Halsey (singer)

Halsey

Halsey performing in 2015
Background information
Birth name Ashley Nicolette Frangipane
Born (1994-09-29) September 29, 1994
Washington, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active 2014–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website iamhalsey.com

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane (born September 29, 1994),[1] known by her stage name Halsey /ˈhɔːl.zɪ/,[2] is an American singer and songwriter. She started songwriting at the age of 17. In 2014, she signed her first recording contract with Astralwerks and released her debut EP, titled Room 93. Her debut studio album, Badlands, was released in 2015.

Early life

Halsey was born and raised in New Jersey as Ashley Frangipane. She is of Italian, Hungarian, and Irish descent on her mother's side and African-American on her father's.[3][4] Growing up, Halsey played the violin, viola, and cello until moving onto the acoustic guitar when she was 14.[5] In one of her first interviews, Halsey stated she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder around the age of 16 or 17.[6] When she was 18, Halsey encountered financial trouble and music became a way to pay her rent. She played numerous acoustic shows in different cities under various stage names.[5] She chose "Halsey" as her moniker because it is an anagram of her real name as well as a street in Brooklyn where she spent a lot of time as a teenager.[7] Halsey originally planned on going to college to major in fine arts but instead enrolled in a community college as a creative writing major after realizing she could not afford it.[8]

Halsey had used the term "tri-bi" (biracial, bisexual and bipolar) to identify herself,[9] although she has since distanced herself from it.[10]

Career

Halsey began her career by posting cover songs on YouTube under her real name. In 2012, she recorded a parody of Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" called "The Haylor Song" about Swift's relationship with One Direction member Harry Styles, and posted it on her Tumblr account.[11] In 2014, Halsey recorded a song called "Ghost" and posted it on SoundCloud.[12] The song gained Halsey attention and she signed with the Astralwerks record label. She subsequently released her debut EP titled Room 93 on October 27, 2014.[13] Four of the five songs on the extended play contained an accompanying video.[5]

Halsey toured with The Kooks in 2014 as the opening act.[14] At South by Southwest in 2015, Halsey was the most talked about performer of the festival on Twitter.[15] Through March and April 2015, Halsey led a co-headlining tour with Young Rising Sons.[16] She also supported Imagine Dragons on the Smoke + Mirrors Tour during the North American leg between June and August 2015.

Her debut album, Badlands was released on August 28, 2015.[17] In an interview, Halsey described Badlands as an "angry feminist record,"[18] but later commented she had been misquoted and actually meant to refer to it as an "angry female record".[19] In an interview with Billboard in June 2015, Halsey announced that she had already begun writing material for her second studio album.[20] To promote her music, Halsey has been featured in a few interviews and performances, including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Last Call with Carson Daly.[21][22]

Artistry

Halsey is an electropop artist.[23][24][25] Growing up, Halsey's father listened to The Notorious B.I.G., Slick Rick, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, and 2Pac while her mother listened to The Cure, Alanis Morissette, and Nirvana. She says this has influenced her as a musician and her style.[7] Halsey has also cited Kanye West as an influence on her music and her live performances.[26] She has also cited Taking Back Sunday as an influence for her concerts stating " One of the most inspiring things I’ve ever seen is watching them live and watching Adam use that microphone as a prop and I thought yep, I’m gonna do that."[27]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and sales figures
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[28]		 AUS
[29]		 BEL
(FL)
[30]		 CAN
[31]		 GER
[32]		 IRE
[33]		 NL
[34]		 NZ
[35]		 SWE
[36]		 UK
[37]
Badlands 2 2 10 3 37 3 5 3 13 9

Extended plays

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[28]		 US
Alt.
[40]		 US
Heat
[41]
Room 93
  • Release: October 27, 2014
  • Label: Astralwerks (2547223807)
  • Formats: CD, DL, 12" vinyl
 159 20 3

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[42]		 US
Alt.
[43]		 AUS
[44]		 BEL
(FL)
[30]		 CAN
[45]		 IRE
[33]		 ITA
[46]		 NZ
[35]		 UK
[47]
"Hurricane" 2014 — — — — — — — — — Room 93
"Ghost" — — — — — — — — — Badlands
"New Americana" 2015 60 18 — —[upper-alpha 1] 57 89 24 —[upper-alpha 2] 184
"Colors" 2016 —[upper-alpha 3] — 99 — — — — — —
"Castle"[53] (The Huntsman: Winter's War version) —[upper-alpha 4] — 76 — — — — — —[upper-alpha 5] Badlands and The Huntsman: Winter's War
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Other charted songs

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[56]
"Hold Me Down" 2016 78 Badlands

Other appearances

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[57]		 AUS
[29]		 CAN
[58]		 GER
[32]		 IRE
[33]		 NL
[34]		 NZ
[35]		 SWE
[36]		 UK
[37]
"The Feeling"
(Justin Bieber featuring Halsey)		 2015 31 22 25 87 31 25 20 34 34 Purpose

Tours

Headlining
Co-headlining
Opening act

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Category Recipient Outcome
2015 MTV Europe Music Awards Artist on the Rise Herself Nominated
2016 People's Choice Awards Favorite Breakout Artist
NME Awards [59] Best New Artist

