Born with Asperger's Syndrome, Pip was a music-obsessed child with very musical parents (step-father a drummer, mother a singer). She is noted as being influenced by 70s and 80s music. While attending Chanel College, she played in several grunge bands.

Ladyhawke was formerly a member of the rock band Two Lane Blacktop from New Zealand, and the Sydney duo Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau. In 2005 Brown decided to leave Teenager to focus on a personal project she had been developing for sometime, a persona she had dubbed "Ladyhawke", inspired by the Richard Donner film from 1985 with the same name.

Her debut album Ladyhawke was released on Modular in September 2008 and gained mostly positive reviews. The album peaked at #16 at UK Albums Chart, #16 Australian Albums Chart, #41 at U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers, #62 at European Top 100 Albums, #1 at New Zealand Albums Chart.

Five singles were released from this album: "Back Of The Van", "Paris Is Burning", "Dusk Till Dawn", "My Delirium" and "Magic".

She also collaborated with Pnau on "Embrace", one of their most known songs.

Currently Ladyhawke is writing material for a second album.

Achievements:

Ladyhawke was nominated for Best Solo Artist at NME Awards 2009, Best Kiwi & Independent Spirit at MTV Australia Awards and for International Female Solo Artist at Brit Awards 2010.

She won five awards (Album of the Year, Best Dance/Electronica album, Single of the Year - My Delirium, International Achievement Award, Best Female Solo Artist, Breakthrough Artist of the Year) and was nominated for People's Choice Award at New Zealand Music Awards.

Pip was nominated for six categories on ARIA Music Awards 2009 and won two of them: Breakthrough Artist ? album for Ladyhawke and Breakthrough Artist ? single for "My Delirium".

Her debut album ranked #23 on MusicOMH Best Albums of 2008.

Official site: http://www.ladyhawkemusic.com

Phillipa "Pip" Brown (born in July 1979) better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was formerly a part of the Wellington-based band Two Lane Blacktop, named for the 1971 road movie of the same name. Before assuming the name Ladyhawke, she formed the band Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau and Empire of the Sun. Ladyhawke named herself after the 1985 Richard Donner film Ladyhawke. Ladyhawke is best known for her hit singles "Paris Is Burning" and "My Delirium". Her self-titled debut album was released on Modular Recordings in September 2008. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, Ladyhawke won for Best Breakthrough single and album.

The Observer grouped Ladyhawke in with other singers gaining notice with their distinct fashion, 1980s references, and androgyny, including Lady Gaga, Little Boots, Lissy Trullie, and Elly Jackson's synth duo La Roux.