White Stripes / Jack White
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	MEMBERS: Jack White (Jack Gillis) ~ Meg White BIRTHDAYS: Jack White (July 9, 1975) ~ Meg White (December 10, 1974) BIGGEST LP: Elephant (2003) GRAMMY AWARDS: 5 (3 solo for Jack White)

The duo White Stripes hail from Detroit and consist of the pair Jack White on vocals, guitar, keyboards, and piano, and Meg White on drums, backing vocals, and tambourine. Are they ex-spouses or brother and sister? Who knows. What is known is that the White Stripes, who formed in 1997, have quickly emerged as one of the front-runners in the rock/alternative music scene and consistently applauded by critics.

The White Stripe's first LP, The White Stripes, was released and described later by Jack as "...really angry...the most raw, the most powerful, and the most Detroit-sounding record we've made."

The White Stripe's released De Stijl.

The White Stripe's released White Blood Cells and found more mainstream success with their songs and videos.

The White Stripe's video for "Feel In Love With A Girl" won 3 MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Special Effects (Twisted Labs & Sebastian Fau), and Best Editing (Mikros & Duran), and was also nominated for Video of the Year.

White Blood Cells was certified gold.

The White Stripe's released Elephant.
Elephant topped the UK LP charts for 2 weeks.

Elephant was certified gold.

Several concert appearances had to be rescheduled after Jack was in an automobile accident and was left with a shattered index finger.

The White Stripe's video for "Seven Nation Army" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing (Olivier Gajan) and was also nominated for Best Group Video, Best Rock Video, and Best Special Effects (Buf).

Elephant was certified platinum.

Jack could be heard on the soundtrack for Cold Mountain with several tracks including "Wayfaring Stranger," "Sittin' On Top Of The World," "Never Far Away," "Great High Mountain," and "Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over." Jack also appeared in the film.
Jack turned himself into the police in Detroit and was arraigned on an aggravated assault charge stemming from a fight earlier in the month.
Critics in Rolling Stone named the White Stripes as the Best Rock Artist.
Rolling Stone: The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: # 390: Elephant.

The White Stripes won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Music Performance (Elephant) and Best Rock Song ("Seven Nation Army") and were nominated for Album of the Year and Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group. The White Stripe also performed at the ceremony.
The White Stripes won a Brit Award for Best International Group.

Jack White produced country legend, Loretta Lynn's LP Van Lear Rose.

The video for "The Hardest Button To Button" was nominated for 4 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Direction, Best Special Effects, Best Editing, and Breakthrough Video.

Jack White was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Portland Oregon" with Loretta Lynn from her LP Van Lear Rose).

White Stripes released Get Behind Me Satan.
White Stripes topped the Canadian singles chart with "Blue Orchid."

The video for "Blue Orchid" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Direction (Floria Sigismondi), Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography.

White Stripes appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone.

White Stripes released the EP Walking With A Ghost + 4 Live Tracks which included the track "Walking With A Ghost" (Tegan & Sara Cover) and 4 live tracks.

White Stripes won a Grammy Award for and Best Alternative Music Album (Get Behind Me Satan) and were nominated for Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("My Doorbell").

The White Stripes released Icky Thump.
The White Stripes topped the UK LP charts Icky Thump.

The White Stripes topped the Billboard Top Digital Albums chart with Icky Thump.
Icky Thump was certified gold.

The White Stripes topped the Billboard Modern Rock chart with "Icky Thump."

The White Stripes was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Group.

The White Stripes were nominated for an American Music Award for Favorite Alternative Artist.

The White Stripes won 2 Grammy Awards including Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Icky Thump") and Best Alternative Music Album (Icky Thump). Jack White was also nominated for Best Rock Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Icky Thump").

The White Stripes topped the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart with "Conquest."

Jack White could be heard on the Rolling Stones live soundtrack Shine A Light on the track "Loving Cup."

Entertainment Weekly: 100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years included Elephant at # 65.

The video for "Conquest" won MTV Video Music Award for Best Cinematography (Wyatt Troll) and was nominated for Best Art Direction (David Fitzpatrick).

Jack White was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Short Form ("Another Way To Die" with Alicia Keys).

Rolling Stone: '100 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009)' included Elephant at # 5 and White Blood Cells at # 20.
Rolling Stone: '100 Best Songs of the Decade (2000-2009)' included "Seven Nation Army" at # 6.

The White Stripes released the live LP Under Great White Northern Lights.

White Blood Cells was certified platinum.

The White Stripes announced they had broken up.
The White Stripes were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Music Video, Long Form (Under Great White Northern Lights). Jack White won a Grammy Award as art director (with Rob Jones) for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package (Under Great White Northern Lights).

Jack White performed on Saturday Night Live.

Jack White released his solo LP Blunderbuss.
Jack White topped the UK LP charts with Blunderbuss.

Jack White topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Digital Albums chart, Alternative Albums chart, and Rock Albums chart with Blunderbuss.

