Georgia Murray

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Georgia Murray
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Background information
Born (1984-04-23) 23 April 1984 (age 39)
Port McNeill, British Columbia
Genres Alternative, pop, soul
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active2009–present

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]

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

On 18 September 2011, 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] She 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 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 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 Murray and dj/producer DWHIZ launched a new project called LIINKS and released radio singles such as "The Break". [12]

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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. ↑ "Songwriter compensated after melodies plagiarized". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  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. ↑ "2011 winners Times Colonist music awards". Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  8. ↑ "Monday Magazine - the Readers Have Spoken". Archived from the original on 26 June 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
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  10. ↑ "The Top 20 Artists for 2012 Have Been Named!".
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