Karise Eden

Eden with her coach and mentor Seal in June 2012.

Eden auditioned for the first series of the Australian reality television talent show The Voice. She appeared on the show's first episode on 15 April 2012, singing James Brown's "It's a Man's World".[7] All four coaches turned around their chairs within the first twelve seconds: Keith Urban was the first coach who turned around his chair, followed by the other three coaches: Seal, Delta Goodrem and Joel Madden.[8] All four coaches opted to take Eden as one of their finalists; she eventually chose Seal as her coach and mentor.[9] Eden progressed through to the Battle Rounds, where she was paired against contestant Paula Parore, singing Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black".[9] As a result, Seal chose Eden as the winner of the battle and she progressed through to the Live Shows.[9] Throughout this round, the coaches and audiences were impressed with Eden's performances of Rebecca Ferguson's "Nothing's Real but Love", Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" and Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".[9]

During the first part of the grand final, on 17 June 2012, Eden sang an original song entitled "I Was Your Girl", which she co-wrote with a friend, and a cover of Lorraine Ellison's "Stay with Me Baby".[4][9] Eden was announced the winner of the season during the second part of the grand final on 18 June 2012.[9] After she was announced the winner, Eden performed her debut single "You Won't Let Me" for the first time.[9] She was awarded a prize of $100,000, a Ford Focus car and a recording contract with Universal Music Australia.[9]

Eden performing live at Westfield Sydney, Australia on 29 June 2012.

"You Won't Let Me" was released digitally on 19 June 2012 and physically on 21 June 2012.[10][11] For the week of 25 June 2012, Eden's songs "You Won't Let Me", "Stay with Me Baby", "Hallelujah" and "I Was Your Girl" took up four positions of the ARIA Singles Chart top five.[12] She became the first artist to achieve this feat since The Beatles, who held the top six positions of the chart in 1964.[13] Eden had a total of eight songs in the ARIA top 50 for that week.[12] Six of these songs left the ARIA top 50 the following week, including "Stay with Me Baby" which dropped to number 54, the biggest drop from number one in Australian chart history.[14][15] "I Was Your Girl" left the ARIA top 100, the equal biggest fall for a number three song in Australian chart history.[15] "You Won't Let Me", "I Was Your Girl", "Nothing's Real but Love" and "Stay with Me Baby" each received gold certifications by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for sales of 35,000 copies.[16] "Hallelujah" was certified platinum for sales of 70,000 copies.[16]

Eden's debut studio album My Journey was released on 26 June 2012.[17] The album features recorded versions of the covers Eden performed on The Voice, the original song "I Was Your Girl", as well as newly recorded covers of "The Weight", "Hound Dog", "Move Over", "I'd Rather Go Blind" and "The Dock of the Bay".[5][17] The album debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart, where it remained for six consecutive weeks.[18] It was certified double platinum by the ARIA, denoting sales of 140,000 copies.[19] The album also debuted at number three on the New Zealand Albums Chart and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ), denoting sales of 7,500 copies.[20][21] Eden promoted the album with instore appearances at Westfield shopping centres across Australia.[22] In October 2012, she embarked on the Heavenly Sounds national tour of churches and cathedral venues.[23]

In March 2013, Eden was part of the Bluesfest along with many other local and international acts in Byron Bay, New South Wales.[24][25] Eden's second single "Threads of Silence", co-written with Sacha Skarbek in London, was released digitally on 3 June 2013, the same day she performed it live on The Voice.[25] Upon its release, the song debuted and peaked at number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart.[18] "Dynamite" was released as the lead single from Eden's second studio album, Things I've Done, on 12 September 2014, and peaked at number 65.[26][27] The album was released on 17 October 2014,[28] and debuted at number five on the ARIA Albums Chart.[18] The album's second single "Loneliness" was released on 3 April 2015, but failed to chart.[29] On 2 June 2015, Eden released a cover version of The Shirelles song "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", which was used in a promotional sync campaign for the Nine Network's drama series Love Child.[30][31]

In October 2018, Eden announced the release of her third studio album titled Born to Fight. Eden realised she wanted to make music that showed her fiery side and her passion for blues, rock'n roll and even a great power ballad, saying "I've always been singing sad soul songs and I thought, just for once, there's another side of my personality that's never been shown on camera, my off-screen sass and who I am as a person, and that's a lot of what poured into this album." The album is due for release on 16 November 2018.[32] The album's lead single "Temporary Lovers" was released on 19 October 2018.[33]