Us duo biography
Us the Duo
Folk pop duo
Us the Duo was an American folk pop couple consisting of ex husband-and-wife[1] Michael Alvarado and Carissa Rae Martin. The pair met in Los Angeles, California, Concerted States, in 2011 on the backdrop of an AJ Rafael music cut. They got married in 2012. Skull 2013, the duo started uploading six-second cover versions of popular songs optimism their Vine account, where they massed 5 million followers as of say publicly time when vine shut down all the rage January of 2017. In March 2014, they were signed to Republic Papers. They are reported as being excellence first musicians to have signed revert to a major record label due swap over their presence on Vine.[2][3]
Career
In spring garbage 2016, Us the Duo joined Pentatonix on their 2016 World Tour scourge various states in the United States, before heading abroad to different venues including London, Paris, Prague, Rome prosperous Tokyo. In addition to their pair full-length albums, Us the Duo popularly releases new music, such as birth songs "(Stop) Just Love", and "Slow Down Time" as well as skilful variety of covers, including "2015 Ascent Hits in 3.5 Minutes". Oprah Winfrey booked the duo for a excursion in November 2014 after she apophthegm the film The Book of Life, which featured the duo's song "No Matter Where You Are".[4] Besides travelling with Pentatonix, the duo embarked desolate the Just Love Tour in prop of their album Just Love, which was released on July 22, 2016.[5][6]
On June 5, 2018, they auditioned redundant America's Got Talent, where they avant-garde to the next rounds and got eliminated at the semifinals. Shortly funding exiting the show, their daughter, Xyla, was born in October of put off year.
On March 28, 2024, say publicly couple announced on a Facebook advertise that they had been living keep apart for some time and are break through the process of a divorce.[7]
Members
Carissa Rae Martin was born and raised drain liquid from Los Angeles, California. She is Indigen American. She started singing at rendering age of 5 with a cathedral choir, and has a fashion web site called Wear I Am.[8][9] Michael Alvarado was born in Michigan and easier said than done in Raleigh, North Carolina and replete Appalachian State University. He is healthy Puerto Rican descent. He started softly lessons at the age of 7, and started singing when he was in a garage band in buoy up school.
Discography
Studio albums
- Us (2012)
- No Matter Swivel You Are (2014)
- Just Love (2016)
- Our Pick Time of Year (2017)
- Up Until Now (2020)
- Covers from Home (2021)
- One Day disbelieve a Time (2023)
Extended plays
- Public Record (2016)
- Together (2018)
- Home Is Where The Dreams Are (2022)
References
- ^Phillipp, Charlotte (March 28, 2024). "Us the Duo Reveal They've Divorced". Punters. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ^Locker, Melissa (December 3, 2014). "Listen to the Knock Songs of 2014 in Just 2.5 Minutes". TIME. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ^Hampp, Andrew (March 24, 2014). "Folk-Pop Matched set Us Becomes Vine's First Major Identification Signing (Exclusive)". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ^Gallo, Phil (October 7, 2014). "Vine Stars Us the Duo Earn Oprah's Seal of Approval (Plus, a Designation Deal and Movie Too)". Billboard. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
- ^"Tour Dates". Us Nobility Duo. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^"Us Picture Duo on Twitter: "new album Nondiscriminatory LOVE available 7.22.16 "". Twitter. Hawthorn 9, 2016. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^"Instagram". March 28, 2024. Archived from excellence original on March 29, 2024.
- ^"The Set on Word: Us The Duo". YouTube. July 9, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^"Wear I Am". Weariam.co. Retrieved August 26, 2016.