Georgia Murray

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Georgia Murray
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Background information
Born (1984-04-23) 23 April 1984 (age 37)
Port McNeill, British Columbia
GenresAlternative, pop, soul
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active2009–present
Associated actsLIINKS, DWHIZ, Datsik

Georgia Murray is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose 2009 song titled "We'll Never Know" was plagiarized by composer Bahnus to create the song "Swing" (feat. LeeSang) for Korean pop star Lee Hyori.[1] "Swing" became the number one song in Korea on 4 April 2010. Georgia was later compensated and given a writing credit from MNet Media the Seoul-based entertainment company that had released the plagiarized song.[2][3]

Georgia Murray portrayed herself in an episode of the ABC show Boston Legal in its second season.[4]

On 18 September 2011 Georgia Murray was named one of the eight final contestants vying for $100,000 and a recording contract with Universal Canada on Cover Me Canada, CBC Television's live music competition series.[5][6] Georgia won Fan Favourite at Victoria BC's Times Colonist 2011 Music Awards.[7] She was also chosen by the readers of Victoria's Monday Magazine as Favourite Hip Hop/R’n’B Artist or Group at the magazines annual M Awards.[8] In June 2011 Murray released a six-song EP titled Just a Dream produced and co-written by her partner DWHIZ. In May 2012 Just a Dream was nominated for a Western Canadian Music Award in the Urban Recording of the Year category.[9]

In June 2012 Georgia Murray was selected as one of the top 20 artists in British Columbia to participate in CKPK-FM's PEAK Performance Project.[10]

Georgia's brother, Clifton Murray, is a member of the group The Tenors.[11]

She was recently a featured vocalist in the song "Hold It Down" by Canadian dubstep artist Datsik from his 2013 LP Let It Burn.

On 1 April 2014 Georgia Murray and dj/producer DWHIZ launched a new project called LIINKS and released radio singles such as "The Break".[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Local Artist Georgia Murray's Song Stolen by Lee Hyori, Korea's Highest-Paid Singer". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  2. ^ ":: 가온차트와 함께하세요 ::". Gaonchart.co.kr. Archived from the original on 9 December 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Live Big / Season 2, Episode 16 – starring James Spader, Mark Valley, William Shatner, Candice Bergen, Rene Auberjonois, Julie Bowen, Justin Mentell, Ryan Michelle Bathe / David E. Kelley and Bill D'Elia, Executive Producers". Boston Legal. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  5. ^ "Georgia has Canada covered on new CBC series". Montrealgazette.com. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Victoria's Murray hopes to move Up with reality TV cover". Vancouversun.com. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ http://www.mondaymag.com/news/148955395.html
  9. ^ http://breakoutwest.ca/wcma/
  10. ^ http://peakperformanceproject.com/2012/06/the-top-20-artists-for-2012-have-been-named/
  11. ^ "Music has done good by newest Canadian Tenor (+VIDEO) – Mywesttexas.com: Third Spot". Mywesttexas.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  12. ^ Devlin, Mike (5 April 2014). "VIC Fest keeps the focus on local". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia. Retrieved 10 January 2016.


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