Adam Brand (born 27 January 1970 in Perth) first began playing drums at age ten, and followed his father, a travelling salesman, in his teens. Brand moved to Sydney in 1997 and released his first album, a self-titled effort, on Flying Nun Records the following year. The album reached #44 on the Australian ARIA album charts and was certified platinum. Brand was awarded three CMAA awards in 1999, 'Song of the Year' ("Last Man Standing"), 'New Talent of the Year', and 'Video Track of the Year' after being nominated in five categories. Brand was nominated for 'Best Country Album' (Adam Brand) at the 1999 ARIA Music Awards. He also won the 'Johnny O’Keefe Encouragement Award' at the 1999 Mo Awards.
In 2000, he released his next album, 'Good Friends', which reached #26 on the album charts. Brand received a further CMAA Award for 'Vocal Collaboration of the Year' with Melinda Schneider for "Love Away the Night". He was also nominated again for 'Best Country Album' (Good Friends) at the 2000 ARIA Awards. In 2001 Brand won three CMAA Awards for 'Album of the Year', 'Male Vocalist of the Year' and 'Song of the Year'. He also won a Mo Award this time for 'Male Country Performer of the Year'.
In 2001, he began recording for Compass Brothers Records releasing 'Built for Speed'. The album was released in January 2002 reaching #24 on the album charts and was certified platinum in Australia. He won a further Mo Award for 'Male Country Performer of the Year' that year. In 2003, Brand also won a CMAA Award, 'Heritage Song of the Year', for "The Anzac". Brand's next album, 'Get Loud', was released in 2004, debuted at #2 on the Australian Country charts and #16 on the National Album charts in 2004 and was certified Gold. 'Get Loud' was also nominated as 'Best Country Album' at that year's ARIA Awards. On 10 October 2005 he released a Christmas themed album, 'Christmas in Australia'.
2006 saw the release of Brand's fifth studio album, 'What a Life'. The album reached #28 on the national album charts and was certified Gold. Brand received another ARIA nomination for 'Best Country Album' (What a Life) in 2006. His next album, 'Blame it on Eve' was released in July 2008, peaking at #1 on the Australian Country charts and No. 10 on the National Album charts (his highest charting solo album to date). He also won three CMAA Awards, 'Single of the Year', 'Vocal Collaboration of the Year' and 'Video Clip of the Year' with Lee Kernaghan and Steve Forde for "Spirit of the Bush", in 2008.
In 2009 he released 'Hell of a Ride', which peaking at #2 on the Australian Country charts and #19 on the National Album charts. Brand also won the 'Best Independent Country Album' award at the Australian Independent Record (AIR) Awards and the CMAA Award 'Male Artist of the Year'. In September 2009 Brand signed a recording contract with the Nashville-based division of Sony Music Entertainment for the distribution of his recordings in the United States.
In January 2010 Brand wins his fourth consecutive CMC Oz Artist of the Year Award. In August 2010, Brand released his ninth studio album 'It's Gonna Be OK' which peaked at #11 on the ARIA charts. The Track "Ready for Loving" is released in the United States and reaches Top 40 in the US Country charts. In January 2011, Brand wins CMC Oz Artist of the Year Award for the fifth consecutive year. In May 2011, Brand released a compilation album titled 'You're a Revhead' before supporting Taylor Swift on her North American tour.
In August 2012, Brand released his tenth studio album 'There Will Be Love' on Arista Nashville/Sony Music Australia, which pealed at #4 on the ARIA charts; Brand's highest charting album. This was followed by 'My Acoustic Diary' which was the first album recorded by Brand's own label. It was distributed by ABC Music. The album saw Brand re-record 13 of his own tracks in an acoustic setting. Brand's twelfth studio album 'My Side of the Street' was released in August 2014, became his second top 5 album. It was nominated for an ARIA Award and two CMA Awards. In January 2015, Brand won CMC Oz Artist of the Year Award for a fifth year.
In January 2016, Brand released his thirteenth studio album 'Adam Brand and the Outlaws', featuring fellow Australian country musicians Travis Collins, Drew McAlister, Matt Cornell and Mike Carr. The album peaked at #6 on the ARIA charts and was nominated for an ARIA Award. The album won a CMC Award for Highest Selling Album. In February 2017, Brand released 'Get On Your Feet' which peaked at #7 on the ARIA charts.
In July 2018, Brand celebrated 20 years since the release of his debut album releasing a compilation album titled 'Milestones... 20 Years'. The album debuted at #6 on the ARIA charts, becoming his highest charting compilation album. In September 2018 Brand joined Scott Darlow, Sarah McLeod, Jack Jones and Todd Hunter to re-record the Dragon song "Rain" with all net proceeds from the sale to go towards to the Buy-a-bale program in support of Australian farmers suffering from the Australian drought. In late 2019, Brand appeared in the first season of The Masked Singer Australia as the 'Dragon' and was the sixth contestant voted out.
In August 2019 Brand released a new single "Life's Been Good to Me" after taking 12 months off to start a family with the birth of his first child, a baby girl named Pepper. Adam will be hitting the road with his Speed of Life Tour March 2020 when he will release his new album. Special guests on the tour will be new country duo "Cornell & Carr". Matt Cornell and Mike Carr were previously members of Adam Brand and the Outlaws.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Brand
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