Lisa Maxwell is an Australian singer-songwriter who began her career doing backing vocals for acts such as

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, and

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as well as working in the Australian dance music scene, featuring on albums by

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and

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. She later signed with

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... and released her first EP "Stand My Ground" followed by the release of her first album Wish through

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sub label Dance Pool

Career

Maxwell started her career working with

and recorded backing vocals on the Kate Ceberano's 1991 album ''

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'' and for

. Maxwell signed a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing and released her first independent record in 1993 through MDS (Mushroom Distribution Services) titled '"Stand My Ground". In 1994, Maxwell's featured on "I've Learned to Cope" with Bass Culture for their '' BC Nation'' album. It peaked at number 153 on the ARIA singles chart. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart. It featured on the Australian film '' The Sum of Us'' starring Jack Thompson and

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. In 1994 Maxwell was a Sony Music featured artist at Midem, a music industry event held in

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and at the time administered by Export Music Australia (EMA). Lisa and Wendy Mathews

Maxwell released her original album ''Wish'' with Australian dance producers Pee Wee Ferris and

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worked on. Two tracks from the album, covers of

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song " Thinking of You" and

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song "

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" both appeared in Tokyo's

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radio charts. "Thinking of you" at number 8 and "Rock Your Baby" number 15 "Thinking of you" also charted in New Zealand reaching number 50 on the

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. She also released a third single off the album "Falling Back to You" which was featured on an episode of Australian television soap opera ''

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''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maxwell, Lisa Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian dance musicians 20th-century Australian women singers 21st-century Australian women singers