Royal Tailor was an American Christian pop rock band. The group disbanded in 2015.

History

Royal Tailor was started by

Tauren Wells Tauren Gabriel Wells is an American singer, songwriter, and multi instrumentalist from Houston, Texas who is known for making contemporary Christian music. Biography Wells was a founding member of Royal Tailor along with DJ Cox and Blake Hubba ...

, DJ Cox, Jeremy Guzman, and Blake Hubbard while they were attending Indiana Bible College in 2004. Jarrod Ingram, who attended Gateway College of Evangelism (now

Urshan College Urshan College, formerly known as Gateway College of Evangelism, is a Christian College in Wentzville, Missouri, near St. Louis. It is owned and operated by the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI). In 2012, the college was acquired by Ur ...

), joined later. After hearing Royal Tailor's music, Leeland and Jack Mooring passed along the band's EP to Jason McArthur, Vice President of A&R of

Provident Music Group Provident Entertainment is a division of Sony Music headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee and focused primarily on Christian music. The group handles its own physical distribution through its Provident-Integrity service. Provident Label Group ...

, who signed them to a record deal. Producers Aaron Lindsey, Chuck Butler and Daniel Kinner produced their debut album, '' Black & White'', which was released on June 7, 2011. It received a nomination for

Best Contemporary Christian Music Album The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality albums in the Contempor ...

for the 54th Grammy Awards. In 2013, they released their self-titled album that included "Ready Set Go" (featuring

Capital Kings Capital Kings was an American pop, EDM and Christian pop act. The group went on indefinite hiatus on January 3, 2018. The group originally consisted of producer and rapper Cole Walowac and singer Jon White, who was later replaced by Dylan House ...

) as its single. The album made it to No. 95 on the ''Billboard'' 200, No. 3 US Christian Albums, and No. 17 US Independent Album. The group disbanded in 2015 when Wells started his solo career. The other members of the band have moved-on to new projects. In 2016, Wells said of the decision to disband Royal Tailor that "The band was successful, by our measures of success. It was doing well, still growing. I felt like we had just put out our best album. Things were great, relationally, and obviously we're best friends. But to be honest, we were so tired." Wells released his first solo single ("Undefeated") in May 2016, an EP (Undefeated) in September 2016, and has done other projects.

Members

– lead vocals (2004–2015) * DJ Cox – guitar, backing vocals (2004–2015) * Blake Hubbard – bass guitar, backing vocals (2004–2015) * Jarrod Ingram – drums (2009–2015) * Travis Rigney – drums (2004–2008) * Jeremy Guzman – keyboards (2004–2008)

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Guest appearances

Awards

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GMA Dove Awards A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented annually. Formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee, the Dove Award ...

References

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* {{Authority control American pop rock music groups American Christian musical groups Musical groups from Indiana Essential Records (Christian) artists