Stan Walker

Stan Walker 2013

Stanley Roto Walker (born October 23, 1990 in Melbourne ) is an Australian pop singer and actor.

biography

Although Walker was born in Australia, he is descended from the New Zealand Maori and grew up in his parents' homeland in Tauranga . His childhood was marked by violence and drugs, which he found out with the help of the church. He went back to Australia to Coolangatta on the Queensland Gold Coast , where he found work as a salesman.

In 2009 his girlfriend at the time had a miscarriage. In the same year, at age 18, he applied to Australian Idol . There he quickly became a favorite, among other things through his performance of the track Purple Rain , in the original by Prince . On November 22nd, he won the seventh and final edition of this talent show . The subsequently released song Black Box immediately reached number 2 in Australia and even number 1 in its second home, New Zealand, and was awarded double platinum in both countries . In New Zealand, it was the best-selling song and the most played song by music channels that year. His debut album Introducing ... Stan Walker with songs from the Idol competition was very successful in both countries and received several platinum awards. At New Zealand's national music awards, the New Zealand Music Awards , Walker was awarded four times, including the Audience Award.

With the second album From the Inside Out , which was released in the summer of the following year, Stan Walker was able to confirm this initial success and with the platinum single Choose You he had the radio hit of the year in New Zealand again. Although he was no longer in the focus of interest in the following years, he was able to continue the series of his chart successes. However, Stan Walker had been more successful in New Zealand than in Australia in the early years. In 2012, interest in him largely died in his country of birth and he was only successful in his parents' country.

In 2012 he made his actor debut in the New Zealand film Mt. Zion , which is about a musician and his relationship with Maori tradition. The film was the most successful New Zealand production of the year. The following year he was a juror on the talent show X Factor in New Zealand .

His fourth studio album, Inventing Myself , reached number three in the New Zealand charts in fall 2013 and produced two top 5 singles. In the same year he was also hired for his musical role model Beyoncé as the opener for their tour appearances in the region. With the New Zealand newcomer Ginny Blackmore he recorded the song Holding You in a duet at the beginning of 2014 and thus had his second number one hit .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AU	NZ
2009	Introducing ... Stan Walker	AU3 platinum (9 weeks)AU	NZ2 × 3 Triple platinum (31 weeks)NZ
2010	From the inside out	AU2 (7 weeks) AU	NZ1 platinum (40 weeks)NZ
2011	Let the music play	AU18 (2 weeks) AU	NZ12 (8 weeks) NZ
2013	The Complete Collection	-	NZ12 (23 weeks) NZ	compilation
	Inventing myself	-	NZ3 gold (18 weeks)NZ
2015	The Platinum Collection	-	NZ16 (7 weeks) NZ	compilation
	Truth & Soul	AU7 (4 weeks) AU	NZ3 (9 weeks) NZ

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AU	NZ
2018	Stan EP	-	NZ17 (2 weeks) NZ

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AU	NZ
2009	Black Box Introducing… Stan Walker	AU2 × 2 Double platinum (20 weeks)AU	NZ1 × 2 Double platinum (23 weeks)NZ
	Purple Rain Introducing ... Stan Walker	-	NZ33 (2 weeks) NZ	Original: Prince
2010	Unbroken From the Inside Out	AU23 gold (11 weeks)AU	NZ9 gold (13 weeks)NZ
	Choose You From the Inside Out	AU16 platinum (14 weeks)AU	NZ3 platinum (22 weeks)NZ
	Homesick From the Inside Out	-	NZ21st gold (12 weeks)NZ
2011	Loud Let the Music Play	AU9 platinum (16 weeks)AU	NZ8th gold (15 weeks)NZ
	Light It Up Let the Music Play	AU45 gold (1 week)AU	NZ23 gold (8 weeks)NZ	feat. Static Revenger
2012	Music Won't Break Your Heart Let the Music Play	AU25th gold (3 weeks)AU	NZ32 (3 weeks) NZ
	Take It Easy Inventing Myself	-	NZ5 × 2 Double platinum (31 weeks)NZ	Movie: Mt. Zion (New Zealand 2013)
2013	Bulletproof Inventing Myself	-	NZ2 platinum (14 weeks)NZ
	Inventing Myself Inventing Myself	-	NZ27 (2 weeks) NZ
2014	Holding You	AU43 (1 week) AU	NZ1 gold (15 weeks)NZ	Ginny Blackmore & Stan Walker
	I Can't Make You Love Me	-	NZ24 (1 week) NZ	Ginny Blackmore & Stan Walker
	Aotearoa	-	NZ2 (5 weeks) NZ	Maori Language Week 2014 feat. Ria Hall, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika

More singles

• 2013: Like It's Over (feat.Ria Hall)
• 2019: Give (NZ:gold)
• 2019: Choose (feat. Hamo Dell, NZ:gold)

As a guest singer

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		AU	NZ
2010	Stuck in a box	-	NZ15 (7 weeks) NZ	Young Sid feat. Stan Walker
2011	Galaxy	AU13 platinum (13 weeks)AU	NZ36 gold (6 weeks)NZ	Jessica Mauboy feat. Stan Walker

swell

1. ↑ ^{a b} Gin Wigmore scoops music awards , Stuff.co.nz, October 7, 2010
2. ^ Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards 2011 Winners , Scoop, November 4, 2011
3. ^ Stan Walker to make acting debut in NZ movie , TVNZ, March 12, 2012
4. ^ Stan Walker - World Tour Of New Zealand , Eventfinda, May 2013
5. ↑ Stan Walker named as X Factor NZ judge , 3 News, November 6, 2012
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart discography: Australia New Zealand
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} Gold / Platinum Awards: Australia New Zealand

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Who Won Australian Idol 2009? Stan Walker Wins Over Hayley Warner. , Throng Australia, November 22, 2009 (English)
• Stan Walker talks about his plans after winning Australian Idol , AAP, November 23, 2009