Anika Moa
| Anika Moa | |
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Anika Moa performing in Wellington, June 2010.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Anika Rose Moa |
| Born |
21 May 1980 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Origin | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Genres | Pop |
| Instruments | Guitar, percussion, keyboards |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Warner Music NZ/ Atlantic EMI |
Anika Rose Moa (born 21 May 1980) is a New Zealand recording artist. After signing to Atlantic Records in the United States she released her debut album Thinking Room in 2001, aged 21. The album reached the top of the New Zealand Singles Chart and yielded four hit singles. Moa's music won the attention of record company executives after they heard a song she had sung at the 'Smokefree Rockquest' while still a teenager.
Moa has been the subject of two documentaries by filmmaker Justin Pemberton: 3 Chords and the Truth: the Anika Moa Story (2003), recounting the story of her signing to Atlantic and the release of her first album, and In Bed With Anika Moa (2010).
Anika Moa was born on 21 May 1980 in the New Zealand city of Auckland, but grew up in Christchurch. She is of Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri and Pakeha descent.
Later she signed a record deal with Warner Music in New Zealand and Atlantic Records in New York, where she recorded her first album Thinking Room. Moa grew homesick during her time in the United States, and became increasingly uncomfortable with the imagery used to promote her. In 2002 she returned to base herself in New Zealand.
She released her second album Stolen Hill on 1 August 2005, describing the album as "more sparse" and true to herself, compared to her first. The album was certified gold. She toured New Zealand in October of that year.
In 2005 Moa was one of many New Zealand musicians who contributed to single "Anchor Me", which commemorated the twentieth anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior.
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