The LP sold over 95,000
copies its first week of release in the US.
Matchbox Twenty |
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Yourself
Or Someone Like You
Released: October 1, 1996
US: 12x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 5
Tracks: "Real World" - "Long
Day" - "3 AM" - "Push" - "Girl
Like That" - "Back
2 Good"
- "Damn" - "Argue" -
"Kody" - "Busted" -
"Shame" - "Hang"
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Mad
Season
Released: May 23, 2000
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3
Billboard #1: Internet Albums
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Angry" -
"Black & White People" -
"Crutch" - "Last Beautiful Girl" - "If
You're Gone" - "Mad Season" - "Rest
Stop" - "The Burn" - "Bent" - "Bed Of
Lies" - "Leave" -
"Stop" - "You Won't Be
Mine"
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More
Than You Think You Are
Released: November 19, 2002
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 6
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Feel" -
"Disease" - "Bright Lights" - "Unwell" -
"Cold" - "All I Need" -
"Hand Me Down" - "Could I Be
You" - "Downfall" -
"Soul" - "You're So Real"
- "The Difference"
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EP (EP)
Released: November 11, 2003
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 43
Tracks: "Crutch"
(live) - "Push" (live) -
"All I Need" (live) - "If
You're Gone" (acoustic) - "Disease" (acoustic) -
"Suffer Me"
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Exile
On Mainstream
Released: October 2, 2007
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3
Billboard #1: Alternative Albums
Tracks: "How Far We've Come" - "I'll
Believe You When" - "All Your
Reasons" - "These Hard Times" - "If I
Fall" - "I Can't Let You Go" -
"Long Day" - "Push" - "3 AM" - "Real World" - "Back
2 Good"
- "Bent" - "If
You're Gone" - "Mad Season"
- "Unwell" - "Bright Lights"
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North
Released: September 4, 2012
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week)
Billboard #1: Internet Albums, Rock
Albums
Tracks: "Parade" -
"She's So Mean" -
"Overjoyed" - "Put Your Hands
Up" - "Our Song" - "I
Will" - "English Town" -
"How Long" - "Radio" -
"The Way" - "Like Sugar"
- "Sleeping At The Wheel"
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Where
The Light Goes
Released: May 26, 2023
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 53
Tracks: "Friends" -
"Wild Dogs (Running In A Slow
Dream)" - "Rebels" - "One
Hit Love" - "Warm Blood" -
"Queen Of New York City" -
"Where The Light Goes" - "Hang
On Every Word" - "I Know
Better" - "No Other Love"
(featuring Amanda Shires) - "Selling
Faith"
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Something
To Be
Released: April 5, 2005
US: 2x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 1 (for 1
week)
Tracks: "This Is How A Heart
Breaks"
- "Lonely No More" - "Ever The Same" - "I Am An
Illusion" - "When The Heartache
Ends" - "Something To Be" -
"All That I Am" - "Problem
Girl" - "Fallin' To Pieces" -
"My My My" - "Streetcorner Symphony" - "Now
Comes Night"
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Cradlesong
Released: June 25, 2009
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3
Billboard #1: Rock Albums
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Her Diamonds" -
"Gasoline" - "Give Me The
Meltdown" - "Someday" -
"Mockingbird" - "Real World
'09" - "Fire On The Mountain"
- "Hard On You" - "Still Ain't
Over You" - "Natural" -
"Snowblind" - "Wonderful"
- "Cradlesong" - "Getting
Late"
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The
Great Unknown
Released: August 21, 2015
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 6
Tracks: "I Think We'd
Feel Good Together" - "Trust
You" - "Hold On Forever" -
"Wind It Up" - "One Shot"
- "The Great Unknown" -
"Absence Of Affection" -
"Things You Said" - "Paper
Dolls" - "NLYTM" -
"Heaven Help Me" - "Lie To
Me" - "Pieces"
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Chip
Tooth Smile
Released: April 26, 2019
Tracks: "One Less Day
(Dying Young)" - "Timeless" -
"Can't Help Me Now" -
"Funny" - "I Love It" -
"The Man To Hold The Water" -
"We Were Beautiful" - "It's
Only Love" - "Early In The
Morning" - "The Worst In Me" -
"Tomorrow" - "Breathe
Out"
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Something
About Christmas Time
Released: October 22, 2021
