1. Ngaiire then worked with Blue King Brown and Paul Mac as a session vocalist before re-focusing on her solo career in 2008.
27 Facts About Ngaiire
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Ngaiire was born, as Ngaire Laun J Joseph, in 1984 in Lae, Papua New Guinea, and is the eldest of three siblings.
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Ngaiire is bilingual: being fluent in English and Tok Pisin.
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Ngaiire's parents moved to Palmerston North, New Zealand when she was one year old to study and the family returned to Papua New Guinea six years later.
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Ngaiire attended Sacred Heart International Primary School, Rabaul before going to Lae Christian Academy.
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Ngaiire's parents had divorced after returning to PNG, both subsequently remarried.
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In 2000, Ngaiire moved to Lismore, New South Wales, with her mother, Miriam Murphy, and stepfather where she attended Kadina High School until 2003.
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Ngaiire entered the local Accelerator music competition in 2002 and recorded her first song, "I Remember", for the Accelerator 2002: The Winners album at Top Cat Recording Studios, Alstonville for Windsong Records.
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In 2004, Ngaiire's entered the second season of Australian Idol.
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Ngaiire turned down offers from American recording industry professionals and remained independent by signing with Wantok Musik Foundation.
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Ngaiire's second solo recording was a four-track single, "Luv Sa Giaman", which translates as "Love Tells Lies".
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Ngaiire recorded it with a Lismore-based band, the Rent, in 2005 and released it in Australia through WindSong Records label.
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Ngaiire joined Blue King Brown as a backing vocalist in 2004 following their debut single, "Water".
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Ngaiire toured with them for the next four years in support of the band's self-titled debut EP and first album, Stand Up in 2006.
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Ngaiire was the featured vocalist on Paul Mac's single, "It's Not Me, It's You", released in December 2005.
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Ngaiire was a vocalist on Paul Mac's Australian tour in support of his second studio album, Panic Room.
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Ngaiire described her as a "diminutive bomb of goodness" to AustralianStages Lloyd Bradford Syke.
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Ngaiire recorded her debut extended play, Song for No One, in 2007 with Sydney-based producer, Tony Buchen.
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John Butler asked Ngaiire to precede his set at the 2009 East Coast Blues and Roots Festival and supported her professional development with management training and funding via his JB Seed Fund.
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Ngaiire released her debut studio album, Lamentations in July 2013.
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In 2014, Ngaiire returned from performing at the Glastonbury Festival to the news that her partner of five years had ended their relationship.
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In July 2015, Ngaiire released, "Once", the lead single from her second studio album.
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In June 2016, Ngaiire released her second studio album Blastoma, named after her childhood disease.
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Ngaiire collaborated more widely than on previous works and recorded it over two years, primarily at Mac's studio in Erskineville.
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In May 2021, Ngaiire announced the release of her third studio album 3 with the aim of "extracting unique visual aspects of my culture to present in a contemporary context".
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Ngaiire originally intended to tour in support of this new album starting in March 2020, but was forced to postpone the tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ngaiire has been compared to the artists, Jeff Buckley, Hiatus Kaiyote, Kimbra, and Angie Stone and her music both expands and transcends musical boundaries.