Ruby Frost

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title: "Ruby Frost" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1987-births", "new-zealand-women-singer-songwriters", "new-zealand-singer-songwriters", "new-zealand-people-of-dutch-descent", "musicians-from-auckland", "musicians-from-wellington-city", "living-people", "new-zealand-women-pop-singers", "21st-century-new-zealand-women-singers"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Frost" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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nameRuby Frost
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birth_nameJane de Jong
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birth_placeWellington, New Zealand
originAuckland, New Zealand
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occupationSinger-songwriter
years_active2008–present
labelUniversal Music
websiteOfficial site
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Early singles

In December 2011, Ruby Frost released her debut single "Moonlight" on bFM, which went to #1 and stayed in the radio station's top 10 for 10 consecutive weeks. The accompanying video was directed by Veronica Crockford-Pound.

Ruby Frost's song "O That I Had" (off her debut, self-released EP) was remixed by Mt Eden in 2010, receiving over one million views on YouTube.

Songwriting competitions

In 2010, Ruby won the Grand Prize of the Pop category in the international John Lennon Songwriting Contest: Section I. This was for her demo "Hazy".

Ruby also came in third place in the Pop/Top 40 category of the International Songwriting Competition (2011), for "Hazy".

In 2012, Ruby's song "Water to Ice" was shortlisted in the Top 20 for the NZ APRA Silver Scrolls.

2012 releases

Debut album

Frost's debut album Volition was produced in New York by Chris Zane and was released in New Zealand on 8 June 2012 by Universal Music New Zealand. Physical copies of the album came complete with abstract short stories written by Ruby.

The album was critically well received.

Singles

Ruby released "Water to Ice" in New Zealand in April 2012. The single was playlisted by New Zealand mainstream radio stations The Edge and ZM, and peaked at #3 in The Official New Zealand Music Chart's NZ Singles category. The single's video clip was directed by Joel Kefali and Campbell Smith of Special Problems, and was featured on the frontpage of Vimeo as a Staff Pick on 8 August.

Her next single "Young" was released in New Zealand in September 2012, with a video clip made by Sam Kristofski. Home Brew Crew remixed the song, and it charted in The Edge's Fat 40 for two months, sparking off a national house party tour that the radio station sponsored (along with Vodafone and Glassons).

Ruby was also featured on the Flight of the Conchords single "Feel Inside", which was released to raise money for the children's charity Cure Kids.

In 2013, Ruby co-wrote 'The Wire', the second single on David Dallas's album "Falling into Place". She also sang guest vocals on his song 'The Gate'.

In 2014, she released her first single from her time in Stockholm - "Comeback Queen".

In May 2018, the Manawatū Standard reported that Frost is still working on a second studio album.

Discography

Albums

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YearTitleDetailsMusic ChartsNZ
2012Volition4
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Singles

::data[format=table] | Year | Title | NZ Charts | Album | NZ Singles | Top 40 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2010 | "Moonlight" | — | — | Volition | | | 2011 | "Odyssey" | — | — | | | | 2012 | "Water to Ice" | 3 | — | | | | "Young" | 6 | — | | | | | "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)" Flight of the Conchords charity single | 1 | 1 | Non-album single}} | | | | 2013 | "The Wire" (David Dallas featuring Ruby Frost) | 2 | 11 | Falling Into Place | | | 2014 | "Comeback Queen" | — | — | Non-album singles}} | | | 2021 | "Never Be Your Baby" | — | — | | | ::

References

References

  1. Scoop. "42Unheard winner". Scoop.
  2. [http://www.onetrickpony.tv/best-new-records/music-ruby-frost/ New Music: Ruby Frost - One Trick Pony. One Trick Pony]
  3. "RUBY FRÖST - Events - Facebook". Facebook.
  4. "RUBY FRÖST - Videos - Facebook". Facebook.
  5. "Melanie Blatt, Ruby Frost to judge X Factor NZ". 3 News.
  6. "Jackie Thomas wins X Factor NZ". 3 News.
  7. (9 March 2011). "Ruby Frost - Moonlight EP Review". Music.net.nz.
  8. YouTube. "Moonlight". Moonlight video.
  9. (1 December 2010). "Ruby Frost and Mt. Eden - Oh That I Had". YouTube.
  10. JLSC. "JLSC Winners".
  11. "International Songwriting Competition - The #1 Song Contest for Songwriters". songwritingcompetition.com.
  12. "Top 20 NZ songs of the past year revealed". The New Zealand Herald.
  13. "Ruby Frost's sparkling debut (+audio)". The New Zealand Herald.
  14. "Ruby Frost - Of Her Own Free Will". nzmusician.co.nz.
  15. (January 2012). "Volition". iTunes.
  16. "Top 20 New Zealand Singles Chart - The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
  17. "Vimeo on Twitter". Twitter.
  18. "Ruby Frost Flat Party". theedge.co.nz.
  19. "Red Nose Day Comedy For Cure Kids - Shows - TV3". tv3.co.nz.
  20. www.zmonline.com, ZM {{!}}. "Ruby Frost - Comeback Queen".
  21. (15 May 2018). "Pop star Ruby Frost visits Palmerston North Girls' High for songwriting class".
  22. "Discography Ruby Frost". Hung Medien.

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