Fanny Lumsden

Edwina Margaret Lumsden, professionally known as Fanny Lumsden, is an Australian country music singer and songwriter.[1] Lumsden is best known for ARIA-award winning album, Fallow.

Fanny Lumsden
Birth name	Edwina Margaret Lumsden
Born	Tallimba, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Country
Website	Fanny Lumsden official website

Career

In October 2012, Lumsden released her debut EP titled Autumn Lawn under the band name Fanny Lumsden and the Thrillseekers.

Her debut album Small Town Big Shot was released 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 two years in a row for her clips for Elastic Waistband and Real Men Dont Cry (War on pride)

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	Released: 18 September 2015 (Australia)[7] Label: Fanny Lumsden Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	—
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]

Fanny Lumsden Cooking Vinyl Australia

EPs

List of EPs

Title	EP details
Autumn Lawn (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 Award.[11]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
AIR Awards of 2018	Real Class Act	Best Country Album	Won

ARIA Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.[12] Lumsden had been nominated for three ARIA Music Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Lost to
2016	Small Town Big Shot	Best Country Album	Nominated	Sara Storer - Silos
2018	Real Class Act		Nominated	Kasey Chambers & The Fireside Disciples - Campfire
2020[12]	Fallow		Won	N/A

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. They commenced in 2005.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
Australian Music Prize 2020[13]	Fallow	Album of the Year	Pending

Country Music Awards (CMAA)

Fanny Lumsden has won seven Golden guitar awards at the Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia [14][15]

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017	"Land of Gold"	Qantaslink New Talent of the Year	Won
2018	Real Class Act	Alt. Country Album of the Year	Nominated
	herself	Female Artist of the Year	Nominated
	"Roll On"	Heritage Song of the Year	Nominated
2019	"Elastic Waistband"	Video Clip of the Year	Won
2020	"Real Men Don't Cry (War on Pride)"	Video Clip of the Year	Won
2021	Fallow	Country Album of the Year	Won
	Fallow	Alt. Country Album of the Year	Won
	herself for Fallow	Female Artist of the Year	Won
	"Fierce"	Single of the Year	Won
	"Mountain Song/This Too Shall Pass"	Video of the Year	Won

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) are a broad recognition of Australia's diverse live industry, celebrating the success of the Australian live scene. The awards commenced in 2016.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2017[16][17]	Fanny Lumsden	Live Country or Folk Act of the Year	Nominated
2018[18][19]	Fanny Lumsden	Live Country or Folk Act of the Year	Nominated

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. "ARIA Awards 2020 Nominees". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 13 October 2020.
13. "2020 Australian Music Prize Finalists". scenestr. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
14. "Past Award Winners". Country. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
15. "Fanny Lumsden wins five Golden Guitar Awards despite cancelled Tamworth Country Music Festival". ABC. 23 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
16. "NLMA reveal 2017 Nominees". NLMA. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
17. "Winners 2017". NLMA. December 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
18. "NLMA announce 2018 nominees and Live legend". NLMA. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
19. "Winners of the 2018 NLMA". NLMA. December 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2020.