AJR

AJR is an American indie pop band by brothers Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met, collectively a trio of vocalists, multi-instrumentalists, and songwriters.

The band AJR was incepted in 2005, and the brothers performed locally until 2012—busking, tap dancing, and singing covers around New York City—their hometown, birthplace, and also the same study place for them, the three Columbia University alumni. With over 100 songs recorded, AJR wrote the lyrics and the melodies and has released five studio albums: Living Room (2015), The Click (2017), The Maybe Man (2023), and the two US Billboard 200 top-ten albums Neotheater (2019) and OK Orchestra (2021). The 2017 electropop platinum album contained their first Billboard Alternative number-one song "Sober Up" (featuring Rivers Cuomo). The 2021 orchestral pop gold album spawned their first Hot 100 top-ten single and also the Billboard Music Award Top Rock Song, "Bang!".

AJR is a multi-platinum band for having eight platinum singles, including the two aforementioned songs, "I'm Ready", "Weak", "Burn the House Down", "100 Bad Days", "Way Less Sad", and "World's Smallest Violin". All these songs accounted for an estimated nineteen million certified units of their total digital single sales in America. The band has become one of the 100 top-selling touring artists in 2024 and has completed seven headlining tours.