Ashleigh Dallas is an Australian

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singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Life and career

Early life

Ashleigh Dallas was born in

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. Her father, Brett Dallas is a Golden Guitar winner and producer and her grandfather, Rex Dallas is an

Australian Roll of Renown The Australian Country Music Roll of Renown is an Australian and New Zealand country music Hall of Fame that was inaugurated bRadio 2TMin 1976. The award honours Australian and New Zealand musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a ...

recipient and Golden Guitar winner. Dallas recalls performing from the age of five in her grandfather's barn. She wrote her first song when she was 12 years old.

2013–present: Career beginnings

Dallas released her debut album, ''Dancing with a Ghost'' in September 2013. In 2014, Dallas won the Qantaslink New Talent of the Year at the

Country Music Awards of Australia The Country Music Awards of Australia also known as the Golden Guitar Awards (originally named Australasian Country Music Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wale ...

. Dallas released her second studio album, ''Other Side of Town'' in August 2015. In 2022, Dallas, won Female Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for "Long Way 'Round" at the Country Music Awards of Australia. Dallas' ''Setting Suns'' was nominated for Traditional Country Album of the Year and Album of the Year at the 2025

Personal life

In 2019, Ashleigh gave birth to Harriet Lynn Dallas.

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

Country Music Awards of Australia

The

(CMAA) (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the

Tamworth Country Music Festival The Tamworth Country Music Festival is an annual Australian music festival held for 10 days from Friday to Sunday in mid to late January each year, sometimes including Australia Day, in Tamworth, New South Wales, Tamworth, New South Wales. The f ...

, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They have been held annually since 1973. (wins only) , + Awards and nominations for Ashleigh Dallas , 2014 , Ashleigh Dallas , New Talent of the Year , , - , 2018 , ''Lighthouse'' , Traditional Country Album of the Year , , - , rowspan=2, 2022 , Ashleigh Dallas , Female Vocalist of the Year , , - , "Long Way 'Round" , Video of the Year , , - , 2023 , ''In the Moment'' , Traditional Country Album of the Year , , - , 2025 , ''Setting Suns'' , Traditional Country Album of the Year , , -

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dallas, Ashleigh 1994 births Living people Australian country singer-songwriters Australian women singer-songwriters 21st-century Australian singers 21st-century Australian women singers 21st-century Australian singer-songwriters