Gin Wigmore

Gin Wigmore 2010

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Holy Smoke   NZ 1  × 4 Quadruple platinum 10/26/2009 (81 weeks) Gravel & Wine   DE 66 02/22/2013 (1 week)   AT 65 02/22/2013 (1 week)   CH 60 02/24/2013 (5 weeks)   US 84 04/20/2013 (2 weeks)   NZ 1  × 2 Double platinum 11/14/2011 (23 weeks) Blood to Bone   NZ 1 07/06/2015 (28 weeks) Ivory   NZ 11 04/16/2018 (3 weeks)

Singles

Extended Play EP   NZ 10  gold 06/09/2008 (21 weeks) Brother (with Smashproof )   DE 81 07/02/2010 (4 weeks)   NZ 1  × 2 Double platinum 01/26/2009 (29 weeks) Oh my   NZ 4th  gold 08/24/2009 (23 weeks) I do   NZ 14th December 14, 2009 (13 weeks) Hey ho   NZ 21st 03/01/2010 (6 weeks) Black Sheep   CH 62 03/10/2013 (3 weeks)   NZ 13  gold 03/10/2011 (13 weeks) New Rush   NZ 39 05/04/2015 (1 week)

Virginia Claire "Gin" Wigmore (born June 6, 1986 in Auckland ) is a New Zealand singer and songwriter .

Life

Gin Wigmore lost her father as a teenager and with the song she wrote for his funeral, she won the 2004 International Songwriting Competition in the USA at the age of 17 . Even so, it took her some time to settle into the music business and produce her first own EP. The Extended Play EP reached the top 10 of the New Zealand charts in mid-2008 and achieved gold status . After this initial success, she contributed the female vocals to the title Brother of the hip-hop group Smashproof , which became one of the most successful songs from New Zealand production.

She then produced her debut album Holy Smoke , in which the well-known US producer Mike Elizondo was involved. In the summer, Oh My was released , an older number that had been re-edited for the album, which again achieved gold with over 7,500 units sold. Her album jumped straight to number 1 in the charts in October 2009 .

Discography

Albums

• 2008: Extended Play EP
• 2009: Holy Smoke
• 2011: Gravel & Wine
• 2015: Blood to Bone
• 2018: Ivory

Singles

• 2009: Brother ( Smashproof featuring Gin)
• 2009: Oh My
• 2009: I Thu
• 2010: Hey Ho
• 2011: Black Sheep
• 2012: Man Like That
• 2015: New Rush

Web links

• Gin Wigmore Official Website
• Interview with New Zealand's Sunday Star Times
• Gin Wigmore 'Stealing Happiness' . In: The Vine . Fairfax Digital, archived from the original onJuly 24, 2008; accessed on June 6, 2018(English, original website no longer available). 
• Radio NZ interview with Kim Hill

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chart discography New Zealand
2. ↑ Brother (Smashproof feat. Gin Wigmore) in the New Zealand charts
3. ↑ Brother ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Smashproof feat. Gin Wigmore) in the German charts 
4. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: NZ
5. ^ ^{A b} Gin Wigmore: A free spirit , New Zealand Herald, October 10, 2009