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THE BEST OF
SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER

FACT SHEET

DISCOGRAPHY:

2002   The Best of Sixpence None the Richer (Squint / Curb / Reprise)
2002   Divine Discontent (Squint / Curb / Reprise)
1999   Collage: Portrait of Their Best (Flying Tart)
1999   "Kiss Me" CD single (Squint) – certified GOLD by RIAA
1997   Sixpence None The Richer (Squint) – certified PLATINUM by RIAA
1996   Tickets for a Prayer Wheel [EP] (Flying Tart / R.E.X.)
1995   This Beautiful Mess (Flying Tart / R.E.X.)
1994   The Fatherless & the Widow (Flying Tart / R.E.X.)



AWARDS:

2000      Dove Award for Group Of The Year
2000      ASCAP Songwriter to Matt Slocum (for "Kiss Me")
2000      GRAMMY nomination for "Kiss Me" in Best Pop Performance
              by a Duo or Group with Vocal, "Kiss Me"
2000      Movieline Young Hollywood Award for Best Performance on a
              Soundtrack, "Kiss Me"
2000      ASCAP Award for Most Performed Song From A Motion
              Picture, "Kiss Me"
1999      Named R&R Magazine's No. 1 "Breakthrough Artist" of 1999
1999      GRAMMY Nomination for Best Gospel Rock album, Sixpence
              None the Richer

1996      Dove Award for Best Alternative/Modern Rock Record,
             This Beautiful Mess
1993      The Fatherless and the Widow named one of Billboard
              Critic's Top Ten Albums of the Year



RADIO ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • "Kiss Me"
    • #1 Pop song in the U.S. for two weeks
    • #1 Most-played song in 11 coun-tries, including Canada, U.K., Australia, Japan, and Israel
    • #2 Billboard Hot 100 and AC
    • #1 Airplay Monitor Top 40
    • #2 Airplay Monitor Top 40 AC

  • "There She Goes"
    • 28th Most Played Song of 2000
    • Top 10 on R&R and Billboard Monitor formats (Hot AC, Modern AC, and Pop Alt.)
    • Top 30 on Billboard Hot 100

  • "Don't Dream It's Over"
    • #9 Hot AC
    • #17 Billboard AC
    • #14 R&R AC

  • "Breathe Your Name"
    • #1 R&R Christian CHR for five weeks
    • #17 Billboard Adult Hot Top 40

  • "Innocente (Falling In Love)"
    • #3 Billboard Dance chart



VIDEO ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • "Kiss Me"
    • #1 VH1 video for a month
    • Heavy rotation at MTV, M2, The Box, JBTV and Much Music, and added to MTV's "120 Minutes"

  • "There She Goes"
    • Rotation on VH1's "Top 10 Countdown"


SONGS APPEAR ON:

  • 2003 – A View From The Top movie soundtrack, "I'm Still Waiting"
  • 2003 – Uptown Girls movie soundtrack, Leigh Nash contributes vocals on "Charmed Life"
  • 2003 – How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days movie soundtrack, "Kiss Me"

  • 2002 – Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson, "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times"
  • 2002 – Smallville soundtrack, "Don't Dream It's Over"

  • 2001 – Sing Along with Los Straitjackets, "(Don't they Know) It's The End Of The World" - performed by Nash (written by Skeeter Davis)
  • 2001 – Poem by Delerium, "Innocente (Falling In Love)" - written and performed by Nash

  • 2000 – Snow Day movie soundtrack, "There She Goes" (written by La's)
  • 2000 – Here On Earth movie soundtrack, "I Need Love" (written by Sam Phillips)
  • 2000 – Today Presents: The Best Of The Summer Concert Series (from NBC's "Today" show), "Us"
  • 2000 – Bounce movie soundtrack, "Love," and "Need to Be Next to You" - performed by Nash [written by Diane Warren, produced by Matt Serletic (Matchbox 20, Santana/Rob Thomas hit "Smooth")]
  • 2000 – Roaring Lambs (Squint), "The Ground You Shook"

  • 1999 – Dick movie soundtrack, "Dancing Queen" (written by Abba)
  • 1999 – Streams (Word/Sony), "Breathe"
  • 1999 – Songs From Dawson's Creek soundtrack, "Kiss Me"
  • 1999 – Lilith Fair, Volume 3, "Kiss Me"

  • 1998 – She's All That movie soundtrack, "Kiss Me"
  • 1998 – Left Of The Middle by Natalie Imbruglia - featured cello performed by Slocum
  • 1998 – Exodus (Essential/Sony), "Brighten My Heart"
  • 1996 – Never Say Dinosaur (EMI), "Road To Zion" (written by Petra)


TELEVISION APPEARANCES:

  • "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" (3 appearances)

  • "Late Show With David Letterman"

  • CBS "Early Show"

  • NBC "Today"

  • "Live With Regis and Kathie Lee"

  • "Late Night With Conan O'Brien"

  • "Late, Late Show With Craig Kilborn"

  • VH1 "Before They Were Rock Stars"

  • CNN "WorldBeat"

  • "The Wayne Brady Show"

  • "The Rosie O'Donnell Show"

  • "Extra!"

  • "The Martin Short Show"

  • VH1 "Women First" (featured Nash as celebrity host)

  • VH1 "The List" (featured Nash as celebrity panelist)



FEATURED ON... :

  • "KISS ME" FEATURED ON:
    • BBC worldwide broadcast of Prince Edward's wedding at the request of the Royal Family (1999)
    • "Saturday Night Live"
    • "The Bold & the Beautiful"
    • MTV's "The Real World"
    • "Dawson's Creek"
    • "Days of Our Lives"
    • "The Young and the Restless"
    • "Providence"
    • "Get Real," "Grapevine," "Trinity," and "Daria

  • "THERE SHE GOES" FEATURED ON:
    • Girl Interrupted film trailers
    • "Time of Your Life" and "Great Pretenders"
    • National Football League promotions
    • "Six Feet Under"

  • "DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER" FEATURED ON:
    • WB's "Smallville"
    • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days film trailers
    • "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" band performance

  • "I'VE BEEN WAITING" FEATURED ON:
    • WB's "Birds of Prey"

  • "BREATHE YOUR NAME" FEATURED ON:
    • NBC's "ER"



TOURING HIGHLIGHTS:

2001      Over the Rhine Christmas Tour
2000      VH1's "Hard Rock Live" concert
1999      Lilith Fair Tour, mainstage
1998      Lilith Fair Tour, side-stage in Nashville with 10,000 Maniacs,
              The Smithereens



OTHER ACCOLADES:

  • "Don't Dream It's Over" featured in Disney's Freaky Friday film.

  • "Kiss Me" featured in the film She's All That.

  • Nash debuted as the worldwide model for cosmetic company Urban Decay's "Rock Superstar" campaign for its 2001 spring and summer product line.

  • Proceeds from sales of Today Presents: the Best of Summer Concert Series CD, featuring Sixpence's song "Us," helped Katie Couric raise money for the National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance (NCCRA) (August 2000).

  • NARAS invited Slocum and Nash to announce Grammy nominees at the New York City press conference (January 2000).


Band formed in 1993 by Leigh Nash and Matt Slocum
Name "Sixpence None The Richer" is taken from a passage in C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity


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Edited 11/2002. Released by Word Records / Warner Bros. Christian Division / Sixpence None The Richer, © 2004.

 

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