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Australian-American popular duo

For King & Country
For King & Country performing in 2018

For King & Country performing in 2018
Background information
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres Christian pop, alternative rock, soft rock
Years active 2007–present
Labels Fervent/Curb
Associated acts Rebecca St. James
Website forkingandcountry.com
Members Joel David Smallbone[one]
Luke James Smallbone[1]

For Male monarch & Country, stylised as for KING & Country and formerly known as Joel & Luke also equally Austoville, is a Christian pop duo composed of Australian brothers Joel (born 5 June 1984) and Luke Smallbone (born 22 October 1986).[2] The brothers were born in Australia and immigrated to the United States as children, settling in the Nashville area.

Later on releasing a brusk EP as Joel and Luke, in 2012 they released their debut tape Crave. The band was alleged past Billboard equally one of the "New Artists to Watch" for 2012.[iii] American Songwriter described them as "Australia's reply to Coldplay".[4] In 2014, they released their 2nd studio anthology, Run Wild. Alive Costless. Dearest Stiff., which won a Grammy award.

In 2018, they released Fire the Ships, which achieved gold status. The album featured four singles, including "God Simply Knows", which accomplished platinum status, and "Joy" and "Burn the Ships", which reached gold condition. In 2020, they released a total-length Christmas album, A Drummer Boy Christmas. Their next studio album is due for release in March 2022.

The band has collaborated with many artists on their work, including Dolly Parton, Timbaland, Tori Kelly, Lecrae, Needtobreathe, and others.

History [edit]

Early music career [edit]

The brothers supplied background vocals and other supporting roles for their sis, Rebecca St. James, and various bands in concerts across America.[v] Shortly subsequently Luke graduated from high school, the brothers decided to explore the possibility of forming a band, and in 2007, they began performing as their band. They began their career as "Joel & Luke", which they after changed to "Austoville", before settling on their current proper name.[6]

In 2008, "Joel & Luke" released a six-vocal EP titled A Tale of Two Towns. Three of those songs ("Missing", "Sane", and "Dearest's to Blame") appeared on Crave with slightly unlike melodies and lyrics. The other three songs were "Broken Lullabies", "Believe Me Now", and "Something'southward Gotta Give". Honey'southward to Blame was co-written by St. James.[5]

Rename to "for King & State" and Crave [edit]

In 2009, they signed on with Warner Music Group with Ben Glover equally their producer. They changed their name to "For Rex & State", afterwards a British battle weep. Luke said,

"We wanted a band name that carried more pregnant. We were in the studio recording our debut record that Joel had the idea of All The King's Men, like the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme. Our producer overheard our chat and swung around in his chair and said, 'What about For Male monarch & Country?' And we all felt a sense of providence at that moment. "For King and Land" was the battle weep of English soldiers willing to lay down their lives for their male monarch and their country. And now it has get our mission, to lay down our lives for our King and our country."[5]

In 2011, they released For King & Country: The EP. Their song "Busted Heart (Hold On to Me)" was released as a unmarried and peaked at No. three on Billboard 's Christian Songs nautical chart.[7] They described "Disrepair Eye" as "really a universal cry of humanity for something greater than ourselves...We think we've got it all sorted out, and life volition deal you those blows."[eight] "Busted Heart" was the fastest-rise single of 2011 in their genre, climbing the Elevation ten for weeks.[ commendation needed ]

Their debut album Crave was released on 28 February 2012. The album hit No. two on the iTunes Top Christian & Gospel albums on its twenty-four hours of release and No. 42 on the overall nautical chart. It peaked at No. 4 on Billboard 's Christian Albums chart, and remained on the nautical chart for 41 weeks.[ix] It as well reached No. 128 on the Billboard 200 chart.[nine] The album has received positive reviews from critics. Soon after Crave 's release, they released "The Proof of Your Love" as a single, remixed and titled "The Proof of Your Honey: The Monologue Mix". The single differs from the album version with a monologue spoken by Joel from one Corinthians thirteen:1-7 (The Bulletin) every bit the bridge instead of the guitar riff on the album version. The unmarried reached No. 8 on Billboard 's Hot Christian Songs chart and spent 29 weeks on the chart.[10] The band toured on the 2012 Winter Jam Bout Spectacular. In May 2012, they appeared on the Huckabee prove on Flim-flam News Channel.[11]

