Owl City’s album Ocean Eyes has been certified gold as 2009 draws to a close, making this year a HUGE success for Minnesota’s Adam Young.

What started as a project in the basement of his parent’s house has turned into an international phenomenon, sending Adam to the top of the charts and playing to energetic crowds in renowned venues across the US, China, and Japan!

Not only has Ocean Eyes gone gold, but the album’s first single “Fireflies” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 twice and it is still sitting in the Top 5!

Universal Republic Records’ basement launched phenomenon Owl City scored the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart this week, following up his #1 single score on iTunes last week with the smash hit “Fireflies.”

The song is breaking boundaries at radio as it forges toward the upper tier at Top 40 and Hot AC formats along with impressive showings at Alternative, Triple A, and Rhythm Crossover. Combining this impressive radio story, a #1 song in North America, a sold out tour and huge sales are all parts in making Owl City the artist development story of 2009.

The near-platinum “Fireflies” also sold an amazing 200,000 digital singles this week, serving as a multi-genre calling card for Owl City/alias Adam Young giving him a 12 point leap into the Top Ten of the Nielsen Soundscan Top 200 Albums Tally via his Universal Republic debut album Ocean Eyes (jumping from #20 to #8).

Owl City announces his first few weeks of 2010 tour dates in support of his incredibly successful label debut – Ocean Eyes - out now on Universal Republic. MySpace will offer an exclusive ticket pre-sale beginning October 16^th and running through October 23^rd for the tour dates.

The tour kicks off January 21^st at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City, MO and sees Owl City with full band in tow heading through the Midwest, Southeast and up the East Coast through mid-February.  The short US tour will include special guests Lights and Deas Vail and sees the band hitting some of the smaller markets not visited this past fall.

In addition, the 2010 dates come on the heels of Owl City’s first trek to China and Japan and comes before the band will make their live debut in Europe as well as Australia where they’ll be hitting the road with Cobra Starship.

Who: Owl City, the solo electro-pop project of Minnesotan daydreamer Adam Young began three years ago, when he began recording warm, shimmering tunes in his parents’ basement in off-hours from his job at a soda warehouse. His songs quickly became a MySpace phenomenon and his devoted online following helped Owl City score a deal with Universal Republic Records, who released Young’s major label debut, Ocean Eyes.

Sounds Like: Owl City’s sound is often compared to the Postal Service thanks to his combination of hushed, lovelorn vocals and chirping synthesizers (and Young’s uncanny vocal similarity to Ben Gibbard). But for Young, Owl City owes its sound to a combination of extremes, describing his music as a mix of the pure pop of Taylor Swift and the lush ambient techno of the German electronic label Kompakt…

Owl City’s, Ocean Eyes, was released July 28^th on Universal Republic. After an amazing two-week run where it was exclusively available on iTunes and topped its charts, the record continues to move units and the word keeps spreading.

Next stop, radio with some notable adds from KROQ in LA and Live 105 in San Francisco among others.

Owl City hits the road for a headlining North American tour this Fall. His previous (and first ever!) tour this year SOLD OUT.

Owl City Takes Off and Sells 20,000 Albums and 60,000 Singles in First Week!

Scores All Time #2 iTunes Single of the Week with More Than 650,000 Downloads of “Fireflies”

Collects 150,000 Views in 3 days of MySpace Video Premiere for “Fireflies”

Is Owl City on your radar? If not, then you need to pay attention! This band is hott (yes, two ‘Ts’) and you have to be when you’re from Minnesota.

Here’s how it goes down…iTunes offers exclusive digital purchase of the full-length Ocean Eyes a couple weeks before it hits stores. And bam, one week and almost 20,000 albums later, here we are.

Due to “Fireflies” Picked as iTunes Single of the Week, Owl City Released Ocean Eyes Exclusively via iTunes on July 14th and in 24 Hours is Ruling the iTunes Charts!

#2 on OVERALL iTunes Top 100Album Chart
(Alongside The Dead Weather and Michael Jackson)

#1 on iTunes Top Electronic Albums Chart
(Alongside Passion Pit and Major Lazer)

3 Albums Currently on iTunes Top 10 Electronic Albums Chart

The highly coveted iTunes feature is the first to reveal a new song from the highly anticipated and long awaited physical release debut Ocean Eyes, out July 28th. 
 
This special announcement comes on the heels of what has already been an extremely successful summer for Owl City.

Owl City excitedly announces that “Fireflies,” has been chosen as the iTunes Single of the Week and will be exclusively available as a free download beginning Tuesday, July 14th.

The highly coveted iTunes feature is the first to reveal a new song from the highly anticipated and long awaited physical release debut Ocean Eyes, out July 28th and available for digital purchase via iTunes on July 14th. 
 
This special announcement comes on the heels of what has already been an extremely successful summer for Owl City.

The band continues to dominate the charts at iTunes and expand upon the impressive online presence that is growing exponentially.
 

Owl City’s new song “Strawberry Avalanche”  will be available across all digital platforms today Tuesday, June 2nd, and is the second in a series of monthly song releases leading up to Owl City’s full-length album Ocean Eyes – out September 1st. 

In addition, Owl City will be kicking off a fall US headlining tour in support of the new record September 9th and tickets will be available starting June 5th at 12pm EST through an exclusive ticket presale via MySpace Music.  Tickets will be available for general on-sale purchase June 13th 2009.
 
This Spring has already proven to be a wildly successful one for Owl City. SPIN dubbed Owl City one of the “Must-Hear Acts” at this year’s annual Sasquatch Music Festival, which featured performances by artists including the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bon Iver, Of Montreal and St. Vincent, among others.