Georgia Murray | |
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 Murray performing in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | April 23, 1984 Port McNeill, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Member of | LIINKS |
Georgia Murray is a Canadian singer-songwriter whose 2009 song "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 April 4, 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 September 18, 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 April 1, 2014, Murray and dj/producer DWHIZ launched a new project called LIINKS and released radio singles such as "The Break". [12]