{{Short description|Australian singer}} {{Distinguish|Mahalia (singer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mahalia Barnes | image = MahaliaBarnes2012MayA.jpg | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = Mahalia Barnes at the [[APRA Music Awards of 2012|APRA Awards]], [[Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre]], May 2012. | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Mahalia Violet Barnes | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|07|12|df=y}}<!---see [[WP:DOB]] --- privacy---> | birth_place = | origin = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date 1st) --> | death_place = | genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]|[[soul music|soul]]|[[funk]]}} | occupation = Singer, songwriter | years_active = 1991–present | label = [[Liberation Music|Liberation]], [[Provogue Records|Provogue]] | associated_acts = [[Jimmy Barnes]]<br />[[Jade Macrae]]<br />[[David Campbell (Australian musician)|David Campbell]], [[The Choir of Hard Knocks]], [[Reece Mastin]], [[Joe Bonamassa]] | past_member_of = [[The Tin Lids]] }}
'''Mahalia Violet Barnes''' (born 12 July 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Scottish-Australian rock singer [[Jimmy Barnes]] and Jane Mahoney. She began performing as part of children's pop group [[The Tin Lids]] with siblings, Eliza-Jane "E.J.", [[Elly-May Barnes|Elly-May]], and [[Jackie Barnes|Jackie]]. She later formed her own band, Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates, and {{as of|2024|lc=yes}} has recorded four albums with them. She has collaborated with [[Joe Bonamassa]], both in studio and in live performance, as well as other musical artists, including work as a [[backing vocalist]].
==Early life and education== Mahalia Violet Barnes was born on 12 July 1982 in [[Sydney]].<ref name="jbbio">{{cite web |date=12 July 1982 |title=Australian Singer Mahalia Barnes Teams Up With Joe Bonamassa |url=https://jbonamassa.com/features/2017/inside-the-band-mahalia-barnes/ |access-date=27 December 2024 |website=Joe Bonamassa}}</ref> She is the daughter of [[Jimmy Barnes]], an Australian rock singer, and Jane ([[née]] Mahoney), the Thai-born stepdaughter of an Australian diplomat. The pair married in Sydney on 22 May 1981. Barnes was named after United States gospel singer, [[Mahalia Jackson]].<ref name="Creswell">Creswell, Toby ''Jimmy Barnes: Too Much Ain't Enough'' pp. 87–99, 1993 {{ISBN|0-09-182818-X}}</ref> Her father has [[Scottish-Jewish]] ancestry.<ref name=fenely>{{cite news|url= https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/lets-get-spiritual-jimmy-finds-his-roots-20090821-etsf.html|title= Let's get spiritual: Jimmy finds his roots|last= Feneley|first= Rick|date= 22 August 2009|work= [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date= 25 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title="There's nothing more important to me than family": Jane Barnes getting through the highs and lows with her loved ones|first= Jane| last=Barnes |interviewer-first=Samantha|interviewer-last= Trenoweth| website=Now To Love | date=17 June 2021 | url=https://www.nowtolove.com.au/celebrity/celebrity-news/jimmy-barnes-wife-jane-68048/ | access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=koch2024>{{cite web | last=Koch | first=Phillip | title=Inside Jimmy Barnes and wife Jane's romantic love story | website=New Idea | date=23 May 2024 | url=https://www.newidea.com.au/celebrity/australian-celebrities/jimmy-barnes-wife-jane-mahoney/ | access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref>
When she was eight, Barnes joined younger siblings Eliza-Jane "E.J." and [[Jackie Barnes|Jackie]] for the recording sessions of their father's ''[[Two Fires]]'' album. Their voices are among the children's choir that features on the track "[[When Your Love is Gone]]".{{cn|date=December 2024}} From the age of nine, she formed part of the children's singing group [[The Tin Lids]] with siblings"E.J.", Jackie, and [[Elly-May Barnes]]. Their Christmas 1991 album, ''[[Hey Rudolph!]]'', was a [[platinum-selling]] album.<ref>{{cite web | last=Cashmere | first=Paul | title=Jimmy Barnes Expands The Tin Lids With His Grand Lids | website=Noise11.com | date=1 November 2023 | url=https://www.noise11.com/news/jimmy-barnes-expands-the-tin-lids-with-his-grand-lids-20231101 | access-date=26 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=noise11/>
==Career== ===Solo and with her band=== {{as of|2024}} she has recorded four albums with her band Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates:<ref name=jbbio/> ''Mahalia Barnes + the Soul Mates Volume 1'' (2008); ''Mahalia Barnes + the Soul Mates Volume 2'' (2012); ''Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook'' (2015); and ''Hard Expectations'' (2018).<ref name=discogs>{{cite web | title=Mahalia Barnes | website=Discogs | date=31 May 2008 | url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/385526-Mahalia-Barnes | access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
Barnes auditioned for the [[The Voice (Australia season 1)|first season]] of the Australian version of ''[[The Voice (Australia)|The Voice]]'' with the song "[[Proud Mary]]", the episode of which was broadcast on 22 April 2012 on the [[Nine Network]]. All coaches pressed their buttons (the first was [[Keith Urban]]), then realised that she was in fact Jimmy Barnes's daughter. Mahalia chose to join [[Joel Madden]]'s team. Mahalia was eliminated in the battle ring when she was pitted against Prinnie Stevens, who is very close to Mahalia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/mahalia-barnes-beaten-by-best-mate-and-team-joel-rival-prinnie-stevens-on-channel-nines-the-voice/story-e6frfmyi-1226343159181|title=Team Joel implodes: Voice favourite Mahalia Barnes beaten by her best mate|work=NewsComAu|date=30 April 2012|access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=jbbio/>
===With Joe Bonamassa=== ''Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook'', released in February 2015,<ref name=louder2015>{{cite web | title=When Mahalia Barnes met Joe Bonamassa | website=louder | date=21 January 2015 | url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/when-mahalia-barnes-met-joe-bonamassa | access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates Featuring Joe Bonamassa: Ooh Yea! The Betty Davis Songbook | website=PopMatters | date=24 February 2015 | url=https://www.popmatters.com/190746-mahalia-barnes-the-soul-mates-featuring-joe-bonamassa-ooh-yea-the-be-2495559198.html | access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref> is a tribute to American [[funk]]/soul singer [[Betty Davis]], and was Barnes' first collaboration with [[Joe Bonamassa]]. The album was produced by [[Kevin Shirley]].<ref name=jbbio/><ref name=noise11/> The collaboration came about after Barnes had played some Davis tracks to producer Shirley, who suggested recording the album and inviting Bonamassa (whose music he had previously produced) to be part of the process.<ref name=louder2015/> Barnes continued to collaborate with Bonamassa, including as a [[back-up singer]] on his studio album ''Blues of Desperation''.
