Sarah Aarons
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Born | Melbourne, Australia | 4 October 1994
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Labels | Sony ATV Publishing |
Sarah Aarons (born 4 October 1994) is a songwriter from Melbourne, Australia. Now based in Los Angeles,[1] Sarah is signed to Sony ATV Publishing. She co-wrote "Stay" by Zedd and Alessia Cara[2] and "The Middle" by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey, which both went to #1 on Mainstream Top 40 and were each certified double platinum in the US.
In Australia, Sarah had acclaimed success with the breakout song "Keeping Score" by LDRU,[3] "Frozen" by Pon Cho and Cosmo's Midnight's "History," which in turn has become the most played song on Triple J in 2017. She has also received three ARIA Awards for her work with LDRU and has gone double platinum in Australia.
Recently, Sarah was appointed one of APRA AMCOS Ambassadors[4] and was included in LA Weekly's 20 hottest current songwriters.[5] At the APRA Music Awards of 2018 she won Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year,[6][7] she was also nominated for Country Work of the Year for the track, "House", alongside co-writers Brooke McClymont, Mollie McClymont, Samantha McClymont and Michael Fatkin.[8]
Selected discography
References
- ^ "For Sarah Aarons, illness was a 'turning point' on the way to a chart-topping song".
- ^ "Meet the 23-year-old Melbourne writer behind the biggest pop song in the US".
- ^ "The Secrets Behind How Australia's Biggest Pop Tracks Get Made".
- ^ "10 quick questions with Ambassador Sarah Aarons".
- ^ "The 20 Hottest Songwriters in Pop Music Right Now".
- ^ "Full List of Winners". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
- ^ "Country Work of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
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