AJR

AJR turned a homegrown New York City start into a run of platinum singles, a Hot 100 top-ten hit and major touring success. Formed in 2005 by brothers Adam, Jack and Ryan Met, the trio write, sing, produce and play multiple instruments. Before releasing their own music, they spent their early years busking, tap dancing and performing covers around the city.

The brothers developed their early material in a home studio, where they wrote, recorded and produced their 2015 debut album, Living Room. Their 2017 follow-up, The Click, was an electropop album that went platinum and included “Sober Up,” featuring Rivers Cuomo, AJR’s first number-one song on Billboard’s Alternative chart. The group’s subsequent studio albums include Neotheater in 2019, OK Orchestra in 2021 and The Maybe Man in 2023. Neotheater and OK Orchestra both reached the top ten of the US Billboard 200.

OK Orchestra, described as an orchestral pop album, produced “Bang!,” AJR’s first Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single and the recipient of the Billboard Music Award for Top Rock Song. The band is multi-platinum, with eight platinum singles in the United States: “I’m Ready,” “Weak,” “Sober Up,” “Burn the House Down,” “100 Bad Days,” “Bang!,” “Way Less Sad” and “World’s Smallest Violin.” Together, those releases account for an estimated 19 million certified units in US digital single sales.

Across the 2010s and 2020s, AJR recorded more than 100 songs, released a live album and completed seven concert tours. Four of its headlining tours were supported by studio albums, including The Click, Neotheater, OK Orchestra and The Maybe Man. Billboard named AJR among its 100 top-selling touring artists of 2024.