Jack White's video for "Sixteen Saltines" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video.

Jack White was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Best Rock Album (Blunderbuss), and Best Rock Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Freedom At 21").
Blunderbuss was certified gold.

Jack White could be heard on the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gasby on the track "Love Is Blindness."

• January 26: White was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance and Best Music Video ("I'm Shakin'").

• June 10: White released Lazaretto.
• June 28: White topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Digital Albums chart, Rock Albums chart, and Alternative Albums chart with Lazaretto.

• August 24: The video for "Lazaretto" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects.

• February 8: White won 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance ("Lazaretto") and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package (The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records, Volume One (1917-27), and was nominated for Best Rock Song (awarded to the songwriter) ("Lazaretto") and Best Alternative Music Album (Lazaretto).

• August 30: The video for "Would You Fight For My Love?" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction.

• September 9: White released Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016.

• February 12: White was nominated for 2 Grammy Awards for Best Rock Performance ("Don't Hurt Yourself" with Beyoncé) and Best American Roots Song ("City Lights").

• June 9: White could be heard on the Music From 'The American Epic Sessions' compilation.

• March 23: White released Boarding House Reach.

• April 7: White topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Albums Sales chart, Rock Albums chart, and Alternative Albums chart with Boarding House Reach.
• April 14: White performed on Saturday Night Live.

• December 4: The White Stripes released The White Stripes Greatest Hits.

• February 5: Jack White topped the Billboard Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with "Take Me Back."

• April 8: Jack White released Fear Of The Dawn.
• April 23: Jack White topped the Billboard Album Sales chart, Rock Albums chart, and Alternative Albums chart with Fear Of The Dawn.

• July 22: Jack White released Entering Heaven Alive.

• August 6: Jack White topped the Billboard Rock Albums chart and Alternative Albums chart with Entering Heaven Alive.
• August 28: The video for "Taking Me Back" was nominated for a MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video.

• March 31: Elephant (Deluxe) was released.

• April 1: Elephant was certified 2x platinum and Get Behind Me Satan was certified gold.

• August 2: Jack White released No Name.

• November 9: Jack White topped the Billboard Alternative Airplay chart with "That's How I'm Feeling."

• February 2: Jack White was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album (No Name).

