Mia Fieldes
{{short description|Australian Christian musician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| birth_name = Mia Leanne Cherie Fieldes
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|1|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = Australia
| origin = Sydney, Australia
| instrument = vocals, singer-songwriter
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = Essential Worship, Provident
| associated_acts = The Belonging Co
| website = {{URL|miafieldesmusic.com}}
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Mia Leanne Cherie Fieldes (born 29 January 1983), is an Australian Christian musician. Her first album, There's a Reason, was released by herself in 2009. She signed with Provident Label Group, where their imprint Essential Worship, released her debut extended play, Ashes, in 2015.
Early life
She was born Mia Leanne Cherie Fieldes,{{cite web|title=FEARLESS Work ID No. 888205937 ISWC No. T9161440091 |url=https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |author=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers |accessdate=12 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306032310/https://www.ascap.com/Home/ace-title-search/index.aspx |archivedate=6 March 2013 }} Work ID No. 888205937 ISWC No. T9161440091 in Australia on 29 January 1983,{{cite web|first=Mia|last=Fieldes|title=Golden Birthday: When your birthdate matches the age you are turning.... For example turning 29 on the 29th- see what I did there?|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=29 January 2012 |url=https://twitter.com/miafieldes/status/163549677264973824}}{{cite web|first=Mia|last=Fieldes|title=Once upon a time I was 5... Then I was 30... Happy Birthday me... #blessed|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=29 January 2013 |url=https://twitter.com/miafieldes/status/296300167936761856}} as the third triplet,{{cite web|first=Mia|last=Fieldes|title=SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW... 1. I am a triplet... I am half a minute and a whole minute younger…|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=14 April 2015 |url=https://twitter.com/miafieldes/status/588162977917968385}} to mother Glenda May Fieldes,{{cite web|first=Mia|last=Fieldes|title=Today is my Mum- @glendafieldes birthday... She is a miracle and a treasure... I am so grateful for her!!!|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=30 December 2012|url=https://twitter.com/miafieldes/status/285622641623195649}} with two other sisters, Darna and Kizziah,{{cite web|first=Mia|last=Fieldes|title=Happy Birthday to me and Darna and Kizziah.... Also today Hong Kong smells like Yum Cha, and Katie and I had miso soup for breakfast....|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=28 January 2010|url=https://twitter.com/miafieldes/status/8350624250}} plus she has two more younger sisters, Ruby,{{cite web|first=Mia|last=Fieldes|title=The time I was a pre- teen Mum... JUST KIDDING!!! This is my little sister Ruby...|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=13 November 2014|url=https://twitter.com/miafieldes/status/532984125322694656}} and the youngest, Violet.{{cite web|first=Mia|last=Fieldes|title=My littlest sister @violetfieldes is 14 today... She is my twin in every way separated by 15 years...|publisher=Twitter|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=1 September 2012|url=https://twitter.com/miafieldes/status/242022530955763714}} While she was thirteen years old, Fieldes would write letters to God, asking Him various things, such as the profession she would undertake, as a songwriter.{{cite web|first=Tony|last=Cummings|title=Mia Fieldes: The long-time writer of Christian music hits now a solo artist |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Mia_Fieldes__The_longtime_writer_of_Christian_music_hits_now_a_solo_artist/56246/p1/ |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=12 July 2015 |date=24 June 2015}} Her career in music ministry got underway, while she was seventeen years old, at Hillsong Church, in Sydney, Australia, where she would be based for ten years, learning her craft of songwriting and musicianship, all the while, growing in her faith.
Music career
Her music recording career commenced in 2009, with the self-released album, There's a Reason, and it was released on 2 June 2009.{{cite web|author=Cross Rhythms|title=There's a Reason - Mia Fieldes |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Mia_Fieldes/Theres_A_Reason/82707/ |publisher=Cross Rhythms |accessdate=12 July 2015 |date=2 June 2015}} She went the songwriting route, instead of releasing more recorded music, where she wrote songs for a myriad of Christian musicians in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and the United States. The first extended play, Ashes, was released by Essential Worship, on 8 May 2015,{{cite web|first=Brendan|last=Prout|title=Ashes|url=http://worshipleader.com/albums/ashes/|magazine=Worship Leader|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=19 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613124653/http://worshipleader.com/albums/ashes/|archive-date=13 June 2015|url-status=dead}} after she signed a recording contract with Provident Label Group.{{cite web|first=Jonathan|last=Andre|title=Mia Fieldes – Ashes |url=http://www.365daysofinspiringmedia.com/reviews/mia-fieldes-ashes/|publisher=365 Days of Inspiring Media|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=15 May 2015}}{{cite web|first=Laura|last=Chambers|title=Mia Fieldes 'Ashes EP'|url=http://christianmusicreview.org/mia-fieldes-ashes-ep/|publisher=Christian Music Review|accessdate=12 July 2015|date=11 May 2015|archive-date=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529200502/http://christianmusicreview.org/mia-fieldes-ashes-ep/|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Fieldes moved to Nashville, Tennessee, around her 30th birthday, where she is one of the current worship leaders, at The Belonging Co Church. She married Joren Dunnavant, a city planner, on 7 March 2017.
Discography
Albums
EPs
- Ashes (8 May 2015, Essential Worship/Provident)
Singles
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| 2015
| align="left"| "Fearless" |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.miafieldesmusic.com/}}
{{The Belonging Co}}
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Category:Australian Christians
Category:Musicians from Nashville, Tennessee