Audra Mae (born February 20, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is the great-niece of Judy Garland, and a great-granddaughter of Garland's sister, Dorothy Virginia Gumm.[1][2] Since arriving in California in 2007, she has signed a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell, and sang Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" on the television series Sons of Anarchy. In 2009, she signed to Los Angeles–based indie label SideOneDummy Records.
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| Labels | SideOneDummy |
Career
edit2009: Haunt EP
editShe 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]
2010–2012: The Happiest Lamb and Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound
editThe Happiest Lamb was released 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.
Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound was released on February 13, 2012.[6] The album featured main and background vocals, percussion, production and composition work from Mae and also credited many other artists, including up-right bassist Joe Ginsberg, electric and rhythm guitarist Jarrad Kritzstein and organ and piano playing by Frank Pedano.[7][8] 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.
Since 2013
editMae 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"[9] In 2013, she was featured in 3 Avicii songs that were featured on his album True. The songs are "Addicted to You", "Shame on Me", and "Long Road To Hell".[10] Avicii announced that "Addicted to You" would receive a full single release on April 7, 2014.[11] She is featured in one of Jon Bellion's songs called "Luxury," which was released on September 2, 2014.[12] Mae also co-wrote the songs "Somebody Loves Somebody" and "Breakaway" for Celine Dion, which were featured on Dion's album Loved Me Back to Life.
American country artist Miranda Lambert recorded Mae's "Little Red Wagon" for her 2014 album, Platinum, and released it as the album's third single in January 2015. It became a Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 5. In 2015 she teamed up with Avicii once again to sing the cover by Avicii of "Feeling Good" by Nina Simone.
In February 2018, Mae released the album Love, Audra Mae, called "a love letter to the music of her ancestry, the loyal fans who've touched her heart and the enchantments of romances never forgotten."[13]
On December 5, 2019, Mae performed songs she created with EDM artist Avicii at the Avicii Tribute Concert for Mental Health.[14] All proceeds from this concert contributed to the Tim Bergling Foundation.
Audra Mae is one of the featured vocalists on the collection The Songs of Bacharach and Costello, singing several songs written jointly by Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello.[15]
Toured with
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- 2009 – Chuck Ragan[16]
- 2009 – Kevin Seconds
- 2009 – Frank Turner
- 2009 – Jim Ward[16]
- 2010 – Good Old War
- 2010 – Stephen Kellogg
- 2011 – Nick 13
- 2011 – Lucero
- 2012 – Matt Nathanson
- 2012 – The All-American Rejects
- 2012 – Cory Branan
Discography
editStudio albums
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| The Happiest Lamb |
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| Audra Mae and The Almighty Sound |
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| Love, Audra Mae |
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Extended plays
edit| Title | Details |
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| Haunt |
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Singles
editAs featured artist
edit| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| AUS [17] |
AUT [18] |
DEN [19] |
FRA [20] |
GER [21] |
NL [22] |
NZ [23] |
SWE [24] |
SWI [25] |
UK [26] | ||||
| "Addicted to You" (Avicii featuring Audra Mae) |
2014 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
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Guest vocals
edit| Year | Title | Album | Artist |
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| 2011 | "Come Around"
"Valentine" |
Covering Ground | Chuck Ragan[28] |
| 2011 | "Forever Young" | Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1-4 | Audra Mae and the Forest Rangers |
| "Everyday People" | |||
| "The Unclouded Day" | |||
| "We Are Not Broken" | Same Something Different | Jake Walden | |
| "For Alice" | |||
| 2012 | "Run" | Wild Ones | Flo Rida feat. Redfoo |
| "Beekeeper's Daughter" | Kids in the Street | The All-American Rejects | |
| "Kids in the Street" | |||
| "Fast & Slow" | |||
| 2013 | "How I Feel" | The Perfect 10 | Flo Rida |
| "Addicted to You" | True | Avicii | |
| "Shame On Me" | |||
| "Long Road To Hell" | |||
