Georgia Murray

Georgia Murray
Background information
Born Port McNeill, British Columbia
Genres Alternative, pop, soul
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2009–present
Associated acts LIINKS, 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
  2. ↑ ":: 가온차트와 함께하세요 ::". Gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  3. ↑ http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/capital_van_isl/story.html?id=8281acfa-5e50-4f19-a261-455128f43fa0
  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 2011-11-19.
  5. ↑ "Georgia has Canada covered on new CBC series". Montrealgazette.com. 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  6. ↑ "Victoria's Murray hopes to move Up with reality TV cover". Vancouversun.com. 2011-09-21. Retrieved 2011-11-19.
  7. ↑ http://www2.canada.com/mobile/story.html?id=5878864
  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 2011-11-19.
  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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