Graham candy
Graham James Candy (born April 1, 1991 in Auckland ) is a singer-songwriter and actor from New Zealand .
Graham Candy was best known for his collaboration with the German DJ and producer Alle Farben and his single She Moves (Far Away) , which reached the top 10 of the German charts and gold status in 2014.
Life
Born and raised in Auckland, Candy began at the age of six with ballroom dancing and Latin American dancing and took with his dance partner successfully in Youth and Junior Championships in New Zealand and Australia in part. His first contact with the film industry was as a photo double for the character Edmund in The Chronicles of Narnia: The King of Narnia . He attended Rangitoto College, where he was part of the winning team of the “National Stage Challenge Competition”, part of a barbershop horse and winner of the school theater competition “AMI Showdowns” as “best supporting actor” in his role in the high school production of Seussical . In 2008 Candy tried his own songwriting for the first time and reached 7th place in the "Play It Strange Songwriting Competition" with his song Last Forever . Mike Chunn, founder of the Play It Strange Competition, has supported Graham Candy in his musical career ever since.
With his band The Lost Boys, Candy reached the top 10 at the "New Zealand Battle of the Bands" in 2009 with the song Hot Air Balloon . He starred in the short film Got The Dogs and twice received the New Zealand stage award "NAPTA Awards" for his roles in the stage productions of Footloose and Spring Awakening .
In 2012 Candy started his solo career in bars and pubs in Auckland. He was involved in the founding and development of "The Portland Public House" and then worked there as an in-house musician and event manager. He brought himself into the local music scene and had the opportunity to play alongside bands like Mumford & Sons and Daniel Bedingfield .
In 2013 Rachel Watson (Spin 33 Records) introduced Candy with Matthias Müller from the Berlin label Crazy Planet Records. In the same year he moved to Berlin and has since been under contract there with BMG Rights Management and Crazy Planet Records. That same year he made his film debut in a leading role alongside Keisha Castle-Hughes and Shiloh Fernandez in the film Queen of Carthage , directed by Mardana M. Mayginnes. In Berlin, Candy worked with the indie pop band Abby , the DJ Alle Farben and Parov Stelar . He received a lot of attention for his single 13 Lords and his feature on Parov Stelars The Sun. His first major success came with Alle Farben's debut album Synesthesia , on which he sang the two pieces She Moves (Far Away) and Sometimes .
In March 2015, Graham Candy released his EP Holding Up Balloons . In September 2015 the song 4Life was released , a collaboration with the German DJ Robin Schulz .
Graham has been with Silbermond since May 2016 as a preliminary act of the "Leichtes Gepäck" tour.
Discography
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Albums
- 2016: Plan A
EPs
solo
- 2015: Holding Up Balloons
Guest Posts
- 2014: She Moves (Far Away) [Acoustic] (with Alle Farben & Lydmor)
- 2014: Sometimes (All Colors feat. Graham Candy)
Singles
solo
- 2014: 13 Lords
- 2015: Holding Up Balloons
- 2016: Back Into It
- 2016: Glowing in the Dark
- 2018: Who We Are (with YOUNOTUS & GWYLO)
- 2019: La vialla (with Yann Lauren & D.Boom)
- 2019: Stronger Than Before (with Sarah Muldoon)
- 2019: Me gustas tú (with Lookee)
- 2020: Heatstroke (with Henri Purnell)
Guest Posts
- 2014: She Moves (Far Away) (Alle Farben feat. Graham Candy - from the album Synesthesia - I Think in Colors )
- 2014: The Sun ( Parov Stelar feat. Graham Candy - from the EP Clap Your Hands )
- 2014: Sometimes (Alle Farben feat. Graham Candy - from the album Synesthesia - I Think in Colors )
- 2015: 4Life ( Robin Schulz feat. Graham Candy - from the album Sugar )
- 2017: Waiting for the Summer ( Deepend feat. Graham Candy)
- 2018: Real Love (Thomas Gold feat. Graham Candy)
- 2020: Gold ( Syn Cole feat. Graham Candy)
- 2020: KIDS (All Colors & VIZE feat. Graham Candy)
Filmography
- 2011–13: Short films: Go the Dogs, Harrowing of Hell, Asyrinthium and Inoganic
- 2013: Queen of Carthage as Graham
- 2012: Cirque du Soleil : Worlds Away
- 2013: Power Rangers Megaforce (TV series, as singer in the episode Dream Snatcher )
- 2016 Good times, bad times (eps. 6062)
Awards
- 2013: Northern Area Performance Theater Award - Best Male Performance in a Musical Production
- 2008: Auckland Community Theater Trust Award - Best Performance in a Musical Production
- 2008: Auckland Community Theater Trust Award - AMI Scholarship for Higher Performing Arts Education
- 2008: Rangitoto College Performing Arts Award - Best Artist in the Drama Category
- 2008: Rangitoto College Performing Arts Award - Artist of the Year
- 2007: Rangitoto College Award - Greatest Performance in a Production
- 2006: Rangitoto College Award - Best Artist in the Drama Category
- 2006: Rangitoto College Award - Dance Awards 2006
- 2005: U16 Champion - Ballroom, Latin and New Vogue Champion
- 2005: Worlds Superstars - Australia - finalist
Web links
swell
- ↑ www.imdb.com .
- ↑ Graham Candy, She Moves (Far Away) on Charts.de
- ↑ Gold for All Colors - “She Moves” feat. Graham Candy , Budde Music, 2014
- ↑ 2008 Showdown nominees and winners!
- ↑ 2008 National Secondary School Songwriting Competition Results ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Play it strange, December 6, 2008
- ↑ a b NAPTA - Northern Area Performance Theater Awards . Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ Graham Candy , Crazy Planet Records
- ^ Queen of Carthage. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany Austria Switzerland
- ↑ Gold / platinum database . Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ Queen of Carthage (2013) - IMDb . Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ↑ Cirque Du Soleil: Dream Worlds (2012) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb . Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ↑ Dream Snatcher , TV.com
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.fernsehserien.de/gute-zeiten-schlechte-zeiten/haben/schmerz-und-einsamkeit-978896
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Graham Candy. Actor Biography. (PDF, 138 kB) Johnson & Laird, May 4, 2014, accessed September 29, 2014 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Candy, Graham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Candy, Graham James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland , New Zealand |