Hanson is an American pop rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, formed by brothers Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, and Zac Hanson. Supporting members include Dimitrius Collins (guitar) and Andrew Perusi (bass), who have toured and performed live with the band since 2007.
Jordan Taylor Hanson is an American musician best known as a member of the pop rock band Hanson. He was born in Jenks, Oklahoma, a suburb of Tulsa. He sings both lead and back-up vocals, and plays keyboard, percussion, guitar, harmonica, and piano. Taylor was the lead singer of supergroup Tinted Windows.
This Time Around is the second studio album by American pop rock group Hanson, released in 2000. Although Hanson had several albums in between, This Time Around is their first standard studio release since 1997's Middle of Nowhere. This Time Around did not achieve the commercial success of its predecessor Middle of Nowhere. The album does not feature as many bubblegum pop style tunes as Middle of Nowhere; instead, Hanson opted to focus on a more classic rock sound, or as MTV.com stated, "stadium rock". The album also features numerous ballads, with songs such as "Sure About It" and "A Song to Sing" covering the themes of teenage insecurity and loneliness, much like "Weird" from Middle of Nowhere. Critically, This Time Around received mainly positive reviews. To date, it has sold over one million copies worldwide.
"MMMBop" is a song written and performed by American pop rock band Hanson. It was released on April 15, 1997, as the lead single from their first full-length studio album, Middle of Nowhere (1997). The song was nominated for two Grammys at the 40th Annual Grammy Awards and is the band's most successful single to date. "MMMBop" was a major success worldwide, reaching number one in at least 12 countries, including Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Underneath is the third album by American pop rock group Hanson. It was released in 2004 by 3CG Records. It is the band's first release on their own independent record label. The making of the album was the main subject in Hanson's documentary film, Strong Enough to Break, that follows the band during the recording process and the struggles they faced to release it.
3CG Records is an independent record label started by the pop group Hanson in October 2003. "3CG" is an acronym "3 Car Garage" that refers to the building the band used as a recording studio and to the compilation album the band released before its chart success.
"Penny & Me" is a song written and performed by American pop-rock band Hanson, produced by Hanson and Danny Kortchmar. It was released as the first single from the band's third commercial studio album, Underneath (2004), on February 23, 2004. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart, number 28 on the Irish Singles Chart, and number 10 on the UK Singles Chart. It also reached the top 40 in Italy and was a minor hit in Germany and the Netherlands.
Ashley Greyson is a film and music video director, cinematographer, editor, and producer, who usually works with the band Hanson. He attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
The Best of Hanson: Live & Electric is the second live album by Hanson, and is the first live album to be released under their independent record label 3CG Records. Live & Electric was recorded in June 2005 over two nights at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia and was released on October 11, 2005.
Underneath Acoustic is a live EP by Hanson recorded in July 2003 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Only a select group of Hanson.net fan club members were invited to the private show. The EP was only released on the Hanson.net store.
The Walk is the fourth album by American pop rock group Hanson. It was released in Japan on February 21, 2007, in the UK on April 30, in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico on July 24, and in Italy on March 21, 2008. Being the second release of the band's own independent label, 3CG Records, this record is said by the band to be heavier than Underneath.
Jenni Alpert is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. Jenni is the first unsigned independent artist to ever release an album named Take It All, produced by Mikal Blue on iTunes under the Mastered for iTunes category which was mastered by Eric Boulanger the designer of Mastered for iTunes. That isn't the only time she was a pioneer for something new. Alpert graduated from UCLA in the Ethnomusicology Department as the first jazz vocalist to complete four-year jazz music program headed by Kenny Burrell. Inspired by the fusion of soul, folk, jazz, and pop, Alpert began self penning songs, co-producing, and recording concept genre albums coining the genre Soul-Americana with her unique take to sound. No stranger to the recording studio, she independently released seven albums before signing a 5 year licensing deal with S-Curve Records to release her eighth album Until Then which was recorded live in the studio in one take in Nashville, TN with guitarist Guthrie Trapp. Alpert has performed in over 17 countries with no formal representation solely through the support of fans, acquiring radio play on UK's the BBC, PBS Australia, Triple J, and Sirius XM Radio: The Coffee House.. Upon finding and reuniting with her birth father later in life, Alpert's music and biological reunion story caught wind of adoptees around the country when a short documentary about her life their reunion called "Homeless: the Soundtrack,” filmed and edited by Emmy Award-winning director Irene Taylor Brodsky. This documentary received a Jury Award at Tribeca Film Festival, won best short film at Nantucket Film Festival, was screened at the Laemmle Royal Theater in West Los Angeles, and was also shortlisted for an IDA award in the short doc category.
The discography of Hanson, an American pop rock band. They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations. Despite the enormous commercial success of Middle of Nowhere, the band suffered from the merger that eliminated their label, Mercury Records.
"Someone (Laissons nous une chance)" is a song by American pop/rock band Hanson and French singer Emma Daumas. It was written mainly by Isaac Hanson while attending Miles Copeland's annual "songwriting bootcamp" at Château de Marouatte in France in May 2001. Daumas was chosen to collaborate with Hanson for this song. "Someone (Laissons nous une chance)" was released on the French version of Hanson's album Underneath in February 2005, with rumors that a single would be released in the coming months. The single was not heavily promoted and a retail single was never released, although a few promo versions of the single were pressed in the UK, France and Canada. The song had some limited airplay on the radio.
"Lost Without Each Other" is a song written and performed by American pop-rock band Hanson. It was released as the second single from the band's third studio album, Underneath (2004), on August 9, 2004. The song peaked at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart but failed to obtain any significant success elsewhere.
Shout It Out is the fifth studio album released by American pop band Hanson. The album is the third release through their own label 3CG Records. Shout It Out was released on June 8, 2010 in the US, and July 14, 2010 in Japan.
"Thinking 'bout Somethin'" is a song written and performed by American pop/rock band Hanson. It is the first single from their fifth album, Shout It Out (2010). Lead vocals are provided by Taylor Hanson.
"Give a Little" is the second single written and performed by American pop/rock band Hanson from their fifth studio album Shout It Out. Lead vocals are provided by Taylor Hanson, with Isaac Hanson and Zac Hanson as backing vocals.
Anthem is the sixth studio album released by American pop rock group Hanson. The album is the fourth release through their own label 3CG Records. The album was released on June 18, 2013 in the US and on July 1, 2013 in the UK and Europe. The album charted at No. 22 on the US Billboard 200, making it their eighth album to chart in the top 40 of the US Billboard 200; the album also charted on No. 5 on the US Independent Albums Chart.
"I Was Born" is a song written and performed by American pop rock band Hanson. It is the lead single from their compilation album, Middle of Everywhere – The Greatest Hits (2017). Lead vocals are provided by Taylor Hanson, with Isaac Hanson and Zac Hanson as backing vocals.
