Switchfoot
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	MEMBERS: Jon Foreman - Tim Foreman - Jerome Fontamillas, Chad Butler BIGGEST SINGLE: "Dare You To Move" (2004) BIGGEST LP: Beautiful Letdown (2003) GRAMMY AWARDS: 0 "We have the best jobs in the world because we play music for a living and love doing it, but we didn't get into this to try and sell something. For us, it's about communicating and connecting with people on a different level" - Jon Foreman, Switchfoot

Switchfoot (a surfing term) consists of Jon Foreman on vocals and guitar, his brother, Tim Foreman on bass and vocals, Jerome Fontamillas on guitar, keyboards and vocals (joining in 2002), and Chad Butler on drums. The band was conceived in San Diego in the mid-90s as an alternative to pro surfing. By their 4th LP, Switchfoot had expanded their following from Christian rock to mainstream and alternative rock, as well as hitting the pop charts.

Switchfoot released Legend Of Chin.

Switchfoot won San Diego Music Award for Best New Artist.

Switchfoot released New Way To Be Human.

Switchfoot won a Dove Ward for Modern Rock Song of the Year ("New Way To Be Human").

Switchfoot released Learning To Breathe.

Switchfoot were nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album.

Switchfoot won San Diego Music Awards for Best Pop Album and Best Pop Artist.

Switchfoot could be heard with tracks on the soundtrack for A Walk To Remember. The tracks included "I Dare You To Move," "Learning To Breathe," "You," and "Only Hope,"

Switchfoot won San Diego Music Award for Best Adult Alternative Album.

Switchfoot released Beautiful Letdown.

Switchfoot won San Diego Music Awards for Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year.

# 8 Singles Artist of the Year

Switchfoot hit the Top 40 with "Meant To Live."

After 19 weeks on the charts, Switchfoot hit the Top 10 with "Meant To Live."

Switchfoot hit the Top 40 with "Dare You To Move."

Switchfoot hit the Top 10 with "Dare You To Move."
The single "Meant To Live" was certified gold.

Beautiful Letdown was certified 2x platinum.
Switchfoot topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Christian Artist and with the Top Christian Album (Beautiful Letdown).

# 346 on the Top Pop Artists of the Past 25 Years chart.

# 53 Singles Artist of the Year

Switchfoot hit the Top 40 with "This Is Your Life."
Switchfoot won 4 gospel music Dove Awards including Artist of the Year.
The single "Meant To Live" was certified platinum and "Dare You To Move" was certified gold.

Switchfoot will release Nothing Is Sound.
Switchfoot hit the Top 40 with "Stars."

Switchfoot topped the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart with Nothing Is Sound.
Nothing Is Sound was certified gold.

Switchfoot topped the Billboard Year-End Charts as the Top Christian Artist.

# 129 Singles Artist of the Year

Switchfoot hit the Top 40 with "We Are One Tonight."

Switchfoot released Oh! Gravity.

Switchfoot topped the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart and Top Christian LP chart with Oh! Gravity.

	Legend Of Chin Released: June, 1997 Tracks: "Bomb" - "Chem 6a" - "Underwater" - "Edge Of My Seat" - "Home" - "Might Have Ben Hur" - "Concrete Girl" - "Life And Love And Why" - "You" - "Ode To Chin" - "Don't Be There"
	New Way To Be Human Released: March, 1999 Tracks: "New Way To Be Human" - "Incomplete" - "Sooner Or Later (Soren's Song)" - "Company Car" - "Let That Be Enough" - "Something More (Augustine's Confession)" - "Only Hope" - "Amy's Song" - "I Turn Everything Over" - "Under The Floor"
	Learning To Breathe Released: September, 2000 Tracks: "I Dare You To Move" - "Learning To Breathe" - "You Already Take Me There" - "Love Is The Movement" - "Poparazzi" - "Innocence Again" - "Playing For Keeps" - "Loser" - "Economy Of Mercy" - "Erosion" - "Living Is Simple"
	Beautiful Letdown Released: February, 2003 US: 2x Platinum Billboard peak: # 16 Tracks: "Meant To Live" - "This Is Your Life" - "More Than Fine" - "Ammunition" - "Dare You To Move" - "Redemption" - "Beautiful Let Down" - "Gone" - "On Fire" - "Adding To The Noise" - "24"
	Nothing Is Sound Released: September, 2005 US: Gold Billboard peak: # 3 Rolling Stone: Tracks: "Lonely Nation" - "Stars" - "Happy Is A Yuppie Word" - "Shadow Proves The Sunshine" - "Easier Than Love" - "Blues" - "Setting Sun" - "Politicians" - "Golden" - "Fatal Wound" - "We Are One Tonight" - "Daisy"
	Oh! Gravity Released: December, 2006 Billboard peak: # 18 Rolling Stone: - Entertainment Weekly: B- Tracks: "Oh! Gravity" - "American Dream" - "Dirty Second Hands" - "Awakening" - "Circles" - "Amateur Lovers" - "Faust, Midas And Myself" - "Head Over Heels (In This Life)" - "Yesterdays" - "Burn Out Bright" - "4:12" - "Let Your Love Be Strong"

1	Dare You To Move Beautiful Letdown	4	24	2004	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
2	Meant To Live Beautiful Letdown	7	27	2004	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
3	Stars Nothing Is Sound	31	5	2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
4	This Is Your Life Beautiful Letdown	31	3	2005	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]
5	We Are One Tonight Nothing Is Sound	39	1	2006	[ LISTEN / BUY ] [ LYRICS ]