Tracking an artist
Early years - 2009:
The Lumineers decided to relocate to Denver, to join the Open mic scene.
Ho Hey - 2011:
The Lumineers best record ' Ho Hey' featured in the season finale of CW's Hart of Dixie.
Featuring in the charts - 2012:
Although the hit single ' Ho Hey' had already featured in different shows, it didn't make the charts until June 2012. At this moment in time the song debuted at number 90 in the top 100 billboard charts. However, a few weeks later, the song hit number 3 on the top 100 billboard. This made it the first top 5 single for the band.
Double platinum single - 2012:
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In December 2012, ' Ho Hey' had over 2 million copies sold. This made it their first ever double platinum single. September was the month where the hit became even more known. Hitting number 1 on the Alternative Songs chart where it stayed for two weeks.
New year, new single - 2013​
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As the Lumineers continued to grow, they released more songs. 'Stubborn love' was their ext single to be released. This featured two 4-week runs at number 1 on the Adult Alternative Songs chart. At the same time as this, the band also had 8 consecutive weeks on the Billboard's Adult Pop Songs chart.
Headlining live events - 2013​
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As well as a world tour in places such as the UK and Australia, the Lumineers also headlined many shows in the northern US and quickly sold out.
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In the same year, they released their third song, 'Submarines'.
Lawsuits - 2014
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In 2014, Van Dyke filed a lawsuit against Schultz, Fraites, and The Lumineers, LLC. "The numerous record releases of Schultz and Fraites’s current band, Van Dyke has been ostracized and rendered 'invisible' through a false narrative," as well as, "Schultz and Fraites promote false claims that they developed the band and its original material in Denver, with no mention whatsoever of Van Dyke’s significant involvement in developing the band and the Compositions".
Second album - 2016
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In 2014, the band started to plan their second album. April 8th this album was finally released, known as 'Cleopatra'.
Where does my music video fit into this timeline?
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The music video I have chosen is quite early on the releases from the band. When looking at the release of their songs and music videos, I can see that their videos are changing over time. We can see that their first video, 'Ho Hey' was a performance video. Whereas, there final music video ' Cleopatra' was a narrative video. However, the video I have chosen is a combination of the both. I can see that overtime the Lumineers are moving from performance videos to narrative videos.