Performance
Aqualung
English songwriter, musician & record producer Matt Hales
United Kingdom • b. 1972-01-17
Aqualung is credited on 54 releases across 15 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2003–2012 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
54
Pressings credited
15
Albums
2
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
Matthew Nicholas Hales (born 17 January 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer who has been performing professionally under the name Aqualung since the early 2000s. Aqualung is best known in the UK for his song "Strange and Beautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a top 10 hit on the UK Singles Chart later that year. In the United States, Aqualung is also known for the song "Brighter Than Sunshine", which had considerable airplay and was used in the film A Lot Like Love and various television spots. Hales has released seven albums as Aqualung. The most recent, Dead Letters, appeared in 2022. As a songwriter and record producer, Hales has collaborated with Lianne La Havas, Bat for Lashes, Tom Chaplin, Mika, Daniel Wilson, Kina Grannis, Andreya Triana, the Fray, Kwabs, Jason Mraz, Reignwolf, Sara Bareilles, Jacob Banks, Paloma Faith, Disclosure, Alex Clare, Mansionair, Mikky Ekko, For King & Country and many others. Hales' work has earned him various awards and nominations, including two Grammy and three Ivor Novello nominations.
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Credited work
54 releases · 15 albums · active 2003–2012
- Performance · 56
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Nitin Sawhney
- Tiësto
- Mason
- Takagi Masakatsu
- Brooke Fraser
- Neverending White Lights
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