Matchbox 20

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Themselves on VH1's Top 20 Countdown
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Birthplace:
Orlando, Florida (USA)
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Matchbox 20
AKA:
Matchbox Twenty
Matchbox 20 is an American based rock band that formed in 1996. The group consists of Rob Thomas, Kyle Cook, Paul Doucette, Adam Gaynor and Brian Yale.

Matchbox 20 has become one of the most admired and consistently successful rock bands in recent history, with over 20 million albums sold worldwide. They were named as the ‘Best New Band' in the 1997 Rolling Stone Readers' Poll. The album More Than You Think You Are follows the RIAA quadruple-platinum Mad Season by Matchbox 20, released in May 2000. Matchbox 20 made their recording debut in 1996 with… More Yourself Or Someone Like You, which earned the RIAA's prestigious Diamond Award and has been certified 12x platinum in the US alone. Matchbox 20 has logged an extraordinary string of hit singles, including such chart-topping favorites as Push, 3AM, Real World, Back 2 Good, If You're Gone, Mad Season, and the #1 Billboard ‘Hot 100' smash, Bent. In addition, Rob Thomas has received a number of songwriting honors, including: three Grammy Awards; a remarkable 11 BMI Awards – including 1999 ‘BMI Pop Songwriter of the Year' and 2002 ‘BMI Pop Song of the Year' (for If You're Gone); and Billboard ‘Songwriter of the Year' honors for two years running.

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    I LOVE Matchbox 20!!! I grew up listening to them and they are one of my all-time favorites. hide show

    I LOVE Matchbox 20!!! I grew up listening to them and they are one of my all-time favorites. Their songs are so...I don't know, AWESOME!!! :P But the band is just so down to Earth and real. That's what I really love about Matchbox 20. Their songs relate to things that could happen, or that have happened. Also, I love the fact that they don't follow the crowd. That takes guts, and their loyal fans, including me, respect them for it and have stayed with them. Matchbox 20 is just such an amazing and incredible band. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!! YOU ROCK!!!

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