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Hayes (born 8 May 1972) is a UK based Australian singer-songwriter.
Hayes debuted in 1996 as the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage
Garden, whose 1997 album Savage Garden propelled them to superstardom.
It spawned the singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", and the
airplay number-one "Truly Madly Deeply". The duo followed the success of
their debut album with Affirmation (1999), which also produced several
hits such as "I Knew I Loved You", "The Animal Song" and "Crash and
Burn". Savage Garden sold more than 23 million albums worldwide before
parting ways in 2001. Hayes released his first solo album Spin in 2002.
The album sold two million copies worldwide, debuted at #2 in the UK
album charts and spawned the hit single "Insatiable". Hayes' second solo
album The Tension and the Spark marked a big change of direction for the
singer-songwriter, showing him experimenting with electronica and darker
lyrics. NME wrote about Hayes and the first single from the album,
Popular saying it was "A twistered masterclass in career
reintervention...This guy is a genius."
