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In The Neighbourhood
"In the Neighbourhood" is the 1994 debut single by the New Zealand hip hop duo Sisters Underground. The song peaked at #6 in the New Zealand singles charts and is now regarded as a landmark single both in the emerging South Auckland music scene of the 1990s and for New Zealand music as a whole. Background The lyrics were written by high school friends Brenda Makamoeafi and Hassanah Iroegbu. The duo had performed around Auckland as "Sisters Underground" before working with producer Alan Jansson, who recorded two Sisters Underground tracks for the ''Proud'' compilation album. Jansson produced instrumentation for the track - hip hop beats and acoustic guitars. Commercial performance The single charted at number 6 on the New Zealand singles chart, charting for 12 weeks in the winter of 1994. The song was also released in Australia, where it peaked at number 62 and spent 10 weeks on the ARIA top 100 singles chart. The track received airplay on Australian youth radio network Tr ...
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Sisters Underground
Sisters Underground was a New Zealand hip hop and R&B duo best known for their 1994 single "In the Neighbourhood". Background Group members Brenda Makamoeafi and Hassanah Iroegbu originally met aged 13, at Hillary College in Ōtara, South Auckland. Iroegbu was an immigrant from the US, of Nigerian, Arab and German heritage. By 1990 the pair were performing around Auckland as Sisters Underground. They were put in touch with music producer Alan Jansson, who recorded two tracks ("In The Neighbourhood" and "Ain't It True" with them for the upcoming compilation album ''Proud''. "In The Neighbourhood" was released as a single, along with a music video by Greg Semu. The song peaked at number 6 in the New Zealand singles chart, and charted for 12 weeks. In Australia, "In the Neighbourhood" peaked at number 62 on the ARIA singles chart, and spent 10 weeks in the top 100. In 1995 the duo performed in all six locations in Australia and New Zealand for the Big Day Out music festival, w ...
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Nature's Best DVD
The Nature's Best DVD is a DVD release of 60 music videos to songs from the three ''Nature's Best'' compilation albums. Track listing #Dave Dobbyn - " Loyal" (Dave Dobbyn, 1988) #The Swingers - " Counting the Beat" (Phil Judd/ Mark Hough/ Wayne Stevens, 1981) #Bic Runga - " Sway" (Bic Runga, 1997) #Dave Dobbyn with Herbs - "Slice of Heaven" (Dave Dobbyn, 1986) #Dance Exponents - "Victoria" ( Jordan Luck, 1982) # Dragon - " April Sun In Cuba" (Paul Hewson/Marc Hunter, 1978) #Split Enz - " I Got You" (Neil Finn, 1980) #DD Smash - "Whaling" (Dave Dobbyn, 1984) #Chris Knox - "Not Given Lightly" (Chris Knox, 1990) #The Chills - "Pink Frost" (Martin Phillipps, 1984) # Crowded House - "Weather With You" (Tim Finn/Neil Finn, 1991) #Fur Patrol - "Lydia" (Julia Deans, 2000) # Hello Sailor - " Blue Lady" (Graham Brazier, 1977) #Bic Runga - " Drive" (Bic Runga, 1996) # DLT featuring Che Fu - "Chains" ( Che Ness/Darryl Thompson/Angus McNaughton/Kevin Rangihuna, 1996) #Shona Laing - "(Glad I' ...
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1994 Debut Singles
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APRA Award Winners
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Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties. The association has more than 100 members, including small labels typically run by one to five people, medium size organisations and very large companies with international affiliates. ARIA is administered by a Board of Directors comprising senior executives from record companies, both large and small. History In 1956, the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) was formed by Australia's major record companies. It was replaced in the 1970s by the Australian Recording Industry Association, which was established by the six major record companies operati ...
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ARIA Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ...
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South Auckland
South Auckland is an imprecisely defined urban area of Auckland, New Zealand, with a young population, a relatively large Polynesian and Māori demographic, and lower incomes than other parts of Auckland. The name ''South Auckland'', though not an official place name, has come into common use For example: among New Zealanders. It also appears in the names of some organisations and companies. Since the 1970s the term "South Auckland" has developed negative connotations with outsiders, being associated with deprivation, crime and violence. When street crime occurs in the area, the mass media tend to use the generic "South Auckland" phrase, with its vague and unfortunate stereotypes, rather than a more precise name of a suburb or territorial authority. Barry Curtis, mayor of Manukau City from 1983 to 2007, tried to discourage use of the name "South Auckland" because of its negative connotations. History The area between Manurewa and Clevedon was historically a large swampland ...
