Kasey Chambers
| Kasey Chambers | |
|---|---|
 Chambers, ARIA Hall of Fame 1 July 2008 Courtesy Mandy Hall | |
| Background information | |
| Born |
4 June 1976 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia |
| Genres | Country, Country pop |
| Occupation(s) | 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, Shane Nicholson |
| Website |
www |
Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian country singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of singer and musician Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.
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 episode 8 of the third season of HBO's The Sopranos titled "He Is Risen".
Chambers' second album Barricades & Brickwalls was released in late 2001 debuting at No. 4 in the ARIA album charts. The record really took off in early 2002 with lead single "Not Pretty Enough" going to No. 1 on the ARIA singles charts. Chambers became the only Australian country artist to have a No. 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.
Cold and Bitter Tears: The Songs of Ted Hawkins, released in late 2015 on Austin, Texas-based Eight 30 Records, features Chambers singing the title track.
Commercial success
While "Not Pretty Enough" eventually went double platinum, Barricades & Brickwalls would achieve sales of 7x platinum in Australia meaning Chambers had the second best selling single and album by an Australian artist in 2002 behind Kylie Minogue whose single Can't Get You Out of My Head and album Fever became the biggest successes of the year. At 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.[1]
She recorded a cover of the Cyndi Lauper song "True Colours" which became the theme song of the 2003 Rugby World Cup[2] and reached the top 5 in Australia in May 2003. It was the 76th best-selling single in Australia that year[3] and won gold accreditation in the Australian ARIA charts.[4]
Chambers released her third solo album Wayward Angel in Australia on 31 May 2004. It debuted at No. 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 No. 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.[5][6] The event was held simultaneously with a concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[5] All the proceeds from the Melbourne Concert went to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire relief.[5][6] Appearing with Chambers in Melbourne were, 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.[7]
In 2010 the Australian Independent Record (AIR) Award for 'Best Independent Country Album' went to the Australian country family dynasty - Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and the Little Hillbillies - for their Lost Music Blues album. A unique collaboration of 3 generations - the 16 original songs were crafted together by Kasey, her father Bill, brother Nash and their collective brood of Little Hillbillies.[8]
Personal life
Chambers was born in Mount Gambier, South Australia.[9] She has an older brother, Nash Chambers. She grew up on the Nullarbor Plain and the tiny fishing village in Beachport, South Australia. Her family owned the local Fish and Chip shop for a time and were playing and touring with her family band, The Dead Ringer Band which included her father Billy Chambers, a Golden Guitar Award songwriter, and Nash Chambers, now a well known music producer and performer. The Dead Ringer Band continued to tour locally and interstate gaining support and popularity along the way.[10]
In late 2005, Chambers married Australian singer-songwriter Shane Nicholson. Chambers and Nicholson have two children, son Arlo Ray (2007) and daughter Poet Poppin (2011). Chambers has an older son, Talon, from a previous relationship.[11] In April 2013, Chambers and Nicholson announced their separation after eight years of marriage.[12]
She lives in Copacabana, NSW Central Coast. (http://www.theherald.com.au/story/462913/take-a-look-inside-kasey-chambers)
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [13] |
US Country [14] |
US [15] |
US Heat [16] |
US Folk [17] |
US Indie [18] | ||||
| The Captain |
|
11 | 49 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Barricades & Brickwalls |
|
