Amber Lawrence
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Background information | |
Birth name | Amber Louise Lawrence |
Born | Mascot, New South Wales | 19 April 1978
Origin | Australia |
Genres | Australian country music |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Instruments | Guitar |
Years active | 1995-present |
Website | www |
Amber Louise Lawrence (born 19 April 1978)[1] is an Australian country music singer-songwriter, with six albums, an EP, including four CMAA Golden Guitar awards.
Personal life[]
Lawrence grew up in the Sydney suburb of Mascot.[2] She attended Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Sydney where she completed the Higher School Certificate in 1995, including a place in the Order of Merit List.[3] After graduating from the University of New South Wales with a commerce degree and working for six years as a chartered accountant for Qantas, Lawrence became a full-time musician.[4]
On Christmas Day 2017, Lawrence became engaged to marketer Martin Newman at Coogee Beach[5] and in August 2018, the pair had a son.[6] In May 2019, Lawrence and Newman married in Port Douglas, Queensland.
Music career[]
She has released a debut EP, I've Got The Blues, and four full-length albums to date: The Mile (2007), When It All Comes Down (2009), 3 (2011), Superheroes (2014), Happy Ever After (2016) and Spark (2019). In addition, Lawrence has released two children's albums, The Kid's Gone Country (2016) and Aussie Aussie Christmas (2017), and a collaboration album with fellow Australian country artist, Travis Collins, entitled Our Backyard (2017).[7]
Lawrence was nominated for "Independent Country Album of the Year" by the Australian Independent Record Labels Association for her debut album, The Mile.[8] In 2008, she was nominated for the Golden Guitar for "Female Artist of the Year" and "New Talent".[4] In 2009, she won the Golden Guitar "People's Choice Award" for "Female Artist of the Year", as well as being nominated for "Female Artist of the Year", "APRA Song of the Year" and "Video Clip of the Year," capping it off with an APRA nomination for "Country Work of the Year" for the single "Good Girls".[9] In 2010, she won "Female Vocalist of the Year" at the Victorian National Country Music Awards, and was nominated for "Best Independent Country Album" at the Independent Music Awards;[citation needed] she also won the new Golden Guitar category of "Horizon Award", while her album When It All Comes Down was nominated three times.[10] In 2012[11] and 2013,[12] Lawrence was again nominated for the Golden Guitar "Female Artist of the Year". In 2014, Lawrence was nominated for "Female Artist of the Year" at the Australian Club Entertainment Awards.[citation needed]
In 2015 Lawrence was awarded the Golden Guitar for Best Female Artist of the Year, the Australian Bush Laureate Award for Contemporary Song Lyric of the Year[13] and was nominated for Heritage Song of the Year, both for "The Lifesaver".[14] The song is especially meaningful to her, as it deals with her family's response to her father's stroke.[15] She was also named CMC Music Video Channel's Female Oz Artist of the Year.[16]
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She has been nominated in the CMC Top 20 Artists of the Year five years running, and is the winner of six Southern Star Independent Awards, including Independent Album of the Year (twice), APRA/AMCOS Independent Country Music Single of the Year (twice), Independent Artist of the Year, Independent Female Artist of the Year (twice).[citation needed] Fourteen of her singles have either reached #1, top 5 or top 10 on the Country Music Radio Chart and CMC Video Charts.[citation needed]
Lawrence performs over 100 shows per year, including an extensive schools mentor performance programme, having already notched up over 200 performances around the country for kids. Lawrence has performed and is featured at many of the leading country music festivals, such as Gympie Muster, CMC Rocks The Hunter and QLD, Mildura Music Festival, Deni Ute Muster, Caboolture, Mudbulls & Music, ,[17] etc.[citation needed] She has toured with the likes of Lee Kernaghan, The McClymonts,[4] Adam Harvey, Melinda Schneider, Sunny Cowgirls, and Kaylens Rain, and event tours such as Chic Frontier.[4]
Over the years, she has also been a supporter of Australia's military, performing for the troops both abroad and at various events around the country. In 2007, she played in East Timor,[18] and in 2013, she was in the Sinai, entertaining Australian and coalition forces.[19] Her song "Man Across The Street" is about a returned veteran; it resulted in her 2013 Golden Guitar nomination for "Best Female Artist of the Year".[12]
After a chance encounter at an airport in 2017, a unique opportunity presented itself, and Lawrence was invited to perform in New York for an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary Battle of the Coral Sea with the American Association. The audience was made up of surviving war veterans, then-Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, then-President of the United States of America, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, among others. Lawrence performed the poingnat, 100 Year Handshake, which she wrote especially for the event with her now-husband Martin Newman.
In 2019, Lawrence was invited to perform as part of Vision Australia's Carols by Candlelight, broadcast live annually on Christmas Eve from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Australia.
