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'''Twenty One Pilots''' — is the debut studio album by [[Twenty One Pilots]], released independently on December 29, 2009. The album sold 115,000 copies and peaked at number 139 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 on January 13, 2017 after the band signed a contract with [[Fueled by Ramen]].

[[Chris Salih]] and [[Tyler Joseph]] met in 2008 at a party through mutual friends. Chris liked the way Tyler plays and sings and suggested making music together. They played several times in Chris's homemade recording studio and then they decided to form a band. Tyler later invited Nick Thomas to join the band as a bassist. In the fall of 2008, the group begins to rehearse songs that Tyler wrote. Tyler Joseph mentioned at the [[05.01.2010|May 1, 2010]] concert that the first song he showed Chris Salih was «[[Air Catcher|Air Catcher»]]. Up until early spring 2009 Tyler wrote music and songs in his basement at home and then they played them together in Chris's home studio and occasionally performed their songs live. Also at that time Tyler wrote a song to his father describing him and supporting him during the global crisis of 2008, which was told by Joseph's father himself in an interview.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncXoN1_7Vps</ref>

In winter - spring 2009 the band recorded some demo songs in Chris' studio and unofficially released the [[Johnny Boy (EP)|Johnny Boy EP]] on May 4, 2009. The recording of the album took place throughout 2009. From June the band moved into a rented house with some friends, in the basement of which the band set up their recording studio. During the summer the band recorded in the studio and during the breaks they played in cafes and bars where they performed new recorded songs. On November 13, 2009 the band announced that they were working on a full-length album<ref>https://twitter.com/twentyonepilots/status/5680699194</ref>, on November 16 the band revealed the new songs on MySpace<ref>https://twitter.com/twentyonepilots/status/5784247142</ref>.     

A strong influence on the sound of the album was Chris Salih, because he had more experience with equipment and production than anyone else in the band, because at that time Chris worked in a music center where he got quite a lot of equipment and experience. At that time Tyler Joseph did not have much experience in professional music recording, which can be seen in the band's second album [[Regional at Best]], but musically Tyler was the main composer of the album, he would record music at home on his laptop and then with the band they would improve and develop them, electric drums that don't mimic acoustic sounds, synthesizers and pianos were designed by him. Most of the lyrics were written by Tyler too, bass and drums were not recorded live, Chris' drumming triggered into the software EZ Drummer to make the sound of the album as good as possible, because the band lacked the ability to record acoustic parts using microphones.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/twentyonepilots/comments/164mb2j/what_songs_each_member_perform_on_self_titled/</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHz0pdRdVHA&t=1s</ref>

The official release date was December 29, 2009. The album was posted on the band's MySpace page. On January 12, 2010<ref>https://twitter.com/twentyonepilots/status/7676154293</ref>, the band released the album on iTunes (Apple Music). After signing a contract with label [[Fueled by Ramen]], the album was released on all official music platforms.