===Other work and collaborations=== Barnes has often worked with her father Jimmy,<ref name=noise11>{{cite web | title=Mahalia Barnes Part 1 | website=Noise11.com | date=19 February 2015 | url=https://www.noise11.com/vinterviews/mahalia-barnes-part-1 | access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref> and recorded a duet with him, "[[Gonna Take Some Time]]", released as the second single from his album ''[[Double Happiness (album)|Double Happiness]]'') in 2005.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
She has also sung with her friend R&B singer [[Jade MacRae]], who later worked as a backup singer for her father.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/so-hot-right-now-20070804-gdqrm0.html |first=Kelsey |last=Munro| title=So hot right now | date=4 August 2007 | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | archive-date=23 August 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823155908/http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/so-hot-right-now/2007/08/02/1185648050866.html | url-status=live }}</ref> With MacRae and [[Kara Grainger]], she sang as a guest vocalist on the debut album of the Sydney band The Hands (whose members include session musicians [[Clayton Doley|Clayton]] and [[Lachy Doley|Lachlan Doley]]), ''Live And Breathe'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web | last=Winterford | first=Brett | title=The Hands | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=17 April 2008 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/the-hands-20080418-gds9ze.html | access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
Barnes became [[Reece Mastin]]'s manager in early 2015, when he was signed to Social Family Records.<ref name="i458">{{cite web | last=Cashmere | first=Paul | title=Reece Mastin Goes Indie | website=Noise11.com | date=20 February 2015 | url=https://www.noise11.com/news/reece-mastin-goes-indie-20150220 | access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref>
In 2021, Barnes competed in the [[The Masked Singer (Australian season 3)|third season]] of the [[The Masked Singer (Australian TV series)|Australian version of the Masked Singer]] as the "Pavlova". She finished eighth after being eliminated in the fifth episode.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fowler|first=Bella|title=The Masked Singer Australia's pavlova is unmasked|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/reality-tv/the-masked-singer-australias-pavlova-is-unmasked/news-story/e177ae09568e6caa60ffa75c48f5c48e|date=21 September 2021|website=[[news.com.au]]|publisher=[[News Corp Australia]]|access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Title ! Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Volume 1'' <br /> (by Mahalia Barnes The Soul Mates) | * Released: 2008 * Label: Liberation Music (LMCD0002) * Format: CD, digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''Come Together'' <br /> (with [[Prinnie Stevens|Prinnie]]) | * Released: 2012 * Label: Mercury Records Australia (3716262) * Format: CD, digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook'' <br /> (Mahalia Barnes and The Soul Mates featuring [[Joe Bonamassa]]) | * Released: 2015 * Label: Provogue (PRD 7455 2) * Format: 2xCD, 2xLP, digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''Hard Expectations'' <br /> (by Mahalia Barnes The Soul Mates) | * Released: 2018 * Label: The Soul Mates (soulmate3) * Format: CD, digital download, streaming |}
===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Title ! Details |- ! scope="row"| ''Mahalia Barnes Live At The Basement'' | * Released: 2006 * Label: Mahalia Barnes/ Liberation Music (MB001) * Format: CD, digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''Mahalia Barnes + The Soul Mates'' <br /> (by Mahalia Barnes The Soul Mates) | * Released: 2007 * Label: Liberation Music (LIBEP9264.2) * Format: CD, digital download |- ! scope="row"| ''Mahalia Barnes + The Soul Mates Volume 2'' <br /> (by Mahalia Barnes The Soul Mates) | * Released: * Label: The Soul Mates (soulmate3) * Format: CD, digital download |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- !rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:19em;"| Title !rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:1em;"| Year !| Chart peak positions !rowspan="2" scope="col"| Album |- ! style="width:30px;"|<small>[[ARIA Charts|AUS]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jimmy+Barnes+%2F+Mahalia+Barnes&titel=Gonna+Take+Some+Time&cat=s |title=Jimmy Barnes / Mahalia Barnes – Gonna Take Some Time |publisher=australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2022-08-02}}</ref></small> |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Gonna Take Some Time]]" <br /> (with [[Jimmy Barnes]]) | 2005 | 31 | ''[[Double Happiness (album)|Double Happiness]]'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "I'm Just Not Ready for Love" <br /> (as Mahalia Barnes The Soul Mates) | 2008 | — | ''Volume 1'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Steppin in Her I. Miller Shoes" <br /> (as Mahalia Barnes The Soul Mates featuring Joe Bonamassa) | 2015 | — | ''Ooh Yeah! – The Betty Davis Songbook'' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=2066021|name=Mahalia Barnes}} * [https://www.noise11.com/vinterviews/mahalia-barnes-part-1 Mahalia Barnes Part 1] - first of a series of 5 interviews
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