About Brooke Fraser
Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood , professionally known as Brooke Fraser, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. After signing with Sony BMG in 2002, she gained recognition for her debut album, What to Do with Daylight and followed with Albertine and Flags . All three debuted at number one on the RMNZ chart and gained her the number one single "Something in the Water". She later released Brutal Romantic , various compilation albums, the live album Seven and Eight . The latter two were released by Capitol CMG under her married name, Brooke Ligertwood.
Fraser became a member of the Australian Christian music group Hillsong Worship, where she wrote and performed several songs for the collective. She rejoined the group from 2016 until 2023, where she had performed on various songs including "Who You Say I Am", "King of Kings" and "What a Beautiful Name". Fraser co-wrote and performed the latter live track, and won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance in 2018.
Fraser is the eldest of three children born to former All Black Bernie Fraser, who was born in Lautoka, Fiji, and his wife Lynda. Her father is of Fijian, Portuguese, and Scottish descent. She has two brothers: Matthew, who lives in Wellington, and Shea, who lives in Dunedin. Fraser grew up in Naenae, Lower Hutt and attended Dyer Street School, Naenae Intermediate School and Naenae College.
Fraser took piano lessons between the ages of seven and seventeen. She started writing songs at age twelve and taught herself the acoustic guitar at age fifteen. She began writing for the Soul Purpose magazine at age fifteen and was later made editor in 2002. She gave up her job as editor shortly after moving to Auckland in late 2002 in order to pursue her music career. In 2002, at the age of 18, Fraser signed a multi album deal with Sony Music, after a fierce bidding war between labels.
Fraser's first album, What to Do with Daylight, was released in New Zealand in late 2003, which debuted at No. 1 and achieved gold status the same week. The album eventually went seven times platinum, which sold over 105,000 copies in New Zealand alone. It remained on the album charts for sixty-six weeks. All five singles from the album reached the top twenty in the New Zealand Singles Chart. Her album also topped the New Zealand Top 50 Albums for all of 2004. The album also achieved gold status in Australia.
Following the release of What to Do with Daylight, Fraser toured Australia and New Zealand with American recording artist John Mayer and then toured New Zealand with veteran English rock artist David Bowie.
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