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Ladyhawke
Solo artist Masterton New Zealand New Zealand pop rock artist
Ladyhawke is an artist from Masterton. Ladyhawke has 5 chart appearances on 4 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2012. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “My Delirium”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #11. The station that charted Ladyhawke most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2008.
Ladyhawke is Pip Brown, born in Masterton, New Zealand in 1979, and she borrowed the name from Richard Donner's 1985 fantasy film. Before going solo she served time in the Wellington band Two Lane Blacktop and then, after crossing to Australia, started the art-rock outfit Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau in 2004. By 2007 she was living in London.
Her self-titled debut arrived on Modular on 22 September 2008, a glittering new wave throwback full of chiming synths, chewy hooks and choruses built for the car stereo. It went to the top of the New Zealand albums chart and threw off five singles, with "My Delirium" the biggest of them, while "Paris Is Burning" struts like it owns the dance floor. The next year she won Breakthrough Artist at the ARIA Music Awards in both the album and single categories.
Anxiety followed in 2012, Wild Things in 2016 and Time Flies in 2021, and in between she moved to Los Angeles and eventually back home to New Zealand.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Ladyhawke on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My Delirium | 2 | #11 | – | 2008 | |
| 2 | Paris Is Burning | 1 | #26 | – | 2008 | |
| 3 | Black White & Blue | 1 | #67 | – | 2012 | |
| 4 | Another Runaway | 1 | #85 | – | 2011 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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Songs by other artists credited with Ladyhawke as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 67 (tie) | Black White & Blue | WBER Listener Countdown 2012 |
| 2011 | 85 (tie) | Another Runaway | WBER Listener Countdown 2011 |
| 2009 | 74 | My Delirium | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 |
| 2008 | 11 | My Delirium | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
| 2008 | 26 | Paris Is Burning | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2008 |
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