The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings performing at the Mod Club Theatre in Toronto, 14 March 2009
The Ting Tings performing at the Mod Club Theatre in Toronto, 14 March 2009
Background information
OriginSalford, Greater Manchester, England
Genres
Years active2007–present
Labels
Members
Websitethetingtings.com

The Ting Tings are an English indie pop duo formed in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 2007. The band consists of Katie White (vocals, guitar, bass drums, bass guitar, cowbells) and Jules De Martino (drums, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, vocals).

The duo's debut studio album, We Started Nothing, was released in 2008 by Columbia Records to positive reviews and commercial success, peaking at number one on the UK Albums Chart[6] and number 78 on the US Billboard 200. It spawned four singles, including "That's Not My Name", which topped the UK Singles Chart in May 2008 and reached number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100; “Shut Up and Let Me Go”, which earned them a MTV Video Music Award.[7] They received two Brit Award nominations, including for British Album of the Year and a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2010.

Their second studio album, Sounds from Nowheresville, was released in February 2012,[8] with the lead single "Hang It Up" released on 16 January 2012. Their third studio album, Super Critical, was released in October 2014. Their fourth studio album, The Black Light, was released in October 2018.

  1. ^ Moerder, Adam (19 June 2008). "The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  2. ^ Paine, Andre (14 June 2008). "Big Buzz". Billboard. Vol. 120, no. 24. p. 41. ISSN 0006-2510 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Stern, Claire (31 January 2015). "The Ting Tings on Their New Album Super Critical and Partying in Ibiza with Duran Duran". InStyle. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Ting Tings Remix Dylan, Rare Johnny Cash + More". Spin. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ Raymer, Miles (9 December 2014). "The Ting Tings' 'Wrong Club' gets an ironically clubby remix by Boix". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  6. ^ "World Album Charts". aCharts.us. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  7. ^ "The ting tings top u.k. album chart". Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  8. ^ "The Ting Tings: 'Our record label chased us around the world for our second album'". NME. 17 November 2011. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2022.