-=:BROOKE FRASER Brooke Gabrielle Fraser Ligertwood, better known as Brooke Fraser (born 15 December 1983), is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and musician best known for her third studio album Flags, the most successful album of her career, with the single Something in the Water reaching number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart in 2010 and charting around the world. Something in the Water was the ninth most played song in Germany in 2011 and has been certified Gold in Germany. The album debuted at No. 1 in NZ, No. 2 in Australia, No. 6 in Germany. Fraser is the eldest of the three children born to former All Black Bernie Fraser, who was born in Lautoka, Fiji, and his wife Lynda Fraser. Her father is of Fijian, Portuguese and Scottish descent. She grew up in Naenae, Lower Hutt and attended Dyer Street School, Naenae Intermediate School and Naenae College. Fraser took piano lessons between the ages of seven and seventeen. She started writing songs at age twelve and taught herself the acoustic guitar at fifteen. Despite her skills as a singer she has never taken singing lessons.She performed at Parachute, an annual New Zealand music festival in 2000 – including a special guest performance in 2007. She began writing for the Soul Purpose magazine at age fifteen, and was later made editor in 2002. She gave up her job as editor shortly after moving to Auckland in late 2002 in order to pursue her music career. Musical career - In 2002, while Fraser was in Auckland, Scotty Pearson, the drummer for Elemeno P, organised a meeting with producer Matty J for her. Matty J became her manager, liaising with the major labels who had shown interest and compared their offers. Fraser had about five different labels offer her deals and chose to sign a multi-album deal with Sony Music at the age of 17. After the success of her first album, Fraser moved to Sydney in 2004 where she began attending Hillsong Church. On 17 March 2008 she married Scott Ligertwood, in Sydney, changing her name to Brooke Ligertwood. Brooke Fraser has remained her stage name for her activity as a Sony BMG recording/touring artist. After touring her second album Albertine for almost 4 years, Fraser returned home to Sydney. She took almost a year off from music-making. After attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the US and seeing Fleet Foxes set she was inspired to work on her latest album Flags. Fraser also runs a blog from her website where she comments on everything from touring, to fashion and food. Philanthropy - Fraser has enjoyed success in her career for many years, and she has always used her position to highlight many worthy causes and charity projects, and raising large amounts of money for them in the process. In late 2010 whilst on tour in the U.S. promoting her third album Flags, Fraser, in conjunction with charity: water ran a birthday campaign asking her fans to donate $27 in honour of her 27th birthday. The goal was to raise $50,000 to build clean water wells in Ethiopia. Joining the likes of Justin Bieber, Will Smithand Adam Lambert Frasers birthday campaign was a success raising over $54,000. She has vowed to continue her work with charity: water on future projects. Fraser has worked with World Vision as an Artist Associate since 2001. She has visited Cambodia and Tanzania with World Vision, the Philippines with Opportunity International and independently travelled to Rwanda in June 2005, in June 2006 as part of charity event Hope Rwanda, and in May 2007 when she filmed the music video for the song Albertine off her second studio album of the same name. In 2006 she, along with Petra Bagust and Tau from Spacifix, appeared in an advertisement for the World Vision 40 Hour Famine; an event which raises funds for children in third world countries. She also sponsors eleven children through World Vision and makes child ways of contributing to the work of World Vision (i.e. fundraising t-shirts etc.). She was one of many New Zealand performers to work alongside popular New Zealand comedy band Flight of the Conchords in their 2012 New Zealand Red Nose Day charity song Feel Inside (and stuff like that). -=Studio albums: What to Do with Daylight (2003) Albertine (2006) Flags (2010) Brutal Romantic (2014) -=Awards and nominations: APRA Awards (New Zealand) -2004 Peoples Choice Award Nominated What To Do With Daylight Album of the Year Nominated Best Female Solo Artist Won Breakthrough Artist of the Year Won Lifeline Single of the Year Nominated Songwriter of the Year Nominated -2007 Peoples Choice Award Nominated Albertine Album of the Year Nominated Best Female Solo Artist Nominated Highest Selling Album Won Deciphering Me Single of the Year Nominated Airplay Record of the Year Won -2009 International Achievement Won -2011 Flags Album of the Year Won Flags Best Pop Album Won Something in the Water Single of the Year Won Best Female Artist Won Peoples Choice Award Won GMA Dove Awards -2009 Female Vocalist of the Year Nominated
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