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Kasey Chambers Biography
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Kasey Chambers
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| Kasey Chambers | |
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 Chambers, ARIA Hall of Fame July 1 2008
Courtesy Mandy Hall |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 4 June 1976 |
| Origin | Australia |
| Genres | Country, Country pop |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, Musician, |
| Instruments | Vocals Guitar |
| Years active | 1993 - 1998 (Dead Ringer Band) 1999 - Present (Solo) |
| Labels | EMI, Liberation Music (Aus)/Sugar Hill Records(U.S) |
| Associated acts | The Dead Ringer Band |
| Website | www.kaseychambers.com |
Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian alternative country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.
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Biography
Soon after Kasey was born her parents took her and her 2-year-old brother Nash into Australia's 100,000-square-mile sparsely vegetated and generally flat plateau called the Nullarbor Plain, hoping to earn a living hunting foxes. The family would spend seven or eight months of the year on the Nullarbor, resupplying themselves from the world's longest stretch of straight railroad track, 330 miles, running through the Nullarbor. The rest of the year -- the hot months -- the family spent at a small South Australian fishing village. Each night out on the Nullarbor, after a day's hunting, the family would camp in a different spot. Grabbing his guitar, Bill Chambers and his wife Diane passed on their love of country music, by the glow of the campfire, under the stars. This is how Kasey Chambers spent the first nine years of her life.
In 1986, the family returned to "civilization" so Bill and Diane could pick up interrupted music careers. First, Kasey joined them as lead singer, then Nash, and they became known as the Dead Ringer Band. By 1992, the family had become full-time musicians, playing to city audiences as well as heading back out into the countryside, pulling a small trailer behind their Toyota Land Cruiser.
The Dead Ringer Band signed with EMI shortly after and released their second album "Home Fires" in 1995. It contained the single "Australian Son" which topped the Australian country charts and won an Australian ARIA award for Country song of the year in 1996. The band won a Golden Guitar Award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival for "Band of the Year" in 1995 and a Mo Award for best country music group a year later.
The band released Living in the Circle in 1997 and Hopeville in 1998. However, the Dead Ringer Band broke up in 1998 when Bill and Diane Chambers separated with Diane moving to Norfolk Island. The Dead Ringer band collectively earned two ARIA Music Awards and seven Golden Guitars during their career.
During the 1990s, the Dead Ringer Band members, known as performers of quality country music, released seven CDs and collectively earned two ARIAs (Australian version of the Grammys) and seven Gold Guitars at the Australian Country Music awards in Tamworth. Kasey was the face of the new generation in Australian country.
In 1998, Chambers' parents separated, with Diane choosing to live in distant Norfolk Island, two-and-a-half hours by plane off the Australian coast. Kasey started putting her feelings into songs, and over a few weeks during the summer of 1998, she recorded her solo album The Captain on Norfolk Island. With Nash as producer, she and her musicians set up in an old homestead on the island and practically recorded the album live. Bill played guitar and two of Kasey's heroes, Buddy and Julie Miller, added voices and guitar to four tracks afterwards in Nashville.
Released in 1999, The Captain won the 1999 ARIA award for best country album. At the 2000 awards, she was named best female artist. With triple-platinum sales in Australia, she spent the latter part of 2000 following up enthusiastic reviews for her album internationally. She also toured the U.S. with Lucinda Williams and played gigs in her native land with Emmylou Harris. She was in the studio as well. With her brother Nash at the production board, Kasey Chambers delivered another sonic beauty with 2002's Barricades and Brick Walls, with guests such as Williams and Buddy Miller. The album featured the smash hit "Not Pretty Enough" and ended up seven-times platinum.
Solo success
Chambers recorded her solo album The Captain on Norfolk Island over a few weeks in late 1998 with Nash Chambers producing the album and Bill Chambers on guitar. US country musicians Buddy Miller and Julie Miller added guitars and vocals to four tracks. The Captain was released in 1999 in Australia and in 2000 in the US. Chambers won the 1999 ARIA Award for "Best Country Album" for The Captain and a year later she would win "Best Female Artist". The strong word of mouth would eventually lead to The Captain going double platinum in Australia. The Captain would eventually reach the top 50 of the Billboard country albums in 2001 with Chambers touring the US as support act to Lucinda Williams. Subsequently, she supported Emmylou Harris on her Australian tour. Chambers would receive further exposure when The Captain was played on an episode of HBO's The Sopranos.
