What is "asta"

Asta may refer to:

In organizations:

• Arkansas Science & Technology Authority
• American Sail Training Association
• American Seed Trade Association
• American Society of Travel Agents
• American String Teachers Association
• Association of Secondary Ticket Agents, a regulatory board in the United Kingdom
• AStA, the external representing agency of the student body at universities in most German states
• ASTA Medica Onkologie, a pharmaceutical company acquired by Baxter International
• American Scouting Traders Association, a former name of the International Scouting Collectors Association
• ASTA-BEAB, a conformance mark

In other uses:

• Asta (air base), a former Soviet Air Force base in Estonia
• Åsta, a village in Norway
• Asta (moth)
• 1041 Asta, an asteroid

• , a tugboat

• Battle of Pollentia or Battle of Asta, a battle between the Romans and the Visigoths in 402 near Asti, Italy
• American Spice Trade Association, creators of the ASTA pungency unit of pepper hotness
• Loch of Asta, a lake near Tingwall, Shetland in Scotland
• Asta, a fictional dog played by Skippy (dog) in the Thin Man films

Åsta is a village in Åmot municipality, Norway. It is located seven kilometres south of the municipality centre Rena, close to the Glomma river.

Asta (born Asta Evelyn Binnie-Ireland, 13 January 1994) is a singer-songwriter from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

She rose to prominence when her track "My Heart Is On Fire" won Triple J's Unearthed High in 2012. The track went on to be voted into position 50 in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2012. She has gone on to release the singles "Escape" and "I Need Answers", as well as touring Australia nationally.

In 2015, she released the song "Dynamite" featuring Australian rapper Allday, which reached number 66 on the ARIA Singles Chart. She recently featured as the opening act for British musical act Ellie Goulding and is set to feature at music festivals such as The Plot in December 2015 and Skullduggery (Adelaide) in February 2016.

In 2016 she released the single "Wild Emotion", and started an Australian Tour for the song starting on March 18, 2016 at Springfield, Queensland.