Asta
Birth nameAsta Evelyn Binnie-Ireland
Born (1994-01-13) 13 January 1994 (age 30)
OriginCygnet, Tasmania, Australia
GenresIndie pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2012–present
Websitehttp://www.astaworld.com.au/

Asta (born Asta Evelyn Binnie-Ireland, 13 January 1996) is a singer-songwriter from Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia.[1]

She rose to prominence when her track "My Heart Is On Fire" won Triple J's Unearthed High in 2012. The track went on to be voted into position 50 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012. She has gone on to release the singles "Escape" and "I Need Answers", as well as touring Australia nationally.[2]

In 2015, she released the song "Dynamite" featuring Australian rapper Allday, which reached number 66 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[3] She featured as the opening act for British musical act Ellie Goulding in 2015 and featured at music festivals such as The Plot in December 2015, Skullduggery (Adelaide) in February 2016 and Hyperfest (Perth) in February 2017.

In 2016 she released the single "Wild Emotion", and started an Australian Tour for the song starting on 18 March 2016 at Springfield, Queensland. Also in 2016, Asta toured as the opening act for Ellie Goulding again, on the Australian leg of her Delirium Tour. She brought her friend and collaborator Allday on stage during her sets as a surprise guest performer, where he rapped his featured parts of their joint song, "Dynamite".

In February 2017 she released her debut EP, Shine. In March 2017 she embarked on her national Shine Tour to promote the EP.[citation needed]

Her single 'Want You To Know' was released in 2019 to critical acclaim.[citation needed]

Her track released with Mark Maxwell "Santorini" was 'number 1' in the ARIA club Charts for 8 weeks, finishing the year as #2 in the Annual ARIA club charts [4]

In February 2023, after a 4 year release hiatus, Asta released her single "Ahhh".[5]

Discography

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details
Title Details
Shine
  • Released: 17 February 2017
  • Label: Independent
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with year released and album shown
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[6]
"Escape" 2012 — Non-album singles
"My Heart Is on Fire" —
"I Need Answers" 2013 —
"Dynamite"
(featuring Allday) 		2015 66
"Wild Emotion" 2016 —
"Shine" — Shine
"Doin' What You Want" 2017 —
"Want You to Know" 2019 — TBA
"Dust It Off"
(with Lonely Disco)[7] 		2020 — TBA
"Ahhh"[8] 2023 — TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with year released and album shown
Title Year Album
"Never Wanted That"
(with Yeo) 		2017 Desire Path
"Be Like You"
(Esoterik featuring James Crooks and Asta) 		My Astral Plane
"Near"
(Set Mo featuring Asta) 		2018 Surrender
"Heard It on the Radio"
(Luke Million featuring Asta) 		2019 TBA
"Santorini"
(Mark Maxwell featuring Asta) 		2022 TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

References

  1. ^ "Hobart's Asta on a triple j Unearthed high". 936 ABC Hobart. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Asta's tour will send her broke". Themusic.com.au. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  3. ^ Ryan, Gavin (23 May 2015). "ARIA Singles: Grace Sewell Has The New No 1 In Australia". Noise11. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2022/club-tracks-chart
  5. ^ "Asta". Music Tasmania. February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  6. ^ Peak positions for singles in Australia:
  7. ^ "Dust It Off – Single by Lonely Disco & Asta on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  8. ^ "My new single 'Ahhh' is out now!!". YouTube. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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