Gloriana (band)

Gloriana

Gloriana at Walmart Soundcheck, August 2012. L-R: Rachel Reinert, Tom Gossin, Mike Gossin
Background information
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genres Country
Years active 2008-present
Labels
Associated acts Matt Serletic, Taylor Swift
Website www.gloriana.com
Members
  • Mike Gossin
  • Tom Gossin
Past members

Gloriana is an American country music group founded in 2008. It is currently composed of brothers Tom Gossin and Mike Gossin (vocals, guitar); Cheyenne Kimball, who recorded one album for Daylight Records in 2006, was the group's mandolinist until her 2011 departure, and Rachel Reinert was one of the group's vocalists until her 2016 departure. Gloriana released its debut single "Wild at Heart" in February 2009, which was a Top 15 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The group's self-titled debut album, Gloriana, was released on August 4, 2009. Their second album, A Thousand Miles Left Behind (2012), produced their first Top 10 country hit and first Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in "(Kissed You) Good Night".

History

Brothers Tom and Mike Gossin were born in Utica, New York.[1] They both took classical piano lessons from age 5. At 10, Tom began studying jazz with a local jazz musician and at 12, he began to play the guitar. Tom, along with third Gossin brother Stephen, founded their own band "Oblique" in high school. Stephen and Tom later moved to Wilmington, North Carolina together, where they attended University of North Carolina at Wilmington, with Tom majoring in guitar. After a professor suggested that he pursue songwriting and performing, Tom dropped out of the university and started playing music and selling independent records at gigs he played. Mike learned drums at age 8 and, like Tom, started playing guitar at 12. He moved to Wilmington after high school to join Tom there. He joined a group with Tom and Stephen during which time they filmed a reality series that did not last long. Tom and Mike moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where they began performing as a duo.[1][2]

Rachel Reinert, a native of Sarasota, Florida, went to high school in Santa Ana, California. She attended a performing arts school starting at age 7 and then started playing the guitar. She also started turning her poetry into songs. With a teacher's help, she began recording demos, and was signed to a publishing deal at age 15.[1] She moved to Nashville, and was working on her songwriting skills when she met the Gossins, who found her through her MySpace page.[1]

The group's fourth and final member, Cheyenne Kimball, was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina but raised in Frisco, Texas. A performer by age 10, she entered the television talent show America's Most Talented Kid, and won the show's top honor at age 12.[1] One year after her win, Kimball recorded a solo album on Epic Records. This album included songs that she had written with John Rich of Big & Rich, whom she met after a trip to Nashville. When Cheyenne was in her late teens she had a reality show on MTV that lasted one season. She joined the Gossin brothers and Reinert after meeting them in a nightclub, and the four members began writing songs and performing together.[1]

2008–2010: Gloriana

Cheyenne Kimball, pictured here in 2010, was a vocalist and mandolinist in the group for its first album.

Once the four members of Gloriana were in place, they began recording demos, and sent one to Emblem Records, a label owned by Matt Serletic, a record producer who has worked with Matchbox 20.[1] The four members worked with Serletic, and Nashville songwriters such as Jeffrey Steele, Brett James and Wayne Kirkpatrick, among others.[1] By February the group had signed with the label but had not yet come up with a name.

In early 2009, the group released its debut single "Wild at Heart", which Serletic wrote with Josh Kear and Stephanie Bentley, another former Epic artist.[3] It became the highest-selling country music debut single of 2009.[4] The group also signed to Taylor Swift's 2009-2010 Fearless tour. In May 2009, Gloriana released a four-song digital EP, comprising "Wild at Heart" and three other songs from the album. On August 4, 2009, the band released its self-titled debut, which peaked at No. 2 on Top Country Albums and No. 3 on the Billboard 200, shortly before "Wild at Heart" peaked at No. 15. The album's second single, "How Far Do You Wanna Go?", was released in September. The band won the American Music Award's Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 2009.[5] It was announced on March 16, 2010 that the group had won the 2010 Academy of Country Music's Top New Vocal Group award. On August 18, 2010, "Wild at Heart" was certified Gold by the RIAA.

A third single, "The World Is Ours Tonight," debuted in early 2010. It was included on a March 2010 reissue of the band's debut album.

2011–2013: A Thousand Miles Left Behind

In early 2011, the group announced the release of a new single, "Wanna Take You Home", which acted as the lead-off single to their second studio album, A Thousand Miles Left Behind. "Wanna Take You Home" was released to country radio on 28 March 2011,[6] and went on to become the group's fourth Top 40 hit. On 11 July 2011, Gloriana announced the departure of Cheyenne Kimball.[7] The band found out about Kimball's plan to leave via Twitter. They continued working on their second album without Kimball,[8] although she still appears in the "Wanna Take You Home" music video. The song's music video, directed by TK McKamy, was shot over the course of several days at a private residence outside of Nashville.[7]

On October 4, 2011, Gloriana released their second single from the album, "(Kissed You) Good Night," on their official website.[9] On 13 January 2012, the music video for "(Kissed You) Good Night" premiered on ABC Family.[10] On May 20, 2012, the band performed their single "(Kissed You) Good Night" on the television show The Bachelorette. On 31 July 2012, the album was released On September 10, 2012, the album's third single, "Can't Shake You", was released. The single was featured on the season 2 finale of The CW's Hart of Dixie with the band guest starring as themselves.

