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Use dmy dates|date=May 2011Use Australian English|date=May 2011Infobox musical artist|name = Kasey Chambers|image = Kasey_Chambers.jpg|caption = Chambers, ARIA Hall of Fame 1 July 2008 Courtesy Mandy Hall|background = solo_singer|birth_name =|alias =|birth_date = Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|06|4|death_date =|origin = Australia |genre = Country music|Country , Country pop |occupation = Singer-songwriter , Musician |instrument = lead vocals|Vocals Guitar |years_active = 1993–1998 ( Dead Ringer Band ) 1999 – present ( Solo )|label = EMI , Liberation Music (Aus)/ Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass)|Sugar Hill Records (U.S)|associated_acts = The Dead Ringer Band, Shane Nicholson|url = URL| http://www.kaseychambers.com/ Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australia n country music|country singer-songwriter . She is the daughter of steel guitar player Bill Chambers, and the sister of musician and producer Nash Chambers.
She lives in Copacabana on the NSW Central Coast , Australia with her family.
Solo success
Chambers recorded her solo album The Captain on Norfolk Island over a few weeks in late 1998 with Nash Chambers producing the album and Bill Chambers on guitar. US country musicians Buddy Miller and Julie Miller added guitars and vocals to four tracks. The Captain was released in 1999 in Australia and in 2000 in the US. Chambers won the 1999 ARIA Award for "Best Country Album" for The Captain and a year later she would win "Best Female Artist". The strong word of mouth would eventually lead to The Captain going double platinum in Australia. The Captain would eventually reach the top 50 of the Billboard country albums in 2001 with Chambers touring the US as support act to Lucinda Williams . Subsequently, she supported Emmylou Harris on her Australian tour. Chambers would receive further exposure when The Captain was played on an episode of HBO 's The Sopranos .
Chambers' second album Barricades & Brickwalls was released in late 2001 debuting at #4 in the ARIA album charts. The record really took off in early 2002 with lead single "Not Pretty Enough" going to #1 on the ARIA singles charts. Chambers became the only Australian country artist to have a #1 single and album on the charts in that country simultaneously. Subsequent singles "Million Tears" and "If I Were You" also made the Australian Top 40 singles charts in 2002.
Commercial success
While "Not Pretty Enough" eventually went double platinum, Barricades & Brickwalls would achieve sales of 7*platinum in Australia meaning Chambers had the second best selling single and album by an Australian artist in 2002 behind Kylie Minogue whose single '' Can't Get You Out of My Head and album Fever (Kylie Minogue album)|Fever became the biggest successes of the year. At the 2002 ARIA Awards, Chambers won "Album of the Year", "Best Female Artist" and "Best Country Album". Barricades & Brickwalls was released in the US in 2002 peaking just outside the top 100 of the Billboard 200 album charts, topping the Billboard Heatseeker Charts and reaching the top 20 of the Billboard country charts. The album also received a generally positive critical response.cite web|url= http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/chamberskasey/barricadesandbrickwalls/ |title=Search Reviews, Articles, People, Trailers and more at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-27
She recorded a cover of the Cyndi Lauper song " True Colors (song)|True Colours " which became the theme song of the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup|Rugby World Cup and reached the top 5 in Australia in May 2003.
Chambers released her third solo album Wayward Angel in Australia on 31 May 2004. It debuted at #1 on the Australian charts and went platinum in its first week of release. Singles from the album include "Hollywood", "Pony" and "Saturated". " Following the Boxing Day Tsunami , Chambers appeared at the Wave Aid fundraising concert in Sydney , to raise funds for aid organisations working in disaster affected areas.
Chambers's next album, Carnival (Kasey Chambers album)|Carnival , debuted in the #1 position on the ARIA album charts in late August 2006. The lead single, "Nothing at All" also reached the top ten of the singles chart.
Chambers and Shane Nicholson with Troy Cassar-Daley played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 14 March 2009 for Sound Relief , a multi-venue rock music concert in support of relief for the February 2009 Victorian bushfires|Victorian Bushfire Crisis .cite web|url= http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/premier/artists-unite-for-sound-relief-bushfire-benefit.html|title=Artists Unite For 'Sound Relief' Bushfire Benefit - Premier of Victoria, Australia|last=Brumby|first=John|authorlink=John Brumby|publisher=Premier of Victoria|date=24 February 2009|accessdate=2009-02-25cite news|url= http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25099180-661,00.html|title=Coldplay, Kings of Leon to headline bushfire relief concerts|last=Mitchell|first=Geraldine|work= Herald Sun |publisher= The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd |date=24 February 2009|accessdate=2009-02-25Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot The event will be held simultaneously with a concert at the Sydney Cricket Ground . All the proceeds from the Melbourne Concert will go to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire relief. Appearing with Chambers in Melbourne are, Augie March , Bliss N Eso with Paris Wells, Gabriella Cilmi , Hunters & Collectors , Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson , Jet (band)|Jet , Kings Of Leon , Liam Finn , Midnight Oil , Paul Kelly (musician)|Paul Kelly , Split Enz and Wolfmother .cite web|url= http://www.soundrelief.com.au/melb/index.php|title=Latest News|publisher=Sound Relief|accessdate=2009-02-25Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot
Personal life
In late 2005, Chambers married Australian singer/songwriter Shane Nicholson (singer)|Shane Nicholson . She gave birth to her second child, Arlo Ray, by emergency c-section. (9& nbsp;lb 10 oz) at 10:30am on 16 July 2007. The couple are also parents to daughter Poet Poppin (born 2011), and Kasey has an older son, Talon, from a previous relationship. cite web|url= http://www.kaseychambers.com/news/index.php? entry=true |title=Category Archives: News |publisher=Kaseychambers.com |date= |accessdate=2011-03-27
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http://issuu.com/reverbmagazine/docs/issue52/21 Kasey Chambers interview in Reverb magazine (November 2010)
http://www.realcountrymix.com/Ben_Sorensens_REAL_Country/Podcast/Entries/2010/10/20_Entry_1.html Kasey Chambers / Little Bird radio interview on Ben Sorensen's REAL Country October 2010
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