Chambers' second album Barricades & Brickwalls was released in late 2001 debuting at #4 in the ARIA album charts. The record really took off in early 2002 with lead single "Not Pretty Enough" going to #1 on the ARIA singles charts. Chambers became the only Australian country artist to have a #1 single and album on the charts in that country simultaneously. Subsequent singles "Million Tears" and "If I Were You" also made the Australian Top 40 singles charts in 2002.
Commercial Success
While "Not Pretty Enough" eventually went double platinum, Barricades & Brickwalls would achieve sales of 7*platinum in Australia - Chambers had the best selling single and album by an Australian artist in 2002. In the 2002 ARIA Awards, Chambers won "Album of the Year", "Best Female Artist" and "Best Country Album". Barricades & Brickwalls was released in the US in 2002 peaking just outside the top 100 of the Billboard 200 album charts, topping the Billboard Heatseeker Charts and reaching the top 20 of the Billboard country charts. The album also received a generally positive critical response. [5]
She recorded a cover of the Cyndi Lauper song "True Colours" which became the theme song of the 2003 Rugby World Cup and reached the top 5 in Australia in May 2003.
Chambers released her third solo album Wayward Angel in Australia on 31 May 2004. It debuted at #1 on the Australian charts and went platinum in its first week of release. Singles from the album include "Hollywood", "Pony" and "Saturated". " Following the Boxing Day Tsunami, Chambers appeared at the Wave Aid fundraising concert in Sydney, to raise funds for aid organisations working in disaster affected areas.
Chambers's next album, Carnival, debuted in the #1 position on the ARIA album charts in late August 2006. The lead single, "Nothing at All" also reached the top ten of the singles chart.
Chambers and Shane Nicholson with Troy Cassar-Daley played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 14 March 2009 for Sound Relief, a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the Victorian Bushfire Crisis.12 The event will be held simultaneously with a concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground.1 All the proceeds from the Melbourne Concert will go to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire relief.12 Appearing with Chambers in Melbourne are, Augie March, Bliss N Eso with Paris Wells, Gabriella Cilmi, Hunters & Collectors, Jack Johnson, Jet, Kings Of Leon, Liam Finn, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, Split Enz and Wolfmother.3
Personal life
In 2002, Chambers and her then partner actor/director Cori Hopper had their first baby Talon Jordi on 22 May weighing 6 lb 6oz. They moved to the Central Coast of New South Wales.
In late 2005, Chambers married Australian singer/songwriter Shane Nicholson. She gave birth to her second child, Arlo Ray, by emergency c-section. (9 lb 10 oz) at 10:30am on the 16th July 2007.[6]
She currently lives in Copacabana on the NSW central coast.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
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| AUS Country | AUS | US Country | US | US Heat | |||||
| 1999 | The Captain
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1 | 11 | 49 | — | — | |||
| 2001 | Barricades & Brickwalls
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1 | 1 | 13 | 104 | 1 |
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| 2004 | Wayward Angel
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1 | 1 | 31 | — | 15 |
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| 2006 | Carnival
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1 | 1 | — | — | 22 |
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| 2008 | Rattlin' Bones (with Shane Nicholson)
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1 | 1 | — | — | 21 |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | |
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| 2000 | "Cry Like a Baby" | 71 | — | The Captain |
| "The Captain" | 68 | — | ||
| 2001 | "Runaway Train" | 86 | — | Barricades & Brickwalls |
| "On a Bad Day" | — | — | ||
| 2002 | "Not Pretty Enough" | 1 | 4 | |
| "Million Tears" | 32 | — | ||
| "If I Were You" | 32 | — | ||
| 2003 | "True Colours" | 4 | — | Single only |
| 2004 | "Like a River"A | — | — | Wayward Angel |
| "Hollywood" | 28 | — | ||
| 2005 | "Pony" | 10 | — | |
| "Saturated" | 75 | — | ||
| 2006 | "Nothing at All" | 9 | — | Carnival |
| "Surrender" | 74 | — | ||
| 2007 | "Sign on the Door"A | — | — | |
| 2008 | "Rattlin' Bones"A | 55 | — | Rattlin' Bones |
| "Monkey on a Wire"A | — | — | ||
| "Wildflower" (with Shane Nicholson)A | — | — | ||
- A Promo-only singles for Australian radio and television.
