Counting Crows

Counting Crows is an American rock band that gained popularity following the release of its debut album in 1993, August and Everything After, which featured the hit single "Mr. Jones". They have sold more than 20 million albums worldwide and received a 2004 Academy Award nomination for their song "Accidentally in Love", which was included in the film Shrek 2.

The band has released five studio albums, two compilation albums and two live albums. Since the groups debut in 1993, they have also released twenty singles, of which three made the Billboard Hot 100. Two of those: "Hanginaround" and "Accidentally in Love", charted within the Top 40 of that chart.

Counting Crows' debut album, August and Everything After, was released in September 1993 which charted within the Top 5 of the Billboard 200, and would be certified 7× Platinum in both Canada and the United States.

Their second album, Recovering the Satellites, peaked at number-one on the Billboard 200. The album's lead-off single, "Angels of the Silences", was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks.

Counting Crows' albums have been certified Gold or higher by the Recording Industry Association of America. Other releases being certified is the 2003 single "Big Yellow Taxi" and the 2004 single "Accidentally in Love".