Betty Who
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Betty Who (* 5. October 1991 in Sydney as Jessica Anne Newham ) is an Australian pop singer and songwriter .
Career
Jessica Anne Newham grew up in Sydney and studied music first at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan and later at the Berklee College of Music in Boston . There she met the producer Peter Thomas with whom she recorded her first songs. Somebody loves you was in 2012 after it as a free download on Soundcloud was made available to a viral hit . She took her stage name Betty Who from one of her first self-written songs.
The success drew the attention of the music industry to Betty Who, in 2013 she signed a record deal with RCA Records . Somebody loves you was number one on the US dance charts in 2014, and their debut album Take Me When You Go reached number 68 on the Billboard 200 . New York describes her style "... between Katy Perry and Robyn , with cheek and confidence".
In 2015 she appeared in the opening act of her compatriot Kylie Minogue's Australian tour , after opening for Katy Perry in Australia in 2014. I Love You Always Forever , a cover version of the 1996 hit by Donna Lewis , was her third number one on the US dance charts in 2016 and a top ten hit in her homeland. In 2016 she released the single Heaven with Troye Sivan . In 2018 she recorded a remix of All Things (Just Keep Getting Better) , which is used as the theme music for the television show Queer Eye . Her third studio album Betty was released on the AWAL record label in 2019.
Betty Who is engaged to photographer Zak Cassar, son of Jon Cassar . Betty Who is committed to the LGBT * community.
Discography
Studio albums
- 2014: Take Me When You Go
- 2017: The Valley
- 2019: Betty (# 24 US-Independent Albums)
EPs
- 2013: The Movement
- 2014: Slow Dancing
- 2014: Worlds Apart
- 2018: Betty, Pt. 1
Singles
- 2012: Somebody Loves You (# 1 US Dance Club Songs)
- 2014: Heartbreak
- 2015: All of You (# 1 US Dance Club Songs)
- 2016: I Love You Always Forever (# 1 US Dance Club Songs)
- 2016: Human Touch
- 2017: Some Kinda Wonderful
- 2017: Mama Say
- 2017: If You're Hearing This (feat.Hook N Sling & Parson James )
- 2018: Ignore Me
- 2018: Look Back
- 2018: key
- 2018: All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)
- 2018: Between You & Me
- 2019: I Remember
- 2019: Language
Guest Posts
- 2016: Heaven ( Troye Sivan feat.Betty Who)
- 2018: Rocket Girl (Lemaitre feat.Betty Who)
- 2019: Lovely (Fly By Midnight feat.Betty Who)
Remixes
- 2013: Neon Lights (Betty Who Remix) for Demi Lovato
Awards
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NewNowNext Awards
- 2014: "Best New Musician"
Awards for music sales
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Australia
- 2017: for the single I Love You Always Forever
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
Country / Region | silver | gold | platinum | Sales | swell |
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Australia (ARIA) | - | - | 2 × platinum2 | 140,000 | aria.com.au |
All in all | - | - | 2 × platinum2 |
Web links
- official homepage
- Betty Who at Allmusic (English)
- Betty Who at Discogs (English)
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- ↑ a b Chart sources: billboard.com
- ↑ billboard.com
- ↑ couchfm.de
- ↑ NY Mag, Interview August 2013
- ↑ radiomonster.fm
- ↑ australian-charts.com
- ↑ dailymail.co.uk
- ↑ billboard.com
- ↑ billboard.com
- ↑ NewNowNext Awards 2014
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SURNAME | Who, Betty |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Newham, Jessica Anne (maiden name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian singer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , Australia |