Hawk Nelson was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award in the category for Best Recording Package, for their 2008 album Hawk Nelson Is My Friend .
Their third album, Billy Talent III was released on July 10, 2009, in Europe, July 13 in the United Kingdom, and July 14 in Canada. The album was released on September 22 in the United States on the Roadrunner Records label.
A Shipwreck in the Sand was released on March 31, 2009, and sold nearly 17,000 copies in its first week. The iTunes version of the album includes four bonus cover songs, ” Help! ” ( The Beatles cover), ” Go Your Own Way ” ( Fleetwood Mac Cover), “Three Miles…
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in 2009, in the soundtrack of the video game Band Hero
and, in 2009, played a show for Canadian and US troops in Kandahar , Afghanistan.
On October 26, 2009, Tegan and Sara released their sixth album, Sainthood , produced by Chris Walla and Howard Redekopp . Sainthood debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number 21, selling 24,000 copies in its first week. While recording the album, Tegan and Sara wrote songs together in New…
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It was made available to pre-order on December 15, 2008, with the digital version available to download immediately
On December 12, 2008, Thornley released the first single, “Make Believe”, from their second album Tiny Pictures .
In December 2008, Pitchfork reported the band set up the website miroir-noir.com to foreshadow the release of a concert film with the same title, reporting, “Miroir Noir will feature live footage from the Neon Bible tour.”
Lavigne began recording for her fourth album, Goodbye Lullaby , in her home studio in November 2008. Its opening track, “Black Star”, was written to help promote her first fragrance of the same name. Lavigne described the album as being about her life experiences rather than focusing on relationships, and…
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