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'''King''' (stylized as '''KING''') is an American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] vocal [[girl group]] based in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], featuring identical twin sisters Amber and Paris Strother and their close friend Anita Bias. The Strother sisters are the nieces of the [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]-based [[electric blues]]man, [[Percy Strother]], who died in 2005<ref name="Riemenschneider">{{cite web|last=Riemenschneider |first=Chris |url=http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-strother-sisters-are-earning-a-royal-buzz-with-the-trio-king/367251861/ |title=Minneapolis' Strother sisters are earning a royal buzz with the trio King |website=StarTribune.com |date=2016-02-01 |accessdate=2017-01-22}}</ref> and are originally from [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]; Bias was born and raised in Los Angeles.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/king-heartwarming-soul-from-bizarrely-nonsuperficial-la-trio-2171472|title=KING: Heartwarming Soul From Bizarrely Nonsuperficial L.A. Trio|last=Haithcoat|first=Rebecca|date=2011-07-21|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref><ref name="Riemenschneider"/>
'''We Are King''' (also stylized as '''We Are KING'''), is an American [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] duo based in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], consisting of twin sisters Amber and Paris Strother. Originally named '''King''', the group also included their close friend Anita Bias. The Strother sisters are the nieces of the [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]-based [[electric blues]]man, [[Percy Strother]],<ref name="Riemenschneider">{{cite web|last=Riemenschneider |first=Chris |url=http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-strother-sisters-are-earning-a-royal-buzz-with-the-trio-king/367251861/ |title=Minneapolis' Strother sisters are earning a royal buzz with the trio King |website=StarTribune.com |date=2016-02-01 |accessdate=2017-01-22}}</ref> and are originally from Minneapolis.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/king-heartwarming-soul-from-bizarrely-nonsuperficial-la-trio-2171472|title=KING: Heartwarming Soul From Bizarrely Nonsuperficial L.A. Trio|last=Haithcoat|first=Rebecca|date=2011-07-21|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref><ref name="Riemenschneider"/>


==Career==
==Career==
The trio first appeared in 2011, when, on March 1, they independently released their ''The Story'', a three-song EP that captured the attention and garnered support from a number of artists including [[Phonte]] of [[The Foreign Exchange]], [[Questlove]], [[Erykah Badu]], and eventually [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], who invited the two to open for him at his 21-Night Stand Tour at the Los Angeles Forum.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/09/09/341938395/with-prince-in-your-corner-its-good-to-be-king|title=With Prince In Your Corner, It's Good To Be KING|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=aa/><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/we-are-king-mw0002908766|title=We Are King - King - Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2016-10-10}}</ref> Prince subsequently became the girls' mentor and advisor, providing them with managerial support until 2013.<ref name=":2" /> King founded their company King Creative in 2013, releasing their teaser single "In the Meantime" the same year,<ref name="aa" /><ref name=":0" /> premiered by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1556623/king-talks-new-album-in-the-meantime-single-prince-best-advice|title=KING Talks New Album, 'In the Meantime' Single & Prince's Best Advice|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref> and followed up with their second single, "Mister Chameleon" in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/news/premiere-king-mister-chameleon-live-video.html|title=Video Premiere : KING - "Mister Chameleon" Okayplayer|last=Okayplayer|website=Okayplayer.com|date=18 June 2014|access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref> On February 5, 2016, the trio released their debut studio album, ''We Are King'', to critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/01/27/464592961/first-listen-king-we-are-king|title=Review: KING, 'We Are KING'|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> The album was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album|Best Urban Contemporary Album]] at the [[59th Grammy Awards]],<ref name=Grammy>{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161210201704/http://www.grammy.com/nominees|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-12-10|title=59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees|website=The GRAMMYs|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref> making King the first independent band to be nominated in that category.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wunc.org/post/king-making-independent-music-and-working-prince|title=KING On Making Independent Music And Working With Prince|last=Stasio|first=Charlie Shelton, Frank|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> ''We Are King'' was also included on mid-year and year-end lists by ''Rolling Stone'', ''Time'', ''Billboard'', ''NPR'', ''Spin'', ''Newsday'' and ''Pitchfork'' among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=1391326763537c996e371abbb&id=9a1abe9618&e=|title=KING's 2016: Grammy Nomination for Debut Album and More!|website=us8.campaign-archive.com|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>

The self-contained trio first appeared in 2011, when, on March 1, they independently released their ''The Story'', a three-song EP that captured the attention and garnered support from a number of artists including [[Phonte]] of [[The Foreign Exchange]], [[Questlove]], [[Erykah Badu]], and eventually [[Prince (musician)|Prince]], who invited the two to open for him at his 21-Night Stand Tour at the Los Angeles Forum.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2014/09/09/341938395/with-prince-in-your-corner-its-good-to-be-king|title=With Prince In Your Corner, It's Good To Be KING|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=aa/><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/we-are-king-mw0002908766|title=We Are King - King - Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=2016-10-10}}</ref> Prince subsequently became the girls' mentor and advisor, providing them with managerial support until 2013.<ref name=":2" />

