Ruby Frost
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jane de Jong |
| Born | 1987 (age 30–31) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Origin | Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Universal Music |
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| Website | Official site |
Ruby Frost (born 1987) (born Jane de Jong) is a New Zealand singer and songwriter from Auckland. In 2009, she won the nationwide music competition MTV 42Unheard, giving her a recording contract with Universal Music New Zealand.[1] Since then she has performed showcases at CMJ in New York and The Viper Room in LA;[2] toured with Mt Eden, Cut Copy, Evermore and Van She;[3] and opened for acts including Diplo, Nero, Kimbra, Digitalism and Garbage.[4] She was one of the four judges in season one of The X Factor NZ,[5] and was the runner-up mentor when her act Whenua Patuwai came second in the competition.[6]
Contents
1 Early singles
2 Songwriting competitions
3 2012 releases
3.1 Debut album
3.2 Singles
4 Discography
4.1 Albums
4.2 Singles
5 References
6 External links
Early singles
In December 2011, Ruby Frost released her debut single "Moonlight" on bFM, which went to #1 and stayed in the radio station's top 10 for 10 consecutive weeks.[7] The accompanying video was directed by Veronica Crockford-Pound.[8]
Ruby Frost's song "O That I Had" (off her debut, self-released EP) was remixed by Mt Eden in 2010, receiving over one million views on YouTube.[9]
Songwriting competitions
In 2010, Ruby won the Grand Prize of the Pop category in the international John Lennon Songwriting Contest: Section I. This was for her demo "Hazy".[10]
Ruby also came in third place in the Pop/Top 40 category of the International Songwriting Competition (2011), for "Hazy".[11]
In 2012, Ruby's song "Water to Ice" was shortlisted in the Top 20 for the NZ APRA Silver Scrolls.[12]
2012 releases
Debut album
Frost's debut album Volition was produced in New York by Chris Zane and was released in New Zealand on 8 June 2012 by Universal Music New Zealand.[13] Physical copies of the album came complete with abstract short stories written by Ruby.[14]
The album was critically well received.[citation needed]
Singles
Ruby released "Water to Ice" in New Zealand in April 2012.[15] The single was playlisted by New Zealand mainstream radio stations The Edge and ZM, and peaked at #3 in The Official New Zealand Music Chart's NZ Singles category.[16] The single's video clip was directed by Joel Kefali and Campbell Smith of Special Problems, and was featured on the frontpage of Vimeo as a Staff Pick on 8 August.[17]
Her next single "Young" was released in New Zealand in September 2012, with a video clip made by Sam Kristofski. Home Brew Crew remixed the song, and it charted in The Edge's Fat 40 for two months, sparking off a national house party tour that the radio station sponsored (along with Vodafone and Glassons).[18]
Ruby was also featured on the Flight of the Conchords single "Feel Inside", which was released to raise money for the children's charity Cure Kids.[19]
In 2013, Ruby co-wrote 'The Wire', the second single on David Dallas's album "Falling Into Place". She also sang guest vocals on his song 'The Gate'.[citation needed]
In 2014, she released her first single from her time in Stockholm - "Comeback Queen".[citation needed]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title | Details | NZ Music Charts | |
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NZ Albums | Albums | |||
| 2012 | Volition |
| 4 | 24 |
Singles
| Year | Title | NZ Charts [20] | Album | |
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| NZ Singles | Top 40 | |||
| 2010 | "Moonlight" | — | — | Volition |
| 2011 | "Odyssey" | — | — | |
| 2012 | "Water to Ice" | 3 | — | |
| "Young" | 6 | — | ||
| "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" Flight of the Conchords charity single | 1 | 1 | Non-album single | |
| 2013 | "The Wire" (David Dallas featuring Ruby Frost) | 2 | 11 | Falling Into Place |
| 2014 | "Comeback Queen" | — | — | TBC |
References
^ Scoop. "42Unheard winner". Scoop. Scoop. Retrieved 21 January 2010..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ New Music: Ruby Frost - One Trick Pony | One Trick Pony
^ "RUBY FRÖST - Events - Facebook". Facebook.
^ "RUBY FRÖST - Videos - Facebook". Facebook.
^ "Melanie Blatt, Ruby Frost to judge X Factor NZ". 3 News. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
^ "Jackie Thomas wins X Factor NZ". 3 News. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
^ bFM Top 10. Twitter https://twitter.com/RubyFrost/status/17802523893047297. Retrieved 22 December 2010. Missing or empty|title=(help)
^ YouTube. "Moonlight". Moonlight video. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
^ Ruby Frost and Mt. Eden - Oh That I Had. YouTube. 1 December 2010.
^ JLSC. "JLSC Winners". Retrieved 10 October 2010.
^ "International Songwriting Competition - The #1 Song Contest for Songwriters". songwritingcompetition.com.
^ "Top 20 NZ songs of the past year revealed". The New Zealand Herald.
^ "Ruby Frost's sparkling debut (+audio)". The New Zealand Herald.
^ "Ruby Frost - Of Her Own Free Will". nzmusician.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.
^ "Volition". iTunes.
^ "Top 20 New Zealand Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
^ "Vimeo on Twitter". Twitter.
^ "Ruby Frost Flat Party". theedge.co.nz.
^ "Red Nose Day Comedy For Cure Kids - Shows - TV3". tv3.co.nz.
^ "Discography Ruby Frost". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
External links
- Official site
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