Emily Wurramara
Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter
Emily Wurramara is an Indigenous Australian / Filipino singer and songwriter. At the 2024 ARIA Music Awards, she won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album, making her the first Indigenous woman to ever win in this category.
Early life
Emily Wurramara moved between Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island (Milyakburra), two islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of the Northern Territory, until she was six years old. Her father is of Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish descent, who grew up on the Philippine island of Negros. Her mother is a Warninidlyakwa/Greek/Italian/Turkish woman who grew up on the two islands.
Emily grew up in Brisbane after her family moved there when she was six. As a child, she wrote songs and poetry, and listened to Coloured Stone and Yothu Yindi on her grandparents' cassette player. She later listened to Billie Holiday, rapper Lauryn Hill, Beyoncé, and American country singer Alan Jackson.
Career
Wurramara writes and sings in both English and Anindilyakwa, and plays six instruments, including piano and violin.
In 2016, she released her debut EP, Black Smoke, which was featured on triple j unearthed and earned her a Queensland Music Award.
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