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Hayley Aitken
Birth nameHayley Michelle Aitken
Also known asHayley
Born (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986 (age 38)
OriginDrouin, Victoria, Australia
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, record producer
InstrumentVocals
Years active2001–present
LabelsJive/Zomba, Legit
Formerly ofScarlett Belle

Hayley Michelle Aitken (born 11 April 1986) is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and record producer who also performs mononymously as Hayley. She had a top 40 hit on the ARIA Singles Chart with her second single, "Kiss Me Quick" (July 2002). Aitken has worked as a songwriter or producer for other artists, and is a prolific producer for many K-pop artists.

Biography

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Hayley Aitken was born in April 1986 in the Victorian rural town of Drouin. In 1997 she recorded a song, "Another Tear", following the death of Princess Diana, which was written and produced by Reno Nicastro and Molly Meldrum.

Aitken's debut single, "That Girl", was released under her first name, Hayley, which reached the ARIA Singles Chart top 100 in July 2001.[1] In the ARIA Report it was described as "a catchy urban pop single and features bonus dance remixes."[1] It appeared on an Australian Promo CD for Britney Spears' single, "Stronger".[citation needed] Aitken was signed with Jive/Zomba.[2]

Her second single, "Kiss Me Quick", under the name Hayley Aitken, peaked at No. 31 on the ARIA Singles Chart in August 2002.[3] It contained a b-side, "If I Was to Say", which she wrote when eleven years old. Carmine Pascuzzi described "Kiss Me Quick", "[Aitken] is a teenager with loads of talent and this is an interesting modern pop song that showcases her talent. There is a distinctive confidence and depth in her performance and she delivers this song very positively."[2]

Aitken's third single, "(I Hate the Way) I Love You", (December 2002), which peaked at No. 55.[4] Also in 2002 she recorded a song for the Undercover Angels soundtrack, "[You Must Be An] Angel" Her proposed debut album, Watching TV, was pushed back several times, due to the sale of Zomba records to BMG Records, in 2003. Aitken signed to BMG records but asked to be released from her contract in 2004 so she could pursue her own direction. After her contract with Jive ended, she was signed by Legit music under a management contract by August 2004.[5]

In 2005 Aitken worked as a songwriter, she co-wrote four tracks on Ricki-Lee Coulter's debut self-titled album (October: "Turn It Up", "Something About You", "Stay with Me" and "Hello". She also provided backing vocals for the latter three tracks. Legit Music stated that she was on their artist roster, however on Aitken's MySpace site, she placed her record label as "none". She was signed to Sony BMG publishing.

In 2007, Aitken, Tamara Jaber (ex-Scandal'us) and Reigan Derry (Australian Idol contestant, 2006) formed an all-girl pop trio, Scarlett Belle, and were signed to US label, Def Jam Recordings.[6] In 2008 they were dropped from the label and shortly after Aitken left the group.

During the 2010s, Aitken has written or co-written material for other artists: September's "White Flag" on Love CPR (February 2011), "I Know You're not Alone" on Diamond Veil (May) by Sweetbox, Julie Bergan's "Fire" (June 2014), "Colours" on Eleven (October 2015) by Tina Arena and "Traffic Lights" (May 2015) on Lena's Crystal Sky.[7] Also in 2015, while working in Swedish-based song writing collective, the Kennel, Aitken co-wrote "I Want Your Love" for Ukrainian-born artist, Eduard Romanyuta.[8][9] "I Want Your Love" was the Moldovan entry for that year's Eurovision Song Contest.[9] Aitken described her writing, "it has always been my dream to write music for different countries and cultures, so this is really cool."[8]

Discography

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Singles

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List of singles, with Australian chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
AUS
[1][10][3][4]
"That Girl" 2001 53
"Kiss Me Quick" 2002 31
"I Hate the Way I Love You" 55

