Au/Ra Explained

Au/Ra
Birth Name:Jamie Lou Stenzel
Birth Date:15 May 2002
Birth Place:Ibiza, Spain
Nationality:German -->
Origin:St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Occupation:Singer-songwriter

Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 15 May 2002), known by her stage name Au/Ra, is a German singer and songwriter. She released her first single "Concrete Jungle" in 2016, which quickly gained 15 million streams worldwide. She rose to prominence in 2018 with the CamelPhat version of the single "Panic Room" that she wrote about mental health problems, and was featured on DJ Alan Walker's number-one single "Darkside" in the same year. Her original version of Panic Room without Camelphat's remix, has over 200 million Spotify streams worldwide.[1] Jamie was born in Ibiza, Spain, where she grew up until 2007, but since then she has been raised in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, by a musical family; her father being German producer Torsten Stenzel.

Stage name origin

Au/Ra's stage name consists of two elements from the periodic table: "Au" stands for gold, while "Ra" stands for radium. According to Alan Walker's Unmasked Vlog #1 Video on YouTube, Jamie stated that there are already a couple of artists with the first name of 'Aura', and when she chose 'Aura' as her stage name, she decided to put a slash between 'Au' and 'Ra'. She also mentioned that her artist name derives from a The Lord of the Rings fan-fiction she read when she was younger, where the main character was called Aura.

Discography

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Outsiders
  • Released: 26 October 2017
  • Label: Loudmouth Music Limited
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
X Games
  • Released: 19 October 2018
  • Label: Loudmouth Music Limited
  • Format: Digital download, streaming
Soundtrack to an Existential Crisis
  • Released: 27 August 2021
  • Label: Loudmouth Music Limited
  • Format: Digital download, streaming

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
AUS
Club

[2]
UK
[3]
UK Dance
[4]
BEL
(FL)

[5]
IRE
[6]
SCO
[7]
US
Dance Club

[8]
"Kicks"2017Outsiders
"Concrete Jungle"
"Outsiders"
"Panic Room"
(solo or with CamelPhat)[9]
20181 30 5 37 41 21 48 X Games or Dark Matter
"Emoji"[11] X Games
"Assassin"[12] 2019rowspan="4"
"Dance in the Dark"
"Medicine"
"Stay Happy"[13]
"Ghost"
(with Alan Walker)[14]
"Broken"
(with OTR)[15]
2020Lost At Midnight
"Ideas"[16] rowspan="3"
"I Miss U"
(with Jax Jones)[17]
64 25 32
[18]
  • ARIA: Platinum[19]
  • BPI: Silver
"Moon River"
"Dead Girl(Shake My Head)"[20] 2021Soundtrack to an Existential Crisis
"Bite Marks"[21]
"Screw Feelings"[22]
"Golden Hour"
(with York)
2021
"frozen halos"2021
"plz don't waste my youth"2022
"Evergreen"
(with Gryffin)
2023
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
NOR
[23]
GER
[24]
IRE
[25]
SWE
[26]
"Darkside"
(Alan Walker featuring Au/Ra and Tomine Harket)[27]
20181
[28]
97 86
[29]
11
[30]
Different World
"Drown"
(Ekali featuring Au/Ra)[32]
2020A World Away
"Feel Again"
(Kina featuring Au/Ra)[33]
Things I Wanted to Tell You
"Side Effect"
(Alok featuring Au/Ra)[34]
2022Deeper
"Nice To Meet Me"
(Rxseboy featuring Au/Ra)
(Single)
"LAST CIGARETTE"
(Mothica featuring Au/Ra)
"Worlds On Fire"
(Afrojack featuring Au/Ra and R3HAB)
"Somebody Like U"
(Alan Walker featuring Au/Ra)
Walkerverse, Pt. I (EP)
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Guest appearances

