Megan Washington Musical artist

Megan Alexandra Washington (born 7 January 1986) is an Australian musician and songwriter also known mononymously as Washington. Originally performing jazz music, her style evolved to indie pop and alternative rock where she sings and plays piano and guitar. On 30 July 2010, she released her debut album, I Believe You Liar, on Universal Music, which peaked at number three on the ARIA Albums Chart and, by end of 2011, received a platinum certificate from ARIA for shipment of 70,000 copies.In December 2009 Washington won the inaugural Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition for her track "How to Tame Lions". At the ARIA Music Awards of 2010 she won the Best Female Artist and Breakthrough Artist awards and received five further nominations for work associated with I Believe You Liar and "How to Tame Lions".Washington's second album, There There, was released on 12 September 2014 through Universal Music.

Personal facts

Megan Washington
Alias (AKA)Washington
Birth dateJanuary 07, 1986
Birth place
Papua New Guinea , Port Moresby
Hometown
Brisbane

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Musical artist

Career started2006
associated musical artist
Old Man River (musician)
Paul Grabowsky
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Jazz
Indie pop
Alternative rock
instrument
Guitar
Piano
Gibson Les Paul
Singing
record label
Murmur (record label)

Megan Washington on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.meganwashington.com
  2. http://www.ted.com/talks/megan_washington_why_i_live_in_mortal_dread_of_public_speaking
  3. http://www.washingtonmusic.com.au