Other work

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Year Label Album Artist Song Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2014 Jellyfish Entertainment Error VIXX "After Dark" No Ryu Dasom (Jam Factory), Ravi Yes Andrew Choi, 220, Jake K
SM Entertainment Holler Girls' Generation-TTS "Stay" No Brian Kim Yes Caesar & Loui, Ollipop
2015 SM Entertainment Ice Cream Cake Red Velvet "Ice Cream Cake" No Jo Yoon-kyung, Kim Dong-hyun Yes Sebastian Lundberg, Fredrik Haggstam, Johan Gustafson a.k.a. Trinity Music
"Stupid Cupid" No Sung Hyun-bin Yes Andrew Choi, 220, Cha Cha Malone
2016 SM Entertainment Russian Roulette Red Velvet "Lucky Girl" No Kenzie Yes Ollipop
Plan A Entertainment Pink Revolution Apink "Boom Pow Love" No Beom & Nang, Chang Hye-won Yes Anne Judith Stokke Wik, Nermin Harambasic, Remee Jackson
2017 SM Entertainment Don't Say No Seohyun "Love & Affection" No Seohyun Yes Johan Gustafsson, Fredrik Haggstam, Sebastian Lundberg, Lauren Dyson, Trinity
Blockberry Creative Choerry Choerry "Love Cherry Motion" No Hwang Hyun (MonoTree), Shin Agnes Yes Ollipop, Kanata Okajima
SM Entertainment Holiday Night Girls' Generation "All Night" No Kenzie Yes Ollipop, Daniel Caesar, Ludwig Lindell
Blockberry Creative Mix & Match Loona Odd Eye Circle "Odd" No G-high (MonoTree) Yes Ollipop
"Girl Front" No Park Ji-yeon, Hwang Hyun (MonoTree), Yes Ollipop
Max & Match "Odd Front" No Park Ji-yeon, Hwang Hyun (MonoTree) Yes Ollipop
Chuu Chuu "Heart Attack" No Hwang Hyun (MonoTree) Yes Ollipop
2018 JYP Entertainment What Is Love? Twice "Dejavu" No Chloe Yes Jan Hallvard Larsen, Eirik Johansen, Anne Judith Stokke Wik, Ronny Vidar Svendsen, Nermin Harambašić (Dsign Music)
n.CH Entertainment Some & Love Nature "Some (You'll Be Mine)" No Sung Dan-young, Bang Hye-hyun, Lee Jung-hyun Yes Caesar & Loui, Ollipop
2019 Starship Entertainment For the Summer Cosmic Girls "Oh My Summer" No JQ, Lee Ji-hye (makeumine works), Exy Yes Caesar & Loui, Ollipop
"Sugar Pop" No Lovey, Exy Yes Caesar & Loui, Ollipop
SM Entertainment The Reve Festival: Day 1 Red Velvet "Zimzalabim" No Lee Seu-ran Yes Caesar & Loui, Ollipop
Yuehua Entertainment Hush Everglow "Adios" No Lee Bo-ra, 72 Yes Ollipop, Gavin Jones, 72
"You Don't Know Me" No Kang Jung-ah, 72 Yes Caesar & Loui, Ollipop, 72
JYP Entertainment Feel Special Twice "Feel Special" No J. Y. Park Yes J. Y. Park, Ollipop
Blockberry Creative [#] Loona "365" No Hwang Yu-bin Yes Johan Gustafsson, Realmeee
2020 ANS Entertainment Say My Name ANS "Say My Name" No Eun Jong-tae, Oh Yu-won Yes Ollipop
Yuehua Entertainment Reminiscence Everglow "Salute" No Lee Seu-ran Yes Ollipop, Caesar & Loui, 72
"Dun Dun" No Seo Jieum Yes Ollipop, Gavin Jones, 72
"Player" No Lee Bo-ra Yes Ollipop, Ludwig Lindell, 72
"No Lie" No Lee Seu-ran Yes Ollipop, Gavin Jones, 72
DSP Media Red Moon Kard "Red Moon" No Kang Eun-jeong, BM Yes Ollipop, Gavin Jones, 72
"Enemy" No Kang Eun-jeong, BM, J.Seph Yes Ollipop, 72
Bridʒ Entertainment Good Girl: Episode 2 Hyolyn "9LIVES" Yes Ollipop, Gavin Jones, 72 Yes Ollipop, Gavin Jones, 72
Yuehua Entertainment -77.82X-78.29 Everglow "La Di Da" No Lee Seu-ran, E:U Yes Ollipop, Gavin Jones, 72
2021 Yuehua Entertainment Last Melody Everglow "First" No Park Hee-ah, Yoo Ga-young, 72 Yes Olof Lindskog, Gavin Jones, 72
2022 JYP Entertainment Non-album single Itzy "Boys Like You" Yes Didrik Thott, Sara Davis, Ellie Suh (153/Joombas), Lee Joo-hee (MUMW) Yes Didrik Thott, Sebastian Thott

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Week Commencing ~ 11th June 2001 ~ Issue No. 589" (PDF). The ARIA Report (589). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 2, 4, 8, 11, 16. 11 June 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b Pascuzzi, Carmine. "'Kiss Me Quick' Hayley Aitken". Mediasearch. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Hung, Steffen. "Discography Hayley Aitken". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Week Commencing ~ 17th March 2003 ~ Issue No. 682" (PDF). The ARIA Report (682). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 4. 17 March 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  5. ^ Cashmere, Paul (9 August 2004). "Legit Music moves to Sydney". Undercover News. Paul Cashmere, Ros O'Gorman. Archived from the original on 17 November 2005. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Tamara Jaber gets the deal of her life". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. 29 October 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Hayley Aitken | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b Clark, Liam (23 April 2015). "Moldova's Eurovision entry takes the prize for having none of its citizens on their team". The Citizen. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  9. ^ a b Galliford, Fiona. "Eurovision Introducing 2015 – Moldova". ESC Today. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Week Commencing ~ 23rd July 2001 ~ Issue No. 595" (PDF). The ARIA Report (595). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 4, 18. 23 July 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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