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Carly Binding (born 2 February 1978) is a New Zealand pop singer-songwriter, and former member of the girl group TrueBliss. In 2000 she left the group, citing personal differences, and decided to pursue a solo career. Her debut solo album Passenger peaked at #6 on the New Zealand album charts and went gold. It was also released in Australia, where Binding has since toured extensively.

Carly Binding
Birth name	Carly Binding
Born	(1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 44)
Origin	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Genres	Pop
Instruments	Vocals, guitar

She was born and raised in the city of Tauranga.

Her second (and final) album So Radiate was released on 3 July 2006. Supporting this album, she undertook a tour of New Zealand with fellow singer-songwriter Donald Reid.

In 2007, Binding was invited to play at the music festival SXSW which is held in Austin, Texas each year. This led to her spending a further four months in the US playing regular shows at venues on the Sunset Strip and surrounding areas in Los Angeles.

Carly's father, Wellesley Binding, is a New Zealand painter.

From 2009 to 2015, Binding was in a relationship with former Kiwi league player Matthew Ridge. In November 2010, the couple had a son,[1] London Luca Ridge. The couple separated in 2014 and Binding confirmed the split in February 2015.[2]

In 2012 Binding appeared on the Auckland musical theatre scene.[3]

Discography

With TrueBliss

• Dream (1999) Columbia

Albums

Year	Title	Details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
			NZ[4]
2003	Passenger	Released: 12 June 2003 Rereleased: 18 November 2003 Label: Festival Mushroom Records Catalogue: 336182	6	NZ: Gold[5]
2006	So Radiate	Released: 14 November 2005 Label: Festival Mushroom Records	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions	Album
		NZ[4]
2002	"Alright With Me (Taking It Easy)"	10	Passenger
	"We Kissed"	7
2003	"Love Will Save Me"	18
	"This Is It"	12
2006	"I See the World"	—	So Radiate
	"So Radiate"	—
2007	"My Satellite"	—
2008	"Tears" (Boh Runga & Carly Binding)	—	Non-album single
2015	"Team, Ball, Player, Thing" (#KiwisCureBatten featuring Lorde, Kimbra, Brooke Fraser, et al.)	2	Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

External links

• Carly Binding NZ music forum
• Carly Binding at IMDb
• TrueBliss at AudioCulture

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