Whitley (musician)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Go Forth, Find Mammoth
  AU 27 11/15/2009 (1 week)
Even the Stars Are a Mess
  AU 44 07/21/2013 (1 week)

Whitley , real name Lawrence Greenwood (born October 22, 1984 in Melbourne ), is an Australian singer-songwriter from Melbourne who lives in London .

Career

Lawrence Greenwood chose his stage name as a tribute to the blues singer Chris Whitley, who died in 2005 . He released his first album in 2007. He received good reviews for The Submarine , but especially as a live musician he made a name for himself. Often his concerts and entire tours were sold out. He also toured the US with great success and was named one of the Top 10 Breaking Artists to Watch for 2008 by Rolling Stone magazine . Songs like More Than Life were played on television in the USA, for example in series like One Tree Hill .

Whitley's second album, Go Forth, Find Mammoth , hit the Australian charts in 2009, and he was also nominated for it at the ARIA Awards . Nevertheless, a break came for him afterwards. Fed up with touring, he dropped the Whitley name for a while, left Australia and traveled the world. Eventually he settled in London. It took four years to finish his third album, Even the Stars Are a Mess . It appeared again in 2013 under the name Whitley and was able to place itself again in the Australian charts.

Discography

Albums

  • The Submarine (2007)
  • Go Forth, Find Mammoth (2009)
  • Even the Stars Are a Mess (2013)

Songs

  • More Than Life
  • Facades II
  • Head, first, down
  • A shot to the stars
  • The Life I Keep
  • Lost in Time

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  1. ↑ a b Chart discography Australia
  2. ^ Whitley , entry at rateyourmusic, accessed January 1, 2014
  3. ↑ Lawrence Greenwood (Whitley) ( Memento of the original from March 22, 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. , Dew Process, accessed January 1, 2014 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dew-process.com
  4. ↑ Interview: Whitley , Web Wombat, September 2008
  5. ↑ ARIA Awards - Winners by Year - 2010
  6. ↑ Splendor Spree: Whitley aka Lawrence Greenwood , Jana Roose, Yen Magazine, July 26, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Whitley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Greenwood, Lawrence (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia