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{{short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Counting Crows
| image            = Counting Crows at Ancienne Bruxelles.jpg
| caption          = Counting Crows in Brussels, 2008. Left to right: Bogios, Duritz, Immerglück, and Gillingham. Vickrey is cut off at the left, Powers is behind Duritz; Bryson is out of frame.
| image_size       = 250
| landscape        = yes
| origin           = [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California, United States
| genre            = {{flatlist|
*[[Alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/entertainment/2014/06/13/counting-crows-frontman-adam-duritz-answers-readers-questions/10509809/ |title=Counting Crows' Adam Duritz reveals secrets to show here |website= The Greenville News}}</ref>
*[[roots rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.popmatters.com/countingcrows-hard-2495868943.html |title=Counting Crows: Hard Candy|date=September 5, 2002 |website= PopMatters}}</ref>
*[[pop rock]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://milwaukeerecord.com/music/counting-crows-go-long-fall-short-riverside-theater/ |title=Counting Crows go long, fall short at Riverside Theater|first=Tyler |last=Maas|date=July 24, 2014 |website=Milwaukee Record}}</ref>
}}
| years_active     = {{start date|1991}}–present
| label            = {{flatlist|
*[[DGC Records|DGC]]
*[[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
*[[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
*[[Cooking Vinyl]]
}}
| website          = {{URL|countingcrows.com}}
| current_members  = [[Adam Duritz]]<br />David Bryson<br />[[Charlie Gillingham]]<br />[[Dan Vickrey]]<br />[[David Immerglück]]<br />Jim Bogios<br />[[Millard Powers]]
| past_members     = [[Steve Bowman]]<br />Ben Mize<br />Matt Malley
}}

'''Counting Crows''' is an American [[rock music|rock]] band from the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], California. Formed in 1991, the band consists of rhythm guitarist David Bryson, drummer Jim Bogios, vocalist [[Adam Duritz]], keyboardist [[Charlie Gillingham]], {{nowrap|multi-instrumentalist}} [[David Immerglück]], bassist [[Millard Powers]], and lead guitarist [[Dan Vickrey]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/music/q-a-with-counting-crows-frontman-adam-duritz/article_07ecde71-dde4-5fdc-a671-2c003c9cb838.html |title=Q&A with Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz |first=Morgan|last=Matzen|website= Sioux City Journal|date=September 14, 2018 }}</ref> Past members include the drummers [[Steve Bowman]] (1991–1994) and Ben Mize (1994–2002), and bassist Matt Malley (1991–2005).

Counting Crows gained popularity following the release of their first album, ''[[August and Everything After]]'' (1993). With the breakthrough hit single "[[Mr. Jones (Counting Crows song)|Mr. Jones]]" (1993), the album sold more than 7 million copies in the United States. The band received two Grammy Awards nominations in 1994, one for "Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" (for "[[Round Here]]") and one for "Best New Artist". The follow-up album, ''[[Recovering the Satellites]]'', reached number one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart and reached number one in several other countries. All but one of their subsequent albums reached the top 10 on the ''Billboard'' 200 list.

Their hit singles include the aforementioned "Mr.&nbsp;Jones" as well as "[[Rain King]]", "[[A Long December]]", "[[Hanginaround]]", and a cover version of [[Joni Mitchell]]'s "[[Big Yellow Taxi#Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton version|Big Yellow Taxi]]".<ref name="mercurynews.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/02/counting-crows-live-team-for-90s-night-in-sf-bay-area/ |title=Counting Crows, Live team for '90s night in SF Bay Area |date=July 2, 2018 |website= Mercury News}}</ref> Counting Crows received a 2004 [[Academy Award]] nomination for the single "[[Accidentally in Love (song)|Accidentally in Love]]", which was included in the film ''[[Shrek 2]]''. The band has sold more than 20 million albums and is known for its dynamic live performances. [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] has also ranked the band as the 8th greatest Adult Alternative Artist of all time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greatest of All Time: Adult Alternative Artists |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-adult-alternative-artists/ |website=Billboard.com |access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>

The band's most recent full album, ''[[Somewhere Under Wonderland]]'', was released in 2014. They released a four-song [[Extended play|EP]] in 2021 titled ''[[Butter Miracle, Suite One]]'', which is expected to be expanded to a full album.