In July 2013, the album was shortlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize. Heartthrob debuted at number 2 on the Canadian chart, digital downloads chart and hit number 1 on the rock and alternative album charts. The album was released on Januand debuted on the Billboard top 200 at number 3, the band's highest charting record to date, selling 49,000 copies in its first week. The first single, " Closer", was released on September 25, 2012. The last two songs were produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen. Two songs were produced by Mike Elizondo, with Victor Indrizzo contributing drums, Josh Lopez contributing guitar, and Dave Palmer contributing piano. Joey Waronker contributed drums to these songs. Eight songs were produced by Greg Kurstin. Tegan and Sara started recording their seventh studio album, Heartthrob, on February 20, 2012. 2012–2018: Heartthrob, Love You to Death, and The Con X: Covers Get Along was nominated in the 2013 Grammy Awards for Best Long Form Music Video. A live CD/DVD combination package titled Get Along was released on November 15 and contains three films titled "States", "India", and "For the Most Part". In 2011, they launched "2011: A Merch Odyssey", which saw at least one new item in the official online stores every month, all year long. Tegan and Sara performing at the Polaris Music Prize Gala 2010 Spin magazine gave Sainthood four out of five stars and wrote, "Tegan and Sara's music may no longer be the stuff of teens, but its strength remains in how much it feels like two people talking." The song "Paperback Head" was the only song written by the pair to appear on the album, making it the first song on any Tegan and Sara album that they wrote together. While recording Sainthood, Tegan and Sara spent a week writing songs together in New Orleans. The album Sainthood debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at number 21 selling 24,000 copies in its first week. The photographs in the book are taken by Lindsey Byrnes and Ryan Russell. The duo also put out a three-volume book set titled ON, IN, AT, which is a collection of stories, essays, journals, and photos of the band on tour in America in late 2008, writing together in New Orleans, and touring Australia. On October 26, 2009, Tegan and Sara released their sixth album, Sainthood, produced by Chris Walla and Howard Redekopp. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of the Rentals (and previously Weezer), Hunter Burgan of AFI, and Kaki King all appeared and collaborated on the album. The album was co-produced by Chris Walla. The band's 2007 album, The Con, was released by Vapor and Sire because Sanctuary chose to no longer release new music in the United States. One track of the album, "Walking with a Ghost", was covered by the White Stripes, who released it on their Walking with a Ghost EP. This album was released through both Vapor and Sanctuary. Their fourth album, So Jealous, was released in 2004 and led to wider success and attention, both locally and internationally. In 2002, Tegan and Sara released their third album, If It Was You. Since then, they have toured extensively. The same year, they signed with Neil Young's Vapor Records and released This Business of Art through the label in 2000. Their first album was later reprinted under the name "Tegan and Sara". They later changed their name to "Tegan and Sara" because people thought they were a solo act named "Sara Antegan". Two songs from Red tape appeared on the album, and two from Orange tape. In 1999, they released their debut album Under Feet Like Ours independently under the "Sara and Tegan" name, with producer Jared Kuemper. Their first "big-time show" was in May 1998 in Calgary, opening for Hayden. This was followed by Orange tape and Red tape. In 1998, they won Calgary's "Garage Warz" competition using the studio time they won in this competition, they recorded their first professional demo under the name "Sara and Tegan", Yellow tape. In 1997, they used their school's recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day. They first called their band Plunk, defined as 'light punk' as they had neither a drummer nor bass player at the time. They later sang and recorded the song together on a cassette tape. One of the first songs they wrote was Tegan Didn't Go To School Today, originally written by Sara. Tegan and Sara began playing guitar and writing songs at age 15, using an old guitar they found in their basement owned by their then-stepfather, Bruce. Tegan and Sara at Terminal 5, New York City, October 6, 2008
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