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Country music star Blake O'Connor, winner of the Toyota Star Maker at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, is back on the road with a new single despite the hurdles of the past 2 years.

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Port Macquarie : Country music star Blake O'Connor is back
Country music star Blake O'Connor, winner of the Toyota Star Maker at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, is back on the road with a new single despite the hurdles of the past 2 years.

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Blake O'Connor is an Australian country music singer and songwriter. He released his debut studio album Everything I Feel in July 2019, which landed at #1 ARIA Australian Country Charts and peaked at number 31 on the all genres international ARIA Albums Chart.

Blake O'Connor was born in Windsor, New South Wales, before moving with his family to Bathurst then Port Macquarie.

His grandparents gifted him an acoustic guitar for his sixth birthday. At 14, Blake had his first gig at a wedding which inspired his first song he wrote especially for the occasion.

In 2015, he was a featured artist in the NSW School's Spectacular in Sydney and then made the decision to leave school to focus full-time on music.

In January 2017, O'Connor visited Tamworth, New South Wales and won the Mount Franklin talent quest, the Capitol Country Music Association male vocal category, the Coca-Cola country best youngster in Tamworth and performed three times on the Peel Street stage and once on the ABC stage.

Later in 2017, O'Connor entered and won the Coca-Cola Country competition and CCMA Junior talent quest, receiving a scholarship to attend the CMAA Academy.

In June 2018, O'Conner self-released his debut, self-titled extended play.

In January 2019, O'Connor became the 40th winner of the Toyota Star Maker at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

In July 2019, O'Connor released his debut studio album which he said "it's about everything I've been through in the last year with my emotions and experience."

The album debuted at number 31 on the ARIA Charts.

In September 2019, O'Connor released "Worth a Little More" as the album's second single, along with its video.


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