Erica Packer
{{short description|Australian former singer and model (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Erica Packer
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| alias = Erica Baxter
| origin = Gunnedah, NSW, Australia
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = Pop
| occupation = Model
singer
songwriter
| years_active = 2000–present
| birth_name = Erica Louise Baxter
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|08|16|df=y}}
| associated_acts =
| current_members =
| past_members =
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Erica Louise Packer (née Baxter; born 16 August 1977) is an Australian former singer, former model and former second wife of James Packer, Australia's eighth richest man.{{Cite web|last=Lilly|first=Alex|title=Move over James! Meet Erica Packer's handsome new boyfriend|url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celeb-news/erica-packer-new-boyfriend-52574|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Now To Love|date=19 November 2018 |language=en}}
Early life
Erica Baxter was born in Gunnedah, northwest New South Wales, on 10 November 1977 and attended the private girls' school Abbotsleigh.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
Music career
In 2006, Baxter signed a multiple-album recording contract with SonyBMG Music Australia.{{cite web|last=Collar |first=Matt |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/erica-baxter-mn0001392527 |title=Erica Baxter – Music Biography, Credits and Discography |publisher=AllMusic |date=30 April 2007 |accessdate=18 November 2012}} Packer began working with ARIA Award-Winning Australian Music Producer Audius Mtawairia who produced most of the album in Sydney, New South Wales.{{cite web|author=AU |url=http://www.myspace.com/audius |title=Audius | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's |publisher=Myspace.com |accessdate=18 November 2012}}{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}} Packer wrote eight tracks for the record. Packer released the Natasha Bedingfield penned first single "I Spy". The track was featured on the Compilation CD So Fresh: The Hits of Summer 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/Compilations2006.htm |title=Compilations2006 |publisher=Aria.com.au |accessdate=18 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320154537/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/Compilations2006.htm |archivedate=20 March 2012 }} The album Through My Eyes was released on 28 April 2007 in Australia and peaked on the Australian Hitseekers Chart at No. 18.{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue896.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20070519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20070520-0000/issue896.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-05-19 |title=The ARIA Report: Issue 896 |publisher=webarchive.nla.gov.au |date=23 August 2006 |accessdate=18 November 2012}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Personal life
She married James Packer on 20 June 2007 after dating on and off for four years.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/six-billion-dollar-man-catches-packer/2007/11/15/1194766870001.html |title=Billions worth of iron in them thar hills – Business – Business |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 November 2007 |accessdate=18 November 2012}} The wedding was at the Antibes town hall, or Hotel de Ville, on the French Riviera.{{cite web|title=James and Erica's lavish wedding |url=http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/celebrity/celebrityheadlines/995139/james-and-ericas-lavish-wedding |work=Woman's Day |accessdate=6 September 2013 |date=22 June 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501230910/http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/celebrity/celebrityheadlines/995139/james-and-ericas-lavish-wedding |archivedate=1 May 2012 }} Baxter and Packer have three children. In September 2013, James and Erica Packer announced their separation after six years of marriage.{{cite news|title=James Packer splits with wife Erica after six years of marriage| url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/james-packer-splits-with-wife-erica-after-six-years-of-marriage/story-e6frg996-1226713506303| accessdate=6 September 2013| newspaper=The Australian| date=6 September 2013}}
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of albums, with selected details ! Title ! Details |
| scope="row" | Through My Eyes
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|
|---|
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+List of singles, with Australian chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| AUS {{cite Ryan|page=25}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Dreams" {{small|(040 featuring Erica Baxter)}} | 2001 | — | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "I Spy"
| 2006 | 57 | rowspan="2"| Through My Eyes |
| scope="row"| "I Don't Feel a Thing"
| 2007 | — |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/lets-do-it-again-mrs-packer/2007/06/21/1182019232732.html Let's do it again, Mrs Packer] Brisbane Times
- [http://www.theage.com.au/news/bridal/packers-second-service-makes-a-few-waves/2007/06/21/1182019335137.html Packer's second service makes a few waves] The Age
- [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22629732-5005941,00.html Erica Packer plans charity career]
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Category:Australian female models
Category:People from the North West Slopes
Category:21st-century Australian singers
Category:21st-century Australian women singers