Their debut striking song, "Disrepair Heart (Hold On to Me)" was featured on 28 Oct 2012 episode of VH1's Rehab with Dr. Drew.[12] Among other television placements, their songs "People Alter" and "Dearest'due south To Blame" accept been featured The CW'southward Vampire Diaries, and "Light It Up" and "Sane" accept been featured on the Lifetime prove Drop Dead Diva.[13] [14] In July 2012, they announced The Proof of Your Dear Tour with Jason Castro and Dara Maclean to visit 30 cities from September through November 2012.[15] In October 2012, they released an original Christmas song: "Babe Boy"; information technology reached No. twenty on the Hot Christian Songs chart.[sixteen] During the summer of 2013, the band was forced to take time off when the half dozen ft 4 in (1.93 yard) Luke dropped to 125 pounds (57 kg) due to an attack of ulcerative colitis.[17] In June 2013, Joel Smallbone appeared in a non-singing role as King Xerxes in the film, The Book of Esther from Pure Flix Entertainment.[eighteen]

In August 2013, the band released Hope Is What We Crave: Alive, a live album and DVD, both recorded at The Factory in Nashville on the last night of the band'due south starting time headlining tour. They likewise released "Hope Is What We Crave" as a single. It is a reworked version of "Require" from their anthology.[nineteen] They toured with Casting Crowns starting in Feb 2014.[ commendation needed ]

Rise in popularity [edit]

For King and Country released a new album Run Wild. Live Free. Love Stiff. on sixteen September 2014.[17] The album spent 17 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. xiii,[twenty] and reached No. 12 on the Digital Albums Nautical chart.[21] The ring performed their songs "Run Wild" and "Fix My Eyes" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 25 March 2015.[22] [23] They were office of the Winter Jam Bout 2015 in the cardinal and eastern parts of the United States[ citation needed ] and function of Winter Jam 2016.[24] The duo released a deluxe ceremony edition of the album on 23 October 2015, including three new songs: "Priceless", "Ceasefire" and "Wholehearted", as well as a reworked version of "It's Not Over Nonetheless", chosen "The Encore".[ citation needed ]

In 2016, Curb Records acquired Warner Music Group'south stake in the band's record label, Give-and-take Entertainment, thus becoming Rex & Country'south tape label.[25]

After releasing their 2nd anthology, the brothers focused much of their time on the feature motion-picture show Priceless, which stars Joel in a story near human being trafficking. They wrote several songs for the flick, part of the reason it took four years to release their next studio anthology.[26] They too wrote a song, accompanied past a music video, entitled "Ceasefire" for the 2016 accommodation of Ben-Hur; the song was used in the second official trailer for the flick and released as role of the official soundtrack.[27]

On 27 October 2017, they released Christmas: Alive from Phoenix, and shortly thereafter embarked on "A Glorious Christmas" tour with Casting Crowns.[28]

Continued success [edit]

The band appear that they had begun writing their third studio album, in Jan 2017.[29] The anthology's pb single, "Joy", was released on 18 May 2018.[26] Information technology reached No. 35 on Billboard'due south Adult Top 40 chart and No. 2 on the Hot Christian Songs chart. Burn the Ships was released on 5 October 2018. The brothers described it as the "nearly mature record that we've made but in understanding who we are every bit a duo, who we are as men and maybe understanding life because we are a bit older than we were last fourth dimension around."[30] Two of the songs were written most the weighty topics of addiction and suicide, and two were written to and about their wives (who sing in the concluding track, "Pioneers", and announced in the accompanying music video).[30] [31] The album contains 10 songs and they released five music videos to accompany them.[30] "Joy" was nominated for the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Vocal.[32]

On 11 Jan 2019, "God Only Knows" was released to radio becoming the second single from the album.[33] The song had crossover success, reaching the Billboard Hot 100 and peaking at #17 on the Developed Contemporary chart. The ring collaborated with Dolly Parton, who was featured on a new version of "God Only Knows".[34] They likewise released new versions of the song featuring collaborations with Timbaland and Echosmith.

The Fire the Ships album won a Grammy in 2019, every bit did the unmarried "God Just Knows".

In 2020, after cancelling its scheduled tour due to the coronavirus pandemic, the band performed drive-in style outdoor concerts where attendees listened and watched from their cars.[35] The band announced they had reached over one billion digital streams of their songs.[36]

In October 2020, the band released A Drummer Boy Christmas, a total-length Christmas album featuring collaborations with Needtobreathe and Gabby Barrett.

