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Jeremiah Fraites
Composer
Jeremiah Fraites is a co—founder, songwriter, and multi—instrumentalist of The Lumineers. The GRAMMY Award—nominated and Billboard Music Award—nominated band have enjoyed substantial commercial success from their outset. Their 2012 self —titled debut album, which featured the hit single “Ho Hey,” is certified triple— platinum. The band’s second album, Cleopatra, was #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and is certified platinum. They’ve had 18 #1 hits on AAA, Alternative and other radio charts. The Lumineers’ most recent album, III, debuted #2 on the Billboard album chart and had two #1 radio singles, “Gloria” and “Life In The City” and the band’s film III, made its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
In 2021, Jeremiah released his solo instrumental album, Piano Piano, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Classical Crossover Chart, #1 on Current Classical Sales Chart, and #6 on the Indie Current Albums chart. It also reached #1 on the iTunes Classical Top Albums chart, #1 on Amazon Classical Sales Chart, and #3 on Apple Music Classical. NPR’s Weekend Edition raved, “So many of these songs have a hypnotic quality...an intimacy...I feel my blood pressure going down just listening.” Denver Post also called it “A welcome respite from the noise of the world,” while American Songwriter claimed “Piano Piano reveals more facets of [Fraites’] talents.”