New Hollow is an American

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band from

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. The band was composed of Michael "Mookie" Clouse, Evan West & Chad Blashford (departed in 2018). New Hollow was founded by three students at

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, who initially began playing together while still

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students under the name Monkee Hollow.Knuckles, Brett
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The single, entitled "SiCK", was released November 1, 2010, and reached the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it peaked at number 86.Chart Moves
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''. The single sold over 28,000 physical copies in its first week, en route to selling 140,000 units by early 2011. The group signed an agreement with

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, a girls' clothing store, to market their debut single, with that deal ending in April 2013. In November 2010, the band also performed

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at the nationally televised Thanksgiving Day

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game between the

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and the

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on Fox TV. On Jan. 23, 2011, the band released their second single "Boyfriend" and it entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on Feb. 3, 2011, where it peaked at number 96. On May 27, 2011, the band released their third single, a rock cover of the

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song, "Airplanes", which charted at number 12 on the

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chart. On December 13, 2012, New Hollow's cover over "Airplanes" reappeared in the Billboard Hot Single Sales Chart at number 12 and the following week, "SiCK" & "Boyfriend" also re-entered the chart. On July 3, 2013, the band's fourth single, an original titled,

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began getting airplay on SiriusXM radio. In December 2013,

was voted the "Breakthrough Song Of 2013" by

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, beating out "Let Her Go" by

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, "Best Day of My Life" by

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and "Say Something" by

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. On January 1, 2014,

was voted the #18 song of year on

"Top 30 Countdown Of 2013". On January 24, 2014, New Hollow signed a multi-album recording contract with

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and

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was re-released and peaked in the twenties on both the

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Top 40 and Hot AC charts. The song "Jackie's Baby" co-written by Clouse & West with

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and featuring New Hollow was released in April 2015 on the new

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album

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. In May 2015, New Hollow parted ways with

. In June 2015, the band signed a new deal with Bee & El/

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. New Hollow went in the studio to record with

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and British producer

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(

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). On July 8, 2015, the band released their self-penned single, Why Don't You Love Me On June 3, 2016, Popstar (Is This What The Girls Like?) was released by 614 Music/Bee & El/

. In 2018, West and Clouse relocated to

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where they continue to write, record and produce. In 2019, the band released a single called "A Thing". In 2020, they released three more singles: "Calling All the Time", "White Converse", and "Crown Vic".

Members

*Mookie Clouse - guitar, drums, piano, bass, lead vocals *Evan West - guitar, drums, keyboards, bass, lead vocals

Singles

References

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