In 2021, Burn the Ships accomplished RIAA gold certification. The band also released a deluxe edition featuring remixes and collaborations with Parton, Timbaland, Echosmith, Tori Kelly, Lecrae, and Kirk Franklin. As well in 2021, the band released "Relate", a single from their forthcoming anthology What Are Nosotros Waiting For?, which is scheduled for release in March 2022. "Relate" became the band's seventh straight number ane hit on the Christian Airplay nautical chart.[37]

Music and influences [edit]

SUSIE Magazine stated, "It takes just 1 mind to the brothers' rich, upbeat, alternative sounds and thoughtful lyrics to sympathize their sudden popularity."[ citation needed ]

In a 2012 interview, they described their philosophy:

"The power of music tin can impact our mood, emotions, our day. But when you lot merge the strength of music with the heart, promise and passion of the Gospel... it has the ultimate ability not only to change someone'due south day, but to bear upon them for eternity. This is why we write music and sing songs – nosotros hope that people volition be moved, encouraged and stirred to live a life for Someone greater than themselves."[5]

They cite U2, Mutemath, OneRepublic, the Beatles, Goo Goo Dolls, and Switchfoot, as well as film scores, such equally those from Braveheart and Gladiator, every bit their musical influences.[38] Also in a recent interview with Jesus Music, fellow member Joel Smallbone discussed the fourscore'southward pilus metal band Stryper and their early influence on the band. The interview tin can be found on Stryper'due south Facebook page.

Personal lives [edit]

Joel David Smallbone was built-in on 5 June 1984[1] [39] and Luke James Smallbone was born on 22 Oct 1986.[1] [2] [forty] Both were born in Sydney, to David and Helen Smallbone, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee in 1991, after their begetter'due south job relocation.[5] Their father was a music promoter, and Joel recalls, "going to these rock concerts, sitting on my male parent's shoulders, plugging my ears...Honestly, in a lot of means, I feel like music chose me and equally I grew older, I made a clear determination to fully lean into it."[41] The Smallbones are the younger brothers of Christian recording artist and speaker Rebecca St. James, and the brothers-in-law of Jacob Fink, former bassist for the band Foster the People. They were raised with another sister, Libby, and three other brothers, Ben, Dan, and Josh.[42]

On 26 June 2010, Luke married Courtney Helm.[43] Their first child, Jude James Smallbone, was born on 19 December 2012.[44] They also have a son, Phoenix Alexander.[45] [46] In tardily 2016, Luke appear via social media that he and his wife are expecting their third child.[47] From 2013 to 2015, Luke battled a life-threatening case of ulcerative colitis, pushing him nigh decease and causing him to miss xl of the band's live shows.[48] He went into remission in 2015.[49] He and his wife also near lost their 2-month-former son to sudden infant decease syndrome in 2018; he has since made a full recovery after skull reconstruction surgery.[l]

On seven July 2013, Joel married Moriah Peters, who is also a recording artist, in California.[51] They at present reside in Nashville, Tennessee.[52]

Both brothers are dual citizens of Australia and the United states.[26]

Discography [edit]

  • Crave (2012)
  • Run Wild. Live Gratuitous. Love Stiff. (2014)
  • Fire the Ships (2018)
  • A Drummer Boy Christmas (2020)
  • What Are We Waiting For? (2022)

Other media [edit]

Film [edit]

In 2014, Joel Smallbone starred in the motion picture "Like A Country Song" which also starred multi-platinum selling recording artist Baton Ray Cyrus and Ii And A One-half Men'due south Jennifer Taylor. Joel Smallbone was the lead actor in a 2016 drama well-nigh homo trafficking entitled Priceless, which was released in theatres in October 2016. Luke was one of the producers (together with their male parent) and their brother Ben directed the movie. Some of the music for the film was written by For Male monarch & Country.[53]

Every bit of 2019, they are working on a musical under the title The Drummer Boy which is currently set for a 2021 release.[54]

Novel [edit]

A novel, Priceless: She's Worth Fighting For, based on the flick Priceless, was released on six September 2016.[55]

Awards and nominations [edit]

In December 2012, iTunes selected Require as their Quantum Christian & Gospel Album of 2012[56] while at the countdown Chiliad-LOVE Fan Awards held 1 June 2013, they collected the "Breakthrough Artist of the Year".[56] In 2015, they won 2 Grammy Awards at the 57th Grammy Awards, one for Best Gimmicky Christian Music Album and one for Best Gimmicky Christian Music Performance/Song.[57]

Billboard Music Awards [edit]

Grammy Awards [edit]

GMA Pigeon Awards [edit]

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External links [edit]

  • Official website

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_King_&_Country_%28band%29

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