# Odette (musician)

Georgia Odette Sallybanks (born 1997), who performs as Odette, is an English-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Her debut album, To a Stranger (July 2018), peaked at No. 13 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018 it was nominated for Best Adult Contemporary Album and Breakthrough Artist – Release.

## Early life

Odette was born in Bath, England in 1997 and grew up in inner western Sydney, Australia. Her mother is South African and her father is English-born. She began writing music at approximately eight years old, while attending Haberfield Public School.

## Career
### 2017–2018: To a Stranger

In 2017, Odette released her debut single, "Watch Me Read You", a piano ballad incorporating spoken word which she wrote in England in 2015. It peaked at No. 14 on the ARIA Hitseekers Singles Chart.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, Odette was nominated for two awards; Best Adult Contemporary Album and Breakthrough Artist for To a Stranger. Happy Mag's Luke Saunders called the album "a poetic tapestry of melancholy soul and powerful pop ballads." Triple J praised Odette's "canny ability to weave melodic meditations that, like her singing, hover in the space between sensuous composition and spoken-word poetry" throughout the album.

### 2020–present: Herald

On 20 October 2020, Odette released "Dwell", the second single from her second studio album, Herald, released on 5 February 2021.
In 2023 Odette announced a fifth anniversary tour of To a Stranger, which commenced in July 2023. In a statement, Odette said "Releasing To a Stranger changed my life. It connected me to people who felt the same as I did when I was writing the songs. It was kind of a risky experiment to put my most vulnerable self out there and see what happened and I'm so glad I did it. It's been five years now and my life's trajectory has completely shifted because of it. I'm so excited to be able to tour this record again and honour it and the people who fell in love with the record."
In May 2024, Odette released "Reverence", the first new release in three years.

## Musical style and influences

Odette cites Joanna Newsom, Laura Mvula and her grandfather (a jazz pianist) as musical influences, and poets John Keats and Walt Whitman as lyrical influences.

## Discography
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with release date, label, and selected chart positions shown :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | AUS |
| To a Stranger | Released: 6 July 2018 Label: EMI Music Australia Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming | 13 |
| Herald | Released: 5 February 2021 Label: EMI Music Australia Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming | 47 |

### Exnteded plays

List of EPs, with release date, label, and selected chart positions shown :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | AUS |
| Offcuts | Released: 8 September 2021 Label: EMI Music Australia Formats: digital download, streaming | |

### Singles

List of singles, with selected certifications :
| Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
| "Watch Me Read You" | 2017 | | To a Stranger |
| "Collide" | 2017 | ARIA: Gold | To a Stranger |
| "Take It to the Heart" | 2018 | ARIA: Gold | To a Stranger |
| "Lotus Eaters" | 2018 | | To a Stranger |
| "A Place That I Don't Know" (featuring Gretta Ray) | 2018 | | To a Stranger |
| "Lights Out" (Jerome Blazé remix) | 2019 | ARIA: Gold | Non-album single |
| "Feverbreak" (featuring Hermitude) | 2020 | | Herald |
| "Dwell" | 2020 | | Herald |
| "Amends" | 2021 | | Herald |
| "Trial by Fire" | 2021 | | Herald |
| "Reverence" | 2024 | | TBA |
| "Seahorses" | 2024 | | TBA |

### Other appearances

List of non-single appearances :
| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album |
| "I'll Find It" | 2020 | Alice Ivy featuring Odette | Don't Sleep |
| "Laisse timber les filles" | 2022 | So French So Chic | So French So Chic |
| "Salt" | 2023 | This Week in the Universe featuring Odette | Non-album single |

## Awards and nominations
### ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2018 | To a Stranger | Best Adult Contemporary Album | Nominated |
| 2018 | To a Stranger | Breakthrough Artist | Nominated |
| 2021 | Herald | Best Adult Contemporary Album | Nominated |
| 2021 | Eben Ejdne for Herald | Best Cover Art | Nominated |

### Australian Music Prize

The Australian Music Prize (the AMP) is an annual award of $30,000 given to an Australian band or solo artist in recognition of the merit of an album released during the year of award. It commenced in 2005.
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
| 2021 | Herald | Australian Music Prize | Nominated |