Odette (musician)
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Birth name | Georgia Odette Sallybanks |
Born | 1997 (age 23–24) Bath, Somerset, England |
Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Georgia Odette Sallybanks (born 1997), who performs as Odette, is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her debut album, To a Stranger (July 2018), peaked at No. 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018 it was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album and Breakthrough Artist – Release.
Early life[]
Odette was born in Bath, England in 1997 and grew up in inner western Sydney, Australia.[1] Her mother is South African and her father is English-born.[2] She began writing music at approximately eight years old, while attending Haberfield Public School.[3][4]
Musical style and influences[]
Odette cites Joanna Newsom, Laura Mvula and her grandfather (a jazz pianist) as musical influences, and poets John Keats and Walt Whitman as lyrical influences.[5]
Career[]
2017–2018: To a Stranger[]
In 2017, Odette released her debut single, "Watch Me Read You", a piano ballad incorporating spoken word which she wrote in England in 2015.[6] It peaked at No. 14 on the ARIA Hitseekers Singles Chart.[7]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, Odette was nominated for two awards; Best Adult Contemporary Album and Breakthrough Artist for To a Stranger.[8] Happy Mag's Luke Saunders called the album "a poetic tapestry of melancholy soul and powerful pop ballads."[9] Triple J praised Odette's "canny ability to weave melodic meditations that, like her singing, hover in the space between sensuous composition and spoken-word poetry" throughout the album.[10]
2020–present: Herald[]
On 20 October 2020, Odette released "Dwell", the second single from her forthcoming second studio album, Herald, released on 5 February 2021.[11]
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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AUS | ||
To a Stranger |
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13 |
Herald |
|
47 [13] |
Singles[]
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
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AUS | ||||
"Watch Me Read You" | 2017 | — | To a Stranger | |
"Collide"[14] | — | |||
"Take It to the Heart"[17] | 2018 | — | ||
"Lotus Eaters"[19][20] | — | |||
"A Place That I Don't Know" (featuring Gretta Ray)[21][22] |
— | |||
"Lights Out" (Jerome Blazé remix)[23] |
2019 | — | ||
"Feverbreak" (featuring Hermitude)[24] |
2020 | — | Herald | |
"Dwell"[25] | — | |||
"Amends"[26] | 2021 | — | ||
"Trial By Fire"[27] | — |
Awards and nominations[]
ARIA Music Awards[]
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Lost to |
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2018 | To a Stranger | Best Adult Contemporary Album | Nominated | Vance Joy - Nation of Two |
Breakthrough Artist | Nominated | Ruel - "Dazed & Confused" |
References[]
- ^ "Introducing Odette and her stunning debut single, Watch Me Read You".
- ^ "odette". Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Meet Odette: the 20-year-old behind 'Watch Me Read You'". 27 September 2017.
- ^ Yates, Rod (7 July 2018). "Odette: 'You can't just sing a song and all your problems go away'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "Bio | Odette". Home | Odette. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Odette's 'Watch Me Read You' is going to be huge - Purple Sneakers". 23 August 2017.
- ^ Wallace, Ian (2 October 2017). "Week Commencing ~ 2nd October 2017 ~ Issue #1440" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (1440): 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
- ^ "2018 ARIA Award Nominees Announced". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 11 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ^ "The 15 Australian female artists changing the game right now". Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Odette - To A Stranger". triple j. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Herald (DD)". Apple Music Australia. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "To a Stranger". Apple Music Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart". Australian Recording Industry Association. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Odette - Collide". YouTube. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Odette". EMI Music. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Odette at BEAT". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "First Spin: Odette's "Take It To The Heart" shows she's ready for her big debut album". ABC. April 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2019 Singles". ARIA. 31 August 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Odette - Lotus Eaters". AIRIT. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "YouTube: odette - Lotus Eaters audio". ABC. October 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "A Place That I Don't Know (feat. Gretta Ray) – Single by Odette on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Odette Releases New Single A Place That I Don't Know". thepartae. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "Lights Out (Jerome Blazé Remix) – Single by Odette on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Feverbreak (feat. Hermitude) – Single by Odette on Apple Music". Apple Music AU. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ "Singles to Radio 1312". The Music Network. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Rose, Anna (8 January 2021). "Listen to Odette's new single, 'Amends'". NME Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ "Singles to Radio". The Music Network. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
- Australian musicians
- Living people
- 1997 births