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Māngere Bridge (suburb)
Māngere Bridge is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, under the local governance of the Auckland Council. Surrounded by the Manukau Harbour, the area is the most north-western suburb of South Auckland, and is connected to Onehunga in central Auckland by Māngere Bridge (bridges), three bridges that cross the Māngere Inlet. Many features of the Auckland volcanic field are found in and around Māngere Bridge, including Māngere Mountain, a feature in the centre of the suburb, and Māngere Lagoon, a volcanic tidal lagoon opposite Puketutu Island in the harbour. The suburb is also home to Ambury Regional Park, a working farm and nature sanctuary run by Auckland Council, that connects to the Kiwi Esplanade and Watercare Coastal walkways. After being inhabited for hundreds of years by Tāmaki Māori, the area became a Ngāti Mahuta settlement to provide defense of Auckland from the late 1840s until the invasion of the Waikato in 1863. From later in the 19th century, Māngere Bridg ...
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2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
The 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Awards were held on Tuesday 15 October 2013 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. This is the first year the ceremony was held at Vector Arena, moving from its previous location of the Auckland Town Hall in order to accommodate more of APRA's 8000 New Zealand members. The Silver Scroll award was presented to Ella Yelich-O'Connor and Joel Little for " Royals" by Lorde, and singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. The award for The Most Performed Work Overseas went to Brooke Fraser and Scott Ligertwood for “ Something in the Water”, ending the 13-year run of Neil Finn's Crowded House song "Don't Dream It's Over". Brenda Makamoeafi and Hassanah Iroegbu of 1990s hip hop duo Sisters Underground reunited to perform their 1994 hit "In the Neighbourhood". Silver Scroll award The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zea ...
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TV2 (New Zealand)
TVNZ 2 ( mi, Te Reo Tātaki Rua) is the second New Zealand television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It targets a younger audience than its sister channel, TVNZ 1. TVNZ 2's line up consists of dramas, comedies, and reality TV shows. A small number are produced in New Zealand which are either of a comedic, soap opera or reality nature, with rest of the line-up imported from mostly a Warner Bros. or HiT Entertainment or Disney catalogue or a FremantleMedia or Hasbro or Endemol soap opera/reality TV catalogue. TVNZ 2 is New Zealand's second-oldest television channel, formed in 1975 following the break-up of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation into Radio New Zealand, Television One and Television Two. It began broadcasting on 30 June 1975, and for most of the 1970s was known as South Pacific Television. In 1980, it became a part of TVNZ when South Pacific Television and Television One merged, and reverted to the name TV2 ...
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Nature's Best 2
''Nature's Best 2'' is a two-disc compilation album of 35 New Zealand popular music songs, numbers 31-65 on the APRA 75th Anniversary Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time. See '' Nature's Best'' for more information on the selection process of this list. ''Nature's Best 2'' was released as part of a Nature's Best Box Set on 29 November 2005. Track listing Disc one #"Outlook For Thursday" – DD Smash (Dave Dobbyn/DD Smash, 1983) #" Down In Splendour" – Straitjacket Fits (Andrew Brough, 1990) #" Better Be Home Soon" – Crowded House (Neil Finn, 1988) #" How Bizarre" – OMC (Alan Jansson/Pauly Fuemana, 1995) #"Language" – Dave Dobbyn (Dave Dobbyn, 1994) #"Message to My Girl" – Split Enz (Neil Finn, 1984) #"Poi E" – Pātea Māori Club (Dalvanius Prime, 1984) #"Stuff And Nonsense" – Split Enz (Tim Finn, 1979) #"Venus" – The Feelers ( James Reid, 1998) #"System Virtue" – Emma Paki (Emma Paki, 1993) #" Fraction Too Much Friction" – Tim Finn (Tim Finn, 1983) #" Fren ...
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