Sahara Beck (born 1996) is an Australian singer and songwriter, from the

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. She has released three studio albums and four EPs. Beck has won multiple Queensland Music Awards.

Early life

Beck was born in

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in 1996, and comes from a musical family. As a child, she used to watch

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which inspired Beck to sing. She took on vocal lessons, piano lessons, guitar lessons and trumpet lessons.

Musical career

2009–2011: Early years and ''Volume One''

By the age of 13 she dazzled the local musician, Harii Bandhu, by joining to sing with him on her Dad's birthday party. Bandhu took on a

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role for Beck and has given her opportunities to perform on live gigs, as she has written numerous original songs which Bandhu later refined and recorded nine with Geir Brillian. In 2011 her debut album was then formed, ''Volume One'' when she was only 15 years of age upon release.

2011–2015: ''You Could Be Happy'' and ''Bloom''

In 2012, Beck moved to

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to continue High School at the Music Industry College, she had made a quick impression in the local industry when two of her songs were nominated and taking home an award at the Queensland Music Awards 2012. She has earned a lot of radio play on Australian broadcasters such as ABC Coast FM, HOT 91.1,

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and numerous overseas broadcasters such as in the UK, Germany and New York City. She was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2012 Queensland Music Awards for her song "You Could Be Happy" and won an award for the category: Schools (Grade 6 -12). In 2013 she released her EP ''You Could Be Happy'', which contains her singles, "Bang Bang Bang" and "C'mon Man You're Dead". She supported her second EP, ''Bloom'' released in 2014, with her Australian ''Bloom Tour'' featuring her hit singles "Brother, Sister" and "Pretender" and receiving "an impressive amount of radio play across a number of stations." Beck won an award in the Queensland Music Awards 2015 in the peoples choice for Most Popular Female. In 2015, Beck went on tour with

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with their ''

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'' album. She also sang alongside Noonan for a track she recorded with

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nominee Sia.

2016–present: ''Panacea'' and touring

In 2016 Beck released ''Panacea'', featuring the single "Here it Comes". The new album was followed by further touring, including appearances with

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and

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. Beck sang "

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", backed by the

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for a 2017 Queensland Tourism television advertising campaign. In August 2018, Beck released a new single titled "Here We Go Again" under new label

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, and later released a

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for it too. She later announced her national Here We Go Again Tour that was performed in September and November of that year. On 28 March 2019, Beck released a new single titled "I Haven't Done a Thing Today", produced by ARIA Award-nominated Tony Buchen. A lyric video was later released on 3 April. Sahara beck is slated to appear at Noosa Alive! hosted by

on 24 July.

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

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Awards and nominations

Queensland Music Awards

The

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(previously known as Q Song Awards) are annual awards celebrating

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's brightest emerging artists and established legends. They commenced in 2006. (wins only) , - ,

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, "You Could Be Happy" , Schools (Grade 6-12) Song of the Year , , - ,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

, Herself , The BOQ People's Choice Award Most Popular Female , , - ,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, "Mother Mother" , Folk Song of the Year , , - ,

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, "Here We Go Again" , Regional Song of the Year , , - ,

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, "Nothing Wrong With That" , Regional Song of the Year , , - ,

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, "Compromise" , Soul / Funk / R&B Award , , -

Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition

The

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is an annual competition that "acknowledges great songwriting whilst supporting and raising money for Nordoff-Robbins" and is coordinated by

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and

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. It commenced in 2009. , - , 2019 , "Here We Go Again" , Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition , style="background:tan;", 3rd , -

References

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