Owl City

Owl City is an American electronica musical project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young formed in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. Young created the project while experimenting with music in his parent's basement. Suffering from insomnia while working loading Coca-Cola trucks in his hometown, Owatonna, Minnesota, Young turned to composing music. He began uploading songs recorded in his parents' basement to MySpace. 

In 2007, Owl City released an EP titled Of June, followed by the 2008 release of the album Maybe I'm Dreaming. Of June reached No. 15 on the Billnboard Electronic Albums chart, and Maybe I'm Dreaming peaked on the same chart at No. 13. Owl City gained mainstream popularity with the 2009 major label debut album Ocean Eyes, which spawned the quadruple-platinum hit single "Fireflies". The album was certified Platinum in the United States in April 2010.

The Ocean Eyes album debuted at No. 27 on the Billboard 200. Owl City has released three official singles from this album: "Umbrella Beach", "Vanilla Twilligth" and "Fireflies". "Fireflies" topped the US and Canadian charts. Ocean Eyes reached the top ten on the US album charts, topped the US electronic charts, and also reached Amazon MP3's top 10 most downloaded album list. By April 2010, it was certified Platinum in the United States. On January 24, 2010, Owl City reached the No. 1 spot in the UK Top 40 Singles chart with "Fireflies". The song "Tidal Wave" also received significant airplay on Christian music radio stations. On January 2, 2011, it was revealed "Fireflies" was the 20th most downloaded song of all time in the UK

Owl City's live band consists of Breanne Düren (background vocals/keyboards), Casey Brown (drums), Laura Musten (violin), Hannah Schroeder (cello), and Daniel Jorgensen (vibes). Relient K vocalist Matt Thiessen has toured and collaborated with Owl City on several tracks, including "Fireflies", where Matt can be heard providing the backup vocals. 

Owl City has toured with The Scene Aesthetic, Light, John Mayer, Maroon 5 and Brooke Waggoner. He was also guest featured in the soundtrack to Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland with a song entitled "The Technicolor Phase" that had already been featured in his debut album.

In 2011, Owl City was announced that All Things Bright and Beautiful would be released on May 17, although that date was subsequently pushed back to June 14. On March 1, he announced via his website the All Things Bright and Beautiful Tour. All Things Bright and Beautiful presale and tour ticket presale started March 22. Owl City also made a concert in Indonesia at Tenis Indor Senayan on October 28. Unfortunately, I didn't watch the concert because the tickets had been sold out. But I hope for the next year Owl City will make a concert again in Indonesia and I won't miss it.

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