Dia Frampton
Dia Frampton | |
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 Frampton performing at Tinhorn Flats in Hollywood, California in May 2015. | |
| Background information | |
| Born | October 2, 1987 Draper, Utah, United States |
| Genres | Pop, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | vocals, piano, guitar |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Universal Republic, Republic |
| Associated acts | Meg & Dia, ARCHIS, Joseph Trapanese, Tyler Lyle, Lindsey Stirling, tyDi |
| Website | www |
Dia Frampton[1] (born October 2, 1987), is an American singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of the band Meg & Dia. She was the runner-up in the inaugural season of The Voice. She also was the lead singer in her band, ARCHIS before continuing her solo career.
Life and career[edit]
Early life[edit]
Dia Frampton attended Dixie High School in St. George, Utah and Shadow Ridge High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dia graduated early by homeschooling her senior year, and at the same time attending public school. Dia then moved to Salt Lake City with her sister to further their music career. She cites Modest Mouse, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Joni Mitchell, The Avett Brothers, Rocky Votolato, Ben Folds, Etta James, Death Cab for Cutie, The Cranberries, and Cursive as influences.[2] During live performances, Frampton plays percussion instruments, such as the cowbell and tambourine, and occasionally a Casio Privia keyboard. She almost always performs without shoes on. She also does not like to eat anything within two hours of performing. Her father is an American of English and Dutch ancestry and her mother is Korean, originally from Seoul. Frampton often recorded a "song diary," an impromptu recorded song, on her MySpace page. She explained, "It was something very raw, and to be honest, something that I was slightly embarrassed to put up because of the quality but I did anyways, for any of our listeners who would care to hear something not hot off the production belt, but something more organic and 'home made.' It made me feel better to share my feelings with people who could connect, and I think that is what happened with many."[3]
2011: The Voice[edit]
Dia Frampton was a contestant (and eventual runner-up) on the first season of The Voice on NBC, introduced as a children's story author. Frampton stated that she had originally joined the show only with the intention of promoting Cocoon and had not expected that she would make it that far in the competition.[4] She was selected to be on the team of coach Blake Shelton, who stated, "when I heard your voice, I started to smile." Frampton advanced through the show's quarter-finals and semi-finales after renditions of "Heartless" and "Losing My Religion". Notably, the aforementioned singles were the highest charting iTunes digital songs by any contestant on The Voice during its respective voting eligibility period, with "Inventing Shadows" topping the charts at No. 1. Following the season finale on June 29, 2011, "Inventing Shadows" debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 137,000 downloads sold. As of July 7, 2011 Frampton's The Voice digital releases have sold 480,000 downloads.[5]
Frampton subsequently won the title of Entertainment Weekly's 2011 'Favourite Reality Show Personality' over Michael Stagliano from the second season of Bachelor Pad.[6]
- Performances on The Voice
| Stage | Song | Original Artist | Date | Order | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Audition | "Bubbly" | Colbie Caillat | May 3, 2011 | 2.16 | Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton turned Joined Team Blake |
| Battle Rounds | "You Can't Hurry Love" (vs. Serabee) | The Supremes | May 24, 2011 | 5.2 | Saved by Coach |
| Quarterfinals | "Heartless" | Kanye West | June 7, 2011 | 7.4 | Saved by Public Vote |
| Semifinals | "Losing My Religion" | R.E.M. | June 21, 2011 | 9.3 | Saved by Coach and Public Vote (106 Points) |
| Finals | "I Won't Back Down" (with Blake Shelton) | Tom Petty | June 28, 2011 | 11.2 | Runner-up |
| "Inventing Shadows" (Original) | Dia Frampton | 11.5 |
2011-2013: Red and embarking on solo career[edit]
Frampton's single, "The Broken Ones," was released on November 15, 2011, and her solo album, Red, was released on December 6, 2011. Frampton wrote (or co-wrote) every song on Red. Notable co-written songs include "Billy the Kid", which she wrote with Mark Foster and Isom Innis, lead singer and keyboard player for Foster the People respectively, "Hearts out to Dry," which she wrote with her sister, Meg, and "Bullseye," which she wrote with Isabella Summers, the keyboard player for Florence and the Machine.
She was the opening act for her coach, Blake Shelton, on his Well Lit & Amplified tour. Shelton insisted that she had earned her spot on his tour and he was not doing her any favors.[7] She later was a supporting act for The Fray in their sold out US tour in the Midwest and the West Coast from April to May 2011.[8] Her own solo US tour took place from February to July 2012,[9] with Canadian singer/songwriter Andrew Allen as her opening act.[10]
She covered the Korean song, "Lonely" by 2NE1, as an acoustic ballad in English for allkpop.com to promote her later concert in Seoul, Korea.[11] On December 30, 2012, she sang a solo of "Heartless" and performed "We Are The Champions" with the final 8 of The Voice of Vietnam.[12] In January 2013, Dia held a small tour, staging concerts across Southeast Asian countries Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.[13] She also collaborated with Singto Numchok on his singles "Gift" and "Coffee Mate" in Thailand.[14]
2013-2015: ARCHIS and new EP[edit]
Frampton was featured on "Heart On the Floor", which is a track on The Summer Set's new album, Legendary. The album was released on April 16, 2013. She was also featured on Never Shout Never's Christmas EP, singing "Under the Mistletoe"[15] and on The Crystal Method's new single "Over It", which was featured on their self-tiled album on January 14, 2014. As of January 2014, Dia is now the opening act for the James Blunt Moon Landing Tour. On April 29, 2014 Lindsey Stirling released her album Shatter Me on which Dia collaborated on the songs "We Are Giants" and "Shatter Me". She was also featured in the single "Stay" by Australian DJ tyDi which was released on April 8, 2014.[16]
In June 2014, it was announced that after the release of "Red," Frampton had been dropped from Universal Republic. It was also announced that her new album would be an EP, and not a solo album but under the name of her new band, ARCHIS.[17] Two singles were released on this EP, "Blood" and "I Need You." The music video for "Blood" was released on June 2, 2014. In August 2014, Frampton announced that Archis had been signed to a new label, and that the EP would be released in January 2015.[18] The EP was produced by her frequent collaborator Joseph Trapanese.
On March 17, Interscope Records released Insurgent: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. The song "Holes In the Sky" was written by Anthony Gonzalez and Dia Frampton and is performed by M83 and HAIM.[19]
2015-2017: Bruises LP[edit]
After the release of ARCHIS's EP, the band began working on a full-length LP, to be released in early 2016.[20] However, after releasing a personal essay in August 2016 it was revealed that the LP would be released under her own name and would be titled Bruises. Frampton also revealed that the LP would be produced by Dan Heath.[21] On October 5, 2016, she premiered the lead single off the LP titled "Golden Years." The single was released on October 7, 2016 as part of an EP with the same name, serving as a preview for the LP which was released on March 3, 2017.[22] To coincide with the pre-order of "Bruises" becoming available, Frampton released another single, "Gold & Silver".[23] After the album's release, Frampton released music videos for the tracks "Don't Look Back", "Dead Man" and "Crave". The latter two being given official single treatment. Throughout 2017, Frampton continued to release music in the form of collaborations and guest appearances with other artists. These include Fabian Mazur, Witt Lowry, Illenium, Kaskade, tyDi and Christopher Tin. Dia Frampton has also pursued acting, appearing in Criminal Minds and several short films. In December 2017, Frampton released "Yule Tunes" as an EP, consisting of 3 cover songs and one original Christmas song - "The Nice List".
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [24] |
US Heat [24] |
US Independent Albums [24] | ||
| Red |
|
106 | 1 | — |
| Bruises |
|
— | 14 | 35 |
Extended plays[edit]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| US [24] | ||
| Bruises Raw |
|
— |
| Yule Tunes |
|
— |
Singles[edit]
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [25] |
CAN [25] | |||
| 2011 | "Heartless" | 57 | 64 | Non-album releases by The Voice |
| "Losing My Religion" | 54 | 52 | ||
| "Inventing Shadows" | 20 | 26 | ||
| "I Won't Back Down" (with Blake Shelton) |
57 | 67 | ||
| "The Broken Ones" | — | — | Red | |
| 2016 | "Golden Years" | — | — | Bruises |
| 2017 | "Crave" | — | — | |
| "Dead Man" | — | — | ||
Featured Artist[edit]
| Year | Title | Main artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Where Are You Now? | The Summer Set | Love Like This |
| 2013 | Heart on the Floor | The Summer Set | Legendary |
| Under the Mistletoe | Never Shout Never | The Xmas EP | |
| 2014 | Over It | The Crystal Method | The Crystal Method |
| Stay | tyDi | ||
| We Are Giants | Lindsey Stirling | Shatter Me | |
| Sarajevo | Watsky | All You Can Do | |
| Afterglow | Air Dubai | Be Calm | |
| Braver | SILAS | ||
| 2016 | Over The Edge | Borgeous & tyDi | 13 |
| 2017 | Young Once | Fabian Mazur | Young Once |
| Needed You | Illenium | Awake | |
| Lately | Witt Lowry | I Could Not Plan This | |
| Closing In | tyDi & Christopher Tin | COLLIDE | |
| 2018 | Until We Die Young | West Coast Massive | |
| Don't Give Up On Me | Jason Ross | ||
| 2019 | Heartbreaker | Glenn Morrison[26] | |
| Bloom | Dabin | Wild Youth |
Songwriter[edit]
| Year | Song Title | Artist | Song Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | "Something Real" | Meg & Dia | Album |
| 2009 | "Here, Here and Here" | Album | |
| 2011 | "Cocoon" | Album | |
| "Red" | Dia Frampton | Album | |
| 2013 | "Under the Mistletoe" | Never Shout Never | Song |
| 2014 | "Over It" | The Crystal Method | Song |
| "Stay" | tyDi | Song | |
| "Afterglow" feat. Dia Frampton | Air Dubai | Song | |
| "Shatter Me" feat. Lzzy Hale | Lindsey Stirling | Song | |
| "We Are Giants" feat. Dia Frampton | Lindsey Stirling | Song | |
| 2015 | "ARCHIS EP" | ARCHIS | EP |
| "Holes In The Sky" | M83 featuring Haim | Song |
Videography[edit]
Music videos[edit]
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "The Broken Ones" | David McClister |
| 2013 | "Over It" (with The Crystal Method) |
Zak Stoltz |
| "Stubborn Love" (with The Lumineers) |
Issac Ravishankara | |
| 2017 | "Don't Look Back" | Michael Kaminsky, Braverijah Gregg and Eric Tobin |
| "Dead Man" | Andrew Ahn | |
| "Crave" | Andrew Ahn |
Filmography[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Blank Pages | Roosevelt | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | The Crooked Man | Mia | TV Movie |
| 2017 | Criminal Minds | Jillian Flanagan | Season 12 episode 11 |
| 2018 | Maybe I'm Fine | Maya |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Dia Frampton: An interview about me by YOU!". diaframpton.blogspot.com. January 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Interview with Dia Frampton". MusicGeek.org. June 11, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
- ↑ [1] Archived March 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Dia starts The Voice tour". Meganddia.com. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ Trust, Gary. "'American Idol' Vs. 'The Voice': Who Won the Billboard Chart Battle?". Billboard. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
- ↑ Carbone, Gina (December 12, 2011). "Dia Frampton Wins Favorite Reality Show Personality Over Michael Stagliano". wetpaint.com. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ Thompson, Gayle (February 3, 2012). "Blake Shelton Says Dia Frampton Earned Her Spot on His Tour". the Boot. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ "DIA FRAMPTON Embarks on Sold Out Tour with The Fray". Business Wire. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ "Dia Frampton Tour Dates 2012". Concertboom.vom. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ Minter, Jay (January 14, 2012). "Andrew Allen On Tour With The Voice Runner-Up Dia Frampton". Kenton Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ "[Exclusive] Dia Frampton performs her rendition of 2NE1′s "Lonely"". allkpop.com. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ "Voice of US's 1st runner-up arrives in HCMC". TUOITRENEWS. December 29, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2013.
- ↑ "Dia Frampton - Facebook announcement of SEA tour". Facebook.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Singto Numchok & Dia Frampton". AllMusic. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - The Xmas EP by Never Shout Never". Itunes.apple.com. November 22, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "iTunes - Music - Stay (feat. Dia Frampton) - EP by tyDi". Itunes.apple.com. April 8, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ Alan Sculley (June 4, 2014). "Dia Frampton Starts Over with Archis | Music | Shepherd Express". Expressmilwaukee.com. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "ARCHIS | Archis". Archismusic.wordpress.com. August 29, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Insurgent Soundtrack List!". Divergents UK. February 27, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ↑ "ARCHIS on Twitter: "Happy to say that we are now in the process of recording the new album. It should be done this Nov. & out early 2016 "". Twitter. September 20, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ↑ "I'd Get to the Top of the Mountain if It Would Just Stop Fucking Growing". Medium.com. August 30, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ↑ Joey Nolfi (October 5, 2016). "Dia Frampton's Golden Years: Hear her comeback single". Ew.com. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ↑ "Bruises by Dia Frampton on Apple Music". Itunes.apple.com. October 3, 1987. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 "Dia Frampton Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Peak chart positions for charted songs in the United States:
- "Heartless", "Losing My Religion", "Inventing Shadows": "Dia Frampton Album & Song Chart History: Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- "I Won't Back Down": "The Billboard Hot 100 Week of July 16, 2011 (Biggest Gainer)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/heartbreaker-feat-dia-frampton-single/1449961420
External links[edit]
- Frampton, Dia (August 30, 2016). "I'd Get to the Top of the Mountain if It Would Just Stop Fucking Growing". Cuepoint. Medium. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
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