Emma Paki is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 singer/songwriter

Songwriter

A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

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She won Most Promising Female Vocalist, Best Song Writer and Best Video at the 1993 New Zealand Music Awards

New Zealand Music Awards

The New Zealand Music Awards show, is a major annual New Zealand music event where musical acts and singers are awarded each year. It has occurred every year since 1965 to outstanding New Zealand musicians and groups....

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Her next single "Greenstone" went into the NZ Top 10, and won her nomination for Best Female Vocalist in 1994. Her debut album “Oxygen of Love

Oxygen of Love

Oxygen of Love is an album by New Zealand singer/songwriter Emma Paki released in 1996.'Oxygen Of Love', produced by Crowded House and Supertramp’s Mark Hart, released in 1996 reached Gold status in New Zealand...

” released in 1996 reached gold status and she gained a second nomination for Best Female Vocalist, as well as a Best Album nomination in the 1996 New Zealand Music Awards

New Zealand Music Awards

The New Zealand Music Awards show, is a major annual New Zealand music event where musical acts and singers are awarded each year. It has occurred every year since 1965 to outstanding New Zealand musicians and groups....

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Singles

• "System Virtue" (1993) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH4S7eWP8mo
• "Greenstone" (1994)
• "Don't Give It Up" (1996)
• "Paradise" (2007)
• "Stand Alone" (2004) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PooQ0ILZPcY
• "Century Sky" (2005)

External links

• http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/232.html biography