Aneiki is an Australian pop duo from Brisbane, Queensland made up of Jennifer Waite and Grant Wallis.[1] The duo was originally called Halogen, but were forced to change their name after the Perth-based band Halogen established sole rights to the name's usage in Australia.
Aneiki | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Halogen |
| Origin | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Labels | Meridienmusik |
| Past members |
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Aneiki worked with songwriter Daniel Jones[2] and were signed to his label, Meridienmusik.[3] Their debut single, "Pleased to Meet You", reached number 26 on the ARIA Singles Chart, spending 18 weeks in the top 100[4] and was number 13 on 2001's Australian Artist Singles chart.[5] "Pleased to Meet You" was the most played Australian song on Australian radio in 2002. Waite and Wallis were awarded APRA's Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year in 2002,[6] an award they shared with Sia.
Follow-up singles "Superhero", "15 Minutes" and "Even Without You" reached numbers 48, 72 and 97.[7][8][9] Their debut album Words in Place of Objects reached number 87 on the ARIA Albums Chart.[10]
Discography
editAlbums
edit| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| AUS [11] | ||
| Words in Place of Objects |
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87 |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [11] | |||
| "Pleased to Meet You" | 2001 | 26 | Words in Place of Objects |
| "Superhero" | 48 | ||
| "15 Minutes" | 2002 | 72 | |
| "Even Without You" | 97 |
References
edit- ^ Girl Aneiki Interview - Aug 2001
- ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 593
- ^ ABC, Love is in the Air Episode 4: I should be so lucky, Savage Garden Archived 26 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 611
- ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 617, End Of Year 2001
- ^ APRA AMCOS
- ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 625
- ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 631
- ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 656
- ^ The ARIA Report, Issue 657
- ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 15.
- ^ National Library of Australia listing Words in place of objects