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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name = Audra Mae
| name = Audra Mae
| image =
| image =
| caption = Audra Mae, 2010
| caption = Audra Mae, 2010
| background = solo_singer
| background = solo_singer
| origin = [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]
| origin = [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]
| birthday = February 20, 1984
| birthday = February 20, 1984
| instrument = [[Vocals]], [[guitar]], [[piano]]
| instrument = [[Vocals]], [[guitar]], [[piano]]
| genre = [[Folk rock]], [[soul]], [[electronic dance]]
| genre = [[Folk rock]], [[soul]], [[electronic dance]]
| occupation = [[Musician]], [[songwriter]]
| occupation = [[Musician]], [[songwriter]]
| label = [[SideOneDummy Records]]
| label = [[SideOneDummy Records]]
}}
}}
'''Audra Mae''' is an American singer-songwriter from [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] who was born on February 20, 1984. Audra Mae is the great-great-niece of [[Judy Garland]], who was her great-grandmother's sister.<ref name=times>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7006821.ece Craig McLean, ''How Susan Boyle made Audra Mae rich'', The Times, 30 January 2010]</ref><ref name="buzzbands.la">{{cite web|author=kevin |url=http://buzzbands.la/2009/10/06/ears-wide-open-audra-mae/ |title=Ears Wide Open: Audra Mae — |publisher=Buzzbands.la |date=2009-10-06 |accessdate=2010-05-15}}</ref> Since arriving in California seven years ago, Audra Mae has landed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell, a TV placement singing Bob Dylan's [[Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)|"Forever Young"]] on the hit F/X series, "[[Sons of Anarchy]]". In 2009 she signed to L.A. based indie label [[SideOneDummy Records]].
'''Audra Mae''' is an American singer-songwriter from [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]] who was born on February 20, 1984. Audra Mae is the great-great-niece of [[Judy Garland]], who was her great-grandmother's sister.<ref name=times>[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7006821.ece Craig McLean, ''How Susan Boyle made Audra Mae rich'', The Times, 30 January 2010]</ref><ref name="buzzbands.la">{{cite web|author=kevin |url=http://buzzbands.la/2009/10/06/ears-wide-open-audra-mae/ |title=Ears Wide Open: Audra Mae — |publisher=Buzzbands.la |date=2009-10-06 |accessdate=2010-05-15}}</ref> Since arriving in California seven years ago, Audra Mae has landed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell, a TV placement singing Bob Dylan's [[Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)|"Forever Young"]] on the hit F/X series, "[[Sons of Anarchy]]". In 2009 she signed to L.A. based indie label [[SideOneDummy Records]].


==Career==
⚫
She released a digital EP, “Haunt”, on October 20, 2009 and then went on the road as part of [[Chuck Ragan]]’s Revival Tour. That year, Audra also wrote a song for [[Britain's Got Talent]] runner up [[Susan Boyle]]'s début album.<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627455/20091202/boyle_susan.jhtml</ref> "[[Who I Was Born to Be]]" was the only original track on [[Susan Boyle]]'s chart-topping, 9 million- selling [[I Dreamed a Dream]] album.
⚫
===2009: ''Haunt EP''===

⚫
She released a digital EP ''Haunt'' on October 20, 2009 and then went on the road as part of [[Chuck Ragan]]’s Revival Tour. That year, Audra also wrote a song for [[Britain's Got Talent]] runner up [[Susan Boyle]]'s début album.<ref>http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627455/20091202/boyle_susan.jhtml</ref> "[[Who I Was Born to Be]]" was the only original track on [[Susan Boyle]]'s chart-topping, 9 million- selling [[I Dreamed a Dream]] album. Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.<ref>http://www.uprightcabaret.com/artists/?pagenum=4{{Dead link|date=May 2010}}</ref>
Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.<ref>http://www.uprightcabaret.com/artists/?pagenum=4{{Dead link|date=May 2010}}</ref> She also is featured on [[Flo Rida]]'s track, "Run," with [[Redfoo]] of [[LMFAO]], and on [[All American Rejects]] "Kids In The Street" released March 2012.

