The Parlotones make U.S. Billboard Chart debut with Stardust Galaxies!

The Parlotones Make U.S. Billboard Chart Debut with Stardust Galaxies!

The Parlotones' Stardust Galaxies Earns Three Billboard Chart Placements with Alternative New Artist, Heatseekers, Indies

The South African rock group's debut U.S. album receives recognition from Billboard Music

As The Parlotones wrapped up the band's first U.S. tour with both headlining dates and those in support of Blue October, the news hit that 'Stardust Galaxies' had placed on three Billboard charts.

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Debuting in the U.S. on September 14, 'Stardust Galaxies' has continued to rise in popularity, and now the rock band's U.S. debut has landed at No. 18 on the Alternative Music Charts, No. 50 on Heatseekers Charts and No. 152 on the Indies Charts.

"It's been brilliant. We're opening for quite a big band over here, Blue October, and the response from their audience has been overwhelming. That's what has pretty much [pushed] us into the charts; all sales at the shows and obviously post the shows on iTunes and Amazon," said frontman Kahn Morbee.

The release of Stardust Galaxies followed on the heels of a featured performance in the ABC Music Lounge, and an iTunes "Video of the Week" feature for the band's 2010 SAMA Music Video of the Year, "Push Me to the Floor."

The album marks the U.S. introduction of a group that has spent the last 18 months on a sold-out, 300-date world tour, packing out 1000+ capacity venues in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Russia and the UK. Most recently, the band performed in front of a global audience of over 1 billion viewers at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert.

Stardust Galaxies's lead single, "Life Design," serves as an "ode to those who have created success despite adversity," says Morbee. "It's a celebration of those people who have an innate exuberance for life, and pursue the betterment of their own lives and the lives of those around them."

Now, The Parlotones are set to tour Germany, hitting Vienna, Munich and Stuttgart later this month. Next year, the group will embark on another U.S. tour stopping at SXSW and other major markets, all continuing to support the critically acclaimed Stardust Galaxies in the States.

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