| Plain White T's | |
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The Plain White T's playing at the Metro in Chicago, May 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Genres | Pop rock, pop punk |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Atlantic Fearless Hollywood (2006-present) |
| Website | Official website UK website |
| Members | |
| Tom Higgenson Dave Tirio Mike Retondo Tim Lopez De'Mar Hamilton |
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| Past members | |
| Steve Mast Ken Fletcher |
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Plain White T's is an American Pop rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1997 by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes.[1][2]
The band is best known for the number-one hit song "Hey There Delilah", which achieved platinum status in 2007 and earned two Grammy nominations,[3] as well as "1, 2, 3, 4" and "Rhythm of Love" which turned platinum in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
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The Plain White T's formed in Lombard, Illinois, in 1997. Vocalist and guitarist Tom Higgenson had been a guitarist in a number of bands during high school. He and bass player Ken Fletcher were in a band called Harvey's Daughter when they decided to move on. The two asked Dave Tirio to play drums for their group, and Plain White T's came into existence by the fall of 1997.[4][5]
Higgenson suffered a car crash in 2001, breaking several vertebrae in the accident.[6]
In early 2006, the band teamed with Motion City Soundtrack for a Winter/Spring tour. "Hey There Delilah" was first released on their third album All That We Needed in 2005. The same year the band was featured for a month as a "Hip Clipz" artist on the website of Curly Grrlz Skateboards. In 2008, they released the album Big Bad World. The album had two hit singles: "1, 2, 3, 4" and "Natural Disaster". Both were on the AT40 at numbers 1 and 2 for three consecutive weeks. By late 2008, the band had joined the Rock Band Live tour with Panic! At The Disco, Dashboard Confessional and The Cab. Later that year, the band played at the Give It a Name festival in the UK. In 2007, they performed the single "It's Our Time Now" on an episode of the Nickelodeon television series, iCarly.
The band's new single "Rhythm of Love" went live on alternativeaddiction.com in July 2010. The track is the first from their 2010 album The Wonders of the Younger. The record has the band leaving their previous sound behind and adopting a "live-in-the room acoustic California-pop feel", and is the first to feature some songs without lead singer Tom Higgenson, instead with guitarist Tim Lopez taking the lead vocal duties on several tracks.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||
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| US [7] |
US Rock [8] |
US Indie [7] |
US Heat [9] |
AUS [10] |
AUT [10] |
CHE [11] |
FRA [12] |
NLD [13] |
UK [14] |
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| 2000 | Come on Over
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| 2002 | Stop
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| 2005 | All That We Needed
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— | — | 31 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | Every Second Counts
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10 | 3 | — | — | 45 | 27 | 66 | 65 | 66 | 3 | ||
| 2008 | Big Bad World
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33 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | Wonders of the Younger
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149 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | |||||||
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| US Indie [7] |
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| 2001 | Rip Off Of the Hits
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| 2007 | Hey There Delilah EP
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||
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| US [15] |
US Pop [16] |
US Adult [17] |
US AC [18] |
US Alt [19] |
AUS [10] |
CAN [20] |
FRA [12] |
GER [21] |
NLD [13] |
NZ [22] |
UK [14] |
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| 2004 | "All That We Needed" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All That We Needed | |||||
| 2005 | "Take Me Away" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2006 | "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)" | 68 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | Every Second Counts | |||||
| 2007 | "Hey There Delilah" | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | ||||||
| "Our Time Now" | 90 | — | 35 | — | 29 | 37 | — | — | 87 | — | — | 114 | |||||||
| 2008 | "Natural Disaster" | 125 | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Big Bad World | |||||
| "1, 2, 3, 4" | 34 | 32 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | |||||||
| 2010 | "Rhythm of Love" | 38 | 20 | 5 | 4 | — | 85 | 98 | — | — | 76 | — | 60 | Wonders of the Younger | |||||
| 2011 | "Boomerang" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Song | Album |
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| 2007 | "Recluse" (Stacy Clark featuring Plain White T's) |
Apples and Oranges |
| 2008 | "Little Miss Obsessive" (Ashlee Simpson featuring Tom Higgenson) |
Bittersweet World |
| 2009 | "Bored of Your Love" (Meg and Dia featuring Tom Higgenson) |
Here, Here, and Here |
| 2009 | "U and I" (Crash Boom Bang featuring Tom Higgenson) |
Gold Rush |
| 2009 | "What Would You Say?" (Breathe Electric featuring Tom Higgenson) |
Emotion |
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