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Boh Runga 〔 is a New Zealand recording artist and was the lead singer and guitarist in New Zealand rock band Stellar. Boh is the older sister of Bic Runga and Pearl Runga who are also musicians. ==Biography== Boh grew up in Christchurch, New Zealand. She is the daughter of Joseph Runga, a Maori ex-serviceman and Sophia Tang, a Chinese singer who abandoned her own music career in Malaysia to join Joseph in his home country.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bicrunga.net.nz/about_bic.htm )〕 Joseph was a self-taught pianist and died in 2005 from a heart attack.〔 Boh left Christchurch for Auckland to form Stellar in the late 1990s. After signing with Sony Music, Stellar released their 1999 debut album ''Mix'' and quickly became Sony's biggest selling New Zealand band as the album went multi-platinum. Stellar also secured eight Tui Awards for ''Mix'' and its 2001 follow up ''Magic Line''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/2424.html )〕 After the release of 'Magic Line' and the subsequent touring of New Zealand, Australia and Europe, Boh headed to Los Angeles in 2003 to hone her skills as a songwriter at the invitation of her LA-based music publishers, Chrysalis. She now lives in Los Angeles. Since 2003, she has been married to Campbell Smith, who is the manager for her sister Bic and chief executive of the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand.〔 In 2007, a fortuitous introduction to the gold bullion company NZ Mint led Boh into designing and launching her first jewellery range called 'Birdland', based on her love of New Zealand's native birds. Due to the success of both 'Birdland' and her second collection, 'The Messenger Stories', Runga now plans to release the jewellery in Australia and North America. In December 2012, Runga starred in an online video campaign supporting gay marriage, alongside other New Zealand singers Anika Moa and Hollie Smith, as well as Olympian Danyon Loader and former Governor-General Dame Catherine Tizard. In August 2014, Runga featured with other New Zealand artists on the charity single "Song for Everyone".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/entertainment/24622762/new-zealand-s-biggest-stars-team-up-for-charity-single/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boh Runga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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