Awards and nominations

Results

YearAwardsCategoryWorkResultRef.
2020Music Moves Europe Talent AwardsPop-ActHerself[36]
2024Electronic Dance Music AwardsVocalist Of The Year[37]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: X Games - EP. 19 October 2018. open.spotify.com.
  2. Web site: ARIA Top 50 Club Tracks Chart. ARIA Charts. 30 August 2021.
  3. Web site: AU/RA & CAMELPHAT. Official charts. 30 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 - Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 29 December 2018.
  5. Web site: Discografie CamelPhat. Ultratop.be.
  6. Web site: IRMA – Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. 1 September 2018.
  7. Web site: Chart Archive > 10 August 2018. Official Charts Company. 11 August 2018.
  8. Web site: Panic Room Chart History - Billboard. Billboard. 30 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Panic Room – Single by Au/Ra & CamelPhat on Apple Music. iTunes Store (US). 29 March 2018 . 20 April 2018.
  10. United Kingdom. Au/Ra. 15 June 2022.
  11. Web site: Emoji – Single by Au/Ra. Apple Music. 20 September 2018 . 21 September 2018.
  12. Web site: Assassin – Single by Au/Ra. Apple Music. 19 April 2019 . 19 April 2019.
  13. Web site: Stay Happy – Au/Ra. Shazam. 12 September 2019.
  14. Au/Ra & Alan Walker Share New Track 'Ghost' From 'Death Stranding' Soundtrack. Krystal. Rodriguez. 17 October 2019. . 18 October 2019.
  15. Web site: Broken (With Au/Ra) by OTR on Spotify . Spotify . 4 April 2020.
  16. Web site: Ideas by Au/Ra on Apple Music . Apple Music . 22 April 2020.
  17. Web site: Singles to Radio 1310 . The Music Network. 9 October 2020. 9 October 2020.
  18. Web site: Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 15 January 2021. Official Charts Company. 16 January 2021.
  19. Australia. 2022. single. 1 August 2022.
  20. Web site: Dead Girl! - Single by Au/Ra on Apple Music . Apple Music . 30 April 2021.
  21. Web site: Bite Marks - Single by Au/Ra on Apple Music . Apple Music . 28 July 2021.
  22. Web site: Kenneally . Cerys . 30 July 2021 . Au/Ra announces new project with lead single 'Screw Feelings' . 26 August 2021 . The Line of Best Fit.
  23. Web site: Discography Alan Walker. Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  24. Web site: Discographie Alan Walker. German Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  25. Web site: Discography Alan Walker. Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  26. Web site: Discography Alan Walker. Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  27. Web site: Darkside. . 26 July 2018.
  28. Web site: VG-lista – Topp 20 Single uke 31, 2018. VG-lista. 3 August 2018.
  29. Web site: IRMA – Irish Charts. Irish Recorded Music Association. 11 August 2018.
  30. Web site: Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista. Sverigetopplistan. 11 August 2018.
  31. United Kingdom. Aura. Darkside. 18140-5985-1. 15 June 2022.
  32. Web site: Ekali takes listeners 'A World Away' on debut album. EDM Identity . 24 January 2020. 31 March 2020. Wright. Raven.
  33. Web site: Personal Clash: Au/Ra vs Kina. Clash. 12 June 2020.
  34. Web site: Side Effect (feat. Au/Ra) - Single de Alok no Apple Music. Apple Music. 5 February 2022.
  35. Web site: Ekali takes listeners 'A World Away' on debut album . Dancing Astronaut. 11 May 2021. Narozniak. Rachel.
  36. Web site: The nominees Music Moves Europe Talent Awards. 8 December 2020. musicmoveseuropetalentawards.eu. 30 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201230035827/https://musicmoveseuropetalentawards.eu/nominees/2020. dead.
  37. Web site: Staff . EDM com . 2024-02-19 . Fan Voting for the 2024 Electronic Dance Music Awards is Now Open . 2024-03-02 . EDM.com - The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists . en.