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Shakaya (album)
''Shakaya'' is the first studio album by the Australian duo of the same name, which was released in Australia on 18 October 2002 (see 2002 in music) by Columbia Records. It has a mix of pop and R&B tracks – mostly co-written by the duo, Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong, with their manager and producer, Reno Nicastro. The album debuted at number five on the Australian ARIA albums chart. ''Shakaya'' provided three hits on the related ARIA singles chart: "Stop Calling Me" (January 2002), " Sublime" (May) and "Cinderella" (September). Background Shakaya's Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong met in 1999 while studying a music course in Cairns – both had already started writing songs, separately. They reconnected in August 2001 and formed their duo early in the following year in Cairns. The duo's debut self-titled album appeared in October 2002 via Columbia Records/Sony Music Distribution and was produced by their talent manager and nightclub owner, Reno Nicastro. It peake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakaya
Shakaya are an Australian girl group formed in Cairns, Queensland in 2002 by Simone Stacey and Naomi Wenitong. The two met in 1999 while studying an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music course and they had both been writing individually before they met each other."Shakaya at Girl.com.au" ''Girl.com.au''. Retrieved 3 June 2007."The power of two" . ''VIBE Australia''. Retrieved 3 June 2007. The girls were initially discovered in Cairns by Reno Nicastro and Michael Pearson-Adams. Nicastro produced most of the girls' songs and gave them free studio time for two years. The band's name, 'Shakaya', was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Stacey
Simone Angela Stacey (born November 1977) is an Australian soul and jazz singer-songwriter. She was a founding mainstay member of girl pop duo, Shakaya, along with Naomi Wenitong, from 2002 to 2006. Soon after Wenitong formed a hip-hop group, The Last Kinection, while Stacey took a hiatus from the music industry. In October 2011 Stacey was featured on The Last Kinection's single, "Are We There Yet?". In April 2013 she auditioned for ''Season 2'' of ''The Voice'' and was eliminated in "Episode 12: The Battles". At the Deadly Awards 2013 Stacey was nominated for Single Release of the Year for "My Pledge" (May 2013), and for Female Artist of the Year. Biography Simone Angela Stacey was born in late November 1977. Graduated from Bowen State High School, Bowen, Queensland in 1994 before moving to Cairns, Queensland. In 1999 she attended TAFE North: Cairns campus, studying an ATSIC-sponsored music course. Her first job was working in a deli. 2001–06: Shakaya In August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Albums Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
APRA AMCOS
APRA AMCOS consists of Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), both copyright management organisations or copyright collectives which jointly represent over 100,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in Australia and New Zealand. The two organisations work together to license public performances and administer performance, communication and reproduction rights on behalf of their members, who are creators of musical works, aiming to ensure fair payments to members and to defend their rights under the '' Australian Copyright Act (1968)''. APRA, which formed in 1926, represents songwriters, composers, and music publishers, providing businesses with a range of licences to use copyrighted music. This covers music that is communicated or performed publicly including on radio, television, online, live gigs in pubs and clubs etc. APRA distributes the royalties from these licence fees back to their compose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties. The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. History In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies. It was replaced in the 1970s by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasey Chambers
Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian country singer-songwriter and musician born in Mount Gambier. She is the daughter of fellow musicians, Diane and Bill Chambers, and the younger sister of musician and producer, Nash Chambers. All four were members of family country music group in Dead Ringer Band, in Bowral, New South Wales, from 1992 to 1998, with Chambers starting her solo career thereafter. Five of her twelve studio albums have reached No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, ''Barricades & Brickwalls'' (September 2001), ''Wayward Angel'' (May 2004), ''Carnival'' (August 2006) ''Rattlin' Bones'' (April 2008) and '' Dragonfly'' (January 2017). In November 2018 she was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and has won an additional fourteen ARIA Music Awards with nine for Best Country Album. Her autobiography, ''A Little Bird Told Me...'', which was co-authored with music journalist, Jeff Apter, was released in 2011. Dead Ringer Band Kasey Chambers was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barricades & Brickwalls
''Barricades & Brickwalls'' is the second studio album by Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers released in Australia on 3 September 2001 by Essence Records and on 12 February 2002 on Warner Bros. Records in the U.S. The album was mainly written by Chambers with help from Worm Werchon and her father Bill Chambers. ''Barricades & Brickwalls'' debuted in the top ten on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart, and sales were considerably high of those of Chambers first album, '' The Captain'' (1999). Its singles were successful in most music markets, " Not Pretty Enough", the most successful song from the album gave Chambers her first number-one single in Australia and reached #4 in New Zealand. Other singles includes "Runaway Train", "On a Bad Day", " Million Tears" and " If I Were You". The commercial success of the album led the album to eight nominations at the ARIA Awards. The song "Not Pretty Enough" reached number-one on the Australian ARIA charts, going double platinum, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone Australia
''Rolling Stone'' Australia is the Australian edition of the United States' ''Rolling Stone'' magazine devoted to music, politics, and popular culture, published monthly. The Australian version of ''Rolling Stone'' was initially published in 1970 as a supplement in ''Revolution'' magazine published by Monash University student Phillip Frazer. NOTE: This PDF is 282 pages. It was launched as a fully fledged magazine in 1972 by Frazer and was the longest surviving international edition of ''Rolling Stone'' until its last issue appeared in January 2018. As of February 2019, ''Rolling Stone Australia'' returned with a digital platform published by The Brag Media, in an exclusive licensing deal with ''Rolling Stone'' owner Penske Media Corporation. In June 2020, the magazine was acquired from the Bauer Media Group by Sydney–based investment firm Mercury Capital. History The Australian version of ''Rolling Stone'' launched in May 1970 as a supplement in ''Revolution'', a counte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Wenitong
Naomi Sky Wenitong (born 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter based in Cairns, Queensland. Under the name, Nay, she is a member of hip hop group, The Last Kinection, alongside her older brother, Joel "Weno" Wenitong, and Jacob "DJ Jaytee" Turier. Previously Wenitong was a member of pop girl duo Shakaya (2001–2006) with Simone Stacey. Biography Naomi Sky Wenitong was born in 1982 in Cairns, Queensland to a large extended family belonging to the Kabi Kabi people of South East Queensland. Her father, Mark Wenitong, is a medical practitioner. He became head of the Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association. Her mother, Deb Sisson, studied art. Both her parents were also in bands. Her paternal grandmother was one of the first indigenous health workers in Queensland. Wenitong was raised in Newcastle, New South Wales and at the age of sixteen she returned to Cairns to study music. Her older brother, Joel Wenitong, is also a musician and from 2002 to 2006 was a member of hip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
