Sigh No More is the debut studio album by London-based folk-rock quartet Mumford & Sons, released on October 5, 2009 in the UK, and on February 16, 2010 in the United States and Canada. The album entered the UK Albums Chart at #11 in its first week, peaking at #7 three months later. The album also reached #1 in Australia, after spending 17 weeks previously in the charts, and has been certified double platinum there. On the 5th March 2010 the album certified Platinum in the UK.

Singles

* Little Lion Man was released on 28 September 2009 as the first single from the album. The single has managed to reach #21 in the UK Singles Chart and reached at #3 in the Australian Singles Chart

* Winter Winds was released on 7 December 2009 as the second single from the album. The single has managed to reach #44 in the UK Singles Chart.

* The Cave was released on 1 March 2010 as the third single from the album. The single has so far managed to reach #32 in the UK Singles Chart and #32 in the Australian Singles Chart.

* Roll Away Your Stone is due to be released on 6 June 2010 as the fourth single from the album.

Release history

Charts, certifications and procession

Artist/Band Information

Mumford & Sons are a folk rock band which formed in London, England. The band is made up of Marcus Mumford (vocals, guitar, drums, mandolin), "Country" Winston Marshall (vocals, banjo, dobro), Ben Lovett (vocals, keyboards, accordion), Ted Dwane (vocals, double bass).. Although the band members have certain claims on certain instruments, the members switch instruments during live shows according to convenience, for they each play a variety of instruments. The band formed in late 2007, rising out of London's folk scene with other artists such as Laura Marling, Johnny Flynn, Jay Jay Pistolet and Noah and the Whale.

The band have often supported Laura Marling at concerts, while their association with Noah and the Whale can be traced back to St Paul's School, Barnes and King's College School, Wimbledon. Mumford and Lovett attended King's College School alongside Noah and the Whale bassist Matt Owens, while Marshall attended St Paul's School along with Charlie Fink, lead singer of Noah and the Whale.

The band's debut album, Sigh No More, was released in the United Kingdom in October 2009, and February 2010 in the United States.

Details

In February 2008, the band completed an extensive UK tour with support from Alessi's Ark, Sons of Noel and Adrian, Peggy Sue, Pete Roe, The Cutaway and more. They were longlisted for the BBC's Sound of 2009.

They have recently been touring with The Maccabees.

Having recently signed a licensing deal to Island Records in the UK, to Dew Process in Australia and New Zealand, to Glassnote in North America and Co Op in the rest of the world, through their own label Gentlemen Of The Road, their debut album was released on 5 October 2009 with "Little Lion Man" being the lead single, Dave Berry of Xfm made it his record of the week. In another interview with the band, Dave said "Screw 'of the week', it's my favourite track of the year". BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe made "Little Lion Man" his "Reaction Record" on 27 July 2009, before naming it the "Hottest Record in the World" the following evening. In an interview during the show, Marcus confirmed the album would be titled Sigh No More, from the name of a track on the album. Radio 1 DJ Greg James is an avid supporter of the band, having had both "Little Lion Man" and "The Cave" as his record of the week.

Mumford & Sons won Best Band at the 3rd Annual BalconyTV Music Video Awards in Dublin on 3 July 2009.

The band has achieved considerable success in Australia. Their song "Little Lion Man" was voted number one on the Australian Triple J Hottest 100, 2009 countdown, the largest music poll in the world, by an unprecedentedly large margin. The band, who happened to be in the country at the time of the countdown, were also the first act to perform the number one song live especially for the station.

The band played their hit Little Lion Man on CBS' The Late Show With David Letterman on 17 February, 2010, followed by a performance of The Cave on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on 26 February, 2010.

In a March 2010 interview, Ray Davies announced that Mumford & Sons will be appearing on his forthcoming collaborations album. Marcus confirmed this in an interview the same month, stating, "I am more excited about that than I have been about anything before in my life".

Discography

Studio albums