The All American Rejects

  The All American Rejects

Origin:Stillwater,Oklahoma,

United:States

Genres:Alternativerock,pop punk,power pop

Yearse:1999–present

The All-American Rejects is an American alternative rock band formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1999.The band consists of lead vocalist and bass guitarist and pianist Tyson Ritter, lead guitarist and backing vocalist Nick Wheeler, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Mike Kennerty, and drummer and percussionist Chris Gaylor.

The band achieved mainstream success with their debut self-titled studio album, The All-American Rejects, released in 2003. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA and spawned the hit single "Swing, Swing".The band's second album, Move Along (2005), brought the band more mainstream success. The album produced three hit singles; "It Ends Tonight", "Dirty Little Secret" and "Move Along", all of which charted in the top fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Both "Move Along" and "Dirty Little Secret" sold over two million digital downloads in the United States. 

The album itself was certified double platinum by the RIAA. The All-American Rejects' third album, When the World Comes Down, was released on December 16, 2008. The album was certified gold by the RIAA. The first single, "Gives You Hell", became the band's first song to be successful internationally: it peaked at number-four on the Hot 100 chart, number-three on the Australian ARIA Singles chart and charted in the top twenty of the UK Singles Chart. On March 21, 2011, the RIAA certified "Gives You Hell" 4× multi-platinum for sales of over 4 million in the United States.[10] The band's fourth album: Kids in the Street released worldwide on March 26, 2012 debuted at No.18 on the US Billboard 200 chart.

Since the start of their career, The All-American Rejects have sold over 10 million albums world wide. The All-American Rejects were ranked No. 73 on the "Hot 100 Artists of the 2000s"and No. 183 on Billboard magazine's "Billboard 200 Artists of the Decade" list.

From:wikipedia