Landon Christian Anderson Pigg (born August 6, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

Invisible Children

In November 2011 Landon uploaded a video to his YouTube account encouraging fans to donate to the cause. With a donation of twenty dollars or more to his music blog donation page, he entered users into a raffle. The three people that were chosen were contacted and asked their favorite song by Landon. Those three people got a personalized YouTube video of Landon thanking them for their donation with a special performance of their chosen song.

Career

After his song "This Is The Way It Ends" was featured on the 6th-season finale of television-drama series ''

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'' and subsequently went into national

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, Pigg began a publicity tour in summer 2006 which found him booked on ''

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'', ''

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'' television talk shows and other media outlets including a radio tour, as well as appearances in ''

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, Glamour'' and ''Performing Songwriter'' magazines. In late August, Pigg appeared on the television program ''

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'' where he played "Can't Let Go", the first track from his album, ''LP'' (2006). His song "Great Companion" was played throughout several scenes of the '' One Tree Hill'' episode "Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers" (2007). Pigg has also performed on some television shows, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. In 2007, his song "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" was featured in a

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commercial, and later on an

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telephone commercial. In 2009, he appeared in

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's video for the song "Happier", playing

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's love interest. Pigg co-wrote the song "Darling I Do" with Lucy Schwartz; it is the title track for the animated fantasy comedy film '' Shrek Forever After'' (2010). He has been featured heavily on the television series '' Parenthood''. Pigg sang "Gardenia" on the Season 2 episode "The Booth Job" with

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. He also appeared on the third-season episode of ''Parenthood'' entitled "Mr. Honesty". He also played a character by the name of Oliver in '' Whip It''. He played the love interest of Babe Ruthless/Bliss played by Elliot Page (then known as Ellen Page).

Touring

The last full tour Landon went on was for his last album, '' The Boy Who Never'', and it went from March 2010 until June 2010. He toured with Madi Diaz, and the tour went through 15 states with 23 different venues. Since the tour in 2010, Landon opened for Lissie at

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, played on the Invisible Children "Break the Silence" tour, and had concerts at

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and Knox College in 2011. On June 29, 2014, Landon played his first live show in three years at the Red Clay Theatre in Duluth, GA. Landon's brother, Gabe, their father, Gary, and friends joined him onstage for several songs. In November 2014, Landon and William Close released a cover of

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's song, "River." On March 8, 2019, Landon released a new single titled "Golden Hour".

Film

Pigg made his feature-film debut in the comedy-drama film '' Whip It'' (2009), directed by

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, appearing as Oliver, the guitar-playing love interest of

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''. He also played a small role as Peter in the 2012 movie '' The Perks of Being a Wallflower''.

Discography

Albums

* '' Demonstration'' (2002) * '' LP'' (2006) * '' The Boy Who Never'' (2009) No. 191 ''Billboard'' 200, No. 8

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EPs

* ''This Is a Pigg'' (2006) * ''Connect Sets'' (2006) * ''Live in the Alice Lounge'' (2007) * ''Coffee Shop'' (2008)

Singles

* "Can't Let Go" (2006) No. 19 Adult Pop Top 40 * " Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" (2007) No. 33 Adult Pop Top 40, No. 13 Adult Contemporary, No. 93 Hot 100 * "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" (2009) new mix * "Speak To The Keys"(2009) promo single * "The Way It Ends" (2010) iTunes single * "Gardenia" (2010) duet with Mae Whitman, iTunes single * The Little 45 "Little Darlin'"/"Say Little Things" (2011) iTunes digital 45

Soundtrack appearances

* "Nowhere Man" ''Imagine That'' soundtrack (2009) * "High Times" (with Turbo Fruits) ''Whip It'' soundtrack (2009) * "Darling I Do" (with Lucy Schwartz) '' Shrek Forever After'' soundtrack (2010)

Music videos

* "Can't Let Go" (promo version) (2006) * "Can't Let Go" (2006) * "Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop" (performance version) (2007) * "Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop" (2009) * "Darling I Do" (with Lucy Schwartz) (2010) * "Little Darlin'" (2011)