Other contributions
- 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) - "Not Pretty Enough"
Awards and recognition
| Year | Award-giving Body | Award | Result |
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| 1999 | ARIA Award | Best Country Album (The Captain) | Won |
| 1999 | ARIA Award | Best Female Artist (The Captain) | Nominated |
| 2000 | ARIA Award | Best Female Artist (The Captain) | Won |
| 2000 | ARIA Award | Single of the Year (The Captain) | Nominated |
| 2000 | APRA Awards | Song of the Year (Cry Like A Baby) | Nominated |
| 2000 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (Cry Like A Baby) | Nominated |
| 2000 | Mo Awards | Female Country Performer of the Year | Won |
| 2001 | APRA Awards | Song of the Year (The Captain) | Nominated |
| 2001 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (The Captain) | Won |
| 2002 | ARIA Award | Best Cover Art (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Nominated |
| 2002 | ARIA Award | Best Country Album (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Won |
| 2002 | ARIA Award | Best Female Artist (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Won |
| 2002 | ARIA Award | Highest Selling Single (Not Pretty Enough) | Nominated |
| 2002 | ARIA Award | Highest Selling Album (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Nominated |
| 2002 | ARIA Award | Single of the Year (Not Pretty Enough) | Nominated |
| 2002 | ARIA Award | Album of the Year (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Won |
| 2002 | APRA Awards | Songwriter of the Year | Won |
| 2002 | APRA Awards | Song of the Year (On A Bad Day) | Nominated |
| 2002 | APRA Awards | Song of the Year (Runaway Train) | Nominated |
| 2002 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (On A Bad Day) | Nominated |
| 2002 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (Runaway Train) | Nominated |
| 2002 | Mo Awards | Female Country Performer of the Year | Won |
| 2003 | ARIA Award | Highest Selling Album (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Nominated |
| 2003 | APRA Awards | Song of the Year (Not Pretty Enough) | Won |
| 2003 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Australian Work (Not Pretty Enough) | Won |
| 2003 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (If I Were You) | Nominated |
| 2003 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (A Million Tears) | Nominated |
| 2003 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (Not Pretty Enough) | Won |
| 2004 | ARIA Award | Best Cover Art (Wayward Angel) | Nominated |
| 2004 | ARIA Award | Best Country Album (Wayward Angel) | Won |
| 2004 | ARIA Award | Best Female Artist (Wayward Angel) | Won |
| 2004 | ARIA Award | Album of the Year (Wayward Angel) | Nominated |
| 2005 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (Hollywood) | Nominated |
| 2005 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (Like A River) | Won |
| 2006 | ARIA Award | Best Female Artist (Nothing at All) | Nominated |
| 2006 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (Hollywood) | Nominated |
| 2006 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (Pony) | Won |
| 2006 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work (Saturated) | Nominated |
| 2007 | ARIA Awards | Best Female Artist (Carnival) | Nominated |
| 2008 | ARIA Awards | Album of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Nominated |
| 2008 | ARIA Awards | Best Country Album (Rattlin' Bones) | Won |
| 2008 | ARIA Awards | Best Cover Art (Rattlin' Bones) | Nominated |
| 2009 | CMAA Awards | Album of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Won |
| 2009 | CMAA Awards | APRA Song of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Won |
| 2009 | CMAA Awards | Group or Duo of the Year (Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson) | Nominated |
| 2009 | CMAA Awards | Single of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Won |
| 2009 | CMAA Awards | Video Clip of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Won |
| 2009 | CMAA Awards | Highest Selling Album of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Won |
| 2009 | Americana Music Awards | Best Duo/Group of the Year (Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson) | Nominated |
| 2009 | Americana Music Awards | Song of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Nominated8 |
| 2009 | ARIA Awards | Best Music DVD (Rattlin Bones Max Sessions) | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b c Brumby, John (2009-02-24). "Artists Unite For 'Sound Relief' Bushfire Benefit - Premier of Victoria, Australia". Premier of Victoria. http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/premier/artists-unite-for-sound-relief-bushfire-benefit.html. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- ^ a b Mitchell, Geraldine (2009-02-24). "Coldplay, Kings of Leon to headline bushfire relief concerts". Herald Sun (The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd). http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25099180-661,00.html. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- ^ "Latest News". Sound Relief. http://www.soundrelief.com.au/melb/index.php. Retrieved 2009-02-25.
- ^ "2001 Accreditations" Retrieved 8 October 2007.
- ^ [1] "2003 Accreditations". Retrieved 8 October 2007.
- ^ [2] "2005 Accreditations". Retrieved 8 October 2007.
- ^ [3] "2006 Accreditations". Retrieved 8 October 2007.
- ^ [4] "8th Annual Americana & Awards"
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