Heather Nova
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Heather Nova | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Heather Allison Frith |
Born | Bermuda | 6 July 1967
Genres | |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
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Years active | 1990–present |
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Website | www |
Heather Nova (born Heather Allison Frith, 6 July 1967) is a Bermudian singer-songwriter and poet.[1][2] As of 2022[update], she has released eleven full-length albums, six EPs and twelve singles.
Biography
Heather Nova was born Heather Allison Frith on
Nova started playing guitar and violin at an early age, writing her first song when she was 12. Nova enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she majored in film in 1989. She also sat in on poetry classes and wrote music to go with her student films. But songwriting remained her passion.
Career
After graduating from RISD, Nova moved to London, a place she called home for twelve years (she already had British citizenship due to her Bermudian origins). In 1990, she released her first recording, Heather Frith, an EP; she had not yet changed her name. The new name debuted in 1993 with her second EP entitled Spirit in You and her first full album, the critically acclaimed Glow Stars, produced by Felix Tod, after being discovered by Big Cat label manager Steven Abbott. The success of the album led her to record and release her first live album Blow the same year.[5]
In 1994, she released
Over the years, Nova has written and recorded over 120 songs. With the release of South (2001), she returned to the international spotlight with an appearance on the soundtrack of the
In December 2005, Nova released Together As One, an EP supporting the Bermuda Sloop Foundation which operates the Bermuda sloop Spirit of Bermuda. In 2002, she self-published The Sorrowjoy, a 72-page book of her poetry and drawings. An album of the same name was unofficially released in March 2006, which featured Nova reading the poems from her book set to ambient music. She also collaborated with the German trance artist ATB on tracks like "Love Will Find You", "Feel You Like a River" and the international hit "Renegade". In 2008, she released an album called The Jasmine Flower, a solar powered acoustic album recorded in Bermuda, before touring as an acoustic tour.[citation needed]
In late 2010 she embarked on another European tour promoting her The Jasmine Flower album. On this tour, she played four unreleased songs ("Save a Little Piece of Tomorrow", "Everything Changes", "Burning to Love", and "Turn the Compass Round") that are included on her album, 300 Days at Sea, produced by Felix Tod. This full-band album was released on 27 May 2011. In late 2014, she began working on studio album called The Way It Feels which was released in May 2015. Her tenth album, Pearl, was released on 28 June 2019.
Nova released her latest album, Other Shores, on 26 August 2022.[7]
Discography
Studio albums
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||||||
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UK [8] |
AUS [9] |
AUT
[10] |
BEL (FL) [11] |
FRA [12] |
GER [13] |
NLD [14] |
NZ [15] |
SWI [16] |
US [17] | ||
Glow Stars | 1993 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Oyster | 1994 | 72 | 78 | — | 33 | — | 43 | 70 | 23 | 33 | 179 |
Siren | 1998 | 55 | 90 | 24 | 16 | 60 | 13 | 48 | 18 | 28 | 176 |
South | 2001 | — | — | 35 | 17 | 54 | 5 | 35 | — | 21 | — |
Storm | 2003 | — | — | 18 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 22 | — | 12 | — |
Redbird | 2005 | — | — | 40 | 16 | 74 | 10 | 23 | — | 15 | — |
The Jasmine Flower | 2008 | — | — | 61 | — | — | 52 | 43 | — | 26 | — |
300 Days at Sea | 2011 | — | — | 48 | 42 | — | 25 | 38 | — | 47 | — |
The Way It Feels | 2015 | — | — | — | 34 | — | 64 | 25 | — | — | — |
Pearl | 2019 | — | — | — | 32 | — | 21 | 24 | — | 57 | — |
Other Shores | 2022 | — | — | — | 109 | — | 20 | — | — | 34 | — |
Poetry albums
- The Sorrowjoy (2006)
Live albums
- Blow (1993)
- Live from the Milky Way EP (1995)
- Wonderlust (2000)
EPs
- Heather Frith (1990)
- Spirit in You (1993)
- Live from the Milky Way (1995)
- The First Recording (1997) – Heather Frith reissue
- Together as One (2005)
- Higher Ground (2011)
Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
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UK
[8] |
AUS [18] |
CAN [19] |
GER [20] |
NLD [21] |
NZ [22] |
US Adult Pop [24] | |||||||||
"Walk This World" | 1994 | 69 | 28 | — | 91 | — | 19 | 13 | — | Oyster | |||||
"Maybe an Angel" | 1995 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"Truth and Bone" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)" | 1998 | 87 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 31 | Siren | |||||
"Heart & Shoulder" | 1999 | 76 | — | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
"I'm the Girl" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
"Gloomy Sunday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod Soundtrack | ||||||
"I'm No Angel" | 2001 | 89 | — | — | 92 | 94 | — | — | — | South | |||||
"Virus of the Mind" | 2002 | — | — | — | — | 84 | — | — | — | ||||||
"Someone New" (with Eskobar) | — | — | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | There's Only Now (by Eskobar) | ||||||
"River of Life" | 2003 | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | — | — | Storm | |||||
"Renegade" (with ATB) | 2007 | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | — | — | Trilogy (by ATB) | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
DVD
- 2004: Live at the Union Chapel
Book
- The Sorrowjoy, ISBN 0-9542115-0-2
References
- ^ Larkin 2000, p. 288.
- ^ "Allmusic: Heather Nova". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
- ^ "The Stars Shine For Heather Nova". 9 November 2001. Archived from the original on 9 November 2001.
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- ^ Larkin 2000, p. 289.
- ISBN 1-85828-457-0.
- ^ "Heather Nova | Other Shores". Heather Nova Official Website. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Heather Nova – UK Chart". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 206.
- ^ "Discographie Heather Nova". austriancharts.at (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Heather Nova – Oyster" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Discographie Heather Nova". lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Discographie Heather Nova". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Discografie Heather Nova". dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Discography Heather Nova". charts.nz. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Discographie Heather Nova". hitparade.ch (in German). Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Heather Nova". Billboard.
- ^ "Heather Nova – Australian chart". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Peak positions for singles in Canada:
- For "London Rain": "Top Singles – Volume 67, No. 25, September 14, 1998" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- For "Heart and Shoulder": "Top Singles – Volume 68, No. 15, February 1, 1999" (PDF). RPM. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Heather Nova – German Chart". Officialcharts.de. Retrieved 15 March 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Heather Nova – Dutch chart". Dutchcharts.nl. 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Heather Nova – New Zealand Chart". Charts.nz. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Heather Nova – US Modern Rock Tracks". Billboard.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Heather Nova – Adult Top 40 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
Sources
- Larkin, Colin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music. London: Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0427-8.
External links
- Official Heather Nova website
- Discography and song list
- POTSI (archived): Heather Nova Biography
- POTSI (archived): Heather Nova Discography
- Biography at AllMusic