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Carly Binding (born 2 February 1978) is a New Zealand Pop music singer-songwriter, and former member of the girl group TrueBliss.
They enjoyed commercial success with their debut single "Tonight" which debuted at No.1 and remained in the top 40 for 10 weeks, being certified platinum for sales of over 10,000 copies.
"Number One" was the follow-up to "Tonight", achieving a No.12 position on the New Zealand charts. In September 1999 a cover of the George Michael penned "Freedom" was released but failed to chart. Columbia Records discussed a follow-up album to the platinum 11-track debut Dream in 1999, but it was never recorded.
In 2000 she left the group, citing personal differences, and decided to pursue a solo career.
Binding then released her third single, 'Love Will Save Me', in May 2003 before releasing her debut solo album Passenger which peaked at No.6 on the New Zealand album charts and went gold. Passenger was produced with Stellar's Andrew Maclaren and Chris van de Geer, with a number of tracks mixed in Los Angeles by Chris Lord-Alge. It was also released in Australia, where Binding has since toured extensively.
The final single, 'This Is It', was released in September 2003, completing a successful first album campaign with all 4 singles peaking within the Top 20 of the New Zealand Singles Chart.
In 2002 Binding supported Ronan Keating on his New Zealand tour and Paul Kelly in front of a Melbourne crowd, and then the next year she supported Bryan Adams.
Her second (and final) album So Radiate was released on 3 July 2006 and featured 3 singles although these did not chart. Supporting this album, she undertook a tour of New Zealand with fellow singer-songwriter Donald Reid.
In 2007, Binding was invited to play at the music festival SXSW which is held in Austin, Texas each year. This led to her spending a further four months in the US playing regular shows at venues on the Sunset Strip and surrounding areas in Los Angeles.
She grew up on a farm in Paengaroa, Bay of Plenty, and was home-schooled until the age of 9.
From 2009 to 2015, Binding was in a relationship with former Kiwi league player Matthew Ridge. In November 2010, the couple had a son, London Luca Ridge. The couple separated in 2014 and Binding confirmed the split in February 2015.
She became engaged to long-term partner Andy Mateljan in March 2022, and they share a son together who they welcomed into the world in November 2019.
In 2012 Binding appeared on the Auckland musical theatre scene , making her musical theatre debut starring in the one-woman show "Tell Me On A Sunday" (directed by David Coddington, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Don Black). The show ran 14-24 November at Q's Loft theatre in Auckland and was highly critically-acclaimed.
| 2003 | Passenger |
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| 2005 | So Radiate |
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| 2002 | "Alright With Me (Taking It Easy)" | 10 | Passenger |
| "We Kissed" | 7 | ||
| 2003 | "Love Will Save Me" | 18 | |
| "This Is It" | 12 | ||
| 2006 | "I See the World" | — | So Radiate |
| "So Radiate" | — | ||
| 2007 | "My Satellite" | — | |
| 2008 | "Tears" (Boh Runga & Carly Binding) | — | |
| 2015 | "Team, Ball, Player, Thing" (#KiwisCureBatten featuring Lorde, Kimbra, Brooke Fraser, et al.) | 2 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
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