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KINGS OF LEON
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Comprising Caleb, Jared, Matthew and Nathan Followill, the Kings take their name from the father & grandfather of Caleb and Jareb. Both were called Leon
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Their biggest album to date is the No1 Only By The Night, with sales of 2m helping mount total UK album sales of more than 4m.
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Their only No1, Sex On Fire, is their biggest UK hit single to date.
Only By The Night album review - by Bud Scoppa, Uncut (October 2008).
“Now, with Only By The Night, [Kings Of Leon have] taken their experimentation a bold (some might say foolhardy) step further, as these young dynamos, who've built their rep on bringing the heat, opt to – say what?! – slow down and mellow out. Relatively speaking.
"As always, the recipe starts with singer/rhythm guitarist Caleb Followill's oddly shaped, cinematically vivid songs and always surprising vocals, as self-directed as those of the young Van Morrison. His is a strikingly original vocal character, at once conversational and incantatory, with its roil of phlegm, pine tar and raw silk, sliding upward at the ends of lines in a real-time metaphor of yearning."
Singles
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/03/2003 |
HOLY ROLLER NOVACAINEKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD21) |
53 | 1 | 0 |
| 14/06/2003 |
WHAT I SAWKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD23) |
22 | 3 | 0 |
| 23/08/2003 |
MOLLY'S CHAMBERSKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD30) |
23 | 3 | 0 |
| 01/11/2003 |
WASTED TIMEKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD32) |
51 | 2 | 0 |
| 28/02/2004 |
CALIFORNIA WAITINGKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD37) |
61 | 1 | 0 |
| 06/11/2004 |
THE BUCKETKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD41) |
16 | 3 | 0 |
| 22/01/2005 |
FOUR KICKSKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD45) |
24 | 3 | 0 |
| 23/04/2005 |
KING OF THE RODEOKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD49) |
41 | 2 | 0 |
| 24/03/2007 |
ON CALLKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697073602) |
18 | 8 | 0 |
| 14/07/2007 |
FANSKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697114112) |
13 | 7 | 0 |
| 12/07/2008 |
FANSKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697114112) |
44 | 5 | 0 |
| 20/09/2008 |
SEX ON FIREKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697352002) |
1 | 87 | 3 |
| 04/10/2008 |
USE SOMEBODYKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697412182) |
2 | 62 | 0 |
| 07/03/2009 |
REVELRYKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697464632) |
29 | 7 | 0 |
| 16/10/2010 |
RADIOACTIVEKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697796492) |
7 | 9 | 0 |
| 18/12/2010 |
PYROKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down CATCO171536490) |
69 | 1 | 0 |
| 11/06/2011 |
USE SOMEBODYKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down USRC10800301) |
62 | 3 | 0 |
| 14/04/2012 |
SEX ON FIREKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down USRC10800300) |
57 | 3 | 0 |
| 28/04/2012 |
USE SOMEBODYKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down USRC10800301) |
35 | 2 | 0 |
| 24/11/2012 |
USE SOMEBODYKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down USRC10800301) |
48 | 7 | 0 |
Albums
| Date | Title, Artist, (Label) | Peak Position | Weeks | Weeks at No.1 |
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| 19/07/2003 |
YOUTH AND YOUNG MANHOODKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD27) |
3 | 38 | 0 |
| 13/11/2004 |
AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAKKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down HMD39) |
3 | 42 | 0 |
| 14/04/2007 |
BECAUSE OF THE TIMESKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697077412) |
1 | 83 | 2 |
| 12/07/2008 |
YOUTH AND YOUNG MANHOOD/AHA SHAKE HEARTBREAKKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697003552) |
67 | 1 | 0 |
| 04/10/2008 |
ONLY BY THE NIGHTKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697327121) |
1 | 143 | 4 |
| 18/07/2009 |
BOXEDKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697547372) |
20 | 9 | 0 |
| 30/10/2010 |
COME AROUND SUNDOWNKINGS OF LEON (Hand Me Down 88697782411) |
1 | 44 | 2 |
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