Bastille - British Chart Performance

Bastille was born in 2010 as a solo project by singer-songwriter Dan Smith. The name of the project derives from Bastille Day - 14 July, the anniversary Storming of the Bastille in Paris as well as Smith's birthday.

Smith son recognised he needed collaborators and invited friends Chris Wood, Will Farquarson and Kyle Simmons to form a band around the songs he had written.

The video for Bastille's song "Flaws", with visuals taken from Terrence Malick's 1973 masterpiece "Badlands", garned over half a million YouTube views and brought the attention of major record labels.

In December 2011, record label EMI Music announced that Bastille had signed a record contract with Virgin Records.

2012 saw the band perform as support act for British singer-songwriter, Emeli Sandé. In 2013 they opend for Muse on the "The 2nd Law" tour.

Bastille chart performance in other countries:

• United Kingdom
• United States
• Germany
• France
• Italy
• Canada
• Spain
• Australia
• Brazil
• All countries

• Bastille & Rudimental
• Marshmello & Bastille
• Other People's Heartache & Bastille
• Alok & Bastille
• Bastille & Ella Eyre
• Dylan & Bastille
• Bastille & Hans Zimmer
• Lost Frequencies & Bastille