Ashley Cooper (singer)
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Ashley Cooper is a New Zealand
Country singer and former contestant on the second series of New Zealand Idol
. After being the fourth person to be eliminated out of the top ten on idol, she released her first single "I Want You", which debuted at nineteen and eventually peaked at number nine. Most of the single's success can be based on the physical sales of the single, as well as airplay, which it received.
Cooper teamed with Michael Tipping in 2007 to form the duo 2am later changing to Michael & Ashley. They were named both New Zealand's Rising Stars and Horizon Winners in 2009. Also in 2009, the duo became the first New Zealanders to sing on the Global Artist Party in Nashville TN. They also released the album "Missing Home". In 2010 the duo were nominated for Duo/Group Of The Year at the 2010 New Zealand National Country Music Awards which they won. The Pair have also been given their own Radio show to host "Country Throwdown" as part of Hamilton Community Radio 106.7fm 1206am and streaming live from www.communityradio.co.nz, in 2011 the pair were the Opening Support Act for Country group Lady Antebellum for there very first New Zealand Show.
New Zealand
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Country singer and former contestant on the second series of New Zealand Idol
New Zealand Idol
NZ Idol, more commonly known as New Zealand Idol, was the New Zealand version of the Idol series originated as the hit British TV series Pop Idol. New Zealand first saw the Idol format when TV2 aired American Idol 2, which garned impressive ratings...
. After being the fourth person to be eliminated out of the top ten on idol, she released her first single "I Want You", which debuted at nineteen and eventually peaked at number nine. Most of the single's success can be based on the physical sales of the single, as well as airplay, which it received.
Cooper teamed with Michael Tipping in 2007 to form the duo 2am later changing to Michael & Ashley. They were named both New Zealand's Rising Stars and Horizon Winners in 2009. Also in 2009, the duo became the first New Zealanders to sing on the Global Artist Party in Nashville TN. They also released the album "Missing Home". In 2010 the duo were nominated for Duo/Group Of The Year at the 2010 New Zealand National Country Music Awards which they won. The Pair have also been given their own Radio show to host "Country Throwdown" as part of Hamilton Community Radio 106.7fm 1206am and streaming live from www.communityradio.co.nz, in 2011 the pair were the Opening Support Act for Country group Lady Antebellum for there very first New Zealand Show.
NZ Idol performances
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- Top 24: "Love Really Hurts Without You", Billy OceanBilly OceanBilly Ocean is a Trinidad-born English Grammy Award winning popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer / songwriter of the early to mid-1980s...
- Top 10: "Everywhere", Michelle BranchMichelle BranchMichelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...
- Top 9: "Listen to Your Heart", RoxetteRoxetteRoxette are a Swedish pop music duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle . Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act from the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp!...
- Top 8: "Don't SpeakDon't Speak"Don't Speak" is a song by the American rock band No Doubt. It was released in 1996 as the third single from the band's third studio album, Tragic Kingdom...
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Discography
- (2005) "Dedicated to the One I Love", (with the finalists of NZ Idol) - #5 NZ
- (2006) "I Want You" - #9 NZ
- (2010) "Summertime"