| 2014 | "Tree" | Idris Elba Presents mi Mandela | Idris Elba |
| "Luxury" | The Definition | Jon Bellion | |
| 2015 | "Feeling Good" | Feeling Good | Avicii |
| "Shotgun" | Non-album single | Sean McConnell | |
| "I Got You" | Love & The Death of Damnation | The White Buffalo | |
| 2016 | "He Is The Same" (featuring Audra Mae) |
The Human Condition | Jon Bellion |
| 2019 | "Heavy With Hoping" | Good Faith | Madeon |
Songwriting credits
edit| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Written with |
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| "Who I Was Born to Be" | 2009 | Susan Boyle | I Dreamed a Dream | Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren |
| "State of Mind" | 2010 | Zascha Moktan | State of Mind | — |
| "Sing You Home" | 2011 | Xenia | Sing You Home | Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren |
| "Contact High" | Allen Stone | Allen Stone | Allen Stone, Andrew Rose | |
| "Sleep" | Allen Stone, Andrew Rose | |||
| "Good News" | Lena Meyer-Landrut | Good News | Ferras Alqaisi | |
| "I'm Not Coming Home" | 2012 | Julian Ovenden | If You Stay | Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren |
| "Break Away" | Ivy Quainoo | Ivy | Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren | |
| "Dear John" | 2013 | Zak Waters | Lip Service | Zak Waters, Jarrad Kritzstein |
| "Shame on Me" | Avicii | True | Avicii, Arash Pournouri, Sterling Fox | |
| "Long Road to Hell" | Avicii, Arash Pournouri, Alex Seaver | |||
| "Somebody Loves Somebody" | Celine Dion | Loved Me Back to Life | Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren | |
| "Little Red Wagon" | 2014 | Miranda Lambert | Platinum | Joe Ginsberg |
| "Said and Done" | Zak Waters | Now // Later | Zak Waters, Jarrad Kritzstein | |
| "Heartbeat Song" | 2015 | Kelly Clarkson | Piece by Piece | Kara DioGuardi, Jason Evigan, Mitch Allan |
| "Eyes Wide Open" | Sabrina Carpenter | Eyes Wide Open | Jerrod Bettis, Meghan Kabir | |
| "Two Young Hearts" | Ben Berger, Ryan McMahon | |||
| "On Fire" | Stefanie Heinzmann | Chance of Rain | Joacim Persson, Johan Alkenäs, Niclas Molinder | |
| "Woman (Oh Mama)" | Joy Williams | Venus | Joy Williams, Matt Morris | |
| "Ossigeno" | Francesco Sarcina | Femmina | Ermal Meta, Kevin Kadish, Nick Monson | |
| "Can't Take Back the Bullet" | Hey Violet | I Can Feel It | Casey Moreta, Chris Sernell, Jason Blume, Miranda Miller, Nia Lovelis, Rena Lovelis | |
| "Water" | Pentatonix | Pentatonix | Kevin Olusola, Kirstin Maldonado | |
| "Take Me Home" | Kevin Olusola, Kirstin Maldonado | |||
| "Light in the Hallway" | Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi | |||
| "Even Angels Cry" | Reece Mastin | Change Colours | Reece Mastin, Michael Paynter, Michael Delorenzis | |
| "Rebel Hearts" | Hilary Duff | Breathe In. Breathe Out. | Hilary Duff, Christopher J. Baran, Skyler Stonestreet, Kara DioGuardi | |
| "Shotgun" | Christina Aguilera | Non-album single | Christina Aguilera, Sean McConnell | |
| "The Real Thing" | Non-album single | Jackie Tohn | ||
| "What If It's You" (performed by Hayden Panettiere) |
Nashville Cast | The Music of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 1 | Lily Elise, Scott Effman | |
| "Swept Away" (performed by Lennon Stella and Jessy Schram) |
2016 | The Music of Nashville: Season 4, Volume 2 | Jarrod Gorbel, Blake Sennett | |
| "Running with the Wild Things" | Against the Current | In Our Bones | Chrissy Costanza, Dan Gow, Will Ferri, Tom Schleiter | |
| "Ugly" | Fantasia | The Definition Of... | Nicolle Galyon | |
| "Like Lightning" | Idina Menzel | Idina | Idina Menzel, Eric Rosse | |
| "Drivin' Around" | 2017 | Little Big Town | The Breaker | Kameron Alexander, David Embree, Todd Spadafore |
| "Honest" | The Chainsmokers | Memories...Do Not Open | Andrew Taggart, Sean Douglas | |
| "Didn't I" | Kelly Clarkson | Meaning of Life | Andre Davidson, Sean Davidson, Katie Pearlman | |
| "Fall in Line" (featuring Demi Lovato) |
2018 | Christina Aguilera | Liberation | Christina Aguilera, Jon Bellion, Mark Williams, Raul Cubina, Jonny Simpson |
| "Power" | Joy Crookes | Influence | Joy Crookes, Alex Hope | |
| "New" | 2019 | Ben Platt | Sing to Me Instead | Ben Platt, Andrew Wells |
| "Language" | Tori Kelly | Inspired by True Events | Tori Kelly, Justin Tranter | |
| "Heavy with Hoping" | Madeon | Good Faith | Madeon | |
| "These Wings" | Claire Richards | My Wildest Dreams | Johan Fransson, Tim Larsson, Tobias Lundgren | |
| "Do or Die" | 2020 | Wild Rivers | Songs to Break Up to | Khalid Yassein |
| "Stone Cold" | Kree Harrison | Chosen Family Tree | Hailey Whitters, Skylar Wilson | |
| "Chosen Family Tree" | Kree Harrison, Fancy Hagood, Skylar Wilson | |||
