Kasey Chambers | |
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![]() Chambers in 2012 | |
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Born | Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia | 4 June 1976
Origin | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Genres | Country |
Occupation | Musician |
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Years active | 1987–present |
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Formerly of | Dead Ringer Band |
Website | kaseychambers |
Kasey Chambers (born 4 June 1976) is an Australian country singer-songwriter and musician born in Mount Gambier to fellow musicians Diane and Bill Chambers. Her older brother is musician and producer Nash Chambers. All four were members of family country-music group Dead Ringer Band in Bowral, New South Wales from 1992 to 1998; Chambers launched her solo career thereafter. Five of her twelve studio albums have reached No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart, Barricades & Brickwalls (September 2001), Wayward Angel (May 2004), Carnival (August 2006) Rattlin' Bones (April 2008), and Dragonfly (January 2017). In November 2018 she was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and has won an additional 14 ARIA Music Awards with nine for Best Country Album. Her autobiography, A Little Bird Told Me..., co-authored with music journalist Jeff Apter, was released in 2011.