Brooke Fraser

Brooke Gabrielle Fraser Ligertwood (born December 15, 1983 in Wellington , New Zealand) is a New Zealand pop / folk singer and songwriter .

Career

Brooke Fraser is the oldest of three children of former New Zealand rugby international Bernie Fraser and his wife Lynda. She grew up in Naenae, a suburb of Lower Hutt in the Wellington area. Between the ages of seven and seventeen she took piano lessons, began writing songs at the age of twelve, and taught herself to play the guitar at the age of 16. She got a recording deal when she was 18.

Her breakthrough came in the summer of 2003 with the song Better , which reached number 3 in the charts in her home country. The following debut album What to Do with Daylight rose to number 1 in the New Zealand album charts in November of the same year and stayed in the hit list for over a year. In 2004 she moved to Sydney where she began to volunteer with Hillsong Church . With her second album Albertine she was able to seamlessly build on her first success in 2006. It also peaked at number 1 and stayed in the charts for 52 weeks, and with Deciphering Me , she had her second top 5 single hit. As a result, this album was only released in 2007 in Australia, and another year later in the USA. There it reached number 3 among the Christian albums and number 90 on the Billboard 200 .

On March 17, 2008 she married Scott Ligertwood, while taking his name, but continues to perform under her stage name Brooke Fraser . They have two daughters together.

In August 2010, Brooke Fraser released the song Something in the Water in advance of her third album . This brought her to number 1 in the singles charts in New Zealand for the first time . The album Flags followed in October to the top position and also reached number 3 in Australia and number 4 in the US folk charts, where it was classified this time.

Something in the Water was released in Europe in spring 2011 . The song was particularly successful in German-speaking countries, where it achieved top 10 placements. In Germany it even achieved gold status. Then the album Flags also hit the charts and made it into the top 10.

In 2016 she came back with the song Therapy, on which she collaborated with Grammy-winning Joel Little.

At the 60th Grammy Awards in January 2018 she received the award in the category "Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance / Song" for the worship song "What a Beautiful Name", which she composed with Ben Fielding. As of January 2019, the song had 250 million views on the YouTube video platform and is now one of the most played modern hymns worldwide.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
year	title	DE	AT	CH	US	NZ	Remarks
2003	What to Do with Daylight	-	-	-	-	NZ1 × 7 Seven times platinum (66 weeks)NZ	First published: October 29, 2003
2006	Albertine	-	-	-	US90 (1 week) US	NZ1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (52 weeks)NZ	First published: December 5, 2006
2010	Flags	DE6 (15 weeks) DE	AT26 (8 weeks) AT	CH9 (16 weeks) CH	US59 (1 week) US	NZ1 × 3 Triple platinum (30 weeks)NZ	First published: October 8, 2010
2014	Brutal Romantic	-	-	-	US157 (1 week) US	NZ6 (8 weeks) NZ	First published: November 17, 2014
2016	A sides	-	-	-	-	NZ16 gold (7 weeks)NZ	First published: November 25, 2016 compilation

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	NZ	Remarks
2003	Better What to Do with Daylight	-	-	-	NZ3 (22 weeks) NZ	First published: June 30, 2003
2003	Lifeline What to Do with Daylight	-	-	-	NZ7 (20 weeks) NZ	First published: November 9, 2003
2004	Saving the World What to Do with Daylight	-	-	-	NZ15 (15 weeks) NZ	First published: March 14, 2004
2004	Arithmetic What to Do with Daylight	-	-	-	NZ8 (19 weeks) NZ	First published: August 16, 2004
2005	Without You What to Do with Daylight	-	-	-	NZ16 (9 weeks) NZ	First published: January 17, 2005
2006	Deciphering Me Albertine	-	-	-	NZ4 (22 weeks) NZ	First published: September 27, 2006
2007	Shadowfeet Albertine	-	-	-	NZ13 (17 weeks) NZ	First published: March 13, 2007
2010	Something in the Water Flags	DE8th gold (30 weeks)DE	AT10 gold (21 weeks)AT	CH10 gold (24 weeks)CH	NZ1 platinum (29 weeks)NZ	First published: August 2, 2010
2010	Betty Flags	-	-	-	NZ30 (5 weeks) NZ	First published: December 6, 2010
2014	Kings & Queens Brutal Romantic	-	-	-	NZ20 (5 weeks) NZ	First published: September 23, 2014

more publishments

2007: Albertine
2011: Coachella
2014: Psychosocial
2014: Je Suis Prêt
2016: Therapy

Songs for Hillsong

Songs Brooke Fraser wrote or worked on for Hillsong :

United We Stand (2005)
- None But Jesus
- Revolution with Scott Ligertwood, Joel Houston , Marty Sampson , Michael Guy Chislett
Mighty to Save (2006)
- None but Jesus
All of the Above (2006)
- Lead me to the cross
- Hosanna
Savior King (2007)
- Hosanna
- Lord of Lords
This Is Our God (2008)
- Desert Song
- You'll come
- Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus
Across the Earth (2009)
- Desert Song
- Soon
Faith + Hope + Love (2009)
- I will exalt you
- His Glory Appears
A Beautiful Exchange (2010)
- Like Incense
- Sometimes by step
Aftermath (2011)
- Like an Avalanche
- Bones
Cornerstone (2012)
- Beneath the Waters (I Will Rise)

Let There Be Light (2016)
- What A Beautiful Name

Awake (2019)
- Dawn
- Awake my soul
- No one but you
- King of Kings
- From Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology)
- Bright as the Sun
- See the light

Web links

Commons : Brooke Fraser - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ Brooke Fraser: Wanted poster, pictures and news. (No longer available online.) In: web.de. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016 ; Retrieved November 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / web.de
↑ Brooke Fraser welcomes her second child. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
↑ WIRED: Brooke Fraser - Therapy . ( morefm.co.nz [accessed November 26, 2016]).
↑ Why “What A Beautiful Name” Is the # 1 Song in Churches Today . In: Proclaim Blog . March 3, 2018 ( proclaimonline.com [accessed May 15, 2018]).
↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH
↑ Gold / platinum awards from the Federal Music Industry Association (database search)
↑ hitparade.ch
^ IFPI Austria

personal data
SURNAME	Fraser, Brooke
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fraser Ligertwood, Brooke Gabrielle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand pop / folk singer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 15, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wellington , New Zealand

[1] Brooke Fraser: Wanted poster, pictures and news. (No longer available online.) In: web.de. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016 ; Retrieved November 26, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / web.de

[2] Brooke Fraser welcomes her second child. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .

[3] WIRED: Brooke Fraser - Therapy . ( morefm.co.nz [accessed November 26, 2016]).

[4] Why “What A Beautiful Name” Is the # 1 Song in Churches Today . In: Proclaim Blog . March 3, 2018 ( proclaimonline.com [accessed May 15, 2018]).

[charts-5] Chart sources: DE AT CH

[6] Gold / platinum awards from the Federal Music Industry Association (database search)

[7] tparade.ch

[8] IFPI Austria