Mae released her début album ''The Happiest Lamb'' on May 18, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/107239/audra_mae|title=Audra Mae set to release debut album May 18th|accessdate=2010-03-12|date=|publisher=[[idiomag]]}}</ref> The album was recorded with her friends including stand-up bassist Joe Ginsberg, guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein, pianist Frank Pedano and drummer Kiel Feher, who have played live with her in a series of residencies around the L.A. area.

⚫
Together with [[Ferras Alqaisi]] she wrote "Good News", which was one of the songs that competed in [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011|Unser Song für Deutschland]], the [[Germany|German]] selection process to select the song that [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]] will sing at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]]. "Good News" also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut's eponymous [[Good News (Lena album)|2011 album]].<ref>[http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/national/vorentscheidsongs103.html NDR: Eurovision: Wer sind Songschreiber?]</ref>

In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake's "[[Here I Go Again]]" was featured in two episodes of ''[[The Good Wife]]'', "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus."


⚫
===2010–12: ''The Happiest Lamb''===
⚫
Mae released her début album ''The Happiest Lamb'' on May 18, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/107239/audra_mae|title=Audra Mae set to release debut album May 18th|accessdate=2010-03-12|date=|publisher=[[idiomag]]}}</ref> The album was recorded with her friends including stand-up bassist Joe Ginsberg, guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein, pianist Frank Pedano and drummer Kiel Feher, who have played live with her in a series of residencies around the L.A. area. Together with [[Ferras Alqaisi]] she wrote "Good News", which was one of the songs that competed in [[Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011|Unser Song für Deutschland]], the [[Germany|German]] selection process to select the song that [[Lena Meyer-Landrut]] will sing at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2011]]. "Good News" also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut's eponymous [[Good News (Lena album)|2011 album]].<ref>[http://eurovision.ndr.de/news/national/vorentscheidsongs103.html NDR: Eurovision: Wer sind Songschreiber?]</ref>In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake's "[[Here I Go Again]]" was featured in two episodes of ''[[The Good Wife]]'', "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus." She also is featured on [[Flo Rida]]'s track, "Run," with [[Redfoo]] of [[LMFAO]], and on [[All American Rejects]] "Kids In The Street" released March 2012.


===2013–present: Breakthrough===
⚫
Mae provided background vocals for [[The All-American Rejects]] (who also originated in Oklahoma) in their fourth studio album, [[Kids in the Street]]. She can be heard in "Fast & Slow", "[[Kids in the Street (song)|Kids in the Street]]", and "[[Beekeeper's Daughter]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Wikipedia|first=Credits|title=Kids in the Street|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_in_the_Street#Credits|accessdate=29 April 2012}}</ref> In 2013, she was featured in 3 [[Avicii]] songs that was featured on his album [[True (Avicii album)| True]]. The songs are "[[Addicted to You (Avicii song)|Addicted to You]]", "Shame On Me", and "Long Road To Hell". [[Avicii]] announced that "[[Addicted to You (Avicii song)|Addicted to You]]" would receive a full single release on April 7, 2014.


==Toured With==
==Toured With==
*2009 - Chuck Ragan
* 2009 - Chuck Ragan
*2009 - Kevin Seconds
* 2009 - Kevin Seconds
*2009 - Frank Turner
* 2009 - Frank Turner
*2009 - Jim Ward
* 2009 - Jim Ward
*2010 - Good Old War
* 2010 - Good Old War
*2010 - Stephen Kellogg
* 2010 - Stephen Kellogg
*2011 - Nick 13
* 2011 - Nick 13
*2011 - Lucero
* 2011 - Lucero
*2012 - Matt Nathanson
* 2012 - Matt Nathanson
*2012 - All American Rejects
* 2012 - All American Rejects
*2012 - Cory Branan
* 2012 - Cory Branan


