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1GN, formerly known as 1 Girl Nation, was a
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band from
Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...
, United States. They are on the Reunion Records label, affiliated with
Provident Label Group Provident Entertainment is a division of Sony Music headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee and focused primarily on Christian music. The group handles its own physical distribution through its Provident-Integrity service. Provident Label Group ...
and
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, and released their first album entitled '' 1 Girl Nation'' on August 20, 2013. The album has had chart successes.


Background

In 2012, 1 Girl Nation was formed in
Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...
, and the band members are Lauryn Taylor Bach from
Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...
, Lindsey Adamec from
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, Carmen Justice from Nashville, Tennessee, Kayli Robinson from Orlando, Florida, and Kelsey Grimm from
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. On May 1, 2014, the band announced that Kelsey was leaving the band because she was getting married.


Music

In June 2013, the band was signed to Reunion Records, a major Christian music label in the United States.


''1 Girl Nation''

On August 20, 2013, 1 Girl Nation released their self-titled debut album '' 1 Girl Nation''. ''1 Girl Nation'' charted at No. 11 and No. 9 on the
Top Christian Albums Top Christian Albums is a weekly chart published in ''Billboard'' magazine that ranks the best-performing Christian albums in the United States. Like the ''Billboard'' 200, the data is compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly ...
and the
Top Heatseekers Albums Top Heatseekers are "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The Heatseekers Albums and the Heatseekers Songs charts were introduced by ''Billboard'' in 1991 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new an ...
charts respectively, for the '' Billboard'' charting week of September 7, 2013. On December 14, 2013, ''Billboard'' charts the album was the No. 2 Heatseekers Albums.


''Unite''

Their second album, ''
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'', was released on April 15, 2016, by Reunion Records.


Members

Former members * Lauryn Taylor Bach (born Lauren Taylor Bachofer; November 24, 1991) – vocals (2012–2016) * Kayli Robinson (born June 30, 1988) – vocals (2012–2016) * Kelsey Taylor Grimm ('' née'', Sowards; born December 29, 1989) – vocals (2012–2014) * Lindsey Brooke Adamec ('' née'', Ciresi; born October 27, 1992) – vocals (2012–2014) * Carmen Justice Hadley (born July 15, 1991) – vocals (2012–2016)


Sponsorships

In September 2013, 1 Girl Nation obtained sponsorships from
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(the Nashville, TN location), MAC Cosmetics and 1964 Ears.


Discography


Studio albums


Extended plays


Singles

* "While We're Young" (2013) * "Try" (2014) * "Get Hype" (2016) * "Guard Your Heart"(2016)


Music videos

* "While We're Young" (2013) * "Try" (2014) * "Joy" (2014) * "Get Hype" (2016)


References


External links

* {{Authority control Musical groups established in 2012 Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee Reunion Records artists American girl groups 2012 establishments in Tennessee