Brooke Gabrielle Fraser (born December 15th, 1983 in Wellington, New Zealand) is an award-winning New Zealand singer/songwriter.

Early life

Brooke is the eldest of the three children born to former All Black Bernie Fraser and his wife Lynda. Brooke grew up in Naenae, Lower Hutt and attended Naenae Intermediate and Naenae College.

Brooke started taking piano lessons at age 7 - she continued to take these until she was 17. She started writing songs at age 12 and taught herself the acoustic guitar at 16.

Receiving some label interest when she was in Year 11 (age 15) Brooke decided it wasn’t the right thing for her at the time; she decided she wanted to get an A bursary first - which she did. Despite turning these labels down she performed at the Parachute Festival, a Christian music festival held annually, she has continued to do so each year since 2000.

Brooke was a presenter on a cable TV show and began writing for the Christian magazine Soul Purpose at age 15 and was later made editor in 2002. She gave up being editor shortly after moving to Auckland (late 2002) in order to pursue her music career.

Record deal

In 2002 while Brooke was in Auckland Scotty, the drummer for Elemeno P , organized a meeting with producer Matty J for her. Matty J became her manager, shopped her around the labels and comparing their offers. Brooke had about 5 different labels offering her deals and in late 2002 she ended up signing a multi-album deal with Sony Music Entertainment New Zealand. She has since engaged in What To Do With Daylight Tours in both New Zealand and Australia

Discography

Albums

• What To Do With Daylight (2004), NZ#1 (6 times platinum)

Hit singles

• from "What To Do With Daylight"
  • 2003 "Better" (NZ #3)
  • 2004 "Lifeline" (NZ#7)
  • 2004 "Saving The World" (NZ#15)
  • 2004 "Arithmetic" (NZ#8)
  • 2004 "Without You"

Videos

• Better
• Lifeline (New Zealand Version)
• Lifeline (International Version)
• Saving The World
• Arithmetic
• Without You

Awards

• Most promising Woman Musician Award & Overall winner, 1999 Hutt Valley Pepsi Smokefree Rockquest regional finals
• Best Female Solo Artist: What To Do With Daylight - 2004 NZ Music Awards
• Breakthrough Artist of the Year: What To Do With Daylight - 2004 NZ Music Awards
• 'Better' - most performed work on NZ radio in the last 12 months - Silver Scroll Awards (2004)

Brooke was also awarded a satirical award:

• The most used fairy lights in a video clip (for Arithmetic) - Studio 2 Awards (2004)

External Links

• Official Brooke Fraser Site
• Brooke Fraser Fansite