Jack Johnson Biography

Biography

Johnson was released under the title "Brushfire Fairy Tales". It was enough an album to put him into nationwide attention but it was the second effort, however, that really got him the cash flow and applauds from music critic. Recorded in his homeland Hawaii during summer 2002, "On and On" was released in May 2003 and distributed by Universal Music. It peaked at #3 on Billboard Hot 200 chart, propelling his status as one of the acknowledgeable folk singers out there. By then, Johnson had established his own production record, Brushfire Records, and was on his way to bigger stardom.

It took him almost two and a half years to complete the third album, "In Between Dreams". When it was released in March 2005, the copies were flying off the shelves quite rapidly that in May 2006, it was sold 2.1 million copies in U.S. only. The year 2006 also saw him gaining nods from music experts for his single "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" was nominated at the prestigious Grammy Awards in the category Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. At the same time, he also amassed a huge fan base in U.K. that the 2006 BRIT Awards crowned him International Breakthrough ...

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Artist. Not taking too much time, he revisited his old job at penning music scores by releasing the soundtrack to animated movie "Curious George". In the album, Johnson was backed by his friends and idols such as G. Love, Ben Harper and Jack White of The White Stripes. The album successfully topped the album chart in U.S. by selling 149,000 copies in its first week. The last time a soundtrack album made it to #1 was when "Bad Boys II" reached popularity in August 2003. 'Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George' was also named the first soundtrack to an animated film to top the Billboard 200 since "Pocahontas" soundtrack in July 1995.

After several months touring, Johnson settled down at Solar Powered Plastic Plant recording studio in Los Angeles to work on his fifth studio album.

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