King founded their company King Creative in 2013, releasing their teaser single "In the Meantime" the same year,<ref name="aa" /><ref name=":0" /> premiered by ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/1556623/king-talks-new-album-in-the-meantime-single-prince-best-advice|title=KING Talks New Album, 'In the Meantime' Single & Prince's Best Advice|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref> and followed up with their second single, "Mister Chameleon" in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okayplayer.com/news/premiere-king-mister-chameleon-live-video.html|title=Video Premiere : KING - "Mister Chameleon" Okayplayer|last=Okayplayer|website=Okayplayer.com|access-date=2017-01-11}}</ref> On February 5, 2016, the trio released their debut studio album, ''[[We Are King]]'', to critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/01/27/464592961/first-listen-king-we-are-king|title=Review: KING, 'We Are KING'|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> The album was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album|Best Urban Contemporary Album]] at the [[59th Grammy Awards]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.is/W4bj1|title=59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees|website=The GRAMMYs|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref> making King the first independent band to be nominated in that category.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wunc.org/post/king-making-independent-music-and-working-prince|title=KING On Making Independent Music And Working With Prince|last=Stasio|first=Charlie Shelton, Frank|access-date=2017-12-16}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''We Are King'' was also included on numerous year-end lists by ''Rolling Stone'', ''Time'', ''Billboard'', NPR, ''Spin'', ''Newsday'' and ''Pitchfork'' among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=1391326763537c996e371abbb&id=9a1abe9618&e=|title=KING's 2016: Grammy Nomination for Debut Album and More!|website=us8.campaign-archive.com|access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==

===Albums===
;Studio albums
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! rowspan="2" style="width:225px;"| Details
! style="width:175px;" rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="3" | Chart positions
! colspan="3" | Chart positions
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|- style="background:#efefef;"
! style="width:30px;"| [[Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200]]
!style="width:75px; font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=King Chart History: Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/king/chart-history/tlp/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref>
! style="width:30px;"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]
!style="width:75px; font-size:90%;"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=King Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/king/chart-history/blp/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref>
!style="width:75px; font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine|title=King Chart History: Top Heatseekers|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/king/chart-history/tln/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
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| ''[[We Are King (album)|We Are King]]''
| 2016
|
| ''[[We Are King]]''
* Released: February 5, 2016
| style="text-align:center;" | 47
* Label: King Creative
| style="text-align:center;"| 8
* Format: [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]]
| style="text-align:center;"|158
| style="text-align:center;"|20
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|}
|}


===EPs===
;EPs
*''The Story'' (2011)
*''The Story'' (2011)


===Singles===
;Singles
*"In the Meantime" (2013)
*"In the Meantime" (2013)
*"Mister Chameleon" (2014)
*"Mister Chameleon" (2014)
*"The Greatest" (2016)
*"The Greatest" (2015)

'''Covers'''

* [[Fela Kuti]] "Go Slow" (2014)
* [[David Bowie]] "[[Space Oddity]]" (2021)

== Collaborations ==


'''Features'''

* [[Coldplay]] & We Are KING & [[Jacob Collier]] - "Human Heart"
* [[Nicolas Godin]] featuring We Are KING - “Another Side"
*[[Robert Glasper]] featuring We Are KING - “Move Love"
*[[Miles Davis]] & [[Robert Glasper]] featuring We Are KING - "Song For Selim"
* [[The Foreign Exchange]] featuring Paris and Amber Strother - “All the Kisses"
* [[Sam Sparro]] featuring We Are KING - “Outside the Blue"
* Devin Morrisson featuring We Are KING - "The Call (407)"
* [[Alex Isley]] featuring Paris Strother - “So Here it Goes"


'''Songwriting, Musician, Vocal and Production Credits'''
* [[Coldplay]] - “[[Coloratura (song)|Coloratura]]", "Human Heart" (from ''[[Music of the Spheres (Coldplay album)|Music of the Spheres]]''), "Aeterna", "A Wave" (from ''[[Moon Music]]'')
* [[Leon Bridges]] - “Motorbike", 'Details", "Steam", "Sho Nuff", "Don't Worry"
* [[Corrine Bailey Rae]] - “Green Aphrodisiac", "Tell Me", "Horse Print Dress", "Been to the Moon" (from The Heart Speaks in Whispers), "Red Horse", "He Will Follow You With His Eyes" (from Black Rainbows)
* [[Moses Sumney]] - "Quarrel"
* [[Logic_(rapper)|Logic]] - “Thank You"
* [[Bilal_(American_singer)|Bilal]] - “Right at the Core"
* [[Robert Glasper Experiment]] - “Move Love"
* [[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]] - “So Gone"
* [[Kendrick Lamar]] - “Chapter 6"
* [[Nick Hakim]] - "Qadir"
* [[Baby Rose]] - "Show You", "Sold Out", "Pressure"
* [[Eric Roberson]] - "Just Imagine"
* [[Avicii]] - "Lay Me Down"
* [[Kelela]] - "Sorbet"

