Rock band recognized among the most streamed
creators in SoundExchange history
WASHINGTON, July 9, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- SoundExchange, the premier music
tech organization powering the future of music, announced today
that The Killers have been honored with the SoundExchange Hall of
Fame Award, recognizing the band's stature as one of the most
streamed acts in the organization's 21-year history.
"The Killers and SoundExchange have a parallel history, starting
out in the early 2000s and taking the music industry by storm,"
said Michael Huppe, President and
CEO of SoundExchange. "The band's debut album, Hot Fuss,
made us all fans as it established their deep catalog of enduring
hits like 'Mr. Brightside' and 'Somebody Told Me' that sound as
fresh today as they did 20 years ago. We are honored to present The
Killers with the SoundExchange Hall of Fame Award."
Frontman Brandon Flowers and
bassist Ronnie Vannucci Jr. received
the SoundExchange Hall of Fame award before hitting the stage at
the 11th annual Boston Calling music festival where group performed
a headlining set to close out the three-day event. The Killers, who
released their second greatest hits collection, Rebel
Diamonds, in December 2023, are
on tour in Europe through
mid-July. The band returns to the U.S. for festival appearances at
Lollapalooza and Outside Lands before kicking off an August Las
Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace. Additional
North American festival dates are on tap through September,
followed by a Mexican tour in October.
About The Killers
The Killers are a Las Vegas-based
four-piece who formed in 2002, featuring the talents of
singer/keyboardist Brandon Flowers,
drummer Ronnie Vannucci, guitarist
Dave Keuning, and bassist
Mark Stoermer. The band has received
countless accolades for their artistic achievement, including
multiple Grammy nominations, American Music Award nominations, MTV
Video Music Awards, NME Awards, and more. Their first album, Hot
Fuss, was released in 2004 to worldwide acclaim. The album
contained the singles "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me," in
addition to the anthemic song "All These Things That I've Done,"
which has since been referenced by the likes of U2. The band toured
for two years straight behind Hot Fuss, playing more than
four-hundred shows, and eventually returned to Vegas to begin to
work on the follow-up album with legendary producers Alan Moulder and Flood. The result, a love
letter of sorts to their hometown entitled Sam's Town, was
released in 2006 and spent forty-two weeks on the Billboard Top
200. A b-sides collection entitled Sawdust was released in
2007, followed by their third studio album, Day & Age,
which was released to widespread critical praise in 2008, anchored
by massive single "Human." The Killers released Battle Born
in September 2012, which saw them
expanding their world tour into countries they've never visited
before, and finally were honored to perform at the world-renowned
Wembley Stadium, one of the most monumental and significant shows
of their career. After a decade of making music, in November 2013, The Killers released a "Best Of"
collection, Direct Hits, which featured two incredible new
songs alongside classics from the band's revered catalog. The band,
who have sold over 25 million albums worldwide, and headlined all
the world's top festivals (Coachella, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury),
released their chart-topping album, Wonderful Wonderful, in
September 2017. It garnered the band
their first No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart the week of its
release in the U.S., as well as topping the charts in the U.K.,
Mexico, and Australia. In 2020, The Killers released
Imploding the Mirage in 2020; hailed by critics as one of
the best records in the band's already stellar catalog, the album
was the band's sixth consecutive number one in the U.K., and
Brandon Flowers' eighth U.K. number
one overall, making the band the first international act to receive
six consecutive #1's in the United
Kingdom. Imploding The Mirage also went Top 10 on the
Billboard Top 200 album chart, making it their sixth Top Ten album
in America. In 2021, The Killers released their eighth album,
Pressure Machine, a quieter,
character-driven document of life in small town America
inspired by frontman Brandon
Flowers' upbringing in rural Utah. In 2022, they
embarked on their largest, sold-out tour to date, playing stadiums
in North America and beyond. In
late 2023, the group released Rebel Diamonds, a curated dive
into an impressive catalog of songwriting and musicianship - one
that has solidified the band as one of the most important voices in
music over the last two decades. The album of highlights
features 20 tracks, including the recently certified Diamond "Mr.
Brightside," along with other modern-day classics "When You Were
Young," "All These Things That I've Done," "Human," "Read My Mind"
and more. They've announced a special Las Vegas Residency for
summer 2024, performing their seminal album Hot Fuss in full
for the first time ever to commemorate its 20-year anniversary.
About SoundExchange
SoundExchange is the premier music
tech organization on a mission to power the future of music. It was
independently formed in 2003 to build a fairer, simpler, and more
efficient music industry through technology, data, and advocacy.
The only organization designated by the U.S. government to
administer the Section 114 sound recording license, SoundExchange
collects and distributes digital performance royalties on behalf of
700,000 music creators and growing. Through proprietary music tech
solutions that turn data into accurate revenue, SoundExchange has
paid more than $11 billion in
distributions to date. For more information,
visit soundexchange.com.
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