Notes

  1. ↑ "New Americana" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 84 on the Flemish Ultratip chart.[30]
  2. ↑ "New Americana" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 1 on the NZ Heatseekers chart.[48]
  3. ↑ "Colors" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles extension chart.[52]
  4. ↑ "Castle" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but did peak at number 1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles extension chart.[54]
  5. ↑ "Castle" did not enter the Official UK Singles Chart, but did peak at number 85 on the UK Downloads component sales chart.[55]

References

  1. ↑ "Tumblr post". Halsey (official Tumblr). September 29, 2014. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kids Interview Bands - Halsey". Youtube. October 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Halsey–A biography". Paradigm Talent Agency. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Leight, Elias (October 16, 2014). "Exclusive Premiere: Watch Singer-Songwriter's Halsey's Gritty 'Hurricane' Video From Her Visual 'Room 69' EP". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Halsey Opens Up About Being a Reluctant Role Model". Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  7. 1 2 Vevo (January 19, 2015). "Halsey - dscvr Interview". Youtube.
  8. ↑ Sherman, Maria (March 25, 2015). "The New Americana: Halsey Talks Sex, Strength & Songwriting at SXSW". Fuse.
  9. ↑ Coscarelli, Joe (August 5, 2015). "Halsey, With ‘Badlands,’ Is Moving Fast to Share a Secret Language". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2015. Halsey identifies as what she calls “tri-bi” — biracial,..
  10. ↑ "On the Verge: Halsey". USA Today. September 20, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Halsey used to write songs about Taylor Swift + Harry Styles". Popcrush. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ SiriusXM (June 20, 2014). "Halsey "Ghost" Live @ SiriusXM // Hits 1". Youtube.
  13. ↑ "Halsey Signs to Astralwerks with Debut Single "Ghost"". Astralwerks. August 7, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Interview: Halsey - All Things Go". allthingsgomusic.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  15. ↑ Andrew Flanagan (March 23, 2015). "Halsey, Run The Jewels & Miley Top Twitter's Most-Shared During SXSW". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  16. ↑ Gonzalez, Ross "Taco" (January 12, 2015). "Halsey and Young Rising Sons announce a co-headlining tour". The Network 317.
  17. ↑ "Photos & Interview: Halsey At SXSW". Live105 (CBS Local). March 19, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  18. ↑ Thurmond, Alexandra. "Sound Scout: Meet Halsey, Songstress Who's Making Waves With Her Feminist Pop Mystique". Teen Vogue. Retrieved May 22, 2015.
  19. ↑ Graves, Shalin. "Interview: HALSEY on her debut album, 'Badlands'". Coup De Main Magazine. Coup De Main Magazine. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  20. ↑ Firefly 2015: Halsey Explains Why She Wants to Leak Her Own Album. YouTube. June 21, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Alter The Press!: Halsey Makes Late Night TV Debut on Last Call with Carson Daly; Performs "Trouble" and "Ghost"". alterthepress.com. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Halsey, "Trouble"". NBC. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Halsey Talks Social Media and Selling Out a Tour - FLARE". Flare. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Art-Pop Singer Halsey on Being Bipolar, Bisexual and an ‘Inconvenient Woman’ | Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Photo Gallery: Rising alt-pop singer Halsey lights up TD Garden last night in Boston". Vanyaland. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  26. ↑ Pais, Matt (March 24, 2015). "Honesty is the best policy for rising star Halsey". RedEye. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  27. ↑ Garland, Emma. "A First Date with Halsey, the New Queen of the Tumblr Generation". Noisey. Vice Media. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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  31. ↑ "Halsey – Chart History: Canadian Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  32. 1 2 "charts.de: Halsey" (in German). charts.de. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
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  39. ↑ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum by Halsey". RIAA. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  40. ↑ "Halsey – Chart History: Alternative Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  41. ↑ "Halsey – Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  42. ↑ "Halsey – Chart History: The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  43. ↑ "Halsey – Chart History: Alternative Songs". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  44. ↑ Peaks in Australia:
  45. ↑ "Halsey – Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  46. ↑ http://www.fimi.it/certificazioni#/category:singoli/year:2016/page:0/term:Halsey
  47. ↑ "CHART: CLUK Update 29.08.2015 (wk35)". zobbel.de. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  48. ↑ "NZ Heatseekers Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. February 1, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  49. ↑ "American single certifications – Halsey – New Americana". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 7, 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH
  50. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Halsey – New Americana" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved March 7, 2016. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Halsey in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
  51. ↑ "New Zealand single certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  52. ↑ "Chart Search". Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles for Halsey. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  53. ↑ "Castle (The Huntsman: Winter’s War Version) - Single by Halsey". iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  54. ↑ "Bubbling Under Hot 100 : May 7,2016 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard Biz. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  55. ↑ "Official Downloads Singles Chart Top 100" (15 April 2016 - 21 April 2016). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  56. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (February 13, 2016). "ARIA Singles: Flume 'Never Be Like You' Is No 1". Noise11. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  57. ↑ "Justin Bieber – Chart History: The Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  58. ↑ "Justin Bieber – Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
  59. ↑ "One Direction está entre os indicados ao prêmio de Pior Banda do Ano da NME".

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