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Other usesRefimprove|date=September 2010Infobox musical artist | name = The Wreckers| image = The Wreckers on stage.jpg| caption = The Wreckers ( Michelle Branch (center), Jessica Harp (right)) performing on June 2007, just over a month before their break-up| landscape = yes| background = group_or_band| origin = United States|USA | genre = Country music|Country | years_active = 20042007| label = Maverick Records|Maverick Nashville | associated_acts = Carlos Santana|Santana , Jennifer Hanson | website = http://www.thewreckers.com thewreckers.com| past_members = Michelle Branch Jessica Harp The Wreckers were an American country music|country duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp , both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation. In 2006, the duo released its debut album Stand Still, Look Pretty , which produced a Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs in its lead-off single " Leave the Pieces ." The album accounted for a Top Ten hit on the same chart in " My, Oh My " as well. After its release, both Branch and Harp returned to being solo singers. Harp has since had Top 40 country success of her own with the single " Boy Like Me ".
Music career
Career success: Stand Still, Look Pretty
Sometime in 2005, Michelle Branch recruited her longtime friend and backing vocalist Jessica Harp on a new musical venture, incorporating elements from both Branch's pop-rock style and Harp's Country music|country style to form a unique-sounding duo. Thus, The Wreckers (a shortened form of the second band name given to the girls by Michelle's husband Teddy Landau , "The Cass County Homewreckers") were formed and were soon signed to Maverick Records .
The Wreckers' song "The Good Kind" -- originally recorded solely by Harpwas soon featured on the hit teen television series One Tree Hill (TV series)|One Tree Hill . They performed this song on the show on February 8, 2005. Later that month, the duo embarked on the month-long, nation-wide One Tree Hill Tour alongside Gavin DeGraw , Tyler Hilton , and Bethany Joy Galeotti . Branch later expressed her dislike of going on tour without releasing an album first, and The Wreckers then attempted to release their debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty .
The album was finally released in May 2006, led off by the single " Leave the Pieces ", a Number One country hit. It was followed by a heavy promotional radio campaign by the band which allowed it to make the top five on the country music albums chart in the United States , the top twenty on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 , and the Number One album on the United Kingdom Country Chart. This allowed them to have various live performances including one in Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis , Indiana at Monument Circle in August 2006 as part of the Final Four celebration., and on tour as Rascal Flatts 's opening act during the summer of 2006, in addition to playing smaller club dates as headliners. "My, Oh My", was the second single from Stand Still, Look Pretty , and its Wild West-themed video was filmed on the Wild West stage at Universal Studios Hollywood|Universal Studios .
The band were nominated for "Vocal Duo of the Year" at the 40th Annual CMA Awards , but lost to Brooks & Dunn . In December 2006, they were nominated for a Grammy Award for " Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal " for "Leave the Pieces" and ended up winning the award, the group's one and only award they have won thus far. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,235200,00.html "FOX Facts: Complete List of Grammy Award Nominations". Associated Press . December 7, 2006. Retrieved February 4, 2007.
Split-up and recording solo albums
In February 2008, it was announced the group had split to focus on their solo careers.cite web|title=The Wreckers Split|url= http://www.contactmusic.com/news/the-wreckers-split_1058117|publisher= Contactmusic.com |accessdate=December 30, 2011|date=February 1, 2008 The duo has since stated that their next recording projects will be solo albums. Jessica Harp has stated that they will indeed continue The Wreckers as a side project, but solo albums are what "feels right" for now. Harp released her first solo single, "Boy Like Me" from her debut album A Woman Needs , in March 2009. The single was a Top 30 hit on the charts, and was followed by the album's title-track, which reached #56 after a short chart run. On March 16, 2010, Harp's album was digitally-released following an announcement that she would retire from her recording career to focus on songwriting. Meanwhile, Branch released the single "Sooner or Later" in August 2009 and released her 6-song EP Everything Comes and Goes on September 14, 2010.
Discography
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Studio albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
US Country cite web
US cite web
Stand Still, Look Pretty
Release date: May 23, 2006
Label: Maverick Records
Formats: Compact disc|CD , music download
Recording Industry Association of America|US : GoldCertification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Stand Still, Look Pretty|artist=The Wreckers
Live albums
Title
Album details
Way Back Home: Live at New York City
Release date: December 4, 2007
Label: Maverick/Warner Bros. Records
Formats: CD, music download
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
Album
US Country cite web
US cite web
US Pop Cite web
US Adult cite web
2005
115
Non-album single
2006
1
34
54
19
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Recording Industry Association of America|US : GoldCertification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=single|title=Leave the Pieces|artist=The Wreckers
Stand Still, Look Pretty
" My, Oh My "
2007
33
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Featured singles
Year
Single
Artist
Peak chart positions
Album
US
US Pop
US AC
US Adult
CAN
2005
Santana
55
53
5
6
34
All That I Am (Santana album)
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A #ref_A| ^ Song was credited as Santana with Michelle Branch and The Wreckers.
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
2005
2006
Trey Fanjoy
"My, Oh My"
2007
Awards and nominations
Year
Organization
Categoryhttp:/ / www.michellebranch.com/ awards Awards and nominations of Michelle Branch
Result
2006
Country Music Association Awards
Vocal Duo of the Year (as The Wreckers)
nom
2007
Grammy Awards
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal & mdash; (" Leave the Pieces " as The Wreckers)
nom
Music Row Awards
Major Label Breakout Artist of the Year (as The Wreckers)
won
R& R Readers' Poll
Best New Performer (as The Wreckers)
won
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.thewreckers.com/ The Wreckers
http://www.jessicaharp.net/ Jessica Harp
http://www.michellebranch.com/ Michelle Branch
MySpace|id=thewreckers
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