Emma Paki Explained

Emma Paki
Birth Place:	Whakatāne, New Zealand
Occupation:	Singer/songwriter
Website:	www.myspace.com/emmapaki

Emma Paki (born January 1968 in Whakatāne, New Zealand) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter.

Musical career

Her debut single "System Virtue" (produced by Jaz Coleman)^[1] won her best songwriter at the RIANZ 1993 New Zealand Music Awards.^[2] The video for the song was directed by Josh Frizzell and Matt Noonan and won Best Video at the same awards show. It went on to be the most played New Zealand music video in 1994.^[3]

Her next single "Greenstone" went into the NZ Top 10, and won her a nomination for Best Female Vocalist in 1994. Her debut album "Oxygen of Love" released in 1996 reached gold status and she gained a second nomination for Best Female Vocalist, as well as a Best Album nomination in the 1997 New Zealand Music Awards. Her most recent single was "Century Sky", in 2007.

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Details	Peak chart positions
			NZ
1996	Oxygen of Love	Label: Virgin Records Catalogue no: 4713182	5^[4]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions	Album
		NZ
1993	"System Virtue"	—	Oxygen of Love
1994	"Greenstone"	9
1996	"Don't Give It Up"	33
2004	"Stand Alone"	—	Trinity
2005	"Paradise"	—	Non-album single
2007	"Century Sky"	—	Trinity
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Awards

RIANZ New Zealand Music Awards

Year	Award^[5]	Work	Result
1994	Most Promising Female Vocalist
	Best Song Writer	"System Virtue"
1995	Best Female Vocalist
1997	Best Female Vocalist
	Best Album	Oxygen of Love
	Best Mana Maori Album	Oxygen of Love

External links

• http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/232.html biography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emma Paki: System Virtue (1993). NZ On Screen. 26 October 2012.
2. Web site: Awards 1993 . Listing . NZ Music Awards . 29 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121030143934/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/1993-winners/ . 30 October 2012 .
3. Web site: System Virtue: Emma Paki . NZ Film Archive . 26 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925192349/http://www.filmarchive.org.nz/readytoroll/view.php?id=52 . 25 September 2012 .
4. Web site: Oxygen of Love: Charts . charts.nz . 26 October 2012 .
5. Web site: NZMAs . nzmusicawards.co.nz . 30 September 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120922150022/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/category/vault/past-winners/ . 22 September 2012 .