==Collaborations==
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
⚫
Mae provided background vocals for [[The All-American Rejects]] (who also originated in Oklahoma) in their fourth studio album, [[Kids in the Street]]. She can be heard in "Fast & Slow", "[[Kids in the Street (song)|Kids in the Street]]", and "[[Beekeeper's Daughter]]".<ref>{{cite web|last=Wikipedia|first=Credits|title=Kids in the Street|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_in_the_Street#Credits|accessdate=29 April 2012}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''The Happiest Lamb''
|
* Released: May 18, 2010
* Label: [[SideOneDummy Records]]
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]], CD
|-
|}


===Extended plays===
In 2013, she was featured in 3 [[Avicii]] songs that was featured on his album [[True (Avicii album)| True]]. The songs are [[Addicted to You (Avicii song)|Addicted to You]] , Shame On Me, and Long Road To Hell.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col"| Title
! scope="col"| Details
|-
! scope="row"| ''Haunt''
|
* Released: October 20, 2009
* Label: [[SideOneDummy Records]]
* Format: [[Music download|Digital download]]
|-
|}


==Discography==
===Singles===
====As featured artist====
⚫
* 2009: Haunt
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
⚫
* 2010: The Happiest Lamb
|-
* 2012: Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year
* 2013: Addicted To You - Avicii
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br/><ref name="AUS">Peak positions in Australia:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Avicii&titel=Addicted+To+You&cat=s|title=australian-charts.com - Avicii - Addicted To You|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Ö3 Austria Top 40|AUT]]<br/><ref name="AUT">Peak positions in Austria:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Avicii&titel=Addicted+To+You&cat=s|title=Avicii - Addicted To You - austriancharts.at|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Tracklisten|DEN]]<br/><ref name="DEN">Peak positions in Denmark:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Avicii&titel=Addicted+To+You&cat=s|title=danishcharts.com - Avicii - Addicted To You|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|FRA]]<br/><ref name="FRA">Peak positions in France:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Avicii&titel=Addicted+To+You&cat=s|title=lescharts.com - Avicii - Addicted To You|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Media Control Charts|GER]]<br/><ref name="GER">Peak positions in Germany:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://www.charts.de/song.asp?artist=Avicii&title=Addicted+To+You&country=de|title=charts.de - Avicii - Addicted To You|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[MegaCharts#Single Top 100|NL]]<br/><ref name="NL">Peak positions in the Netherlands:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Avicii&titel=Addicted+To+You&cat=s|title=dutchcharts.nl - Avicii - Addicted To You|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Recorded Music NZ|NZ]]<br/><ref name="NZ">Peak positions in New Zealand:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Avicii&titel=Addicted+To+You&cat=s|title=charts.org.nz - Avicii - Addicted To You|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br/><ref name="SWE">Peak positions in Sweden:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Avicii&titel=Addicted+To+You&cat=s|title=swedishcharts.com - Avicii - Addicted To You|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]]<br/><ref name="SWI">Peak positions in Switzerland:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Avicii/Addicted-To-You-1191896|title=Avicii - Addicted To You - hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|last=Hung|first=Steffen}}
</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br/><ref name="UK">Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
* For "Addicted to You": {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/2014-03-15/|title=Chart Archive > March 15, 2014|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|date=2014-03-15}}
</ref>
|-
| 2014
! scope="row"| "[[Addicted to You (Avicii song)|Addicted to You]]"<br><span style="font-size:85%;">([[Avicii]] featuring '''Audra Mae''')</span><br/><span style="font-size:85%;">(Officially credited only to Avicii)</span>
| 5 || 3 || 40 || 10 || 8 || 5 || 27 || 11 || 19 || 36
| ''[[True (Avicii album)|TRUE]]''
|-
|}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:13, 12 March 2014

Audra Mae
OriginOklahoma City, Oklahoma
GenresFolk rock, soul, electronic dance
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
LabelsSideOneDummy Records

Audra Mae is an American singer-songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma who was born on February 20, 1984. Audra Mae is the great-great-niece of Judy Garland, who was her great-grandmother's sister.[1][2] Since arriving in California seven years ago, Audra Mae has landed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell, a TV placement singing Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" on the hit F/X series, "Sons of Anarchy". In 2009 she signed to L.A. based indie label SideOneDummy Records.

