KAISER CHIEFS

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'Kaiser Chiefs' are an English band from Leeds. They were formed in early 1997 by school friends Nick Hodgson, Simon Rix and Nick Baines. They were later joined by Andrew White and art school graduate Ricky Wilson, whom they spotted singing with a Rolling Stones tribute band. Since they formed, the Kaiser Chiefs have achieved both critical acclaim and commercial success. Their first album, Employment, sold more than 3 million copies and was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Prize. It was later nominated for the category of Best British Album at the 2006 Brit Awards.

Contents

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Special and international singles releases

Remixes

Compilations

Awards

Trivia

References

External links

Official sites

Fansites

Other sites

Discography

Studio albums

★ '''Employment''' - 7 March 2005 - '#2' (UK); '#10' (Netherlands); '#86' (U.S.)

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★ 'Worldwide Sales:' estimated 4.3 million

★ '''Yours Truly, Angry Mob''' - 26 February 2007 - '#1' (UK, Netherlands, Greece); '#2' (Ireland, Belgium); '#6' (Germany); '#9' (Australia); '#25' (Canada); '#45' (France, U.S.)

Singles

Year	Song	UK Singles Chart	UK Download Chart	U.S. Modern Rock	Album
2004	"Oh My God"	#66	-	-	''Employment''
	"I Predict a Riot"	#22	-	-
2005	"Oh My God" (reissue)	#6	#2	-
	"Everyday I Love You Less and Less"	#10	#13	-
	"I Predict a Riot" (reissue) / "Sink that Ship"	#9	#6	#34
	"Modern Way"	#11	#27	-
2007	"Ruby"	'#1'	'#1'	#14	''Yours Truly, Angry Mob''
	"Everything Is Average Nowadays"	#19	-	-
	"The Angry Mob"	#22	TBR	TBR

Special and international singles releases

★ The Cribs/Kaiser Chiefs split "7 (2005)

★ "You Can Have It All" (limited edition Christmas 7", available only on the Kaiser Chiefs' website and restricted to 2000 copies) (2005)

★ ''Lap of Honour'' (Japan only EP) (2006)

Remixes

★ Kaiser Chiefs and Boys Noize - Everyday I Love You Less And Less (Whitelabel vinyl 2005)

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★ This song was famously spun by Tiga at 2005's I Love Techno music festival.

Compilations

★ '' (2005 · Warner Bros./Wea)

★ ''Help! A Day In The Life - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"'' (2005 · Independiente)

Awards

'''2006'''

★ '2006 BRIT Awards: British Rock Act'

★ '2006 BRIT Awards: British Live Act'

★ '2006 BRIT Awards: British Group'
Kaiser Chiefs were the most successful artists in the Brit awards 2006, winning more awards than anyone else, despite not having a single number 1 single OR album (at the time).

★ '2006 NME Awards: Best Album'

★ '2006 NME Awards: Best Dressed' (for Ricky Wilson)[1]

Trivia

★ In a 2007 YouTube webcast, Beatle Paul McCartney confessed that he enjoyed the music of the Kaiser Chiefs.

★ Fellow British band McFly did an acoustic version of I Predict A Riot.

★ Lily Allen and Mark Ronson did a cover of Oh My God where the boys featured in the video.

★ In August 2007 the band played under the name Hooks for Hands at the Leeds Festival.

★ 'Ruby' will appear on the video game, Guitar Hero 3

References

External links

Official sites

★ Kaiser Chiefs

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Fansites

★ KaiserChiefs.eu European Infosite

★ KaiserChiefs.nl/.be Dutch Infosite

★ KaiserChiefs.fr French Infosite

★ Kaiserchiefs.org Fansite

★ Kaiser Chiefs Portugal

Other sites

★ Kaiser Chiefs News on ''Bandnews.org''

★ Internet TV Interview with Music Video

★ Kaiser Chiefs In Session at CBC Radio 3

★ Kaiser Chiefs Lyrics

★ Kaiser Chiefs - Leeds Music Scene

★ Interview for fender.co.uk

★ Kaiser Chiefs in-depth video interview on stv.tv/music, March 2007