	The White Stripes Released: June, 1999 Tracks: "Jimmy The Exploder" - "Stop Breaking Down" - "The Big Three Killed My Baby" - "Suzy Lee" - "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" - "Wasting My Time" - "Cannon" - "Astro" - "Broken Bricks" - "When I Hear My Name" - "Do" - "Screwdriver" - "One More Cup Of Coffee" - "Little People" - "Slicker Drips" - "St. James Infirmary Blues" - "I Fought Piranhas"
	De Stijl Released: June, 2000 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "You're Pretty Good Looking" - "Hello Operator" - "Apple Blossom" - "I'm Bound To Pack It Up" - "Death Letter" - "Sister, Do You Know My Name?" - "Truth Doesn't Make A Noise" - "A Boy's Best Friend" - "Let's Build A Home" - "Jumble, Jumble" - "Why Can't You Be Nicer To Me?" - "Your Southern Can Is Mine"
	White Blood Cells Released: January, 2002 US: Platinum Billboard peak: # 61 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" - "Hotel Yorba" - "I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman" - "Fell In Love With A Girl" - "Expecting" - "Little Room" - "The Union Forever" - "The Same Boy You've Always Known" - "Were Going To Be Friends" - "Offend In Every Way" - "I Think I Smell A Rat" - "Aluminum" - "I Can't Wait" - "Now Mary" - "I Can Learn" - "This Protector"
	Elephant Elephant (Deluxe) Released: April 1, 2003 US: 2x Platinum Billboard peak: # 6 Rolling Stone review: Tracks: "Seven Nation Army" - "Black Math" - "There's No Home For You Here" - "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" - "In The Cold, Cold Night" - "I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart" - "You've Got Her In Your Pocket" - "Ball And Biscuit" - "The Hardest Button To Button" - "Little Acorns" - "Hypnotize" - "The Air Near My Fingers" - "Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine" - "It's True That We Love One Another"
	Get Behind Me Satan Released: June 7, 2005 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 3 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: C+ Tracks: "Blue Orchid" - "The Nurse" - "My Doorbell" - "Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)" - "Little Ghost" - "The Denial Twist" - "White Moon" - "Instinct Blues" - "Passive Manipulation" - "Take, Take, Take" - "As Ugly As I Seem" - "Red Rain" - "I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)"
	Walking With A Ghost + 4 Live Tracks EP Released: December, 2005 Tracks: "Walking With A Ghost" (Tegan & Sara Cover) - "Same Boy You've Always Know" (live) - "As Ugly As I Seem" (live) - "The Denial Twist" (live) - "Screwdriver" (live)
	Icky Thump Released: June, 2007 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 2 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: A Tracks: "Icky Thump" - "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)" - "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" - "Conquest" - "Bone Broke" - "Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn" - "St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air)" - "Little Cream Soda" - "Ray And Bone" - "I'm Slowly Turning Into You" - "A Martyr For My Love For You" - "Catch Hell Blues" - "Effect And Cause"
	Under Great White Northern Lights Released: March, 2010 Live Tracks: "Let's Shake Hands" - "Black Math" - "Little Ghost" - "Blue Orchid" - "The Union Forever" - "Ball And Biscuit" - "Icky Thump" - "I'm Slowly Turning Into You" - "Jolene" - "300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues" - "We Are Going To Be Friends" - "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" - "Prickly Thorn, But Sweet Worn" - "Fell In Love With A Girl" - "When I Hear My Name" - "Seven Nation Armys"
Amazon.mp3	Jack White: Blunderbuss Released: April 24, 2012 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 2 Tracks: "Missing Pieces" - "Sixteen Saltines" - "Freedom At 21" - "Love Interruption" - "Blunderbuss" - "Hypocritcal Kiss" - "Weep Themselves To Sleep" - "I'm Shakin'" - "Trash Tongue Talker" - "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" - "I Guess I Should Go To Sleep" - "On And On And On" - "Take Me With You When You Go"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Jack White: Lazaretto Released: June 10, 2014 Billboard peak: # 1 Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Tracks: "Three Women" - "Lazaretto" - "Temporary Ground" - "Would You Fight For My Love?" - "High Ball Stepper" - "Just One Drink" - "Alone In My Home" - "Entitlement" - "That Black Bat Licorice" - "I Think I Found The Culprit" - "Want And Able"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Jack White: Jack White Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016 Released: September 9, 2016 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 8 Tracks: "Sugar Never Tasted So Good" - "Apple Blossom" - "I'm Bound To Pack It Up" - "Hotel Yorba" - "We're Going To Be Friends" - "You've Got Her In Your Pocket" - "Well It's True That We Love One Another" - "Never Far Away" - "Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)" - "White Moon" - "As Ugly As I Seem" - "Cry Lights" - "Honey, We Can't Afford To Look This Cheap" - "Effect And Cause" - "Love Is The Truth" - "Top Yourself" - "Carolina Drama" - "Love Interruption" - "On And On And On" - "Machine Gun Silhouette" - "Bluderbuss" - "Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy" - "I Guess I Should Go To Sleep" - "Just One Drink" - "Entitlement" - "Want And Able"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Jack White: Boarding House Reach Released: March 23, 2018 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 Tracks: "Connected By Love" - "Why Walk A Dog?" - "Corporation" - "Abulia And Akrasia" - "Hypermisophoniac" - "Ice Station Zebra" - "Over And Over And Over" - "Everything You've Ever Learned" - "Respect Commander" - "Ezmerelda Steals The Show" - "Get In The Mind Shaft" - "What's Done Is Done" - "Humoresque"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	The White Stripes Greatest Hits Released: December 4, 2020 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 33 Tracks: "Let's Shake Hands"' - "The Big Three Killed My Baby" - "Fell In Love With A Girl" - "Hello Operator" - "I'm Slowly Turning Into You" - "The Hardest Button To Button" - "The Nurse" - "Screwdriver" - "Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" - "Death Letter" - "We're Going To Be Friends" - "The Denial Twist" - "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" - "Astro" - "Conquest" - "Jolene" - "Hotel Yorba" - "Apple Blossom" - "Blue Orchid" - "Ball And Biscuit" - "I Fought Piranhas" - "I Think I Smell A Rat" - "Icky Thump" - "My Doorbell" - "You're Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)" - "Seven Nation Army"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Jack White: Fear Of The Dawn Released: April 8, 2022 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 4 Tracks: "Taking Me Back" - "Fear Of The Dawn" - "The White Raven" - "Hi-De-Ho" - "Eosophobia" - "Into The Twilight" - "Dusk" - "What's The Trick?" - "That Was Then, This Is Now" - "Esophobia" (Reprise)" - "Morning, Noon And Night" - "Shedding My Velvet"
Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive Released: July 22, 2022 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 9 Tracks: "A Tip From You To Me" - "Allong The Way" - "Help Me Along" - "Love Is Selfsih" - "I've Got You Surrounded (With My Love)" - "Queen Of The Bees" - "A Tree On Fire From Within" - "If I Die Tomorrow" - "Please God, Don't Tell Anyone" - "A Madman From Manhattan" - "Taking Me Back (Gently)"
	Jack White: No Name Released: August 2, 2024 Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Album Tracks: "Old Scratch Blues" - "Bless Yourself" - "That's How I'm Feeling" - "It's Rough On Rats (If You're Asking)" - "Archbishop Harold Holmes" - "Bombing Out" - "What's The Rumpus?" - "Tonight (Was A Long Time Ago)" - "Underground" - "Number One With A Bullet" - "Morning At Midnight" - "Missionary" - "Terminal Archenemy Ending"