Audra Mae
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| Born | February 20, 1984 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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| Labels | SideOneDummy Records |
Audra Mae is an American singer and songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, born on February 20, 1984. She is the great-great-niece of Judy Garland, and a great granddaughter of Garland's sister Jimmie.[1][2] Since arriving in California in 2007, she has signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell, and sang Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" on the television series Sons of Anarchy. In 2009 she signed to L.A. based indie label SideOneDummy Records.
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Career
2009: Haunt EP
She released a digital EP Haunt on October 20, 2009 and then went on the road as part of Chuck Ragan's Revival Tour. That year, Audra also wrote a song for Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle's début album.[3] "Who I Was Born to Be" was the only original track on Susan Boyle's chart-topping, 9 million- selling I Dreamed a Dream album. Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.[4]
2010–12: The Happiest Lamb and Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound
The Happiest Lamb was released on May 18, 2010.[5] The album was recorded with her friends including stand-up bassist Joe Ginsberg, guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein, pianist Frank Pedano and drummer Kiel Feher, who have played live with her in a series of residencies around the L.A. area. Together with Ferras Alqaisi she wrote "Good News", which was one of the songs that competed in Unser Song für Deutschland, the German selection process to select the song that Lena Meyer-Landrut will sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. "Good News" also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut's eponymous 2011 album.
Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound was released on February 13, 2012.[6] The album featured main and background vocals, percussion, production and composition work from Mae and also credited many other artists, including up-right bassist Joe Ginsberg, electric and rhythm guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein and organ and piano playing by Frank Pedano.[7][8] In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" was featured in two episodes of The Good Wife, "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus." She also is featured on Flo Rida's track, "Run," with Redfoo of LMFAO, and on All American Rejects "Kids in the Street" released March 2012.
2013–present
Mae provided background vocals for The All-American Rejects (who also originated in Oklahoma) in their fourth studio album, Kids in the Street. She can be heard in "Fast & Slow", "Kids in the Street", and "Beekeeper's Daughter"[9] In 2013, she was featured in 3 Avicii songs that were featured on his album True. The songs are "Addicted to You", "Shame on Me", and "Long Road To Hell".[10] Avicii announced that "Addicted to You" would receive a full single release on April 7, 2014.[11] She is featured in one of Jon Bellion's songs called "Luxury," which was released on September 2, 2014.[12]
American country artist Miranda Lambert covered Mae's "Little Red Wagon" for her 2014 album, Platinum, and released it as the album's third single in January 2015. It became a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. In 2015 she teamed up with Avicii once again to sing the cover by Avicii of "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone, and to record Avicii's upcoming track "Touch Me" for his album Stories.
Toured with
- 2009 – Chuck Ragan[13]
- 2009 – Kevin Seconds[14]
- 2009 – Frank Turner[14]
- 2009 – Jim Ward[13]
- 2010 – Good Old War[15]
- 2010 – Stephen Kellogg
- 2011 – Nick 13[16]
- 2011 – Lucero
- 2012 – Matt Nathanson[17]
- 2012 – All American Rejects
- 2012 – Cory Branan[17]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details |
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| The Happiest Lamb |
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| Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
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| Haunt |
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Singles
As featured artist
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
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| AUS [18] |
AUT [19] |
DEN [20] |
FRA [21] |
GER [22] |
NL [23] |
NZ [24] |
SWE [25] |
SWI [26] |
UK [27] |
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| 2014 | "Addicted to You" (Avicii featuring Audra Mae) (Officially credited only to Avicii) |
5 | 3 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 14 | True |
Guest vocals
| Year | Title | Album | Artist |
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| 2011 | "Forever Young" | Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 | Audra Mae and the Forest Rangers |
| "Everyday People" | Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 | Audra Mae and the Forest Rangers | |
| "The Unclouded Day" | Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 | Audra Mae and the Forest Rangers | |
| 2012 | "Run" | Wild Ones | Flo Rida feat. Redfoo |
| "Beekeeper's Daughter" | Kids in the Street | The All-American Rejects | |
| "Kids in the Street" | Kids in the Street | The All-American Rejects | |
| "Fast & Slow" | Kids in the Street | The All-American Rejects | |
| 2013 | "How I Feel" | The Perfect 10 | Flo Rida |
| "Addicted to You" | True | Avicii | |
| "Shame On Me" | True | Avicii | |
| "Long Road To Hell" | True | Avicii | |
| 2014 | "Tree" | Idris Elba Presents mi Mandela | Idris Elba |
| "Luxury" | The Definition | Jon Bellion | |
| 2015 | "Feeling Good" | Feeling Good | Avicii |
| "Touch Me" | Stories | Avicii |
Writing Credits
| Title | Album | Artist |
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| "Woman (Oh Mama)" | Venus | Joy Williams |
| "Heartbeat Song" | Piece By Piece | Kelly Clarkson |
| "Little Red Wagon" | Platinum | Miranda Lambert |
| "Two Young Hearts" | Eyes Wide Open | Sabrina Carpenter |
| "Eyes Wide Open" | Eyes Wide Open | Sabrina Carpenter |
| "Something New" | Little Secret | Nikki Yanofsky |
| "Long Road To Hell" | True | Avicii |
| "Shame On Me" | True | Avicii |
| "Sing You Home" | Sing You Home | Xenia |
| "Bring Back My Love" | Bring Back My Love | Clay Aiken |
| "Passenger" | Made In London | Noemi |
| "Who I Was Born To Be" | Who I Was Born To Be | Susan Boyle |
| "Sleep" | Allen Stone | Allen Stone |
| "Contact High" | Allen Stone | Allen Stone |
| "Somebody Loves Somebody" | Loved Me Back to Life | Celine Dion |
| "Good News" | Good News | Lena |
| "Even Angels Cry" | Change Colours | Reece Mastin |
References
- ↑ Craig McLean, How Susan Boyle made Audra Mae rich, The Times, 30 January 2010
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- ↑ http://www.uprightcabaret.com/artists/?pagenum=4[dead link]
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- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/audra-mae-the-almighty-sound-mw0002290927/releases
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/audra-mae-the-almighty-sound-mw0002290927/credits
- ↑ NDR: Eurovis<ion: Wer sind Songschreiber?
- ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/511126/the-all-american-rejects-return-on-set-at-their-beekeepers-daughter-video-shoot
- ↑ http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2014/06/05/rubin-interviews-addicted-to-you-vocalist-audra-mae-backstage-at-kroq-weenie-roast-2014/
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a551326/avicii-premieres-new-single-addicted-to-you-music-video-watch.html
- ↑ http://hypetrak.com/2014/09/jon-bellion-featuring-audra-mae-luxury/
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 http://cleveland.eventful.com/events/revival-tour-chuck-ragan-jim-ward-austin-bob-/E0-001-025595928-6
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://www.last.fm/music/Audra+Mae/+events/2009
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Audra+Mae/+events/2010
- ↑ http://www.last.fm/music/Audra+Mae/+events/2011
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 http://www.last.fm/music/Audra+Mae/+events/2012
- ↑ Peak positions in Australia:
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- ↑ Peak positions in Austria:
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- ↑ Peak positions in Denmark:
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- ↑ Peak positions in France:
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- ↑ Peak positions in Germany:
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- ↑ Peak positions in the Netherlands:
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- ↑ Peak positions in New Zealand:
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- ↑ Peak positions in Sweden:
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- ↑ Peak positions in Switzerland:
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- ↑ Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
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