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Arcade Fire appears on: Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond soundtrack 2011 Grammy Nominees compilation Miroir Noir DVD Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends soundtrack

• MEMBERS: Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Jeremy Gara, Sarah Neufeld, Tim Kingsbury
• BIGGEST LP: The Suburbs (2010)
• GRAMMY AWARDS: 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Arcade Fire hail from Canada and currently consist of Win Butler, his wife Regine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Jeremy Gara, Sarah Neufeld, and Tim Kingsbury.
• The group started with Butler and Josh Deu performing in Boston as Arcade Fire before going to Montreal and adding Chassagne, Myles Broscoe, Dane Mills, and Brendan Reed.
• By 2003, several members began leaving, and others joined. Arcade Fire quickly became known for their extensive music instrument variety they used on tour and on their critically acclaimed albums.

• September 14: Arcade Fire released their debut LP Funeral (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3). The LP title reflected the loss of a few family members of the band. Although commercial success for the LP was low, the LP was universally praised by critics. Rolling Stone described the LP as "...(aching) with elegiac intensity... (capturing) the agony and even ecstasy of surviving death all around you."

• June 21: Arcade Fire could be heard on the soundtrack for Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends with the track "Cold Wind."

• July 12: Arcade Fire re-released the EP Arcade Fire (available for download at iTunes). The EP was originally released in 2003.

• February 6: Arcade Fire were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Alternative Music Album (Funeral) and Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media (awarded to the songwriters) ("Cold Wind").

• April 2: Arcade Fire won the Songwriter of the Year Award for "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)," "Rebellion (Lies)," and "Wake Up."

• February 24: Arcade Fire performed "Intervention" and "Keep The Car Running" on Saturday Night Live.

• March 3: Arcade Fire released Neon Bible (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
• March 24: Arcade Fire topped the Billboard Digital Albums chart for 1 week and Rock Albums chart for 1 week with Neon Bible. The LP topped the charts in Canada and Ireland, and Top 10 in the US, Australia, Belgium, France, Iceland, Norway, and the UK.

• February 10: Arcade Fire were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album (Neon Bible).

• April 8: Arcade Fire won a Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year (Neon Bible).

• April 7: The DVD Miroir Noir was released.

• August 2: Arcade Fire released The Suburbs (available for download at iTunes and Amazon-mp3).
• August 21: Arcade Fire topped the Billboard 200 LP chart for 1 week, the Digital Albums chart for 1 week, the Rock Albums chart for 2 weeks, and the Alternative Albums chart for 4 weeks with The Suburbs. The LP also topped the charts in Canada, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, and the UK, and hit the Top 10 in Australia, Switzerland, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, and Spain.

• November 13: Arcade Fire performed "We Used To Wait" and "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" on Saturday Night Live.

• February 13: Arcade Fire won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year (The Suburbs) and were nominated for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group ("Ready To Start") and Best Alternative Music Performance (The Suburbs).
• February 15: Arcade Fire won Brit Awards for Best International Group and Best International Album (The Suburbs).

• October 18: Funeral was certified gold.
• October 19: The Suburbs was certified gold.

• March 20: Arcade Fire could be heard on the soundtrack for Hunger Games: Songs From District 12 And Beyond with "Abraham's Daughter."

• May 19: Arcade Fire performed on Saturday Night Live.

• September 29: Arcade Fire performed on Saturday Night Live.

• October 29: Arcade Fire released Reflektor.

• November 9: Arcade Fire topped the UK LP chart with Reflektor.
• November 16: Arcade Fire topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Digital Albums chart, Rock Albums chart, and Alternative Albums chart with Reflektor.

• August 24: The video for "Reflektor" won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction. The video for "Afterlife" was nominated for Best Cinematography.

• February 8: Arcade Fire were nominated for 2 Grammy Awards including Best Alternative Music Album (Reflektor) and Best Music Video ("We Exist").

• July 28: Arcade Fire released Everything Now.

• August 19: Arcade Fire topped the Billboard 200 LP chart, Album Sales chart, Digital Albums chart, Rock Albums chart, and Alternative Albums chart with Everything Now.
• August 26: Arcade Fire topped the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs chart with "Everything Now."

• January 28: Arcade Fire were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album (Everything Now).

• March 17: Arcade Fire performed on Saturday Night Live.

• May 6: Arcade Fire released We.
• May 19: Arcade Fire topped the UK LP chart with We.
• May 21: Arcade Fire topped Billboard Album Sales chart, Rock Albums chart, and Alternative Albums chart with We.

• July 2: Arcade Fire topped the Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart with "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)."

