Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop group that formed in 1991 in Blackwood,Adelaide,South Australia. They are regarded as pioneers of the "larrikin-like" style of Australian hip hop. The group was founded by Suffa and Pressure,who were joined by DJ Debris after fellow founder,DJ Next,left in 1999. The group released its first extended play,Back Once Again,in 1997 and have subsequently released eight studio albums,two "restrung" albums and three DVDs.
Bliss n Eso are an Australian hip hop trio based in Sydney,New South Wales. They are currently signed to Melbourne record label Illusive Sounds,and are managed and booked by label co-founders Adam Jankie and Matt Gudinski. Bliss n Eso have released six studio albums which include three number 1 debuts on the ARIA Charts. They have also won two ARIA Awards for Best Urban Release for their 2008 album Flying Colours and for Best Music Video for their 2017 single "Moments". Eso,under his alias Esoterik,released an album entitled "My Astral Plane" in May 2018.
Paul Reid,formerly Paul Gary James Ridge,,better known by the stage name Drapht,is an Australian hip hop artist from Perth. Drapht is a member of the Syllabolix (SBX) crew,a collective that includes fellow Perth-based hip hop artists such as Downsyde.
State of the Art is the fifth studio album released by Australian hip hop trio,Hilltop Hoods,on 12 June 2009.
"Chase That Feeling" is the first single released by Hilltop Hoods from their 2009 album,State of the Art. It was released for download on 8 May 2009 and as a CD single on 22 May 2009. The song features a return guest appearance by a quartet of members from the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. The music video had its worldwide premiere on the YouTube homepage on Friday 1 May 2009. It samples "Pass the Word " by the doo wop group The Mad Lads.
Alasdair David George Murray,professionally known as Illy,is an Australian rapper from Frankston,Victoria. Illy first emerged onto the hip hop scene in 2009 and has released five studio albums and has won multiple ARIA Music Awards. Illy has performed at many Australian music festivals including headline spots at Groovin the Moo,Splendour in the Grass,Spilt Milk and Yours and Owls.
The Rubens are an Australian alternative rock band from Menangle,New South Wales. The band comprises the three Margin brothers,Zaac,Sam and Elliott,and friends Scott Baldwin and William Zeglis. Their debut self-titled album The Rubens gained them domestic success with it reaching number 3 on the ARIA Charts and being nominated for a J Award for Album of the Year.
Peking Duk are an electronic music group made up of disc jockeys and music producers Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles. The pair first garnered attention in 2012 with the release of a Passion Pit bootleg remix. Their biggest hit "High" reached 5 on the ARIA Singles Chart,achieved a triple platinum certification and won the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014..
Celia Pavey,known professionally as Vera Blue,is an Australian singer-songwriter signed with Mercury Records Australia,which is part of Universal Music Australia. Her folk-inspired album This Music peaked at number 14 on the Australian ARIA Charts in July 2013. Pavey sings,and plays the guitar and the violin. She placed third in season 2 of The Voice Australia.
Jessica Alyssa Cerro,who performs as Montaigne,is an Australian art pop singer-songwriter-musician and Twitch streamer. Her debut album,Glorious Heights,was released on 5 August 2016,which peaked at No. 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2016 she won Breakthrough Artist –Release for the album and was nominated for three other categories. In April 2016 she was a featured vocalist on Hilltop Hoods' track,"1955",which reached No. 2 on the ARIA Singles Chart. She was supposed to represent Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with her song "Don't Break Me",until the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead,she represented Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Technicolour",but did not qualify from the semi-final,becoming the first Australian entrant not to qualify to the final since the debut of Australia in 2015.
Ruel Vincent van Dijk,known mononymously as Ruel,is a British-Australian singer and songwriter from Sydney,best known for his singles "Don't Tell Me","Younger","As Long As You Care" and "Painkiller". At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018,he won the award for Breakthrough Artist for his single "Dazed &Confused".
Sampa Tembo,known professionally as Sampa the Great,is a Zambian-born Australia-based rapper and songwriter. Her debut solo album,The Return,peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019 she won Best Hip Hop Release for her second single,"Final Form". In the following year she won the same category for The Return,as well as Best Female Artist and Best Independent Release. In March 2020 Sampa became the first artist to win the Australian Music Prize twice:for Birds and the BEE9 and The Return.
Dominic Matheson,better known by his stage name Dom Dolla,is an Australian house music producer. He has been nominated twice for the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release;in 2017 for "Be Randy",with Torren Foot and in 2019,for the song "Take It". He won the award at the 2020 ARIA Music Awards for the song "San Frandisco".
"Waiting" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Kian. It released in July 2018 and has peaked at number 15 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
The discography of Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods consists of seven studio albums,six extended plays (EPs),twenty-four singles and three DVDs. Their debut studio album A Matter of Time was released independently in 1999.
The Great Expanse is the eighth studio album by Australian hip hop trio Hilltop Hoods,released on 22 February 2019 through Universal Music Australia. The album was produced by members Suffa and DJ Debris,and features gold selling ARIA Award winning single "Clark Griswold" featuring Adrian Eagle,platinum single "Leave Me Lonely",and new single "Exit Sign" featuring Illy and Ecca Vandal.
"Leave Me Lonely" is a song by Australian hip hop group Hilltop Hoods from their eighth studio album The Great Expanse. It was released as the second single from the album on 23 November 2018.
Ecca Vandal is a South African-born,Tamil,Sri Lankan artist. She is a singer-songwriter and rapper currently living in Melbourne,Australia. To date Ecca Vandal has released one self-titled studio album and one EP:End of Time.
"Good Lord" is a song by Australian alternative rock band Birds of Tokyo and is the second single from their sixth studio album,Human Design. It was released on 26 February 2019.
"Then What" is a song by Australian rapper Illy and was released in May 2019 as the lead single from Illy's forthcoming sixth studio album,The Space Between (2021). "Then What" peaked at number 33 on the ARIA Charts and was certified platinum.
