Hayley Aitken

Hayley Aitken
Birth name Hayley Michelle Aitken
Also known as Hayley
Born (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986
Origin Drouin, Victoria, Australia
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2001–present
Labels Jive/Zomba, Legit
Associated acts Scarlett Belle

Hayley Michelle Aitken (born 11 April 1986) is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, who also performs mononymously as Hayley. She had a top 40 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart with her second single, "Kiss Me Quick" (July 2002). Aitken has worked as a songwriter for other artists.

Biography

Hayley Aitken was born in April 1986 in the Victorian rural town of Drouin. In 1997 she recorded a song, "Another Tear", following the death of Princess Diana written and produced by Reno Nicastro and Molly Meldrum.

Aitken's debut single, "That Girl", was released under her first name, Hayley, which reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 100 in July 2001.[1] In the ARIA Report it was described as "a catchy urban pop single and features bonus dance remixes."[1] It appeared on an Australian Promo CD for Britney Spears' single, "Stronger". Aitken was signed with Jive/Zomba.[2]

Her second single, "Kiss Me Quick", under the name Hayley Aitken, peaked at No. 31 on the ARIA Singles Chart in August 2002.[3] It contained a b-side, "If I Was to Say", which she wrote when eleven years old. Carmine Pascuzzi described "Kiss Me Quick", "[Aitken] is a teenager with loads of talent and this is an interesting modern pop song that showcases her talent. There is a distinctive confidence and depth in her performance and she delivers this song very positively."[2]

Aitken's third single, "(I Hate the Way) I Love You", (December 2002), which peaked at No. 55.[4] Also in 2002 she recorded a song for the Undercover Angels soundtrack, "[You Must Be An] Angel", written by Erinn Sherlock and Andy Sidari. Her proposed debut album, Watching TV, was pushed back several times, due to the sale of Zomba records to BMG Records, in 2003. Aitken signed to BMG records but asked to be released from her contract in 2004 so she could pursue her own direction. After her contract with Jive ended, she was signed by Legit music under a management contract by August 2004.[5]

In 2005 Aitken worked as a songwriter, she co-wrote four tracks on Ricki-Lee Coulter's debut self-titled album (October: "Turn It Up", "Something About You", "Stay with Me" and "Hello". She also provided backing vocals for the latter three tracks. Legit Music stated that she was on their artist roster, however on Aitken's MySpace site, she placed her record label as "none". She was signed to Sony BMG publishing.

In 2007 Aitken, Tamara Jaber (ex-Scandal'us) and Reigan Derry (Australian Idol contestant, 2006) formed an all-girl pop trio, Scarlett Belle, and were signed to US label, Def Jam Recordings.[6] In 2008 they were dropped from the label and shortly after Aitken left that group.

During the 2010s Aitken has written or co-written material for other artists: September's "White Flag" on Love CPR (February 2011), "I Know You're not Alone" on Diamond Veil (May) by Sweetbox, Julie Bergan's "Fire" (June 2014), "Colours" on Eleven (October 2015) by Tina Arena and "Traffic Lights" (May 2015) on Lena's Crystal Sky.[7] Also in 2015, while working in Swedish-based song writing collective, the Kennel, Aitken co-wrote "I Want Your Love" for Ukrainaian-born artist, Eduard Romanyuta.[8][9] "I Want Your Love" was the Moldovan entry for that year's Eurovision Song Contest.[9] Aitken described her writing, "it has always been my dream to write music for different countries and cultures, so this is really cool."[8]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Other work

Year Label Album Artist Song Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2014 Jellyfish Entertainment Error VIXX "After Dark" No Ryu Dasom (Jam Factory), Ravi Yes Andrew Choi, 220, Jake K
2016 S.M. Entertainment Russian Roulette Red Velvet "Lucky Girl" No Kenzie Yes Ollipop
2017 Don't Say No Seohyun "Love & Affection" No Seohyun Yes Johan Gustafsson, Fredrik Haggstam, Sebastian Lundberg, Lauren Dyson, Trinity
BlockBerryCreative "Idarui Sonyeo (Choerry)" Choerry "Love Cherry Motion" No Hwang Hyun (MonoTree), Shin Agnes Yes Ollipop, Kanata Okajima
S.M. Entertainment Holiday Night Girls' Generation "All Night" No Kenzie Yes Ollipop, Daniel Caesar, Ludwig Lindell

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Week Commencing ~ 11th June 2001 ~ Issue #589" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (589): 2, 4, 8, 11, 16. 11 June 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 Pascuzzi, Carmine. "'Kiss Me Quick' Hayley Aitken". Mediasearch. Archived from the original on 8 June 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discography Hayley Aitken". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Week Commencing ~ 17th March 2003 ~ Issue #682" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (682): 4. 17 March 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Cashmere, Paul (9 August 2004). "Legit Music moves to Sydney". Undercover News. Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman. Archived from the original on 18 November 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ↑ "Tamara Jaber gets the deal of her life". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "Hayley Aitken | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. 1 2 Clark, Liam (23 April 2015). "Moldova's Eurovision entry takes the prize for having none of its citizens on their team". The Citizen. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. 1 2 Galliford, Fiona. "Eurovision Introducing 2015 – Moldova". ESC Today. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Week Commencing ~ 23rd July 2001 ~ Issue #595" (PDF). The ARIA Report. Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (595): 4, 18. 23 July 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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