Jade MacRae

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Jade MacRae

Jade Aurora 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.

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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Coming from a musical family (her mother is respected session vocalist Joy Yates; and her father pianist Dave Macrae); Jade's musical education began at a young age; learning the piano at age three and going on the learn the violin at age eight. 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 session 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 Warryn 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.

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

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 returned to the show in May 2007 partnered with Home and Away's Bobby Morley; who later appeared in Jade's music video "In The Basement". They were eliminated on the show on the 12th of June, 2007. Jade was partnered with actor Paul O'Brien in the show's third season. They were eliminated in week 8.

Jade was nominated for 3 ARIA Awards in 2006 (including "Best Female Artist").

In mid 2007 she toured around Australia as part of the "Broad" show (with Deborah Conway, New Buffalo, Anne McCue and Abbe May).

Jade's second album "Get Me Home" is expected to be released sometime 2008. She is currently dating hip hop artist Phrase .

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[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart Positions Album
AUS Aus. Urban
2002 "Heaven"
N/R
N/R
 -
2004 "You Make Me Weak"
46
10
 Jade MacRae
2005 "So Hot Right Now"
18
6
 Jade MacRae
2005 "Superstar"
31
12
 Jade MacRae
2006 "Up And Do Your Thing"
N/R
N/R
 Jade MacRae
2006 "Love You Good"
N/R
N/R
 -
2007 "In The Basement"
60
15
 Get Me Home

[edit] Awards and Nominations

Award Category About Result
2007
Urban Music Awards 2007 Best Female Artist Herself Won
2006
APRA Music Awards Most Performed Urban Work You Make Me Weak Nominated
ARIA Awards 2006 Best Urban Release Jade MacRae Nominated
POPrepublic.tv IT List Awards 2005 Australian Female Herself Nominated
ARIA Awards 2006 Best Female Artist Herself Nominated
MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2006 Best R&B Video So Hot Right Now Nominated
POPrepublic.tv IT List Awards 2006 Australian Female Herself Won
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 Urban Release So Hot Right Now Nominated

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