1 | 13 | 104 | 1 | — | — |
| |
| Wayward Angel |
|
1 | 31 | — | 15 | — | — |
| |
| Carnival |
|
1 | — | — | 22 | — | — |
| |
| Rattlin' Bones (with Shane Nicholson) |
|
1 | — | — | 21 | — | — |
| |
| Little Bird |
|
3 | 32 | — | 6 | 9 | 39 |
| |
| Storybook |
|
21 | 53 | — | 16 | 19 | — | ||
| Wreck & Ruin (with Shane Nicholson) |
|
6 | 35 | — | 15 | 10 | — | ||
| Bittersweet |
|
2 | 49 | — | 24 | 23 | — | ||
| Dragonfly[25] |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country | |||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Extended play details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [13] | ||
| Ain't No Little Girl |
|
99 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [13] |
NZ [26] | ||||
| 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 | — |
|
Non-album song |
| 2004 | "Like a River" and "Hollywood" | 28 | — | Wayward Angel | |
| 2005 | "Pony" | 10 | — | ||
| "Saturated" | 75 | — | |||
| 2006 | "Nothing at All" | 9 | — | Carnival | |
| "Surrender" | 74 | — | |||
| 2008 | "Rattlin' Bones" (with Shane Nicholson) | 55 | — | Rattlin' Bones | |
| "Monkey on a Wire" (with Shane Nicholson) | — | — | |||
| "Wildflower" (with Shane Nicholson) | — | — | |||
| 2010 | "Little Bird" | 82 | — | Little Bird | |
| 2011 | "Beautiful Mess" | — | — | ||
| "Luka" | — | — | Storybook | ||
| 2012 | "Adam and Eve" (with Shane Nicholson) | — | — | Wreck & Ruin | |
| "The Quiet Life" (with Shane Nicholson) | — | — | |||
| 2014 | "Wheelbarrow" | — | — | Bittersweet | |
| "Bittersweet" | — | — | |||
| 2016 | "F U Cancer" (with Christine Britt and Beccy Cole) | — | — | single only | |
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Cry Like a Baby" | Paul Elliott |
| 2002 | "Not Pretty Enough" | Danny Passman |
| 2004 | "Like a River" | Sean Gilligan |
| 2008 | "Rattlin' Bones" (with Shane Nicholson) | Helen Clemens |
| 2011 | "Little Bird" | Gemma Lee |
| 2012 | "Adam & Eve" (with Shane Nicholson) | Duncan Toombs |
| 2013 | "The Quiet Life" (with Shane Nicholson)[29] | |
| 2014 | "Wheelbarrow" | Renny Wijeyamohan |
| "Bittersweet" (with Bernard Fanning) | ||
| 2016 | "Ain't No Little Girl" [30] | |
Other contributions
- 107.1 KGSR Radio Austin - Broadcasts Vol.10 (2002) – "Not Pretty Enough"
- Hear Music Vol 8 - Between Stories (2002) – "Not Pretty Enough"
Awards and recognition
| Year | Award-giving body | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | ARIA Award | Best Country Album (The Captain) | Won |
| Best Female Artist (The Captain) | Nominated | ||
| 2000 | ARIA Award | Best Female Artist (The Captain) | Won |
| Single of the Year ("The Captain") | Nominated | ||
| 2000 | APRA Awards | Song of the Year ("Cry Like a Baby") | Nominated |
| 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 |
| Most Performed Country Work ("The Captain") | Won | ||
| 2002 | ARIA Awards | Best Cover Art (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Nominated |
| Best Country Album (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Won | ||
| Best Female Artist (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Won | ||
| Highest Selling Single ("Not Pretty Enough") | Nominated | ||
| Highest Selling Album (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Nominated | ||
| Single of the Year ("Not Pretty Enough") | Nominated | ||
| Album of the Year (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Won | ||
| 2002 | APRA Awards | Songwriter of the Year | Won |
| Song of the Year ("On a Bad Day") | Nominated | ||
| Song of the Year ("Runaway Train") | Nominated | ||
| Most Performed Country Work ("On a Bad Day") | Nominated | ||
| Most Performed Country Work ("Runaway Train") | Nominated | ||
| 2002 | Mo Awards | Female Country Performer of the Year | Won |
| 2003 | ARIA Awards | Highest Selling Album (Barricades & Brickwalls) | Nominated |
| 2003 | APRA Awards | Song of the Year ("Not Pretty Enough")[31] | Won |
| Most Performed Australian Work ("Not Pretty Enough")[32] | Won | ||
| Most Performed Country Work ("If I Were You")[33] | Nominated | ||
| Most Performed Country Work ("A Million Tears")[33] | Nominated | ||
| Most Performed Country Work ("Not Pretty Enough")[32] | Won | ||
