Lovelytheband (stylized in all lowercase) is an American

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band that formed in 2016 in

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, United States. The band consists of vocalist Mitchy Collins, guitarist Jordan Greenwald, and drummer Sam Price. The band is most known for their single " Broken" which charted on several US ''Billboard'' charts. The band debuted in April 2017 with their single "Broken" which quickly earned over three million streams on

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. The single charted on several ''

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'' charts. It topped the ''Billboard''

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chart and ''Billboard'' Rock Airplay chart for several weeks. The single also became the band's first top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Radio Songs chart and first top 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In September 2017, the band released their first EP, ''Everything I Could Never Say...''. They released the single "

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" in May 2018. On August 3, 2018, they released their début album '' Finding It Hard to Smile''.

Career

2016–2018: "Broken" and ''Everything I Could Never Say...''

Mitchy Collins, Jordan Greenwald, and Sam Price met and formed the band while at a nightclub in

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. The band then released their début single, " Broken", in April 2017. "Broken" appeared on several ''

'' charts. It topped the ''Billboard''

chart, dated April 21, 2018, and stayed on top for seven consecutive weeks. It topped the ''Billboard'' Rock Airplay chart, dated June 9, 2018, and remained on top for nine consecutive weeks. It peaked at number 10 on the ''Billboard'' Radio Songs chart (airplay chart across all genres), number 14 on the

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chart (airplay chart for pop songs), and number 29 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The single became the band's first top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Radio Songs chart and first top 40 on the Hot 100. It was also one of the four songs in 2018 that managed to chart in both the Alternative Songs chart and the Top 10 of the Radio Songs chart. After signing with

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, they released their début EP, ''Everything I Could Never Say...'', in September 2017. The band then toured with The Wrecks and La Bouquet.

2018–present: ''Finding It Hard to Smile'' and ''Conversations with Myself About You''

On May 11, 2018, the band released the single "

" from their upcoming début album. The album, '' Finding It Hard to Smile'', was then released on August 3, 2018. The band went on their first headlining tour, the Broken Like Me Tour, which started on August 15, 2018. The tour visited Canada and the United States. They also toured as the opening act for the European leg of 5 Seconds of Summer's

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. The band then embarked on their second headlining tour, Finding It Hard to Smile Tour, to support their début album. The tour visited cities across the US and Canada, beginning in March 2019. On February 24, 2020, it was announced that Lovelytheband would be opening acts for Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer on the Latin America arena concert dates on their Take My Hand World Tour. Lovelytheband is set to be opening acts on three dates, starting on May 18, 2022 at the Palacio de los Deportes Arena in

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, Mexico. On July 2, 2020, the band announced their second album, ''Conversations with Myself About You'', which was released on August 28, 2020. It includes the singles "Loneliness for Love", "Waste", "I Should Be Happy", "idwgtyp", and "Buzz Cut". On October 30, 2020 the band released the single "Heartbreak of America" which highlighted problems in America such as gun violence, the 2020 presidential election, drug abuse, etc. The song was co-written by

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frontman Mark Foster.

Discography

Albums

* '' Finding It Hard to Smile'' (2018) * ''Conversations with Myself About You'' (2020)

Extended plays

* ''Everything I Could Never Say...'' (2017)

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Promotional singles

Music videos

Members

*Mitch Collins – lead vocals, guitar *Jordan Greenwald – guitar, keyboards *Sam Price – drums, percussion

Awards and nominations

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Tours

Headlining act

* Broken Like Me Tour (August–October 2018) * Finding It Hard to Smile Tour (2019)

Supporting act

* The Wrecks – Robot Army Tour (November–December 2017) * Vance Joy – Nation of Two World Tour (April–May 2018) * AWOLNATION – Here Come The Runts Tour (June 2018) * 5 Seconds of Summer –

(October–November 2018) * LANY World Tour (European dates only) (2019)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Musical groups from Los Angeles 2016 establishments in California Musical groups established in 2016 Another Century Records artists