Louise Adams

Louise Adams (born 17 December 1983) is an Australian singer-songwriter from Mount Gambier, South Australia. Adams is the runner-up in the seventh season of the X Factor in 2015. Her debut studio album, Louise Adams, was released by Sony Music Entertainment on 15 December 2015, which peaked at No. 22 on the ARIA Albums Chart. Louise also helps mentor and create opportunities for young local Artists. Prior to her music career, Louise was a lawyer.

Personal life

Louise Adams was born in 1983 in South Australia, and has family based in both Mount Gambier and rural Kapunda. From 2013 to 2014 she lived in Castlemaine, where she worked as a lawyer, before returning to South Australia.

Career

Adams started singing at local gigs in 2010,

From 2010 she fronted a band, Louise and the Tornados, which has had a varied line-up. She later reflected, "We had a handful of gigs while I was working as lawyer." In 2013 the line-up had settled with Adams on lead vocals and guitar, Tom Collins on lead guitar, Simon Fennell on drums and Michael Fitzpatrick on double bass. Adams started performing solo sets in Castlemaine,

The X Factor: 2015

In 2015 Adams auditioned for The X Factor by singing Nina Simone's version of "Feeling Good". She progressed to the boot camp round where she performed "Sugar Man" by Sixto Rodriguez. She was later selected by Blunt as one of his top three for the live shows; but was in the bottom two with Big T in the eighth week of the show, where she was saved after the judges' vote went to deadlock. Adams made it to the grand final and became the runner-up to Cyrus Villanueva.

Following her appearance on the talent show Adams was signed to Sony Music Australia. She released her debut album Louise Adams on 15 December 2015, which peaked at No. 22 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It included studio recordings of a number of tracks that she performed during her time on show, including her cover version singles, "People Help the People" (October 2015) and "You Don't Own Me" (November), and the non-cover version single, "History" (November). Adams appeared on Good Friday (25 March 2016) at the TeamKids Beyond Bank Easter Appeal; other artists include Thirsty Merc, Reece Mastin and Kate Ceberano.

Discography

Albums

Louise Adams (15 December 2015) AUS: No. 22 "You Don't Own Me" (November 2015) AUS: No. 94 "History" (November 2015) AUS: No. 91