| Stereos | |
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| Also known as | Stand By Me Turn It Up |
| Origin | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Genres | Pop rock |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Universal Music Canada |
| Website | www.wearestereos.com |
| Members | |
| Patrick Kordyback Miles Holmwood Daniel Johnson Robert Chalifoux Aaron Verdonk |
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| Past members | |
| Brad Bosch | |
Stereos are a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style including. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series, disBAND. In October 2009, they released their first album self-titled Stereos.
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The band started approximately two years before being on the show disBAND under the name Stand By Me in 2008.
| “ | Basically we played this big showcase during Canadian Music Week, Gene Simmons was there, everyone from Universal. After we played, they brought us all up to a big room and just sat us down and they’re like ‘Here’s the deal’. | ” |
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—Miles Holmwood[1] |
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After meeting disBAND Guru Greig Nori, Stand By Me had been immediately advised to change their name due to copyright issues. Turn It Up was chosen. Later, in order to perform several shows in Toronto, Ontario, Universal Music Canada A&R rep Mark Spicoluk advised the band to change their name again, and the band chose the name Stereos. After receiving the thumbs up from the judges from disBand, Stereos went to a large gig to receive a contract from the President of Universal Music Canada and judged by Kiss member Gene Simmons.[2][3]
They are currently recording a studio album with producer Gavin Brown.[4] On June 4 their music video for "Summer Girl" debuted on the MuchMusic Countdown. The single also debuted at #2 on the Canadian Hot 100 based on the large amount of downloads in the first week and in June 2009, Stereos' debut single, "Summer Girl" sold over 120,000 units in Canada and has been certified CRIA double platinum in digital downloads.[5] The band released their self-titled debut album Stereos on October 20, 2009 and was certified gold by the CRIA in January 2010 with sales of over 40,000 copies. The band started their first ever Cross-Canada tour on November 7, 2009 in Windsor, Ontario.
Stereos went across Canada in March and April 2010 on Hedley's The Show Must Go...On The Road Tour. Hedley announced the tour in support of their new album The Show Must Go which was released November 17, 2009. "Fefe Dobson and Stereos will be along for the whole trek, while Faber Drive and Boys Like Girls will support on select dates."[6]
On January 7, 2010 the band stated they were going back to the studio on a blog posted by Dan.[7]
In March 2010, the band received two Juno Award nominations which was for Best New Artist, and Best Pop Album.[8] They released two other singles that charted moderately,"Turn It Up" peaked at #31, and "Butterflies" at #51. The song "She Only Likes Me When She's Drunk" failed to chart.
Stereos second album, titled "Uncontrollable" was released on December 14, 2010. The first single from the album, "Uncontrollable" was released on October 25, 2010 and peaked at #42 on the Canadian Hot 100. The second single,"Body Move" was released in February 2011, the music video is currently under works. They will be going on a tour across Canada starting in March 2011. In mid April the bands' drummer, Aaron, sustained a broken finger, leaving him unable to perform. This caused the band to cancel several shows until Aaron's finger heals. The shows will not be rescheduled.[9][10]
{| class="wikitable" '!align="center" rowspan="2"|Year!align="center" rowspan="2"|Information !align="center" rowspan="1"|Peak !align="center" rowspan="2"|Certifications |- ! width="25"|[[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]] |-|2009 |Stereos
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| Year | Single | Peak [14] | Certifications | Album |
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| 2009 | "Summer Girl" | 2 |
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Stereos |
| "Throw Ya Hands Up" (feat. Jhevon Paris) | 3[16] |
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| "Turn It Up" | 30 |
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| 2010 | "Butterflies" | 51 | ||
| "She Only Likes Me When She's Drunk" | — | |||
| "Uncontrollable" | 42 | Uncontrollable |
| Year | Song | Peaks | Album |
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| 2009 | "Bye Bye Baby" | 43[18] | Stereos (and deluxe version) |
| "Get With You" (feat. Far East Movement) | 31[19] | ||
| "Jet Black Cadillac" | 70[20] | ||
| 2010 | "LA Dreamin'" | 75[21] | LA Dreamin' - Single |
"Summer Girl" — 2009
"Throw Ya Hands Up" — 2009
"Turn It Up" — 2009
"Butterflies" — 2010
"Wingin' It Theme" — 2010[22]
"She Only Likes Me When She's Drunk" — 2010
"Uncontrollable" - 2010
"Body Move" - 2011
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