Marlon Williams
New Zealand singer-songwriter · New Zealand · On the map · Musicians · Born 1990 · age 35
A voice that stops rooms - New Zealand's Marlon Williams turned Lyttelton into a launching pad for chamber-pop that crosses hemispheres, racking up local gold certifications and the country's most serious songwriting honors along the way.
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Williams was born 31 December 1990 and first surfaced fronting The Unfaithful Ways before collaborating with Delaney Davidson and eventually stepping into his own light. Based in Lyttelton, he built a following sharp enough to win multiple Aotearoa Music Awards, the 2026 Taite Music Prize, and the APRA Silver Scroll - the trifecta that marks arrival in New Zealand music. By May 2026 he'd notched two gold albums and a gold single ('What's Chasing You'), touring with his backing band The Yarra Benders. The work also pulled him toward acting, though the songs remain the through-line - guitar, pen, and that voice carrying him farther than the South Island probably predicted.
