Brothers (The Black Keys album)

Brothers
The words "This is an album by the Black Keys. The name of this album is Brothers," in block letter on a black background. "The Black Keys" is in red while the rest is in white.
Studio album by
The Black Keys
ReleasedMay 18, 2010 (2010-05-18)
Recorded2009
Studio
  • Muscle Shoals (Sheffield, Ala.)
  • The Bunker on Apple (Portland, Ore.)
  • home studio (Akron, Ohio)
  • Soil of the South (San Diego, Calif.)
Genre
Length55:29
LabelNonesuch
Producer
  • The Black Keys
  • Danger Mouse
  • Mark Neill
The Black Keys chronology
Blakroc
(2009) 		Brothers
(2010) 		El Camino
(2011)
Singles from Brothers
  1. "Tighten Up"
    Released: April 23, 2010
  2. "Howlin' for You"
    Released: January 25, 2011
  3. "Next Girl"
    Released: 2011

Brothers is the sixth studio album by American rock duo The Black Keys.[1] Co-produced by the group, Mark Neill, and Danger Mouse, it was released on May 18, 2010, on Nonesuch Records. Brothers was the band's commercial breakthrough, as it sold over 73,000 copies in the United States in its first week and peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, their best performance on the chart to that point.

The album's lead single, "Tighten Up", the only track from the album produced by Danger Mouse, became their most successful single to that point, spending 10 weeks at number one on the Alternative Songs chart and becoming the group's first single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 87 and was later certified gold. The second single, "Howlin' for You", went gold as well.[2] In April 2012, the album was certified platinum in the US by the RIAA for shipping over one million copies.[3] It also went double-platinum in Canada and gold in the UK.[2] In 2011, it won three Grammy Awards, including honors for Best Alternative Music Album.[4]

  1. ^ Phillips, Amy (March 2, 2010). "The Black Keys Announce New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Record Certifications Around the World". October 26, 2012. Archived from the original on November 15, 2012.
  3. ^ "RIAA - Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
  4. ^ "nominees and winners". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on February 1, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2011.