Lawrence is also a mentor to young artists in the Australian Music industry and has provided free entertainment and mentoring in over 300 schools Australia wide, as part of her ‘Be Your Own Superhero’ program.
Lawrence is the face of iHeartRadio Australia Country, hosting the show each week, a guest presenter on Channel 9’s ‘Getaway’ and was the co-host of the CMC Music Awards in 2017 – live on Foxtel, and the 2019 Golden Guitar Awards. Lawrence was also extremely honored to receive an Australia Day Bronze Achievement Award for her contribution to War Veterans and their families, via her work with RSL DefenceCare.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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AUS [20] | ||
The Mile |
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When It All Comes Down |
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3 |
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41 |
Super Heroes |
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43 |
Happy Ever After |
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44 |
Our Backyard (with Travis Collins) |
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40 |
Aussie Aussie Christmas |
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Spark |
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13 |
The Kid's Gone Country II: Fun for All the Family |
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71 |
Live albums[]
Title | Album details |
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Hometown Girl |
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Extended plays[]
Title | EP details |
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I've Got the Blues |
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Music videos[]
Year | Video |
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2006 | "The Lonely Road" |
"I've Got the Blues" | |
2008 | "Good Girls" |
"The Mile" | |
2009 | "Don't Do Lonely Well" |
"Wrecking Ball" | |
2010 | "Women Like Me Don't Like Girls Like You" |
2011 | "Always Kiss Me Goodnight" |
"Everybody's a Mess" | |
2012 | "The Man Across the Street" |
"Try" | |
2014 | "Superhero" |
"The Lifesaver" | |
2015 | "I Will Love You" |
"Honeysuckle" | |
2016 | "My Grandma" |
"The Kid's Gone Country" | |
"My Big Mack Truck" | |
"Happy Ever After" | |
"Cheers to the Girls" | |
2017 | "The Lucky One" |
"Our Backyard" |
Awards[]
AIR Awards[]
The Australian Independent Record Awards (known colloquially as the AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Kids Gone Country - Fun for All the Family | Best Independent Children's Album or EP | Nominated | [21][22] |
Country Music Awards of Australia[]
The Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973.[23][24]
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2015 | Amber Lawrence | Female Artist of the Year | Won |
2018 | "Our Backyard" (Travis Collins & Amber Lawrence) | Vocal Collaboration of the Year | Won |
APRA AMCOS Song of the Year | Won | ||
Single of the Year | Won | ||
2021 | "True Blue" (Amber Lawrence, Aleyce Simmonds, Kirsty Lee Akers and Dianna Corcoran) | Vocal Collaboration of the Year | Won |
- Note: wins only
References[]
- ^ "Amber Lawrence". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Interview: Amber Lawrence". countrymusicchannel.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ "1995 Higher School Certificate Order of Merit List". boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Amber Lawrence". Australian Broadcasting Corporation (abc.net.au). 9 June 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
- ^ "Country music star engaged to Tinder boyfriend". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 17 February 2018.
- ^ Leeson, Josh (9 June 2018). "Mum's the word". Newcastle Herald.
- ^ "Amber Lawrence: Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "AIR Awards 2009 nominations". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "2009 APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Amber Lawrence on the road". ABC Country, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation digital radio station. 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ Jennifer Ingall (22 January 2013). "Could it be gold for Amber Lawrence?". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "41st CMAA Award Finalists Announced". ABC Country. 13 November 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Australian Bush Laureate Awards 2015 winners". Australian Bush Laureate Awards. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "2015 Golden Guitar Finalists!". Toyota Country Music Festival: Tamworth 2015. 17 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Country singer Amber Lawrence to walk in Stride for Stroke at South Maroubra in honour of her father". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "Fans Dub Adam Brand Australian Country Artist Of The Year". themusic.com. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ "New Norfolk NEWS: Earlybird offer on country muster". newsnn.net. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "From Little Pattie to the Screaming Jets a tradition continues" (PDF). Platypus Magazine. Australian Federal Police (97): 30–31. December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Amber Lawrence is busy with music and mates". Northern Daily Leader. 22 January 2014.
- ^ Australian (ARIA Chart) peaks:
- Top 50 peaks: "australian-charts.com > Amber Lawrence in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- The Kid's Gone Country II: "The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 30 November 2020". The ARIA Report. No. 1604. Australian Recording Industry Association. 30 November 2020. p. 6.
- ^ "Details confirmed for 2021 AIR Awards as nominees announced". The Music. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "2021 AIR Awards Winners". Scenstr.com.au. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "Past Award Winners". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "Fanny Lumsden wins five Golden Guitar Awards despite cancelled Tamworth Country Music Festival". ABC. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
External links[]
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Australian country singers
- People from New South Wales
- 21st-century Australian singers
- 21st-century Australian women singers