New Hollow is an American pop band from New Albany, Ohio

New Albany, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 3,711 people, 1,263 households, and 1,030 families residing in the village. The population density was 415.7 people per square mile . There were 1,424 housing units at an average density of 159.5 per square mile...

. The band is composed of three teenagers.

New Hollow was founded by three students at New Albany High School (Ohio)

New Albany High School (Ohio)

New Albany High School is a public high school located in New Albany, Ohio, part of the New Albany-Plain Local School District. New Albany is a four-year comprehensive high school accredited by the Ohio Department of Education. It has been nationally recognized as a School of Excellence...

, who initially began playing together while still elementary school

Elementary school

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 students under the name Monkee Hollow. The group signed an agreement with Justice, a girls' clothing store, to market their debut single; Justice has done similar deals with The Jonas Brothers and Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber

Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...

. The single, entitled "SiCK", was released November 1, 2010, and reached the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

, where it peaked at number 86. The single sold over 28,000 physical copies in its first week, en route to selling 140,000 units by early 2011.

In November 2010, the band also performed The Star-Spangled Banner

The Star-Spangled Banner

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 at the nationally televised Thanksgiving Day football

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 game between the New Orleans Saints

New Orleans Saints

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 and the Dallas Cowboys

Dallas Cowboys

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 on Fox TV.

In December 2010. New Hollow's single "SiCK" beat out Katy Perry

Katy Perry

Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...

's "California Gurls

California Gurls

"California Gurls" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry and is the lead single of her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song features rapper Snoop Dogg, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco. According to Perry, the song is an answer song to...

" as the top single of 2010 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart.

On Jan. 23, 2011, the band released their second single "Boyfriend" and it entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart on Feb. 3, 2011, where it peaked at number 96.

On May 27, 2011, the band released their third single, a rock cover of the B.o.B/Hayley Williams song, "Airplanes", and it entered the Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart at #1 in the June 18, 2010 edition. The song has charted at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

Their first three singles all climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Physical CD Singles Sales Chart. The first time ever for an unsigned band with no radio play.

Members

• Mick Clouse - guitar, lead vocals,
• Evan West - bass, keyboards, lead vocals
• Chad Blashford - drums, rap