Philip Tyler Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 55 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets. He is a seven-time recipient of the GMA Dove Award for Instrumental Album of the Year, and was twice nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Gospel Album. He has frequently been listed as one of the world's top-two "finger-style" and "finger-picking" guitarists by Guitar Player Magazine readers' polls.
Paul Lester Overstreet is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two No. 1 hits. He has also written singles for several other country acts, including No. 1 hits for Randy Travis, Blake Shelton, and Keith Whitley, as well as hits for The Judds and Kenny Chesney.
Emanuel "Eman" Kiriakou is an American songwriter, producer, record executive, music publisher and multi-instrumentalist, based in Los Angeles. He recently co-wrote and produced "Take You Dancing" by Jason Derulo, and has produced a number of Billboard Hot 100 charting singles including: "What's Left of Me" by Nick Lachey, "Crush" by David Archuleta, "Who Says" by Selena Gomez & the Scene, and "Tonight Tonight" by Hot Chelle Rae, which was #1 on the Billboard Hot AC charts, "It Girl" by Jason Derulo, as well as "Classic" and "American Dream" by MKTO. He has also collaborated with Celine Dion, Ne-Yo, MKTO, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, ZAYN, Gabby Barrett, Rachel Platten, David Foster, Madison Beer, Robert DeLong, Whitney Houston, Simple Plan, and Backstreet Boys.
Jeffrey Thomas Thacher is an American musician, best known as a member of the vocal group Rockapella. A professional vocal percussionist and singer who emerged on the early contemporary a cappella scene in 1991, Jeff Thacher co-founded the Boston-based a cappella group Five O'Clock Shadow that year and went on to join Rockapella in 1993 as their full-time mouth-drummer. Thacher was a 1990 graduate of Berklee College of Music's Music Production & Engineering program, and afterward spent several years in television & radio production when not performing
Sam Hollander is an American songwriter. He has collaborated with Panic! at the Disco, One Direction, Fitz and the Tantrums, Def Leppard, Weezer, blink-182, Train, Billy Idol, Carole King, Katy Perry, Boys Like Girls, Metro Station, Daughtry, Gym Class Heroes, Tom Morello, among others.
Lindy Robbins is an American songwriter from Los Angeles, whose songs include Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper", Jason Derulo's "Want to Want Me", David Guetta's "Dangerous" featuring Sam Martin, MKTO's "Classic", Hot Chelle Rae's "Tonight, Tonight", Jason Derulo's "It Girl" and Astrid S' "Hurts So Good", as well as songs recorded by Dua Lipa, Jennifer Hudson, and One Direction.
Keidran Jones, better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a British Virgin Islands singer and songwriter, formerly signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records. He is known for his singles "Replay", "Solo" and "Pretty Girls". He released his debut album Replay in 2010.
Hot Chelle Rae is an American pop rock band formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2005. The band currently consists of Ryan Follesé, Nash Overstreet, and Jamie Follesé (drums). Their debut album, Lovesick Electric, was released on October 27, 2009. They gained widespread attention for their 2011 double platinum single, "Tonight Tonight". Another single, "I Like It Like That", peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.
Lovesick Electric is the debut studio album by American rock band Hot Chelle Rae. It was released by Jive Records on the October 23, 2009. Two singles were released from the album: "I Like to Dance" and "Bleed". The physical copy included a small sticker that said "IL2D".
Chord Paul Overstreet is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his role as Sam Evans on the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015). He has starred in the Apple TV+ comedy series Acapulco since 2021.
Keith Follesé is an American songwriter and co-founder of Midas Records Nashville.
"Tonight Tonight" is a song by American rock band Hot Chelle Rae. It was released as the lead single from their second album Whatever on January 25, 2011. "Tonight Tonight" was released to mainstream radio on February 22, 2011. It is the band's most commercially successful single, peaking at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 and being certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The single has also sold over 3 million copies as of April 2013.
"Not Over You" is a song by American recording artist Gavin DeGraw, released as the lead single from his fourth studio album, Sweeter, on May 17, 2011. The song was written by DeGraw and Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder. The song peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it DeGraw's most successful song on the chart since his breakout hit "I Don't Want to Be", becoming his fourth Top 40 hit. It also became his first song to reach the top spot on the Adult Pop Songs.
Whatever is the second studio album by American pop rock band Hot Chelle Rae. It was released by RCA Records on November 29, 2011, to generally favorable reviews from music critics. Three singles were released from the album: "Tonight Tonight" and "I Like It Like That", featuring New Boyz, and "Honestly".
"I Like It Like That" is a song by American rock band Hot Chelle Rae. It was released as the second single from their second album Whatever on October 4, 2011. "I Like It Like That" was released to mainstream radio on September 27, 2011. The song features vocals from American hip hop group New Boyz. The song peaked at number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.
"Bleed" is a song by American rock band Hot Chelle Rae. It was released as the second single from their first studio album Lovesick Electric on April 6, 2010. The song peaked at number 31 on the US Mainstream Top 40.
"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" is a song by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen, taken from her second studio album and debut international release, Kiss (2012). It was released in the United States as a single on February 19, 2013, as the international fourth single from the album. An official remix featuring rapper Nicki Minaj was released on May 6, 2013. The song was written by Jepsen, Lukas Hilbert, Max Martin, Clarence Coffee Jr., Shiloh, and Katerina Loules. Thematically, the track centers around a break-up, with lyrics about getting over her ex-boyfriend by dancing with someone new. The song has some dubstep aspects. "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" received mostly positive reviews from music critics; some deemed it one of the best tracks on Kiss, as they did about Jepsen's claim to fame with "Call Me Maybe".
American pop rock band Hot Chelle Rae have released two studio albums, four extended play, 20 singles and ten music videos. Their debut album Lovesick Electric was released in October 2009 through Jive Records and failed to chart. Its second single "Bleed" reached the top forty on Billboard's Pop Songs chart. The band achieved commercial success after the release of their 2011 studio album Whatever, which produced the international hits "Tonight Tonight" and "I Like It Like That".
Tom Jay Williams is an Australian pop singer, songwriter and music industry executive who was the youngest ever finalist on the Australian Idol series placing 10th on Season 6 in 2008 at just 16 years old. At the time, Williams was dubbed 'The most famous teenager in Australia'. He subsequently signed to Sony Music Australia and released his debut single LOL in March 2010. Williams was a vocal critic of his experience on Australian Idol after he was physically assaulted in March 2010 after his exposure on the series, which left him hospitalised for two days with a fractured eye socket. In March 2014, Williams joined the band At Sunset who were signed to Warner Music Australia the following year. At Sunset were best known as the winners of the Nova FM Fresh Discovery and MTV Brand New competitions, catching the attention of Zendaya and singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran who personally mentored the band in 2015. During his time with At Sunset, Williams co-wrote the bands successful 2015 single 'Every Little Thing' with Nash Overstreet from American pop rock band Hot Chelle Rae, the band were also interviewed by Ryan Seacrest and were selected by KIIS Sydney to support Miley Cyrus on the iHeart Music festival prior to its cancellation.
