Gloriana (band)
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Gloriana is an American country music group founded in 2008. It is composed of brothers Tom Gossin the "leader" and Mike Gossin (vocals, guitar), as well as Rachel Reinert (vocals, tambourine) and Cheyenne Kimball (vocals, mandolin). Before the band's foundation, Kimball was the 2002 winner of the competition America's Most Talented Kid and a solo artist on Epic Records. Gloriana released its debut single "Wild at Heart" in February 2009, which has become a Top 15 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The group's self titled debut album, Gloriana, was released on August 4, 2009.
History
Brothers Tom and Mike Gossin were born in Utica, New York.[1] They both took piano lessons from age 6, and Tom began studying guitar with the help of a local jazz musician. Tom, along with third Gossin brother Stephen, founded their own band "Captain Zippy" in high school. Stephen and Tom later moved to Wilmington, North Carolina together, where they attended University of North Carolina at Wilmington, with Tom majoring in guitar. However, he dropped out to pursue a career in singing and songwriting, performing independently and releasing his own albums, titled "Rendezvous" and "Underwater". Mike, who had formed his own band "Oblique", moved to Wilmington to join Tom and Stephen, along with bassist and childhood friend, Zach Brindisi. The group, named "Madison Rose", starred in a VH-1 reality television pilot. After Stephen parted ways to perform in his new band "The End of Detroit", Tom and Mike moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they began performing as a duo. Zach reunited with Tom and Mike in the summer of 2009.[1][2]
Rachel Reinert, a native of Sarasota, Florida, went to high school in Santa Ana, California. After attending a performing arts school, she began writing songs and playing guitar herself. With a teacher's help, she began recording demos, and was signed to a publishing deal at age 15.[1] The Gossins met Rachel through her MySpace page, and she began performing with them after moving to Nashville.[1]
The group's fourth and final member, Cheyenne Kimball, was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina but raised in Frisco, Texas. A performer by age 10, she entered the television talent show America's Most Talented Kid, and won the show's top honor at age 12.[1] One year after her win, Kimball recorded a solo album on Epic Records. This album included songs that she had written with John Rich of Big & Rich, whom she met after a trip to Nashville. When Cheyenne was in her late teens she had a reality show on MTV that lasted one season. She joined the Gossin brothers and Reinert after meeting them in a nightclub, and the four members began writing songs and performing together.[1]
2008–present: Gloriana
Once the four members of Gloriana were in place, they began recording demos, and sent one to Emblem Records, a label owned by Matt Serletic, a record producer who has worked with Matchbox 20.[1] The four members worked with Serletic, and Nashville songwriters such as Jeffrey Steele, Brett James and Wayne Kirkpatrick, among others.[1] By February the group had signed with the label but had not yet come up with a name.
In early 2009, the group released its debut single "Wild at Heart", which Serletic wrote with Josh Kear and Stephanie Bentley, another former Epic artist.[3] It became the highest-selling country music debut single of 2009.[4] The group also signed to Taylor Swift's 2009 Fearless tour. Taylor Swift and Gloriana are good friends to this day. Gloriana said being put on Taylor's Fearless Tour was very good for them and helped them grow. In May 2009, Gloriana released a four-song digital EP, comprising "Wild at Heart" and three other songs from the album. On August 4, 2009, the band released its self-titled debut, which peaked at #2 on Top Country Albums and #3 on the Billboard 200, shortly before "Wild at Heart" peaked at #15. The album's second single, "How Far Do You Wanna Go?", was released in September. The band won the American Music Award's Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2009.[5]
It was announced on March 16th, 2010 that the group had won the 2010 Academy of Country Music's Top New Vocal Group award.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN | AUS Country | AUS | ||
| 2009 | Gloriana
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2 | 3 | 10 | 67 | 3 | 43 |
EPs
| Year | Album details | Chart Positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Singles | CAN Singles | ||
| 2009 | The Way It Goes
|
1 | 1 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | US | CAN Country | |||||||
| 2009 | "Wild at Heart" | 15 | 53 | 34 | Gloriana | ||||
| "How Far Do You Wanna Go?" | 36 | — | 37 | ||||||
| 2010 | "The World Is Ours Tonight"A | 40 | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
- A Current single.
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "Wild at Heart" | Elliott Lester |
| "The Way It Goes" | Chad Denning | |
| "How Far Do You Wanna Go?" | Kristin Barlowe | |
| "Silent Night" | Eric Welch | |
| 2010 | "The World Is Ours Tonight" | Shawn Robbins |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | CMT Music Awards | Group Video of the Year — "Wild at Heart"[6] | Nominated |
| USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year — "Wild at Heart" | Nominated | ||
| Nationwide On Your Side Award | Won | ||
| American Music Awards | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Won | |
| 2010 | Academy of Country Music Awards | Top New Vocal Group | Won |
| Top New Artist | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Gloriana biography". CMT. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
- ^ Leggett, Steve. "Gloriana biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ^ Ross, David M. (2009-01-14). "Gloriana". Music Row. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
- ^ "Gloriana debut available for listening today". Country Standard Time. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ^ Roland, Tom (2009-12-21). "Gloriana attributes breakthrough to fans". Great American Country. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ http://www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards/nominees.jhtml
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