Samantha McClymont (born 1986) is an Australian singer-songwriter. She is a member of the

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family band

The McClymonts The McClymonts are an Australian country music trio comprising sisters Brooke McClymont (born 1981), Samantha McClymont (born 1986) and Mollie McClymont (born 1987), originally from Grafton, New South Wales. They have released one eponymous EP a ...

with her older sister

Brooke McClymont Brooke Maree McClymont (born 16 May 1981) is an Australian singer, songwriter and guitarist. With her two younger sisters, Samantha and Mollie, she is a founder of a country music trio, the McClymonts. She has written songs for Kate DeAraugo an ...

and younger sister Mollie. She is also a television presenter on travel program '' Getaway'' and the matchmaker series ''

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Biography

Born in

Grafton, New South Wales Grafton ( Bundjalung-Yugambeh: Gumbin Gir) is a city in the Northern Rivers region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is located on the Clarence River, approximately by road north-northeast of the state capital Sydney. The closest m ...

, McClymont and her sisters spent much of their spare time travelling around eastern Australia performing in talent quests and country shows. McClymont completed high school in 2003 and began a professional career in music. In 2004 she was selected among the top 118 contestants for

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but did not make it into the Top 30. In the same year she was crowned as Jacaranda Queen in her home town of Grafton. She also received the Trans-Tasman Entertainer of the Year award. In January 2005 McClymont won the

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quest at the

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. She was subsequently signed by

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and recorded two singles. The first single " Cookin' in my Kitchen" led to McClymont being named New Talent of the Year at the 2006

Country Music Awards of Australia The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales ...

. At the awards, McClymont performed with her sisters as The McClymonts and "stole the show". Also in 2006, McClymont and her sisters performed for defence personnel in Iraq, where she met her future husband. They married in 2014. In 2013 McClymont won an

APRA Music Award 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 songwri ...

for the song "Piece Of Me" written with Frank Myers and Lindsay Rimes. In 2015 McClymont joined the lifestyle program '' Getaway'' as a presenter and was also the host of the reality television program ''

'' in 2016.

The McClymonts

McClymont has performed with her sisters as The McClymonts since 2006. They have recorded an EP and five albums. Their first album '' Chaos and Bright Lights'' and second album '' Wrapped Up Good'' are certified gold records in Australia. The McClymonts are five-time winners of the title Group or Duo of the Year and twice winners of Highest Selling Album of the Year at the

. The McClymonts have won two

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Videography

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Awards

Country Music Awards of Australia

The

(CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the

, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. , - , 2006 , "Heart of a Man" by Samantha McClymont , New Talent of the Year , * Note: wins only

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McClymont, Samantha 1986 births APRA Award winners Australian women singer-songwriters Living people People from Grafton, New South Wales 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers Singers from New South Wales