The future pop star was born on May 8, 1972 in Australia. As the lead singer and co-songwriter of the duo Savage Garden, as well as a solo artist, Darren Hayes has built a career spanning two decades.
Childhood and youth Darren Hayes
His father, Robert, is a retired merchant marine and his mother, Judy, is a retired nurse assistant. In addition to him, the family had two more children: older sister Tracy and older brother Peter.
But only Darren Hayes turned out to be capable of music and from the age of 11 he devoted a lot of time to studies and creativity - he played in the school drama club, was a soloist in the choir.
Musical career as an artist
Darren Hayes is an amazing performer. He has sold over 27 million albums worldwide thanks to just two singles, "Truly Crazy Deep" and "I Knew I Loved You Before I Met You", which were No. 1s in the US for a long time.
The second song, by the way, has a kind of record - it was the first in the history of modern pop music, which was the longest hit in the history of the chart.
And the ascent to the glory of the young performer began in 1992 with a call to the number from the newspaper. He saw an ad from Daniel Jones recruiting guys to audition. The creative union was quite successful in terms of recording new songs, but not very in terms of fame.
For almost four years, the guys had odd jobs, performed in minor clubs in the evenings. And only in 1996, the single of the young group Savage Garden I Want You helped them to quickly “unwind”, reaching almost platinum.
An interesting fact: before becoming a world famous musician, Hayes attended university to study journalism, and also wanted to get a teaching degree in early childhood education.
He worked as a supply teacher at a preschool for 12 months and quit his job the same day that the video for the song I Want You, Savage Garden's firstborn, appeared on music television.
Hayes has released 1996 albums since 6: two with Savage Garden and four solo. He has toured extensively around the world, including ultra-popular shows at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall London, The Sydney Opera House and Radio City Music Hall New York.
Also significant events in terms of career include a performance at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and a duet performance with Luciano Pavarotti.
In 1997 Savage Garden received a record 10 Aria Awards for their debut album.
This is a record for the highest number of awards ever received by an artist in one evening - since the awards began in 1972 (in the year of the singer's birth - isn't that a happy coincidence?).
Darren has also written extensively for other artists including Olivia Newton John, Clay Aiken and The Backstreet Boys.
He has also worked with Grammy Award-winning producers Walter Afanasiev (Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston), Rick Novels (Madonna, Celine Dion), Mark Spike Stent (Oasis, No Doubt, U2) and Marius Devries (Bjork) and others. .
Albumography of the 2000s
In March 2002 he moved to San Francisco where he released his first solo album Spin on March 19, 2002. And already in 2004, his song When You Say You Love Me, released from his 2002 album Spin, was covered by the Australian band Human Nature.
In April 2004, he was actively working on the release of his new solo album The Tension and The Spark. In June 2004, he filmed the music video for his POPular single in London.
His second solo album The Tension and The Spark was released in September 2004.
In September 2005, he filmed the video for So Beautiful in California, which was released in October 2005 and included the new Savage Garden greatest hits collection.
In May 2007, he traveled to Los Angeles to film the video for his first single, On the Verge of Something Wonderful, from his forthcoming album This Delicate Thing We've Made.
The double album was released worldwide on August 20, 2007 through his own independent label, Powder Sugar.
In 2011, Darren Hayes released his fourth solo album, Secret Codes and Battle ships, marking almost 20 years of the artist's career in the music business.
As with every show in his career, he toured this album with a show designed by world-famous director Willy Williams (U2's We Will Rock You).
The personal life of an artist
Darren Hayes was married twice - the first time to Colby Taylor (from 1994 to 1998, divorced in 2000) - a makeup artist with whom he had known since a young age.
In 2004, he moved to the UK, where he met animator and director Richard Cullen, with whom he lived in a civil marriage in 2006.
In 2013, he and Cullen were officially married in the state of California (USA). They live in Los Angeles with their English Cocker Spaniel Wally.
Darren Hayes today
Today he lives in Los Angeles and is constantly working on his own material, music for other artists.
Darren is an avid Star Wars fan and owns a vintage collection of 1977 Kenner action figures.
