Jade MacRae

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Jade MacRae
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Jade MacRae is a soul singer and the daughter of two professional New Zealand musicians living in the UK, and has been surrounded by all facets of the music industry all her life. Her debut single "You Make Me Weak" debuted in the top 50 of the Australian singles charts in November 2004. Her follow-up single "So Hot Right Now" debuted in the top 20 in February 2005.

Jade learnt piano at the age of three, and went on to learn the violin at eight. She studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

She performed the Australian National Anthem at the 2005 World Cup Qualifying match, against Uruguay at Sydney's Telstra stadium.

She is currently a rising star in the Australian music industry, and her album has been nominated at the ARIA, MTV, APRA & Urban Music Awards in 2005/2006.

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[edit] Biography

Coming from a musical family, MacRae started learning the piano at age 8. After finishing her Higher School Certificate at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, she started singing in pubs and clubs around Sydney. As well as singing in a band with Mahalia Barnes, daughter of leading Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, she supported Renée Geyer and Jackie Orszaczky. Her work with Mahalia Barnes lead to work as a backup singer with Jimmy Barnes.

MacRae starting doing work as a singer with Australian electronic acts such as Disco Montego, Endorphin and Pnau. UK dance producer Ian Pooley recruited her to sing on the track "Heaven" which became a dance hit in Germany.

While singing as a backup singer with Barnes, MacRae was signed by Michael Hegarty of Workstation Records. They recruited a couple of Los Angeles producers to produce tracks on the album including Warren Campbell who had worked with gospel singers Mary Mary and White Chocolate who had worked with Brandy and Destiny's Child. They also worked with a number of Australian producers including Israel, Jarrad Rogers and the Elite Fleet who produced the first single "You Make Me Weak". MacRae wrote or cowrote every song on the album. After its completion MacRae signed with Roadshow Music, an offshoot of Sony Music Australia. "You Make Me Weak" reached the top 50 of the Australian singles charts in early November, while her follow-up single "So Hot Right Now" debuted in the top 20 in February 2005.

MacRae released her debut self titled album in September 2005 and it featured her released singles including "You Make Me Weak" (peaked at #46 AUS), "So Hot Right Now" featuring Israel (peaked at #18) and "Superstar" featuring 6 Pound (peaked at #32). MacRae also had a fourth single "Up And Do Your Thing" which was released as a radio single.

MacRae participated in the Australian celebrity television singing show, 'It Takes Two' in 2006 and was partnered with Australian cricket legend Michael Bevan. The pair were eliminated on 2 July 2006. Jade has been nominated for 3 ARIA Awards.

It was confirmed that Jade was working on new material for her second album which is to be released in 2007.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
AUS
2002 "Heaven"
NR
2004 "You Make Me Weak"
46
 Jade MacRae
2005 "So Hot Right Now"
18
 Jade MacRae
2005 "Superstar"
31
 Jade MacRae
2006 "Love You Good"
-
 Untitled Jade MacRae Project

[edit] Awards and Nominations

Award Category About Result
2006
APRA Music Awards Most Perfromed Urban Work You Make Me Weak Nominated
ARIA Awards 2006 Best Urban Release Jade MacRae Nominated
ARIA Awards 2006 Best Female Artist Jade MacRae Nominated
MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2006 Best R&B Video So Hot Right Now Nominated
Urban Music Awards 2006 Best R&B Album Jade MacRae Won
Urban Music Awards 2006 Best Female Artist Herself Won
2005
ARIA Awards 2005 Best R&B Release So Hot Right Now Nominated

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