FUN.

This American Indie Pop band released their first full length album, Some Nights, on February 21st. On March 7th, Fun.'s single featuring Janelle Monae "We Are Young" reached the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. This makes Fun. the first multi-member rock band to have a number one Billboard debut on the Hot 100 since Nickelback's "How You Remind Me". The single is also currently number one sales on iTunes and the video has already received over 10 million views.

Fun. was based in New York City and was formed by Nate Ruess, formerly of the band, The Format. After the 2008 breakup of The Format, Ruess formed Fun. with Andrew Dost and Jack Antonoff. Their first album, Aim and Ignite was released in August 2009 and had positive reviews. It reached number 26 on Sputnikmusic's top 50 albums of 2009 and it peaked at number 71 on the US album charts. Shortly after, Fun. went on to tour extensively with Jack's Mannequin, Paramore and others. In the fall of 2011, they began promoting their second album, Some Nights. The hit first single, "We Are Young", off the album has received immense commercial success and was even used in a vignette promoting the WWE Wrestlemania XXVIII Main event match between John Cena and The Rock. On March 19th it was announced that Fun. will be a performing band at the Bonnaroo 2012 music festival so this will no doubt be a busy spring and summer for the band.

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