The Band Perry sets a mark for slowness
Thursday, July 28, 2011 – The Band Perry set a record this week with If I Die Young on the Billboard charts - for slowness.
The Band Perry was 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the same on Mainstream Top 40, Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 and former Hot Country
This was a new peak for the song on the Hot 100 chart in its 35th week, marking the longest-ever climb to the Hot 100's top 15. The ballad had been as high as 19 last October, a week before the song reached the country top 10.
The song passes Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats and Taylor Swift's Teardrops on My Guitar (33 weeks each) for the longest rise to the top 15. All three songs first achieved success on Hot Country Songs and then crossed over at pop and adult radio.
More news for The Band Perry
- 10/25/24: Perry advises "If You Can't, Don't"
- 09/07/23: Perry gives birth
- 05/01/23: Perry returns with "If I Die Young Pt. 2"
- 08/01/16: The Band Perry stages "Comeback Kid"
- 05/17/16: The Band Perry signs new deal, two in fact
- 03/01/16: The Band Perry splits with label
- 08/14/15: The Band Perry tries to "Live Forever"
- 02/09/15: For TBP, Grammy proves "life changing"
CD reviews for The Band Perry
Sports fans may be familiar with the term "sophomore slump," where a player has an excellent rookie season, but then struggles mightily in his second. With "Pioneer," The Band Perry demonstrates that the phrase can carry over to the music world as well. Where the group's debut was quirky and showed real potential, their second release takes some artistic steps backwards while developing a more mainstream sound.
The lead single and opening track, Better Dig Two, also ...
Image-wise, the siblings of The Band Perry are aiming squarely at the youth market. Sister and lead singer Kimberly has a Taylor Swift thing going on, with big curly blonde hair, while brothers Neil and Reid could be Jonases as easily as Perrys. Their musical style trends young, as well. There's an element of bluegrass in the music, but it's often more of a grace note on top of the pop-rock guitars and drums that remain the focus of the album.
Lyrically, the songs also offer a ...
The Band Perry gets its name from the fact that all three of its members are siblings. There's Kimberly Perry, who sings lead, in addition to playing piano and guitar. Her brother Reid Perry is the bassist, while Neil Perry plays drums, mandolin and accordion. The centerpiece song of this five-track EP is the single If I Die Young, which is made all the more striking by the fact that it's also sung by a young lady. Being young is usually no time to contemplate death - leave that to the old folks. ...
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