The Civil Wars have been the independent success story of 2011 in the USA where their self released album has sold over 300 000 copies so far and won them an army of celebrity fans from Taylor Swift through to Adele, who put them on her UK and US tours in 2011.
These are just some of the highlights of the past few months:
Grammy Awards – Nominated as Best Folk Album, Best Country Duo/Group Performance iTunes Rewind – Singer/Songwriter Breakthough Artist of the Year, Best Singer/Songwriter Song of the Year (Barton Hollow), #48: Top Selling Albums Overall TIME Magazine – #9: Top 10 Albums of 2011 Paste – #3: Top 20 New Bands of 2011 and #17: 100 Best Albums of 2011 NPR – 50 Favorite Albums of 2011, Ann Powers’ Top 10 Albums of 2011 Rough Trade – #25: Top 100 Albums of 2011 Amazon.com – #5: The Best Albums of 2011, Entertainment Weekly – 5 Breakout Musicians of the Year
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