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Stan Walker

Composer, Performer, Māori Composer

Biography

Ngāi te Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Tūhoe

Walker made his Australian Idol debut in the audition round of the seventh season, where he performed a version of John Legend's Ordinary People. As he advanced from one round to the next in the weeks that followed, he proved himself a talented R&B singer and garnered heaps of praise from the judges, including guests Joel Madden, Benji Madden, Michael Bublé, and Pete Wentz. In the end, he beat out second-place runner-up Hayley Warner and performed Black Box for the first time. The song was then released immediately as a digital download and shot to the top of the singles chart in New Zealand and number two in Australia.

Walker subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia and in December 2009, released his debut studio album Introducing Stan Walker. The album debuted at number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). It also appeared on the New Zealand Albums Chart at number two and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ).

In 2010, Walker released his second studio album From the Inside Out, which spawned the hit singles, Unbroken and Choose You. The album debuted at number one on the New Zealand Albums Chart and number two on the ARIA Albums Chart. In November 2011, Walker released his third studio album Let the Music Play, which debuted at number 18 on the ARIA Albums Chart and number 12 in New Zealand, and spawned the hit single Loud. In 2018, Walker released his most personal work yet – a self-titled EP, Stan, celebrating his triumph over stomach cancer. In 2021 is released 'Te Arohanui', a Maori language studio album, and in August 2022, Walker released his seventh studio album, All In.

Not only has Walker earned a total of six gold, four platinum, one double platinum and one triple platinum single in New Zealand across seven studio albums, he has collected eight New Zealand Music Awards along the way. He has also won the Waiata Māori Award for Radio Airplay Record of the Year five times. His live performances are legendary and, as well as headlining his own National Tours, he has shared a touring stage with Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Ciara, Jay Sean, Travie McCoy, Ja Rule, Akon and Jessica Mauboy.

In addition to appearing as a judge on the first and second season of The X Factor NZ (in 2013 and 2015), Walker is also an actor with six motion pictures and one short film under his belt -- ‘Mt Zion’, ‘Born to Dance’, ‘Hunt For The Wilder People’, ‘Poi E’, ‘The Stolen’, ‘Chasing Comets’ and ‘Nerds In Love’. He is also a leading humanitarian and a staunch advocate for Māori, Pacific and Indigenous people. His advocacy for First nation rights saw him performing at the Ihumatao Land rights protect and partnering with Climate Change Cook Islands on the Pa Enua Action for Resilient Livelihoods Project (PEARL) to engage with the communities in the Cook Islands.


Composed (49)

All I Need

Pop, 3m 22s


Aotearoa

Te Reo Māori, Pop, 3m 13s


Bigger

Te Reo, English, Pop, 3m 33s


Bulletproof

Pop, 4m 2s


Bully

Pop, 4m


Choose

Pop, 3m 49s


Cool Down

Pop, 2m 37s


Don't Worry Baby

Pop, 3m 8s


Find You

Pop, 5m 30s


Find You

Pop, 4m 6s


Forever I'm Yours

Pop, 3m 51s


Gimme Your Love

Pop, 3m 5s


Give

Pop, 3m 17s


Holding You

Pop. With Ginny Wigmore, 3m 39s


Hurricane

Pop, 3m 9s


I Surrender

Worship Music, 6m 49s


Inside Out

Pop, 7m 25s


Invisible

Pop, 3m 33s


Left Lonely

R&B, 4m 57s


Like It's Over

Pop, 3m 33s


Love Hate

Pop, 3m 27s


Love Immortal

Pop, 3m 12s


Matemateāone

Te Reo, English, Pop, 2m 50s


Messages

Pop, 3m 10s


Mexico

Pop, 3m 8s


Moemoeā

Pop, 3m 55s


Move Your Body

Pop, 3m 20s


My Attention

Pop, 3m 47s


New Light

Christian Worship Music, Pop, 5m 10s


New Takeover

Pop, 3m 38s


On Our Way

Pop, 3m 56s


One Thing

Pop, 3m 40s


Radio

Pop, 3m 43s


Slow Down

Pop, 2m 46s


Song In My Head

Pop, 3m 38s


Start Again

Pop, 3m 37s


Take It Easy

Pop, 3m 22s


Tear Down These Walls

Pop, 3m 41s


Tena Ra Koe

Te Reo Māori, Pop, 3m 57s


Thank You

Pop, 4m 5s


Time To Save Our Love

Pop, 3m 38s


Whakamoemiti

Te Reo Māori, Pop, 3m 59s


Who We Are

Pop, 3m 32s


With Me

Pop, 3m 51s


Won't Let You Down

Pop, 3m 40s


You Don't Know

Pop, 3m 30s


You Never Know

Pop, 3m 43s



Resources (129)

Stan Walker | Bully - VIDEO

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Stan Walker | Fresh - VIDEO

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Stan Walker | Give - VIDEO

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Stan Walker | Halo - VIDEO

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Tūtahi - Stay - VIDEO

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