Twenty One Pilots also took home the award for Top Rock Artist that year. Blurryface won Top Rock Album at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. It’s also the first album ever to have every single track certified at least Gold by the RIAA. It was the band’s first number-one album, selling 134,000 copies in the first week. The music video was also a hit, surpassing 2.5 billion views on YouTube.īlurryface was released in May 2015 and became a breakout success. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and became the band’s biggest-selling single. The third single, “Stressed Out,” dropped that April. In March 2015, Twenty One Pilots announced its upcoming album, Blurryface. The band continued to tour and play festivals throughout 2014. Later that year, Twenty One Pilots joined Panic! at the Disco as a supporting act on Fall Out Boy’s Save Rock and Roll Arena Tour. The single, “Holding on to You,” became the band’s first charting single and reached number 11 on the Billboard Alternatives Songs charts. Vessel climbed to number 21 on the Billboard 200 charts and number 10 in the Alternative Albums Chart. Twenty One Pilots’ third album dropped in January 2013. The next month, the band joined Neon Trees and Walk the Moon on tour. The band released its first record under the label, an EP titled Three Songs, in July. In April 2012, Twenty One Pilots announced a deal with Fueled by Ramen, a subsidiary of Atlantic Records.
The band then embarked on the Regional at Best Tour alongside the rock band Challenger, documenting the journey on YouTube. Just a few months later, the band played its first sold-out show at Newport Music Hall, catching the attention of several record labels. The new Twenty One Pilots self-released its second album, Regional at Best, that July. Twenty One Pilots became a duo, with Joseph on vocals and Josh Dun on drums. Just two years later, in 2011, Thomas and Salih left the group to focus on school and work, respectively. The album peaked at number 139 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 115,000 copies. Twenty One Pilots released its debut, self-titled album independently in 2009, recording from the basement of the house where its members lived at the time. Joseph’s mother helped promote the shows by giving away tickets outside of Ohio State. The band became known for its attention-grabbing costumes and on-stage antics. The trio named itself Twenty One Pilots and began playing a variety of venues around Columbus. Before their first performance, Joseph invited Thomas to join. After bonding over their shared musical creativity, Joseph and Salih decided to form a band.
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