| "Just Like a River Does" | Birdy | Piano Sketches | Birdy, Sam Ellis | |
| "Pick Up Your Feelings" | 2021 | Jazmine Sullivan | Heaux Tales | Jazmine Sullivan, Denisia "Blu June" Andrews, Brittany "Chi" Coney, Kyle Coleman, Michael Holmes |
| "Dead Man Runnin" | 2022 | Seulgi | 28 Reasons | Yaakov "Yash" Gruzman, Shaun Frank |
References
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- ^ kevin (October 6, 2009). "Ears Wide Open: Audra Mae —". Buzzbands.la. Retrieved May 15, 2010.
- ^ Kaufman, Gil (December 2, 2009). "Susan Boyle Songwriter Audra Mae Is Suddenly Famous". MTV.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
- ^ "Upright Cabaret » Artists". July 17, 2011. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ "Audra Mae set to release debut album May 18th". idiomag. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
- ^ "Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound - Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound, Audra Mae - Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ "Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound - Audra Mae and the Almighty Sound, Audra Mae - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ NDR: Eurovis<ion: Wer sind Songschreiber?
- ^ "The All-American Rejects Return: On Set at Their 'Beekeeper's Daughter' Video Shoot". Billboard. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ Rubin, Rich (June 5, 2014). "Rubin Interviews "Addicted To You" Vocalist Audra Mae Backstage At Weenie Roast 2014". Archived from the original on October 23, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ^ Corner, Lewis (February 14, 2014). "Avicii premieres new single 'Addicted To You' music video - watch". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on September 2, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ^ "Music - HYPEBEAST". Hypebeast.com. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ McDonnell, Brandy (February 24, 2018). "Acclaimed singer-songwriter and Oklahoma native Audra Mae's new album 'Love, Audra Mae' is a musical love letter". The Oklahomane. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ Zemler, Emily (September 3, 2019). "Adam Lambert, David Guetta, Rita Ora to Perform at Avicii Tribute Concert". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
- ^ Marchese, Joe (March 3, 2023). "Review: Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello, "The Songs of Bacharach and Costello"". The Second Disc. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ a b "Eventful: The Revival Tour with Chuck Ragan, Jim Ward, Austin & Bob Lucas, and Audra Mae". Cleveland.eventful.com. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ Peak positions in Australia:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "australian-charts.com – Avicii – Addicted To You". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 27, 2014.
- ^ Peak positions in Austria:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "Avicii – Addicted To You – austriancharts.at". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on May 4, 2014.
- ^ Peak positions in Denmark:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "danishcharts.dk – Avicii – Addicted To You". Hung Medien.
- ^ Peak positions in France:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "lescharts.com – Avicii – Addicted To You". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 15, 2014.
- ^ Peak positions in Germany:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "charts.de – Avicii – Addicted To You". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014.
- ^ Peak positions in the Netherlands:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "dutchcharts.nl – Avicii – Addicted To You". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014.
- ^ Peak positions in New Zealand:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "charts.nz – Avicii – Addicted To You". Hung Medien.
- ^ Peak positions in Sweden:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com – Avicii – Addicted To You". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on February 9, 2014.
- ^ Peak positions in Switzerland:
- For "Addicted to You": Hung, Steffen. "Avicii – Addicted To You – hitparade.ch". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014.
- ^ Peak positions for the featured singles in the UK:
- For "Addicted to You": "Chart Archive > March 15, 2014". Official Charts Company. March 15, 2014.
- ^ "Avicii – Addicted To You" (in Swedish). Grammofon Leverantörernas Förening. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^ "Chuck Ragan – Covering Ground – Chuck Ragan Music". Retrieved November 11, 2021.