The Empire continues to break new ground internationally with news that we have been nominated for International Album and International Breakthrough Act at the 2010 Brit Awards!
Emperor Steele will fly to London to attend the Awards ceremony on behalf of the band. Amongst the excitement about the nomination Emperor Steele said, “The dream was the king for this record and it is becoming wilder and wilder as the sandman keeps cooking. This is a great honour, we are walking on a dream. â€
If Empire Of The Sun win either of the Awards, they will be the first Australian band to win a BRIT Award since Crowded House in 1994; the only other Australian band to have previously won a BRIT Award was INXS. Outside of Kylie Minogue, no other Australian artist has won a BRIT Award in the past decade!
Last year’s winners of the International Album Award were Kings Of Leon and this year Empire Of The Sun are nominated alongside Jay-Z (on whose album Emperor Steele is a guest artist), Lady Gaga, Animal Collective and Black Eyed Peas.
Walking On A Dream has surpassed Gold sales in the UK (100,000 albums) and Empire Of The Sun are currently gearing up for a live assault on the UK/Europe summer festival season with dates soon to be announced.
In other exiting news, the esteemed Hype Machine has posted their Top 50 Artists of 2009 according to how frequently their songs were listed on the site.
50 visual artists were invited to create a new piece of work inspired by and including the band name. Empire of the Sun has come in at #21 with a gorgeous piece by Canadian screen-printer and designer Sandi Falconer of Dead Weight . Check out the artwork below:
