Aneiki

Aneiki
Aneiki
Also known as	Halogen
Origin	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Genres	Pop
Labels	Meridienmusik
Past members	Jennifer Waite; Grant Wallis;

Aneiki is an Australian pop duo from Brisbane, Queensland made up of Jennifer Waite and Grant Wallis.^[1] The duo was originally called Halogen, but were forced to change their name after the Perth-based band Halogen established sole rights to the name's usage in Australia.

Aneiki worked with songwriter Daniel Jones^[2] and was signed to his label, Meridienmusik.^[3] Their debut single, "Pleased to Meet You", reached number 26 on the ARIA Singles Chart, spending 18 weeks in the top 100^[4] and was number 13 on 2001's Australian Artist Singles chart.^[5] "Pleased to Meet You" was the most played Australian song on Australian radio in 2002. Waite and Wallis were awarded APRA's Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year in 2002,^[6] an award they shared with Sia.

Follow-up singles "Superhero", "15 Minutes" and "Even Without You" reached numbers 48, 72 and 97.^[7]^[8]^[9] Their debut album Words in Place of Objects reached number 87 on the ARIA Albums Chart.^[10]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions
Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
Title	Album details	AUS ^[11]
Words in Place of Objects	Released: September 2002^[12] Label: Meridienmusik (300676-2) Format: CD	87

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title	Year	Peak chart positions		Album
Title	Year	AUS ^[11]	NZ ^[13]	Album
"Pleased to Meet You"	2001	26	39	Words in Place of Objects
"Superhero"	2001	48	-
"15 Minutes"	2002	72	-
"Even Without You"	2002	97	-

References

^ Girl Aneiki Interview - Aug 2001
^ The ARIA Report, Issue 593
^ ABC, Love is in the Air Episode 4: I should be so lucky, Savage Garden Archived 26 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^ The ARIA Report, Issue 611
^ The ARIA Report, Issue 617, End Of Year 2001
^ APRA AMCOS
^ The ARIA Report, Issue 625
^ The ARIA Report, Issue 631
^ The ARIA Report, Issue 656
^ The ARIA Report, Issue 657
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 15.
^ National Library of Australia listing Words in place of objects
^ "charts.org.nz - Aneiki - Pleased To Meet You". charts.nz. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

External links

Aneiki MySpace page

[1] Girl Aneiki Interview - Aug 2001

[aria593-2] The ARIA Report, Issue 593

[3] ABC, Love is in the Air Episode 4: I should be so lucky, Savage Garden Archived 26 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[aria611-4] The ARIA Report, Issue 611

[aria617-5] The ARIA Report, Issue 617, End Of Year 2001

[6] APRA AMCOS

[aria625-7] The ARIA Report, Issue 625

[aria631-8] The ARIA Report, Issue 631

[aria656-9] The ARIA Report, Issue 656

[aria657-10] The ARIA Report, Issue 657

[aus-11] Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 15.

[12] National Library of Australia listing Words in place of objects

[13] "charts.org.nz - Aneiki - Pleased To Meet You". charts.nz. Retrieved 28 May 2025.

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