• February 5: Arcade Fire were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album (We).

iTunes Amazon.mp3	Funeral Released: September 14, 2004 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 131 Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Rolling Stone: '100 Best Albums of the Last Decade': # 6 Entertainment Weekly: '100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years': # 27 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" - "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)" - "Une Annee Sans Lumiere" - "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" - "Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)" - "Crown Of Love" - "Wake Up" - "Haiti" - "Rebellion (Lies)" - "In The Backseat" Import Edition includes: "My Buddy" - "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (August Session) - "Brazil" - "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)" (live) also available on vinyl
iTunes	Arcade Fire (EP) Released: July 12, 2005 Tracks: "Old Flame" - "I'm Sleeping In A Submarine" - "No Cars Go" - "The Woodland National Anthem" - "My Heart Is An Apple" - "Headlights Look Like Diamonds" - "Vampire / Forest Fire"
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Neon Bible Released: March 3, 2007 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 2 Billboard #1: Digital Albums, Rock Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Rolling Stone: '100 Best Albums of the Last Decade': # 75 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Black Mirror" - "Keep The Car Running" - "Neon Bible" - "Intervention" - "Black Wave / Bad Vibrations" - "Ocean Of Noise" - "The Well And The Lighthouse" - "(Antichrist Television Blues)" - "Windowsill" - "No Cars Go" - "My Body Is A Cage" also available on vinyl
iTunes Amazon.mp3	The Suburbs Released: August 2, 2010 US: Gold Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, Rock Albums, Alternative Albums Grammy Winner: Album of the Year Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: A- Tracks: "The Suburbs" - "Ready To Start" - "Modern Man" - "Rococo" - "Empty Room" - "City With No Children" - "Half Light I" - "Half Light II (No Celebration)" - "Month Of May" - "Wasted Hours" - "Deep Blue" - "We Used To Wait" - "Sprawl I (Flatland)" - "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" - "The Suburbs (Continued)" also available on vinyl
iTunes Amazon.mp3	Reflektor Released: October 29, 2013 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 (for 1 week) Billboard #1: Digital Albums, Rock Albums, Alternative Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Tracks: "Reflektor" - "We Exist" - "Flashbulb Eyes" - "Here Comes The Night Time" - "Normal Person" - "You Already Know" - "Joan Of Arc" - "Here Comes The Night Time II" - "Awful Sound (Oh Eurydice)" - "It's Never Over (Hey Orpheus)" - "Porno" - "Afterlife" - "Supersymmetry"
iTunes Amazon.mp3 vinyl	Everything Now Released: July 28, 2017 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 1 Billboard #1: Album Sales, Digital Albums, Rock Albums, Alternative Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Tracks: "Everything Now (Continued)" - "Everything Now" - "Signs Of Life" - "Creature Comfort" - "Peter Pan" - "Chemistry" - "Infinite Content" - "Infinite_Content" - "Electric Blue" - "Good God Damn" - "Put Your Money On Me" - "We Dont' Deserve Love" - "Everything Now (Continued"
Amazon.mp3 vinyl	We Released: May 6, 2022 Billboard Top 200 LPs peak: # 6 Billboard #1: Album Sales, Rock Albums, Alternative Albums Grammy Nominee: Best Alternative Music Album Tracks: "Age Of Anxiety I" - "Age Of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)" - "Prelude" - "End Of The Empire I-III" - "End Of The Empire IV (Sagittarius A)" - "The Lightning I" - "The Lightning II" - "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)" - "Unconditional II (Race And Religion)" (with Peter Gabriel) - "We"

	Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) from the LP Funeral	**	**		2004	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
	Neighborhood #2 (Laika) from the LP Funeral	**	**		2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
	Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) from the LP Funeral	**	**		2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
	Cold Wind from the Six Feet Under, Vol. 2: Everything Ends soundtrack Grammy Nominee: Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television, or Other Visual Media	**	**		2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Rebellion (Lies) from the LP Funeral Rolling Stone: '100 Best Songs of the Decade': # 75	**	**		2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
	Wake Up from the LP Funeral Rolling Stone: '100 Best Songs of the Decade': # 42	**	**		2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Black Mirror from the LP Neon Bible	**	**		2007	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	Keep The Car Running from the LP Neon Bible	**	**		2007	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
	Intervention from the LP Neon Bible	**	**		2007	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	No Cars Go from the LP Neon Bible	**	**		2007	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
	The Suburbs / Month Of May from the LP The Suburbs	**	**		2010	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
	We Used To Wait from the LP The Suburbs	**	**		2010	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
	Ready To Start from the LP The Suburbs Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group	**	**		2010	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ] [ VIDEO ]
	City With No Children from the LP The Suburbs	**	**		2011	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
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