Hanson
Hanson, a bubblegum pop band of the 1990s, was formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma by brothers Clarke Isaac Hanson (b. November 17, 1980), Jordan Taylor Hanson (b. March 14, 1983) and Zachary Walker Hanson (b. October 22, 1985).
Hanson was a melodic band that evoked memories of 1980s pop.
As young children, the Hansons lived in Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador and Venezuela due to their father's job. There, they grew up listening to a Time/Life compilation of music from the 1950s and 1960s, along with the Latin American music that surrounded them, influencing their musical tastes.
Hanson performed as a professional group for the first time in 1992, at the May Fest Arts Festival in Tulsa.
Two albums later, they found themselves at the South By Southwest musical festival for unsigned music bands. There, they were promptly signed by manager Chris Sabec, who took them to Mercury Records, where they became instant worldwide sensations with the release of their first album, MMMBop.
The album's title song, "MMMBop" debuted at number 16 in the United States, reaching #1 in both the US and the UK and staying over two months in the top spot in AUS. The group was heavily featured in teen magazines, such as Tiger Beat, and found a wide following among teen and pre-teen girls. The album's second single, "Where's the Love?" followed "MMMBop" to the top of the charts.
Since then, follow up albums have failed to match the success of MMMBop; they were caught up in the backlash against boy bands, and faced increased competition from market powerhouses like The Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. They have a loyal online following, and continue to write and record new material.
Hanson released a new album, This Time Around in the fall of 2001. They toured until the summer of 2002. Jordan Taylor Hanson, 20 years old, married Natalie Anne Bryant later that fall. The brothers left their record label, Island Def Jam, and now work under their own label. The boys toured during the summer of 2003 releasing an acoustic CD entitled "Underneath." Their new album is scheduled to release in the summer of 2004. After the album release they hopefully will be doing a world tour.
Rockonthenet.com, [1], listed their song MMMBop as the 28th greatest song of all times.
Discography
- Boomerang (1995)
- MMMBop (1996)
- Middle of Nowhere (1997)
- Snowed In (1997, Christmas album)
- 3 Car Garage (1998)
- Live From Albertane (1998, live album)
- This Time Around (2000)
- Underneath (pending as of 2003)
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