  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."
 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.
- 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").
 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.
- February 5: Jack White topped
the Billboard Rock & Alternative
Airplay chart with "Take Me
Back."
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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" |
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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)" |
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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) |
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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" |
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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" |
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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)" |
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Jack White:
No Name
Released: August 2, 2024
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" |
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