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Bic Runga (Briolette Kah Bic Runga) was born on 13 January, 1976 in Christchurch, New Zealand, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. Discover Bic Runga's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

Popular As Briolette Kah Bic Runga
Occupation N/A
Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 13 January 1976
Birthday 13 January
Birthplace Christchurch, New Zealand
Nationality New Zealand

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1976

Briolette Kah Bic Runga (born 13 January 1976), recording as Bic Runga, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist pop artist.

Her first three studio albums debuted at number one on the New Zealand Top 40 Album charts.

1993

Under the name of "Love Soup", Runga and Kelly Horgan entered the 1993 Smokefreerockquest in Christchurch, winning third place and a music contract with Pagan Records.

Using a QE II Arts Council grant, Runga recorded the first Drive EP in Wellington.

1994

Unsatisfied with the direction that her music was being taken, she moved to Auckland in 1994 and spent a year writing and performing.

1995

In 1995, she sent a new demo of "Drive" to Sony Music, who signed Runga in September of that year and bought her Wellington recordings from Pagan Records.

Sony had her re-record the song with more instruments, but it was eventually her demo that was used on the upcoming album.

1996

It entered the Top 10 in New Zealand and won her the APRA Silver Scroll award in 1996.

Runga then released "Bursting Through", the first single from her upcoming album, also entitled Drive.

1997

Runga has also found success internationally in Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom with her 1997 song "Sway".

Runga was born in Christchurch.

Her mother, Sophia Tang, was a Chinese Malaysian lounge singer in Malaysia when she met Joseph Te Okoro Runga, a Māori ex-serviceman.

They moved to New Zealand to live.

Runga is of Ngāti Kahungunu descent.

Regarding her name, she explains: "'You say it Bec, rather than Bic. ... It's Chinese, it's a strange vowel sound which doesn't seem to translate in Australia. It means the colour of jade, which might mean green.'"

Runga grew up in Hornby, Christchurch, surrounded by a musically inclined family, and started recording songs with her sisters, Boh and Pearl, when she was four years old.

Runga's older sister Boh was the vocalist in the New Zealand rock group Stellar, while Pearl is a session singer.

She learned how to play drums at the age of eleven, and guitar at about fourteen.

Runga also learned to play the keyboard around this time.

She attended Cashmere High School, joining high school bands and performing with local jazz groups by her mid-teens.

The success of the singles led to the release of her debut album, Drive, in 1997.

Runga's song "Sway", along with a duet with Dan Wilson of Semisonic called "Good Morning Baby", were used in the films American Pie, and Cruel Intentions.

Six singles were released from the album, while "Sway" was released in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Runga has recorded two songs called "Drive".

The first was her own, which appeared on her debut album of the same name.

1999

The second was a 1999 collaboration with fellow New Zealanders Strawpeople, providing guest vocals for their cover of The Cars' classic 1984 hit.

2000

In 2000, Runga toured with Tim Finn and Dave Dobbyn, resulting in a release of a live album in November 2000, titled Together in Concert: Live.

It peaked at number 2 on the New Zealand charts and has been certified 3× platinum.

2002

Runga released her second solo album, Beautiful Collision in 2002.

It entered the New Zealand charts at number one and has been certified 10× platinum in New Zealand.

2005

Her third studio album, Birds, was released in New Zealand on 28 November 2005.

New Zealand artists Neil Finn (piano) and Anika Moa (backing vocals) contributed to the album.

The first single, "Winning Arrow", was released on the same day.

It was her third consecutive studio album to enter the New Zealand charts at number one.

Birds was certified triple platinum.

Runga played a 'Vietnamese lounge singer' in the 2005 film Little Fish, and covered Gene Pitney's "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" for the soundtrack.

2006

In the 2006 New Year Honours, Runga was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music.

2008

In November 2008, Runga released Try to Remember Everything which is a collection of unreleased, new and rare Bic Runga recordings from 1996 to 2008.

The album was certified Gold in New Zealand on 14 December 2008, selling over 7,500 copies.

2011

Runga contributed to the score and soundtrack to New Zealand filmmaker Roseanne Liang's debut feature film My Wedding and Other Secrets (2011).