Kate Miller-Heidke

Kate Miller-Heidke
Miller-Heidke in 2015
Born (1981-11-16) 16 November 1981 (age 42)
Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Alma materQueensland Conservatorium of Music, BMus
Queensland University of Technology (MMus), Griffith University (honorary doctorate)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1998–present
Spouse
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(m. 2007)​
Children1
Musical career
OriginBrisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Websitekatemillerheidke.com

Kate Melina Miller-Heidke (/ˈhaɪdki/ HYDE-kee; born 16 November 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter. Although classically trained, she has generally followed a career in alternative pop music. She signed to Sony Australia, Epic in the US and RCA in the UK, but since 2014 has been an independent artist.[1] Four of her solo studio albums have peaked in the top 10 of the ARIA Albums Chart, Curiouser (October 2008), Nightflight (April 2012), O Vertigo! (March 2014) and Child in Reverse (October 2020). Her most popular single, "The Last Day on Earth" (July 2009), reached No. 3 on the ARIA Singles Chart after being used in promos for TV soap, Neighbours, earlier in that year. At the ARIA Music Awards Miller-Heidke has been nominated 17 times.

She represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, with her song, "Zero Gravity" (January 2019).[2] Miller-Heidke is the only person to have sung at Coachella, the New York Metropolitan Opera, and Eurovision.[3] She has won five Helpmann Awards.

  1. ^ "Kate Miller-Heidke introducing crowd funded music project O Vertigo!". PledgeMusic. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. ^ Kallios, Natarsha; Kwan, Biwa (10 February 2019). "Eurovision 2019: Kate Miller-Heidke 'honoured' to sing for Australia". Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Vale Evan Williams" Archived 20 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine by Tim Douglas, The Australian, 18 May 2019