Twenty One Pilots nominated for a BRIT Award

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27th Jan 2017
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The British music industry's cornerstone event, the BRIT Awards, have nominated Twenty One Pilots as Best International Group. 

The event is to take place on 22nd February.

The Ohio-based duo were recently voted Kerang magazine readers' favourite band and their 'Blurryface' album has now achieved double Platinum sales.

Like Paramore, OneRepublic and a growing list of other acts, Twenty One Pilots have chosen the path of mainstream music without carrying the baggage of the 'Christian music' tag.

The band, consisting of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun, formed in Columbus, Ohio, in 2009.

Twenty One Pilots may not be considered a Christian band, but they certainly get some thought-provoking content into their lyrics. One critic suggested that the track 'Heavydirtysoul' "feels more like a Calvin Harris dance track than a Twenty One Pilots poem", over which Tyler first rasps that "death
inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit" before asking "can you
save, can you save my heavy, dirty soul?" Tyler, of course, knows the
answer.

The duo's two independent albums 'Twenty One Pilots' and 2011's 'Regional At Best' got the whole ball rolling for the team and in 2012 they were signed to Fueled By Ramen. Their first for that label, 'Vessel' (2013), became a national hit and was nominated as Album Of The Year at the AP Music Awards. 

The liner notes of 'Vessel' indicated the duo's spiritual roots with them thanking the "supportive family at Five Fourteen Church" and also "thank God for sending his Son and being a part of this even before we were."