Tracks: "Save Some
Christmas" - "Doesn't Feel Like
Christmas (Samy's Song)" -
"Christmas Time" (with Ingrid
Michaelson) - "That Spirit Of
Christmas" (with Bebe Winans) -
"Small Town Christmas" - "New
Year's Day" - "Santa Don't Come
Here Anymore" (with Brad Paisley) -
"I Believe In Santa Claus" (with
Abby Anderson) - "A New York Christmas
'21" - "Have Yourself A Merry
Little Christmas"
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Matchbox Twenty |
1 |
Bent
from the LP Mad
Season
ARC chart run: 39 - 29 - 23 - 16 - 14 - 11 - 9 - 6 - 4 - 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 6 - 9 - 16 - 24 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 3
RIAA
Certification: Platinum
Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Singles Sales,
Adult Top 40, Top 40 Mainstream, Top 40 Tracks
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Song |
1(3) |
23 |
2000 |
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2 |
Unwell
from the LP More
Than You Think You Are
ARC chart run: 39 - 37 - 33 - 30 - 26 - 25 - 24 - 22 - 19 - 18 - 16 - 13 - 13 - 11 - 8 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 2 - 5 - 9 - 10 - 14 - 16 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 13
RIAA
Certification: 3x Platinum
Billboard # 1: Adult Top 40, Adult
Contemporary
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group |
2 |
25 |
2003 |
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3 |
3 AM
from the LP Yourself
Or Someone Like You
ARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 27 - 22 - 18 - 15 - 13 - 8 - 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 15 - 20 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 16
RIAA
Certification: 3x Platinum
MTV VMA Nominee: Best Group Video, Viewer's Choice
VH1: '100 Greatest
Songs of the 90's': # 48 |
2 |
19 |
1998 |
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4 |
Real World
from the LP Yourself
Or Someone Like You
ARC chart run: 37 - 31 - 26 - 22 - 20 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 4 - 3 - 5 - 14 - 22 - 29 - 35 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 21
RIAA
Certification: Platinum |
3 |
20 |
1998 |
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5 |
If You're Gone
from the LP Mad
Season
ARC chart run: 36 - 32 - 27 - 23 - 22 - 19 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 5 - 3 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 9 - 12 - 22 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 30
RIAA
Certification: 2x Platinum
Billboard
# 1: Adult Top 40, Adult Contemporary |
2 |
18 |
2000 |
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6 |
Bright Lights
from the LP More
Than You Think You Are
ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 31 - 28 - 25 - 23 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 17 - 13 - 11 - 10 - 8 - 7 - 11 - 15 - 19 - 28 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 38
RIAA
Certification: Platinum |
7 |
20 |
2003 |
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7 |
How Far We've Come
from the LP Exile
On Mainstream
ARC chart run: 40 - 38 - 35 - 33 - 29 - 23 - 21 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 18 - 16 - 12 - 16 - 15 - 19 - 22 - 28 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 45
RIAA
Certification: 3x Platinum |
12 |
21 |
2007 |
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8 |
Push
from the LP Yourself
Or Someone Like You
ARC chart run: 37 - 34 - 30 - 25 - 20 -14 - 10 - 6 - 6 - 4 - 6 - 10 - 15 - 21 - 30 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 44
RIAA
Certification: 3x Platinum
Billboard # 1: Modern Rock Tracks
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo
or Group |
4 |
15 |
1997 |
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9 |
Disease
from the LP More
Than You Think You Are
ARC chart run: 32 - 27 - 22 - 18 - 15 - 14 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 15 - 24 - 26 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 73 |
9 |
14 |
2002 |
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10 |
Back 2 Good
from the LP Yourself
Or Someone Like You
ARC chart run: 38 - 33 - 31 - 27 - 25 - 22 - 20 - 18 - 18 - 16 - 16 - 22 - 28 - 34 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 83
RIAA
Certification: Platinum |
16 |
14 |
1999 |
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11 |
Mad Season
from the LP Mad
Season
