Aldous Harding

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Aldous Harding in December 2017

Aldous Harding is the stage name of Hannah Sian Topp (* 1990 ), a New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist who is known for her artistically original, but also eccentric appearances in her music videos (e.g., accompanied by an electric piano) B. Zoo Eyes , The Barrel or Blend ). She describes her musical genre as "Gothic Folk".

Live and act

Harding comes from the port city of Lyttelton . Her mother is the folk singer Lorena Harding, who can be seen as a stick dancer on the video for the song Horizon . She was discovered when she was making street music with Anika Moa . In 2014 her debut album was released; In early 2017 she signed a contract with the record company 4AD , where her second album was released in May 2017. Her third album Designer made her internationally known in 2019.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Aldous Harding
  NZ 35 04/21/2014 (1 week)
party
  NZ 6th 05/29/2017 (6 weeks)
Designer
  NZ 5 05/06/2019 (3 weeks)
  DE 98 05/03/2019 (1 week)
  AT 45 05/10/2019 (1 week)
  CH 89 05/05/2019 (1 week)
  UK 33 05/09/2019 (1 week)

Studio albums

  • 2014: Aldous Harding
  • 2017: party
  • 2019: Designer

Web links

Commons : Aldous Harding  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article in The Guardian magazine, November 2019
  2. ↑ Music video Zoo Eyes
  3. ↑ Music video The Barrel
  4. ↑ Music video blend
  5. ↑ Horizon music video
  6. ↑ The Mixtape: Aldous Harding | Radio New Zealand
  7. ^ The official website for independent record label 4AD
  8. ↑ Chart sources: NZ DE AT CH UK
personal data
SURNAME Harding, Aldous
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harding, Aldous Hannah (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyttelton