Australian Music Vault acknowledges ARIA Hall of Fame inductee Missy Higgins

The Australian Music Vault has unveiled a refreshed display of The Real Thing celebrating the Australian sound with objects from Roger Knox, Skyhooks, Jane Clifton, The Planets and others, in addition to a display celebrating Missy Higgins, 2024 ARIA Hall of Fame inductee.

Missy Higgins, ARIA of Hall of Fame Inductee.

Singer-songwriter Missy Higgins has been a beloved figure in the Australian music industry since the release of her debut album, The Sound of White in 2004. Higgins’ honest and emotional lyrics combined with an arresting singing voice and an unmistakable Australian accent, has ensured it remains an enduring Australian classic.

Born in Melbourne, Higgins grew up in a musical household and took up piano at the age of six, learning the Suzuki method, which trained her to play by ear. Taking up the guitar as a teenager, she learnt to play contemporary songs and began to compose her own music on piano and guitar.

In 2004, she released the single ‘Scar’ and then The Sound of White a few months later, both debuting at No. 1. She was nominated for five ARIA Awards at that year’s ceremony, winning Best Pop Release. She went on to release five more studio albums: On a Clear Night (2007), The Ol’ Razzle Dazzle (2012), Oz (2014) and Solastalgia (2018).

 

Her most recent album, The Second Act, was released in September 2024, and represents a thematic sequel to The Sound of White. The album sees Higgins return to her intimate and confessional style of songwriting, reflecting on the changes in her life since her debut.

Written in the midst of a divorce and post children, The Second Act debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Charts, a remarkable achievement that makes Higgins the seventh Australian artist to have No. 1 albums in three consecutive decades.

In this display, Missy Higgins fans will see the guitar she used to compose songs for The Sound of White, an exercise book containing lyrics written for the album, CDs of The Sound of White, The Special Two and Scar, plus a variety of posters from her career.

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