| 2004 | ARIA Awards | Best Cover Art (Wayward Angel) | Nominated |
| Best Country Album (Wayward Angel) | Won | ||
| Best Female Artist (Wayward Angel) | Won | ||
| Album of the Year (Wayward Angel) | Nominated | ||
| 2005 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work ("Hollywood")[34] | Nominated |
| Most Performed Country Work ("Like a River")[35] | Won | ||
| 2006 | ARIA Awards | Best Female Artist ("Nothing at All") | Nominated |
| 2006 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work ("Hollywood")[36] | Nominated |
| Most Performed Country Work ("Pony")[37] | Won | ||
| Most Performed Country Work ("Saturated")[36] | Nominated | ||
| 2007 | APRA Awards | Most Performed Country Work ("Nothing at All")[38] | Won |
| 2007 | ARIA Awards | Best Female Artist (Carnival) | Nominated |
| 2008 | Album of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Nominated | |
| Best Country Album (Rattlin' Bones) | Won | ||
| Best Cover Art (Rattlin' Bones) | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | APRA Awards | Country Work of the Year ("Rattlin' Bones")[39] | Won |
| Song of the Year ("Rattlin' Bones")[40] | Nominated | ||
| 2009 | CMAA Awards | Album of the Year (Rattlin' Bones) | Won |
| APRA Song of the Year ("Rattlin' Bones") | Won | ||
| Group or Duo of the Year (Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson) | Nominated | ||
| Single of the Year ("Rattlin' Bones") | Won | ||
| Video Clip of the Year ("Rattlin' Bones") | Won | ||
| 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 |
| Song of the Year ("Rattlin' Bones") | Nominated[41] | ||
| 2009 | ARIA Awards | Best Music DVD (Rattlin Bones Max Sessions) | Nominated |
| 2010 | CMAA Awards | Female Artist of the Year (Kasey Chambers) | Won |
| Album of the Year (Little Bird) | Nominated | ||
| APRA Song of the Year ("Little Bird") | Won | ||
| Video Clip of the Year ("Little Bird") | Nominated | ||
| Single of the Year ("Little Bird") | Won | ||
| Toyota Heritage Song of the Year ("Nullabor (The Biggest Backyard)") | Nominated | ||
| Vocal Collaboration of the Year ("Love Like a Hurricane" – Kasey Chambers & Kevin Bennett) | Won | ||
| 2011 | ARIA Awards | Best Country Album (Little Bird) | Won |
| Best Female Artist Artist ("Little Bird") | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | APRA Awards | Country Work of the Year ("Beautiful Mess")[42] | Nominated |
| 2013 | ARIA Awards | Best Country Album (Wreck & Ruin) | Won |
| Best Cover Artist (Wreck & Ruin) | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Best Country Album (Bittersweet)[43] | Won | |
| Best Female Artist Artist (Bittersweet)[44] | Nominated |
References
- ↑ "Search Reviews, Articles, People, Trailers and more at Metacritic". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ↑ "Various – True Colours: Official Album Of Rugby World Cup 2003". Discogs. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2003". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on 23 January 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2003 Singles". ARIA Charts. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 Brumby, John (24 February 2009). "Artists Unite For 'Sound Relief' Bushfire Benefit – Premier of Victoria, Australia". Premier of Victoria. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
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- ↑ "Latest News". Sound Relief. Archived from the original on 27 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ↑ Australian Independent Record Labels Association Ltd (AIR), 2012
- ↑ Sams, Christine (18 October 2009). "Kasey tunes up to become queen of the kids". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
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- ↑ "Category Archives: News". Kaseychambers.com. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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- ↑ "CMT : Videos : Kasey Chambers : The Quiet Life". Country Music Television. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
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- Kasey Chambers / Little Bird radio interview on Ben Sorensen's REAL Country October 2010