Fatai

Fatai
Native name Fatai Veamatahau
Born (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995
Melbourne, Australia
Genres Indie, Urban
Instruments Vocals, piano, guitar
Years active 2009–present
Labels Mercury Records Australia
Website facebook.com/FataiMusic

Fatai (born Fatai Veamatahau on 4 June 1995) is a Melbourne-based singer who soon after being a semi-finalist on the first season of The Voice.,[1] she penned a deal with Mercury Records Australia, which is part of Universal Music Australia.[2] She spent two and a half years under their direction and guidance and in mid 2015, it was decided that Fatai would desire to pursue the future as an independent artist. Fatai spent a great deal of time in the studio recording and her debut single, Purple, was released on August 16, 2015. Fatai began singing professionally with her family from the age of seven. In 2009, she began a solo career, singing to audiences at various festivals and community events.

Career

Fatai’s videos covering Disney's Frozen's Do You Want To Build A Snowman found its way to an online audience of many millions of people globally on Facebook and YouTube. Soon after, Fatai was requested to record a studio version of Do You Want To Build A Snowman which was released as the lead single on Universal Music Australia's Christmas compilation album We Love Disney, in November 2014. Soon afterwards, Guy Sebastian requested Fatai to be a guest feature on his song, Lightning, from his 2014 record Madness. Fatai too, features as a backing vocalist on the Australian entry to Eurovision 2015 by Guy Sebastian titled Tonight Again,[3] which finished with a top 5 placing in the competition. She was also an invited guest on Silvie Paladino's October 2016 release "I Give You My Heart", featuring on the track "More than wonderful".

Fatai toured as main support to Guy Sebastian on his Australian Arena tour and David Ryan Harris (USA) in 2015, Boyce Avenue (USA) on their Australian tour in 2014.[4] Fatai sold out her own first headline tour spanning Australia and New Zealand in 2014.

Discography

Singles

Year Singles Peak positions Album
AUS
[5]		 NZ
[6]		 US
[7]
2012 “Songbird” 168 – – The Voice Performance 2012
“Love The Way You Lie” 32 – – The Voice Performance 2012
“Empire State of Mind (Part 2) Broken Down” 43 – – The Voice Performance 2012
“Ave Maria” 25 – – The Voice Performance 2012
2013 “Silent Night” – – – The Voices of Christmas Album
2014 “Do You Want To Build A Snowman” – – – We Love Disney
2014 “Lightning (feature)” – – – Guy Sebastian - "Madness"
2015 “Purple” – – – Purple

References

  1. ↑ "Fatai Veamatahau a surprise pick for The Voice semi-finals". The Herald Sun. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Voice Australia Battles Fatai Veamatahau v Mitchell Thompson". Sydney Affairs. 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Tonight Again places fifth at Eurovision 2015". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Boyce Avenue and Fatai at the Enmore Theatre". AU Review. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Fatai discography". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Fatai discography". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Fatai – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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