Career

2009: Haunt EP

She released a digital EP Haunt on October 20, 2009 and then went on the road as part of Chuck Ragan’s Revival Tour. That year, Audra also wrote a song for Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle's début album.[3] "Who I Was Born to Be" was the only original track on Susan Boyle's chart-topping, 9 million- selling I Dreamed a Dream album. Audra Mae has performed as a member of The Upright Cabaret.[4]

2010–12: The Happiest Lamb

Mae released her début album The Happiest Lamb on May 18, 2010.[5] The album was recorded with her friends including stand-up bassist Joe Ginsberg, guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein, pianist Frank Pedano and drummer Kiel Feher, who have played live with her in a series of residencies around the L.A. area. Together with Ferras Alqaisi she wrote "Good News", which was one of the songs that competed in Unser Song für Deutschland, the German selection process to select the song that Lena Meyer-Landrut will sing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. "Good News" also serves as the title track of Meyer-Landrut's eponymous 2011 album.[6]In 2012, her cover of Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again" was featured in two episodes of The Good Wife, "Another Ham Sandwich" and "Live from Damascus." She also is featured on Flo Rida's track, "Run," with Redfoo of LMFAO, and on All American Rejects "Kids In The Street" released March 2012.

2013–present: Breakthrough

Mae provided background vocals for The All-American Rejects (who also originated in Oklahoma) in their fourth studio album, Kids in the Street. She can be heard in "Fast & Slow", "Kids in the Street", and "Beekeeper's Daughter".[7] In 2013, she was featured in 3 Avicii songs that was featured on his album True. The songs are "Addicted to You", "Shame On Me", and "Long Road To Hell". Avicii announced that "Addicted to You" would receive a full single release on April 7, 2014.

Toured With

  • 2009 - Chuck Ragan
  • 2009 - Kevin Seconds
  • 2009 - Frank Turner
  • 2009 - Jim Ward
  • 2010 - Good Old War
  • 2010 - Stephen Kellogg
  • 2011 - Nick 13
  • 2011 - Lucero
  • 2012 - Matt Nathanson
  • 2012 - All American Rejects
  • 2012 - Cory Branan

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details
The Happiest Lamb

Extended plays

Title Details
Haunt

Singles

As featured artist

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[8] 		AUT
[9] 		DEN
[10] 		FRA
[11] 		GER
[12] 		NL
[13] 		NZ
[14] 		SWE
[15] 		SWI
[16] 		UK
[17]
2014 "Addicted to You"
(Avicii featuring Audra Mae)
(Officially credited only to Avicii) 		5 3 40 10 8 5 27 11 19 36 TRUE

References

  1. ^ Craig McLean, How Susan Boyle made Audra Mae rich, The Times, 30 January 2010
  2. ^ kevin (2009-10-06). "Ears Wide Open: Audra Mae —". Buzzbands.la. Retrieved 2010-05-15.
  3. ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1627455/20091202/boyle_susan.jhtml
  4. ^ http://www.uprightcabaret.com/artists/?pagenum=4[dead link]
  5. ^ "Audra Mae set to release debut album May 18th". idiomag. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
  6. ^ NDR: Eurovision: Wer sind Songschreiber?
  7. ^ Wikipedia, Credits. "Kids in the Street". Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  8. ^ Peak positions in Australia:
  9. ^ Peak positions in Austria:
  10. ^ Peak positions in Denmark:
  11. ^ Peak positions in France:
  12. ^ Peak positions in Germany:
  13. ^ Peak positions in the Netherlands:
  14. ^ Peak positions in New Zealand:
  15. ^ Peak positions in Sweden:
  16. ^ Peak positions in Switzerland:
  17. ^ Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:

External links

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