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Gin Wigmore is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. She released her first album, Holy Smoke, in 2009, and her second, Gravel & Wine, in 2011. In 2009, she featured on the single "Brother."
Inspired by David Gray’s album White Ladder, Wigmore wrote her first song, "Angelfire," at the age of 14. Two years later her father died of cancer and Wigmore stopped writing and playing music. She went to Argentina on an exchange program to teach at a kindergarten. On her return to New Zealand, she wrote "Hallelujah," a tribute to her father. Her sister entered the song in the US-based International Songwriting Competition in 2004, and Wigmore beat 11,000 songwriting aspirants from 77 countries to become the youngest and only unsigned Grand Prize winner in the history of the competition. She also won the Teen category with "Angelfire." "Hallelujah" was featured in the season 6 finale of "One Tree Hill." The song "Kill Of The Night" has been used in the American television series "Pretty Little Liars" in the season 4 premiere broadcast in June 2013 on ABC Family.
Extended Play was Wigmore's first EP. Released in 2008, the EP peaked at number ten in the New Zealand charts. It was certified Platinum in New Zealand on 2 May 2010, selling over 15,000 copies. Wigmore was the first artist signed with Island Records, a partner company with Universal Music Group, Australia.
In 2009, Wigmore released her debut full-length album Holy Smoke, recorded with The Cardinals of Ryan Adams & the Cardinals fame. The first single from the album, "Oh My," debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at No. 21, moving to No. 7 the following week. It peaked at No. 4.
Her single "Black Sheep" appeared in episode 12, season 8 of television series "Grey's Anatomy," in episode 2, season 2 of "Teen Wolf," and in episode 5, season 5 of "The Good Wife." She appeared singing it on "Gift of Revenge," a segment of ABC's television show "Revenge" season 2, episode 7.
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