Hinenuiterangi Tairua, known by her stage name A.Girl, is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter and rapper from Sydney. She won Next Big Thing at the 2019 FBi Awards in Sydney. She performed on

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's Like a Version and Bars of Steel. She won the

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Unearthed competition to play at Listen Out in 2019. Hinenuiterangi performed on '' X Factor Australia'' and ''

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'' as part of the groups Unique and Trill.

Personal life

Hinenuiterangi was born in Sydney to a

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family from

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. Her first experience with music was performing in a reggae band called ONE LOVE composed of her family members Paulette Tairua and REWETI PENE playing in venues in her home city.

Discography

Singles

*"2142" (2019) *"Play" (2019) *"All Over You" (2020) *"Lola" (2020) *"Luv Drunk" (2021) *"Vision" (2021) *"We Them Boyz" (featuring Jaecy) (2021)

As featured artist

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– "Nxt 2 U" (2019) *Oh Boy – "I Never Cried So Much in My Whole Life" (2020) *Kinder – "Come Along" (2020) *True Vibenation – "More Than You'll Ever Know" (2021) *Lil Spacely – "Husky" (2021)

References

21st-century Australian women singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Singers from Sydney {{Australia-musician-stub