Mel Jade

{{short description|Australian singer and songwriter}}

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Mel Jade is a singer and songwriter. She was born in Melbourne, Australia and is half Dutch and half Australian.{{cite web |url=http://www.meljade.com/ |title=Home |website=meljade.com}}

Her first release, "Aliens", was a remix with Pretty Boys from Saint Tropez. The song was played by DJ Armin van Buuren on radio 538 in the Netherlands and became a "dance smash".[http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=1136989/contentid=122860 Radio 538] {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} It charted in multiple European countries.[http://www.music-chart.info/song/649145/Aliens-%28Block-%26-Crown-Radio%29-%5Bfeat--Mel-Jade%5D Aliens Block] music-chart.info {{dead link|date=December 2023}}

Jade announced that she was embarking on a solo project, and initially started releasing songs and videos online. The homemade music video for the song "We Could Make a Movie", which showed couples kissing, received over a million views on YouTube.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

She released "Not That Serious", the first official single from her debut solo album, on 4 May 2013.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140415185039/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/not-that-serious-single/id645542336?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Not That Serious] iTunes {{dead link|date=December 2023}} She collaborated with Fashion TV, which aired behind-the-scenes shots of her music video for "Not That Serious", which featured multiple evening gowns.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fashiontv.com/video/mel-jade-not-that-serious-music-vid-photo-shoot_394950.html|title=Not That Serious|website=Fashion TV}}

Jade's debut album Alive was released on 5 August 2013 whilst she was touring the UK.{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/album/alive/656704110|title=Alive by Mel Jade|publisher=iTunes Store|date=5 August 2013}}

Upon her return to Australia, Jade was honoured as a "MusicOz Legend" at the 2013 Independent Music Awards where she also presented an award and performed.{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/262121471837/10151985002096838 |archive-date = 2022-04-30| url = https://www.facebook.com/MusicOz/posts/10151985002096838 |title = Musicoz – Australian Independent Music Awards on Facebook |via=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}

On 14 January 2015, Jade released "Bliss", the first single from her upcoming second album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_amCY-x05GA|title = – YouTube|via = YouTube}}