== Awards and nominations ==
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! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Award ceremony
! scope="col" |Category
!Work
! scope="col" |Result
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|2017
| rowspan="2" |[[Grammy Awards]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best Progressive R&B Album|Best Urban Contemporary Album]]
|[[We Are King (album)|''We Are King'']]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name=Grammy/>
|-
|2023
|[[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]{{Efn|as featured artist on "Human Heart"}}
|[[Music of the Spheres (Coldplay album)|''Music of the Spheres'']]
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref name="NYT">{{Cite news |date=2022-11-15 |title=Grammy Awards 2023: The Full List of Nominees |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/15/arts/music/grammys-nominee-list-2023.html |access-date=2022-11-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://weareking.com}}


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Latest revision as of 14:37, 22 November 2024

This article is about the band. For their eponymous debut album, see We Are King (album).
We Are King
Also known asKing
OriginMinneapolis, Minnesota, US
GenresR&B, dream pop, electronica
Years active2011–present[1]
LabelsKing Creative
MembersAmber Strother
Paris Strother
Past membersAnita Bias
Websiteweareking.com

We Are King (also stylized as We Are KING), is an American R&B duo based in Los Angeles, California, consisting of twin sisters Amber and Paris Strother. Originally named King, the group also included their close friend Anita Bias. The Strother sisters are the nieces of the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based electric bluesman, Percy Strother,[2] and are originally from Minneapolis.[3][2]

Career

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The trio first appeared in 2011, when, on March 1, they independently released their The Story, a three-song EP that captured the attention and garnered support from a number of artists including Phonte of The Foreign Exchange, Questlove, Erykah Badu, and eventually Prince, who invited the two to open for him at his 21-Night Stand Tour at the Los Angeles Forum.[4][3][1][5] Prince subsequently became the girls' mentor and advisor, providing them with managerial support until 2013.[4] King founded their company King Creative in 2013, releasing their teaser single "In the Meantime" the same year,[1][5] premiered by Billboard,[6] and followed up with their second single, "Mister Chameleon" in 2014.[7] On February 5, 2016, the trio released their debut studio album, We Are King, to critical acclaim.[8] The album was nominated for Best Urban Contemporary Album at the 59th Grammy Awards,[9] making King the first independent band to be nominated in that category.[10] We Are King was also included on mid-year and year-end lists by Rolling Stone, Time, Billboard, NPR, Spin, Newsday and Pitchfork among others.[11]

Discography

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Studio albums
Title Details Chart positions
US Billboard 200
[12] 		Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
[13] 		Billboard Top Heatseekers
[14]
We Are King 158 20 1
EPs
  • The Story (2011)
Singles
  • "In the Meantime" (2013)
  • "Mister Chameleon" (2014)
  • "The Greatest" (2015)

Covers

Collaborations

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Features


Songwriting, Musician, Vocal and Production Credits

Awards and nominations

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Year Award ceremony Category Work Result Ref.
2017 Grammy Awards Best Urban Contemporary Album We Are King Nominated [9]
2023 Album of the Year[a] Music of the Spheres Nominated [15]

Notes

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  1. ^ as featured artist on "Human Heart"

References

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  1. ^ a b c Andy Kellman. "King | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  2. ^ a b Riemenschneider, Chris (2016-02-01). "Minneapolis' Strother sisters are earning a royal buzz with the trio King". StarTribune.com. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ^ a b Haithcoat, Rebecca (2011-07-21). "KING: Heartwarming Soul From Bizarrely Nonsuperficial L.A. Trio". L.A. Weekly. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  4. ^ a b "With Prince In Your Corner, It's Good To Be KING". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  5. ^ a b "We Are King - King - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. ^ "KING Talks New Album, 'In the Meantime' Single & Prince's Best Advice". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  7. ^ Okayplayer (18 June 2014). "Video Premiere : KING - "Mister Chameleon" Okayplayer". Okayplayer.com. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  8. ^ "Review: KING, 'We Are KING'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  9. ^ a b "59th Annual GRAMMY Awards Winners & Nominees". The GRAMMYs. Archived from the original on 2016-12-10. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  10. ^ Stasio, Charlie Shelton, Frank. "KING On Making Independent Music And Working With Prince". Retrieved 2017-12-16.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "KING's 2016: Grammy Nomination for Debut Album and More!". us8.campaign-archive.com. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
  12. ^ "King Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.
  13. ^ "King Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard.
  14. ^ "King Chart History: Top Heatseekers". Billboard.
  15. ^ "Grammy Awards 2023: The Full List of Nominees". The New York Times. 2022-11-15. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
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