Hayley Marsten is an Australian

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singer-songwriter, originally from Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. She is a touring, recording, multi-award nominated artist. Her debut studio album ''Spectacular Heartbreak'' was released in August 2019. In 2023, Hayley signed to Cheatin' Hearts Records and released her sophomore album, 'Girlhood' through the label.

Career

Early life

Hayley grew up in Gladstone, Queensland and later moved to the state's capital, Brisbane to study at

Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a public research university located in the urban coastal city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. QUT is located on two campuses in the Brisbane area viz. Gardens Point and Kelvin Grove. The univ ...

and pursue her music career.

2015–2018: ''Even'' and ''Lonestar'' EP

In 2015, Marsten released her debut

extended play An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.

, titled ''Even''. Two of the singles reached the top 40 of the Country Tracks Chart. Late in 2015, Marsten was announced as one of the 10 finalists for the 2016 Toyota Star Maker competition. In May 2017, Marsten released "Until You", the lead single from her second EP, ''Lonestar''. ''Lonestar'' was produced by

ARIA Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

and Golden Guitar winning producer, Matt Fell. The EP debuted at No. 8 on the

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Country Albums Chart. The EP spawned three more singles, 'Second Fiddle', 'Money Can't Buy Class' and 'Coming Home'. With 'Coming Home' eventually reaching #1 on the Kix Country Charts.

2019–2022: ''Spectacular Heartbreak''

In 2019 Marsten crowdfunded her debut album through Pozible and raised over $17,000. ''Spectacular Heartbreak'' was released on 30 August 2019. At the 2020 Country Music Awards of Australia, the album was nominated for 'Alt Country Album of the Year'. It was later nominated for 'Country Work of the Year' at the 2020 Queensland Music Awards. In 2021, she released a digital EP, 'Spectacular' which featured four songs from the album, 'Spectacular Heartbreak', reimagined on piano. In 2022, 'Drowning Myself' the lead single from her second album, ''Girlhood'' was nominated for a Queensland Music Award. That same month Hayley crowded $20,000 for ''Girlhood'' while about to begin recording it. In October and November 2022 she appeared at the Deni Ute Muster and Groundwater Country Music Festival.

2023: ''Girlhood''

In early 2023 Hayley signed with Cheatin' Hearts Records and played for the first time at CMC Rocks. Marsten's second studio album ''Girlhood'' was released on 16 June 2023 and reached #4 on the ARIA Country Charts on release.

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Awards and nominations

Country Music Awards of Australia

The Country Music Awards of Australia is an annual awards night held in January during the

Tamworth Country Music Festival The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual Australian music festival held for 10 days from Friday to Sunday in mid to late January each year, sometimes including Australia Day, in Tamworth, New South Wales. The festival is the second bigg ...

. Celebrating recording excellence in the

Australian country music Australian country music is a part of the music of Australia. There is a broad range of styles, from bluegrass music, bluegrass, to yodeling to Australian folk music, folk to the more popular. The genre has been influenced by Celtic and English ...

industry. They commenced in 1973. ! , - , 2020 , ''Spectacular Heartbreak'' , Alt-Country Album of the Year , ,

Queensland Music Awards

The

Queensland Music Awards The Queensland Music Awards (commonly known as QMA and known as the Q Song Awards from 2006 to 2010) are annual awards celebrating Queensland's emerging artists. They commenced in 2006. Each year, the QMA Song of the Year is immortalised in a ...

(known as Q Song Awards until 2010) are annual awards celebrating Queensland, Australia's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006. ! , - , 2020 , ''Wendy'' , Country Work of the Year , , , - , 2022 , ''Drowning Myself'' , Country Work of the Year , ,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marsten, Hayley Living people Australian country singer-songwriters People from Gladstone, Queensland Year of birth missing (living people)