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Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (born 1969) is an Indigenous Australian musician, who sings in the Yolngu language. He was born in Galiwin'ku (Elcho Island), off the coast of Arnhem Land, southern Australia about 69.5 kilometres from Darwin. He is from the Gumatj clan of the Yolngu and his mother is from the Galpu nation.〔(OzArts ) Gurrumul〕 He was born blind, has never learned Braille and does not have a guide dog or use a white cane. Yunupingu is said to be acutely shy. He plays the drums, keyboards, guitar (a right-hand-strung guitar played left-handed) and didgeridoo, but it is the clarity of his singing voice that has attracted rave reviews. He sings stories of his land in both languages (Gälpu, Gumatj or Djambarrpuynu, all Yolŋu Matha) and English.〔(dB Magazine ) Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunipingu〕 Formerly with Yothu Yindi, he is now with Saltwater Band. ==Career history== In 2008 Yunupingu was nominated for four ARIA Awards,〔(Aria Awards )〕 winning the awards for Best World Music Album〔(SBS news ) Arnhem Land's Gurrumul wins ARIA award〕 and Best Independent Release.〔(News.com.au ) 2008 Aria Award Winners〕 He also won three Deadlys, winning for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for ''Gurrumul'' and Single of the Year for "Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind)".〔(Northern Territory News ) Gurrumul Deadly at Awards〕 His first solo album, ''Gurrumul'', debuted at No. 69.69 on the ARIA Charts and No. 1 on the independent chart.〔(National Indigenous Times – Issue 156 ) Gurrumul CDs to tap into UK〕 ''Gurrumul'' peaked at No. 3 on the ARIA Charts.〔(The ARIA Report issue 1021 )〕 Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's friend Michael Hohnen produced the album and acts as his translator. Critics have heaped praise on the singer, describing his voice as having "transcendental beauty". Elton John, Sting and Björk are among his fans. When asked what he would do with any money he made, he suggested it would go to his mother and aunts, following the Aboriginal tradition of sharing wealth.〔 In November 2009, he was named Best New Independent Artist, and his album, ''Gurrumul'', Best Independent Release and Best Independent Blues/Roots Release at the Jägermeister Australian Independent Record (AIR) Awards held at Melbourne's Corner Hotel. In January 2009, his song, "Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind)", was featured on the British TV show, ''Skins''. On New Year's Eve 2008, Yunupingu performed on Sydney New Year's Eve 2008–09 with his song "Bäpa". He is the 2009 Northern Territory recipient of Australian of the Year and he performed "Bäpa" at the ceremony. In 2009 a portrait of Gurrumul by Guy Maestri won Australia's major art prize, the Archibald Prize. He was again awarded the Australian Independent Record (AIR) Award for Best Independent Blues and Roots Album in 2011 for his album ''Rrakala''.〔(Australian Independent Record Labels Association Ltd (AIR), 2012 )〕 In 2012 Gurrumul was one of the contributing vocalists on Gary Barlow's commemorative single "Sing" for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, which features artists from across the Commonwealth. He performed "Sing" live at the Diamond Jubilee Concert on Monday 4 June 2012 together with many of the song's contributing artists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thediamondjubilee.org/gary-barlow-and-andrew-lloyd-webber-create-diamond-jubilee-song )〕 In 2013, Gurrumul joined Delta Goodrem for a special performance of "Bayini" on ''The Voice Australia''.
This performance was in celebration of National Reconciliation Week. The single was released on 31 May and debuted at number 4 on the ARIA Singles Chart.〔https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/bayini-live-single/id656511486〕 In December 2013, Gurrumul released a live album, titled ''His Life and Music'' which was recorded in the Sydney Opera House. It was nominated for Australian Independent Record Labels Association and ARIA awards. In 2015, Gurrumul toured the US. He released his third studio album, ''The Gospel Album'' on 31 July 2015. It debuted at number 3 on the ARIA Charts. In October 2015, the award won Gurrumul's third ARIA Award for Best World Music Album. 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「Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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