2014–present: Three

The group released a new single, "Best Night Ever," in February 2014, and it went on to be a minor Top 40 hit on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. It was followed later in the year by "Trouble," which reached a peak of number 24 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart and served as the lead-off single to Gloriana's third studio album, Three, which was released on June 2, 2015. The album produced no other singles, and in January 2016, Reinert announced her departure from the band and she's currently working on her first solo album.[11]

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions Sales
US Country
[12]		 US
[13]		 AUS
[14]
Gloriana 2 3 43
A Thousand Miles Left Behind
  • Release date: July 31, 2012
  • Label: Emblem/Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, music download
 2 11 —
Three
  • Release date: June 2, 2015
  • Label: Emblem/Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, music download
 13 116 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays

Title Details
The Way It Goes (EP)
  • Release date: May 19, 2009
  • Label: Emblem/Warner Bros.
  • Formats: CD, music download

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)		 Album
US Country
[18]		 US Country Airplay
[19]		 US
[20]		 CAN
2009 "Wild at Heart" 15 — 53 — Gloriana
"How Far Do You Wanna Go?" 36 — — —
2010 "The World Is Ours Tonight" 37 — — —
2011 "Wanna Take You Home" 34 — — — A Thousand Miles Left Behind
"(Kissed You) Good Night" 2 — 34 60
2012 "Can't Shake You" 20 16 83 —
2014 "Best Night Ever" 46 37 — — N/A
"Trouble" 36 24 — — Three
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year Video Director
2009 "Wild at Heart" Elliott Lester
"The Way It Goes" Chad Denning
"How Far Do You Wanna Go?" Kristin Barlowe
"Silent Night" Eric Welch
2010 "The World Is Ours Tonight" Shawn Robbins
2011 "Wanna Take You Home" TK McKamy
"(Kissed You) Good Night"
2012 "Can't Shake You"
2015 "Trouble"[23] Sean Hagwell

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Result
2009 CMT Music Awards Group Video of the Year — "Wild at Heart"[24] Nominated
USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year — "Wild at Heart" Nominated
Nationwide On Your Side Award Won
American Music Awards Breakthrough Artist of the Year Won
2010 Academy of Country Music Awards Top New Vocal Group Won
Top New Artist Nominated
CMT Music Awards Group Video of the Year - How Far Do You Wanna Go? Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Country Group Nominated
2012 American Country Awards Artist of the Year: Breakthrough [25] Nominated
Single of the Year: Breakthrough — "(Kissed You) Good Night" Nominated
Music Video of the Year: Group or Collaboration — "(Kissed You) Good Night" Nominated

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Gloriana biography". CMT. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
  2. ↑ Leggett, Steve. "Gloriana biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  3. ↑ Ross, David M. (2009-01-14). "Gloriana". Music Row. Retrieved 2009-01-26.
  4. ↑ "Gloriana debut available for listening today". Country Standard Time. 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  5. ↑ Roland, Tom (2009-12-21). "Gloriana attributes breakthrough to fans". Great American Country. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  6. ↑ "Future Releases for Country Radio Stations". All Access. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Gloriana’s Cheyenne Kimball Exits Band". Country Weekly. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
  8. ↑ Giles, Jeff. "Gloriana Describes the 'Evolving Process' Behind Their New Album, 'A Thousand Miles Left Behind'." CMT. September 25, 2011. Web. Retrieved 2012-04-18
  9. ↑ "(Kissed You) Good Night". All Access. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  10. ↑ Gloriana. "'(Kissed You) Good Night' First Look!" Gloriana. Retrieved: 2012-04-18.
  11. ↑ http://tasteofcountry.com/rachel-reinert-leaves-gloriana/
  12. ↑ "Gloriana Album & Song Chart History - Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Gloriana Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  14. ↑ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  15. ↑ Keith Caulfield (August 3, 2012). "Joss Stone & Gloriana Aiming for Top 10 on Billboard 200". Billboard.
  16. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.
  17. ↑ Bjorke, Matt (June 11, 2015). "Country Album Chart Report For June 11, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
  18. ↑ "Gloriana Album & Song Chart History - Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  19. ↑ "Gloriana Album & Song Chart History - Country Airplay". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Gloriana Album & Song Chart History - Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  21. ↑ "American single certifications – Gloriana – Wild at Heart". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  22. ↑ "American single certifications – Gloriana – (Kissed You) Good Night". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  23. ↑ "CMT : Videos : Gloriana : Trouble". Country Music Television. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  24. ↑ "CMT : CMT Music Awards : June 10, 8/7c : Vote : Voting, Nominations, Performers and More". Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "2012 American Country Awards: Nominees & Winners". Nash Country Weekly. Retrieved 2015-12-14.

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