Hannah Sian Topp[1][2] (born 1990), known professionally as Aldous Harding, is a New Zealand folk singer-songwriter, based in Lyttelton, New Zealand.
Aldous Harding | |
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Harding in November 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1990 (age 31–32) |
| Origin | Lyttelton, New Zealand |
| Genres | Indie folk |
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| Website | aldousharding |
Harding comes from a musical family in Lyttelton, New Zealand. Her mother is folk singer Lorina Harding.[3] 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 at.[3][4]
She has released music through independent record labels Flying Nun, Spunk, and 4AD. She has collaborated with Marlon Williams,[5] John Parish,[6] Mike Hadreas (also known as Perfume Genius),[7] and Fenne Lily.[8]
4AD announced Harding as a new signing in early 2017 just prior to the release of her second album, Party.[9] Party was nominated for IMPALA's European Album of the Year Award.[10]
The song "The Barrel", from her third album Designer (Flying Nun, 4AD, 2019), won the 2019 APRA Silver Scroll award.[11]
As of 2020,[update] she is based in Cardiff, Wales, where she had previously lived with partner and collaborator H. Hawkline.[12][13]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
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AUS [15] |
FRA [16] | ||
| Aldous Harding |
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35 | — | — |
| Party | 6 | — | 149 | |
| Designer | 5 | 53 | 101 | |
| Warm Chris |
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1 [22] | 31 [23] | — |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| NZ Hot [24] | |||
| "Ennui" | 2022 | 40 | Warm Chris |
| "Tick Tock" | 31 |
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