Revelation earned the band their 11th Platinum album certification to date, leading The New York Times to declare that 'the band…feels alive.' Journey toured the world for two years in support of Revelation, with more than a million fans attending the shows.

Journey introduced Pineda to the world as their official new singer with the release of their 14th studio album, Revelation, which marked the band’s biggest first-week sales in more than a decade, debuting at #5 on the Billboard 200 in June 2008 and taking the top spot on the Independent Albums chart. Within a few songs, he had secured the job. But six weeks later, after spontaneously singing a Journey song for Philippines immigrations officers to prove the reason for his trip, Pineda arrived in San Francisco to meet with Journey. Soon thereafter, Schon personally contacted Pineda, who initially thought it was a prank and didn’t believe that he was talking to a founding member of one of the biggest bands in rock history. After watching all the available videos he could find with Pineda, Neal made an excited midnight phone call to share the news with his bandmate Cain. Pineda’s tone, power, and ability to sing a wide variety of material-including a couple of Journey classics-impressed Schon. In 2006, Neal Schon found Journey's singer Arnel Pineda when he discovered a YouTube video of Pineda singing with a Filipino cover band called the Zoo. Between 19, the band landed seven Top 20 hits, including 'Separate Ways (Worlds Apart),' 'Girl Can't Help It' and “Only the Young,” their song for the film Vision Quest. In 1983, Frontiers reached #2 on the Billboard album chart, held back from the top spot only by Michael Jackson’s Thriller. That album produced three Top 10 hits that have become the best-known songs in Journey’s repertoire: “Don't Stop Believin',” “Who's Crying Now” and “Open Arms.” The latter track, which marked the first songwriting collaboration between Cain and Perry, quickly became the band’s signature song and would years later be covered by many artists.īy the early 1980s, Journey had become bonafide superstars. A subsequent live double album, Captured, became their fourth consecutive Platinum disc.ġ981’s Escape was the band’s first #1 album and spent more than a year in the Top 40, eventually becoming certified eight times Platinum. In October of that year, Journey scored their first Top 30 single with “Lovin’, Touchin', Squeezin'.” Keeping up a prolific output in the studio and on the road, the band waited less than a year to release Departure, which became their first Top 10 album and boasted the lead single “Any Way You Want It,” which reached #8 on the Billboard album chart. In 1978, Journey brought their former drum roadie Steve Smith into the fold, adding his expert jazz-fusion chops to their signature sound for 1979’s Evolution, which would become their second million-selling album. It immediately went Platinum after its April 1978 release, remaining on the charts for more than two years, and has sold more than three million copies to date. Journey’s fourth album, Infinity, was their first with Steve Perry, and was produced by Roy Thomas Baker (Rolling Stones, Queen, The Cars). The band embarked on a grueling touring schedule, staying on the road nine months per year performing music that Schon has referred to as “a rock ‘n’ roll version of the Mahavishnu Orchestra.” Columbia Records signed the group in November 1974, and each of the band's first three albums- Journey (1975), Look Into the Future (1976), and Next (1977)-charted higher than the previous release. Journey’s rock ‘n’ roll saga started more than 35 years ago in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Journey is re-energized with the line-up of Neal Schon (guitars, backing vocals), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Ross Valory (bass, backing vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, percussion, backing vocals), and Arnel Pineda (lead vocals). The band’s Greatest Hits album is certified 15 times Platinum, bringing Journey into the elite club of Diamond-certified album-holders. Since the group’s formation in 1973, the band has earned 19 Top 40 singles and 25 Gold and Platinum albums. They have continued to tour and record into the 21st century, and have never stopped creating vital music. JOURNEY is one of the most popular American rock bands of all time, creating some of the best-known songs in modern music.

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