Albums: Only by the Night, Because of the Times, Aha Shake Heartbreak

Kings of Leon are a Grammy Award-winning alternative/garage rock band formed in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee in 2000. The band consists of brothers Nathan Followill (drums/backing vocals), Caleb Followill (vocals/rhythm guitar), Jared Followill (bass) and their cousin Matthew Followill (lead guitar). Kings of Leon's first release, The Holy Roller Novocaine EP came out in 2003. Four of its five songs would later be released on Youth and Young Manhood, with the songs "California Waiting" and "Wasted Time" being remade. Their debut album Youth and Young Manhood, released on July 07, 2003, propelled them to relative stardom, particularly outside the US, where they were dubbed one of the driving forces behind the so-called "new rock revolution" by the European press. The band's second album Aha Shake Heartbreak was released in the UK in October 2004 and in the US in February 2005. Building on the southern-infused garage rock of their first album, the album was released to widespread acclaim and broadened the band's domestic and international audience. The band's third album was titled Because of the Times (reference to an annual preachers' conference the boys attended growing up). The album was released on April 2, 2007 in the UK, and a day later in the US to virtually universal praise. It entered the charts at #25 in the US and debuted at #1 in the UK selling approximately 70,000 copies in its first week of release. To date Kings of Leon have sold an estimated 28 million units worldwide of all three albums. The bands fourth album, entitled Only By The Night, was released on September 23rd, 2008 and reached top 5 on the Billboard in the US. Following the success of the new album, Kings of Leon received three nominations in the 2009 Grammy Awards and won for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals" for their hit single 'Sex on Fire'.

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