Sarah Paige Aarons (born 4 October 1994, previously known asPaige IV and sometimes simply asSarah) is an Australian songwriter. Originally fromBentleigh,Melbourne, she attendedMcKinnon Secondary College in McKinnon.^[1] Now based in Los Angeles,^[2] Aarons is signed toSony ATV Publishing. She co-wrote "Stay" byZedd andAlessia Cara^[3] and "The Middle" by Zedd,Maren Morris andGrey, which both went to #1 onMainstream Top 40 and were each certified double platinum in the US. In 2019, Aarons was nominated forSong of the Year at the61st Annual Grammy Awards for her work on "The Middle".

In Australia, Aarons had acclaimed success with the breakout song "Keeping Score" byLDRU,^[4] "Frozen" by Pon Cho andCosmo's Midnight's "History," which in turn has become the most played song onTriple J in 2017. She has also received three ARIA Awards for her work with LDRU and has gone double platinum in Australia.

In 2017, Aarons was appointed one ofAPRA AMCOS Ambassadors^[5] and was included inLA Weekly's 20 hottest current songwriters.^[6] At theAPRA Music Awards of 2018 she won Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year,^[7][8] she was also nominated for Country Work of the Year for the track, "House", alongside co-writersBrooke McClymont, Mollie McClymont,Samantha McClymont and Michael Fatkin.^[9]

At the2019 APRA Awards, Aarons won Songwriter of the Year as well as Most Played Australian Work, Rock Work of the Year and Dance Work of the Year.^[10]

In 2018, Aarons had her right leg amputated due to severe rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune condition that causes pain and swelling of the joints. The songwriter won Song of the Year at theAPRA Music Awards of 2023 for co-writing "Say Nothing" (2022) with fellow Australian (and the song's performer)Flume.

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