Vernon released Bon Iver's debut album, "For Emma, Forever Ago," independently in July 2007. The majority of that album was recorded while Vernon spent three months isolated in a cabin in western Wisconsin. In 2012, the band won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album for their eponymous album "Bon Iver". They released their third album "22, A Million" to critical acclaim in 2016. Their latest album, "i,i", was released in 2019. The album was nominated at the 2020 Grammy Awards for Album of the Year.