Alex & Sierra

The X Factor season 3 · Winner

Where are they now

Alex & Sierra released It's About Us on Columbia on October 7, 2014. The album reached number 8 on the Billboard 200 and had sold 86,000 copies in the United States as of August 2016. Columbia dropped the duo in 2015, around July. The EP As Seen on TV came out on September 30, 2016, and reached number 183 on the Billboard 200. On September 1, 2017, they announced that they would no longer make music together. In 2020, Little Do You Know was certified 2× Platinum.

Key figures

Known for

  1. Little Do You KnowSingle · 2014; RIAA certification: 2× Platinum
  2. It's About UsAlbum · 2014; 86,000 copies sold in the U.S. (reported)Sales as of August 2016

Interest over time

Monthly views of the English Wikipedia article, July 2015 – September 2026.

Monthly Wikipedia views, July 2015 – September 2026. The most views were in May 2017: 69,854.

Career

  1. 2013

    The X Factor, season 3

    Winner

    September 11 – December 19, 2013

  2. 2013

    Record deal

    In 2013, the prize for Alex & Sierra included a $1 million recording contract from Sony Music Entertainment.

  3. 2014

    Release · June 23, 2014

    Scarecrow sold 30,000 copies in its first week after the June 23, 2014 release.

  4. 2015

    Tour · February 24, 2015 – April 3, 2015

    Alex & Sierra played The Good Guys & A Girl Tour with Andy Grammer and Paradise Fears, from The Showbox in Seattle on February 24, 2015, to the House of Blues in West Hollywood on April 3, 2015.

  5. 2015

    Record deal · July 2015

    Around July 2015, Alex & Sierra were dropped by their record label.

  6. 2016

    Release · March 31, 2016

    Alex & Sierra are featured on We Were Young, from Gareth Emery's album 100 Reasons to Live, released March 31, 2016.

  7. 2017

    Tour · February 16, 2017 – March 2, 2017

    Alex & Sierra played The Take Me Tour with JOHN.k, from Slim's in San Francisco on February 16, 2017, to The Roxy in Los Angeles on March 2, 2017.

  8. 2017

    Other · September 1, 2017

    On September 1, 2017, Alex & Sierra announced that they would no longer make music together and would each work alone.

More milestones

  1. Date not documented

    Chart

    Their 2014 single Scarecrow reached number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 and number 40 on Adult Top 40.

Discography

Releases of Alex & Sierra
TitleTypeYearLabelRIAA certificationU.S. salesBillboard peak
ScarecrowSingle2014Not documentedNot documentedNot applicableNot documented
Little Do You KnowSingle2014Not documented2× PlatinumNot applicableNot documented
It's About UsAlbum2014Syco, ColumbiaNot documented86,000August 2016No. 8Billboard 200
As Seen on TVEP2016The A&S PartnershipNot documentedNot documentedNo. 183Billboard 200

Sources

Compare Alex & Sierra with others

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