Lisa Mitchell

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Lisa Mitchell as support for “Tex Perkins Bushfire Benefit” at “The Ding Dong Lounge”, Melbourne on February 27, 2009
Lisa Mitchell as support for “Tex Perkins Bushfire Benefit” at “The Ding Dong Lounge”, Melbourne on February 27, 2009
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Wonder
  AU 6th 08/16/2009 (33 weeks)
Bless This Mess
  AU 7th 10/22/2012 (3 weeks)
Warriors
  AU 9 October 24, 2016 (2 weeks)
EPs
Said one to the other
  AU 27 08/26/2007 (3 weeks)
Singles
Coin Laundry
  AU 28 08/16/2009 (13 weeks)
Neopolitan Dreams
  DE 33 October 02, 2009 (6 weeks)

Lisa Helen Mitchell (born March 22, 1990 in Canterbury , England ) is an Australian singer-songwriter from Albury , New South Wales . Her debut EP made it to number 1 on the iTunes charts in Australia, attracting the attention of Little Victories, a subsidiary of Sony / ATV, with which she signed in 2007. Your music can be classified in the folk / pop category.

Career

At the age of three, she moved from England to Australia with her parents and sister Nicole. At twelve she learned to play the guitar , mostly folk and rock , and performed in small cafes in her hometown of Albury and at small events. In addition, she often appeared with her cover band Chrome , with which she played songs by Missy Higgins or Clare Bowditch.

In 2006, when she was 16, she took part in “Australian Idol”, the Australian version of Deutschland sucht den Superstar , and came in sixth. It was there that she first made contact with her current managers at Scorpio Music.

On April 13, 2007, she performed with the band "The Lees" and other local bands at National Youth Week in Parkes , NSW and played eight of her own songs. Raechel Lee from The Lees was also in the top 24 for "Australian Idol".

In March of the same year, she played live from home on Myspace and reached an audience of 10,000. In the course of the year she played in the opening act for Bob Evans , Ben Lee and Evermore, among others . She also started her own tour of Australia with her first EP, Said One to the Other , which was released on iTunes on August 4, 2007 and a week later via Scorpio and Warner Music. It reached number 1 on the Australian iTunes Top Albums chart and number 27 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The song Incomplete Lullaby was also used on the Australian dance reality show So You Think You Can Dance .

She started writing for her first studio album towards the end of the year and moved to London. She worked with Ben Lee , Kevin Mitchell (= Bob Evans), Clare Bowditch and many other well-known musicians and producers. Her second EP, Welcome to the Afternoon , was released on March 31, 2008. The download single Neopolitan Dreams from the same is used in the Australian comedy show Packed to the Rafters and various commercials. In Germany, the song became known to the general public through a Deutsche Telekom commercial and an appearance by Lena Meyer-Landrut on the talent show Our Star for Oslo . It also reached number 91 in Triple J 's Hottest 100, 2008 and was accordingly often played on the radio. The song Far Far Far Away was featured in an episode of the Australian soap opera Home and Away . The second single See You When You Get Here was released . In February she toured Australia a second time.

She spent a large part of 2008 in London to write new songs for her first studio album "The Attic Space", which has since been renamed "Wonder". In November she signed with RCA Records . Their first single from the album Neopolitian Dreams came out again on January 19th. The album was released in July 2009. In early 2009, she toured supporting Jason Mraz. She is currently on another tour of Australia.

Discography

Albums

  • Wonder (2009)
  • Bless This Mess (2012)
  • Warriors (2016)

EPs

  • Said One to the Other (2007)
  • Welcome to the Afternoon (2008)
  • Spirit (2012)

Singles

  • See You When You Get Here (2008)
  • Neopolitan Dreams (2008)
  • Coin Laundry (2009)
  • Clean White Love (2009)
  • Oh! Hark! (2010)
  • Spirit (2012)

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: Australia - Germany ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2012 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musicline.de
  2. ↑ Own statement on their website ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lisamitchellmusic.com
  3. ↑ a b c d biography on their website ( memento of the original from April 3, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lisamitchell.com.au
  4. ↑ Top 5 facts from take40.com ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.take40.com
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 / australian.idolblog.com
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 1st, 2009 in the web archive archive.today ) 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 / www.themusic.com.au
  7. ↑ contactmusic.com
  8. ↑ Producers of James Blunt, Sugarbabes, Will Young etc. on their homepage ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lisamitchellmusic.com
  9. ↑ Deutsche Telekom commercial
  10. ↑ Lena Meyer-Landrut at Our Star for Oslo ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2010 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unser-star-fuer-oslo.de
  11. ↑ Triple J's Hottest 100 on abc.net.au ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abc.net.au
  12. ↑ Review of a concert at which she mentioned this  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fasterlouder.com.au  
  13. ↑ Tour calendar at myspace ( Memento of the original from December 10th, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / collect.myspace.com

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personal data
SURNAME Mitchell, Lisa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitchell, Lisa Helen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Canterbury , England