1. Courtney Melba Barnett was born on 3 November 1987 and is an Australian singer, songwriter, and musician.
30 Facts About Courtney Barnett
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Courtney Barnett was nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards and International Female Solo Artist at the 2016 Brit Awards.
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Courtney Barnett released Lotta Sea Lice, a collaborative album with Kurt Vile, in 2017.
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Courtney Barnett released her second album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, to further acclaim in 2018.
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Courtney Melba Barnett was born in Sydney on 3 November 1987.
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Courtney Barnett was given her middle name after opera singer Nellie Melba.
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Courtney Barnett attended St Michael's Collegiate School and the Tasmanian School of Art.
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From 2010 to 2011, Courtney Barnett played second guitar in Melbourne grunge band Rapid Transit.
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Courtney Barnett recorded many early versions of her songs with a band called Courtney Barnett and the Olivettes, which was later shortened to the Olivettes.
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Around this time Courtney Barnett featured on a track by Melbourne singer-songwriter Giles Field called "I Can't Hear You, We're Breaking Up" which was released in late 2011.
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Courtney Barnett has a credit as co-writer on the song.
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Between 2011 and 2013, Courtney Barnett was a member of Australian psych-country band Immigrant Union, a musical project founded by Brent DeBoer and Bob Harrow.
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On 30 January 2015, Courtney Barnett released details on her upcoming full-length album, recorded in April 2014 with Burke Reid, along with two singles, "Pedestrian at Best" and "Depreston", and accompanying music videos.
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Courtney Barnett was nominated in eight categories at the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 and won four trophies: Breakthrough Artist, Best Female Artist, Best Independent Release and Best Cover Art for Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.
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Courtney Barnett was later nominated for Best International Female in 2016 for the Brit Awards.
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In January 2016, Courtney Barnett appeared on the cover of Australian music magazine, Happy Mag.
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In June 2017 Vile and Courtney Barnett announced a North American tour.
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On 12 February 2018, Courtney Barnett teased a new album on her social media accounts, featuring her trying out various musical instruments with the clip ending with the tagline "Tell Me How You Really Feel".
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In 2019, Courtney Barnett was added to the bill of Woodstock 50, but the festival was cancelled in May.
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On 3 July 2022, Courtney Barnett supported the Rolling Stones at their concert at Hyde Park in London, UK.
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Courtney Barnett plays left-handed, using mostly left-handed guitars with standard tuning and string order for left-handed players.
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Courtney Barnett occasionally plays right-handed guitars flipped upside down, but does not prefer it.
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Courtney Barnett learned to play on acoustic guitars, and developed her own method of fingerstyle guitar because she disliked the sound of a pick; she later transferred this playing style to the electric guitar.
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Courtney Barnett is capable of using a pick and claims she could probably play better with one, but prefers to play using her fingers, strumming with both her thumb and index finger on rhythm parts and using her index finger where she would otherwise use a pick for lead parts.
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Courtney Barnett prefers to play in standard tuning, but has used open G tuning for slide guitar.
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Courtney Barnett plays through Fender Hot Rod Deville and Fender Deluxe amplifiers, with effects pedals including a Fulltone OCD overdrive pedal, a "cheap delay pedal", and a chorus pedal.
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Courtney Barnett was in a relationship with fellow musician Jen Cloher from 2012 to 2018, and the song "Numbers" was co-written by the pair about their relationship.
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Courtney Barnett called Cloher a "huge constant influence" on her music.
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Courtney Barnett played guitar in Cloher's band from 2012 to 2018.
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Courtney Barnett has won 6 ARIA Music Awards from 20 nominations.