ARC chart run: 40 - 30 - 26 - 21 - 15 - 12 - 10 - 9 - 14 - 23 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 96 |
9 |
10 |
2001 |
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12 |
She's So Mean
from the LP North
ARC chart run: 38 - 36 - 34 - 34 - 32 - 38 - 34 - 32 - 29 - 33 - 32 - 33 - 39 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 89
RIAA
Certification: Platinum |
29 |
13 |
2012 |
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13 |
These Hard Times
from the LP Exile
On Mainstream
ARC chart run: 39 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 139 |
37 |
2 |
2008 |
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14 |
Last Beautiful Girl
from the LP Mad
Season
ARC chart run: 35 - 32 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 174 |
32 |
2 |
2001 |
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Long Day
from the LP Yourself
Or Someone Like You
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
** |
** |
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Angry
from the LP Mad
Season |
** |
** |
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All I Need
from the LP More
Than You Think You Are |
** |
** |
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All Your Reasons
from the LP Exile
On Mainstream |
** |
** |
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Rob Thomas |
1 |
Smooth
[Santana featuring Rob Thomas]
from the Santana LP Supernatural
ARC chart run: 38 - 29 - 21 - 15 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 6 - 4 - 2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 8 - 10 - 13 - 17 - 20 - 24 - 28 - 33 - 38 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 4
RIAA
Certification: Platinum
Billboard # 1: Hot 100, Adult Top 40,
Hot 100 Airplay, Top 40 Mainstream, Top 40
Tracks, Singles Sales
Grammy Winner: Record of the Year, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals
Rolling Stone &
MTV: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': # 32
VH1: '100 Best
Songs of the Past 25 Years': # 60 |
1(1) |
25 |
1999 |
Amazon.mp3 |
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Lonely No More
from the LP Something
To Be
ARC chart run: 36 - 29 - 22 - 18 - 14 - 14 - 12 - 8 - 7 - 10 - 15 - 21 - 23 - 28 - 22 - 13 - 10 - 8 - 7 - 12 - 23 - 29 - 36 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 28
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard # 1: Adult Top 40, Dance Club
Songs, Adult Contemporary
Grammy Nominee: Best Pop Vocal Performance - Male |
7 |
23 |
2005 |
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3 |
Her Diamonds
from the LP Cradlesong
ARC chart run: 40 - 34 - 34 - 33 - 29 - 24 - 24 - 23 - 21 - 25 - 29 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 30 - 29 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 70
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Billboard # 1: Adult Pop Songs |
21 |
17 |
2009 |
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4 |
This Is How A Heart Breaks
from the LP Something
To Be
ARC chart run: 32 - 29 - 26 - 24 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 24 - 31 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 101
RIAA
Certification: Gold
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Solo Performance |
19 |
9 |
2005 |
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5 |
Ever The Same
from the LP Something
To Be
ARC chart run: 40 - 37 - off - 38 - 33 - 28 - 27 - 24 - 22 - 30 - 37 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 103
RIAA
Certification: Gold |
22 |
10 |
2006 |
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6 |
Someday
from the LP Cradlesong
ARC chart run: 39 - 35 - 33 - 37 - 38 - 34 - 34 - 35 - 35 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 102
Billboard
# 1: Adult Pop Songs |
33 |
9 |
2010 |
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7 |
Streetcorner Symphony
from the LP Something
To Be
ARC chart run: 39 - 36 - 33 - off
Year-End Chart
Position: # 139 |
33 |
3 |
2007 |
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...Something To Be
from the LP Something
To Be
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** |
** |
2006 |
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Little Wonders
from the Meet
The Robinsons soundtrack
RIAA
Certification: Platinum |
** |
** |
2007 |
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Give Me The Meltdown
from the LP Cradlesong |
** |
** |
2009 |
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