Boy (duo)
Boy | |
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BOY in December 2015. | |
Background information | |
Origin | Zürich, Hamburg |
Genres | Indie music |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Grönland Records |
Website | listentoboy.com |
Members |
Valeska Steiner Sonja Glass |
Boy (stylized BOY) is a Swiss/German pop duo founded in 2007 by Swiss singer Valeska Steiner and German bassist Sonja Glass. The two met while at a pop-music course at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg in 2005.[1] The band initially played concerts exclusively,[2] before being discovered and signed to Herbert Grönemeyer's label, Grönland Records, in 2011.[3]
Their debut album, Mutual Friends (Gold-certified in Germany), was produced by Philipp Steinke and released in the autumn of 2011.[1] The band sings entirely in English in a style reminiscent of that of Leslie Feist.[2][4]
In the UK, Mutual Friends was released by Decca in June 2012. The North American release of the album was February 2013 on Nettwerk Records.[5]
Boy won the Hamburg Musician Prize HANS in 2011 in the category Hamburgs Newcomer of the Year, and their album Mutual Friends won the 2012 European Border Breakers Award (EBBA).[6][7]
The duo's song "Little Numbers" was also featured in the Lufthansa Airline's Business Class advertisement in mid-2012. In 2013 the song was at No. 4 in the Japan Hot 100.[8]
The duo's first-ever USA tour launched on March 1, 2013 with a sold-out performance at Joe's Pub, New York City.
After a two-year hiatus to focus on song-writing, the duo released their second studio album We Were Here in 2015.
Discography
Albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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AUT [9] |
BEL (FL) [10] |
BEL (WA) [11] |
FRA [12] |
GER [13] |
SWI [14] |
US Heat [15] |
US Indie [16] | ||
Mutual Friends |
|
64 | 100 | 121 | 122 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
We Were Here |
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5 | 166 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released | |||||||||
EPs
Title | EP Details |
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Hungry Beast[17] |
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Singles
Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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BEL (FL) [10] |
FRA [12] |
GER [13] |
JPN [18] |
SWI [14] |
US AAA [19] | ||||
2011 | "Little Numbers" | 91 | 139 | 65 | 4 | 56 | 17 | Mutual Friends | |
2012 | "Oh Boy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Waitress" | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2015 | "We Were Here" | — | — | 57 | — | 74 | — | We Were Here | |
"Hit My Heart" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
2016 | "Fear" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Promotional Singles
Title | Year | Album |
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"Drive Darling"[20] | 2012 | Mutual Friends |
- On stage at the Kulturzentrum Schlachthof in Wiesbaden, 2016
- Sonja Glass
- Final applause in Wiesbaden 2016
- Valeska Steiner
References
- 1 2 "Der Musik die nötige Zeit lassen: Das Frauenduo Boy präsentiert sein Debütalbum in der Alten Börse - Pop und Jazz Nachrichten". NZZ.ch. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- 1 2 "Interview Valeska Steiner, Boy: über 1. Album, Herbert Grönemeyer – Schweizer Illustrierte" (in German). Schweizer-illustrierte.ch. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "Grönland Records angelt sich Boy | Musikmarkt" (in German). Musikmarkt.de. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "– Kein Kind von Traurigkeit | Musik | Züritipp Online". Zueritipp.ch. 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "Boy To Release Mutual Friends In North America". Nettskinny.com. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20111107205146/http://www.europeanborderbreakersawards.eu/content/boy?. Archived from the original on November 7, 2011. Retrieved November 29, 2011. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120406010045/http://festival.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/act/boy-1/. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2011. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ "Japan Hot 100 : Page 1". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "Discographie BOY". austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- 1 2 "Discografie BOY". ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Discographie BOY". ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
- 1 2 "Discographie BOY". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- 1 2 "BOY - Germany Albums".
- 1 2 "Discography BOY". swisscharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ↑ "BOY - Billboard Alternative".
- ↑ "BOY - Billboard Independent".
- ↑ "Hungry Beast". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
- ↑ "BOY - Japan Hot 100".
- ↑ "BOY - US Triple A".
- ↑ "Drive Darling". Discogs. Retrieved 2015-03-09.
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