Fanny Lumsden

Edwina Margaret Lumsden, professionally known as Fanny Lumsden, is an Australian country music singer and songwriter.[1]

Fanny Lumsden
Birth nameEdwina Margaret Lumsden
OriginTallimba, NSW
GenresCountry
WebsiteFanny Lumsden official website

Career

In October 2012, Lumsden released her debut EP titled Miss and created to Fanny Lumsden and the Thrillseekers.

Her debut album Small Town Big Shot was rereleased in September 2015 and nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016.[2] The album produced two single's "Soapbox" and "Land of Gold", which reached number 1 on The Country Music Channel and she won CMC New OZ Music artist of the Year.

In 2017, Lumsden won her first Golden Guitar for New Talent of the Year.[3] Later that year being nominated for another three Golden Guitars.[4]

Her second album Real Class Act was released in September 2017. The album then went on to win the 2018 Australian Independent Record (AIR) Independent Country Album and was nominated for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2018. Lumsden and her team recently took home a Golden Guitar for CMC Video Clip of the year for her clip for Elastic Waistband.

Fanny and her husband Dan run their touring company called the Country Halls Tour, which is an annual tour that visits halls in regional and remote Australia.

On 13 March 2020, Lumsden released her third studio album titled Fallow.[5]

Discography

Studio albums
List of studio albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
[6]
Small Town Big Shot —
Real Class Act
  • Released: 22 September 2017 (Australia)[8]
  • Label: Fanny Lumsden, Red Dirt Road Records
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
 23
Fallow
  • Released: 13 March 2020 (Australia)[5]
  • Label: Fanny Lumsden, Cooking Vinyl (CVCD094/CVLP094)
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming, vinyl
 10
[9]

EPs
List of EPs
Title EP details
Miss (Fanny Lumsden and the Thrillseekers)
  • Released: 5 October 2012 (Australia)[10]
  • Label: MGM (FANNY001)
  • Format: CD

Awards

AIR Awards

Fanny Lumsden has won one Australian Independent Records Awards.[11]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
AIR Music Awards of 2018Real Class ActBest Country AlbumWon

ARIA Awards

Fanny Lumsden had been nominated for two ARIA Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
ARIA Music Awards of 2016Small Town Big ShotARIA Award for Best Country AlbumNominated
ARIA Music Awards of 2018Real Class ActBest Country AlbumNominated

Country Music Awards (CMAA)

Fanny Lumsden has won two Golden guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia [12]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017"Land of Gold"Qantaslink New Talent of the YearWon
2018Real Class ActAlt. Country Album of the YearNominated
2018herselfFemale Artist of the YearNominated
2018"Roll On"Heritage Song of the YearNominated
2019"Elastic Waistband"Video Clip of the YearWon

References
  1. Sheddon, Iain (11 August 2016), "Singer Fanny Lumsden building a fan base, one house at a time", The Australian
  2. Zuel, Bernard (5 October 2016), "ARIA Award nominations have a hairy surprise among the Flumes and Avalanches", Sydney Morning Herald
  3. "2017 Golden Guitar Awards". Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  4. "Toyota Golden Guitar Awards Finalists". Archived from the original on 24 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. "Fanny Lumsden Fallow". JB HiFi. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "Discography Fanny Lumsden". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. "Small Town Big Shot DD". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. "Real Class Act DD". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  9. "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. "FANNY LUMSDEN & THE THRILLSEEKERS Miss". JBHiFi. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  11. "2018 Awards". AIR. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  12. "Past Award Winners". Country. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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