| Jordan Gavet | |
| Birth Name: | Jordan Gavet |
| Birth Date: | 1988 or 1989[1] |
| Occupation: | Singer |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
| Years Active: | 2019–present |
| Label: | Sony Music New Zealand |
Jordan Gavet is an Australian-New Zealand R&B singer of Samoan descent. Gavet debuted as a musician in 2019 through Sony Music New Zealand after over a decade of releasing demos to Soundcloud and YouTube. In 2023, her song "He Said", originally a demo from 2008, became a hit in New Zealand.
Gavet was born in Sydney, Australia, and spent her early life in Avondale in West Auckland, New Zealand.[2] [3] [4] Gavet identifies most strongly as Samoan; her father is Samoan, and her mother has Samoan, English, Portuguese and Tokelauan heritage.[3] Her parents were both born and raised in New Zealand,[4] and her dad worked as a musician.[3] Gavet moved back to Sydney for high school.[3]
She began songwriting at 17,[5] and in 2008 her father encouraged her to post a demo of her song "He Said" online.[3] Gavet gained notoriety on Soundcloud and YouTube in the late 2000s and 2010s.[2] In 2014, Gavet was featured on the album Blank Canvas: Wall & Piece by The Doqument, and on "One Night" by Fiji in 2015.[4]
Gavet's Soundcloud was discovered by New Zealand hip-hop DJ P-Money in 2017, which led to her signing a record deal. In 2019, Gavet opened for Stan Walker during his New Zealand tour,[6] [5] and debuted as a soloist in 2019, with the single "Hesitation".[2] At the 2020 Pacific Music Awards, Gavet won the award for Best Pacific Soul/R&B Artist due to "Hesitation".[7]
In 2021, Gavet released her debut extended play Smoke, on which she collaborated with Australian R&B producer Willstah.[5] At the 2021 Pacific Music Awards, Gavet won the Best Pacific Female Artist award, due to one of the singles released from Smoke, "Do Better".[8] In late 2022, Gavet released a studio version of "He Said", which originated as a demo on her Soundcloud in 2008.[2] The song was a hit in New Zealand in 2023, reaching number nine on the New Zealand artists' singles chart.
Gavet's musical influences include Prince, D'Angelo, Tina Turner and Pharrell Williams.[5]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Hot [9] | NZ Artist [10] | |||||||
| "Hesitation" | 2019 | — | — | Smoke | ||||
| "Away"[11] | — | — | ||||||
| "Do Better"[12] | 2020 | — | — | |||||
| "Smoke"[13] | 2021 | 28 | — | |||||
| "He Said"[14] | 2022 | 15 | 8 | rowspan="2" | ||||
| "My Girl" | 2024 | 32 | 14 | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Crazy" | 2011 | rowspan="2" |
| "One Night" | 2015 |
| Title | Year | Other artists | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "We On" | 2014 | The Doqument | Blank Canvas: Wall & Piece | |
| "I Am the Colour" | 2022 | Stan Walker, Scribe | All In |