Aldous Harding

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Aldous Harding
Aldous Harding, November 2015.jpg
Harding performing at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney, Australia in 2015
Background information
Born1990 (age 33–34)
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Genres Indie folk
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Labels
Website aldousharding.com

Hannah Sian Topp (born 1990), known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand indie folk singer-songwriter, based in Lyttelton, New Zealand. [1]

Contents

Career

One of the first musicians who came across her was New Zealand folk-pop singer-songwriter Anika Moa. Moa asked Harding to play support for her that night after finding her busking outside the venue she was about to play. [2] [3]

She has released music through independent record labels Flying Nun, Spunk, and 4AD. She has collaborated with Marlon Williams, [4] John Parish, [5] Mike Hadreas (better known by his stage name Perfume Genius), [6] and Fenne Lily. [7]

4AD announced Harding as a new signing in early 2017 just prior to the release of her second studio album, Party. [8] Party was nominated for IMPALA's European Album of the Year Award. [9] The song "The Barrel", from her third studio album Designer (Flying Nun, 4AD, 2019), won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll award. [10] [11] In 2022, she released her fourth studio album, Warm Chris . It became her first number one album in her home country, and also featured two of her first charting singles there, with "Tick Tock" peaking at No. 31, and "Ennui" peaking at No. 40 on the New Zealand Hot Singles Chart.

Personal life

Harding comes from a musical family in Lyttelton. Her mother is folk singer Lorina Harding. [2]

As of 2020, she is based in Cardiff, Wales, where she had previously lived with partner and collaborator H. Hawkline. [12] [13]

Discography

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
NZ
[14] 		AUS
[15] 		FRA
[16]
Aldous Harding35——
Party 6—149
Designer
  • Released: 26 April 2019 [21] [22]
  • Label: 4AD (FN587CD)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital
553101
Warm Chris
  • Released: 25 March 2022
  • Label: 4AD (4AD-0391)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital
1
[23] 		31
[24] 		—

Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
NZ
Hot
[25]
"Ennui"202240Warm Chris
"Tick Tock"31

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