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New Zealand singer (born 1987)

Hayley Dee Westenra (born 10 April 1987)^[1] is a New Zealand classical crossover singer. Her first internationally released album, Pure, reached number one on the UK classical charts in 2003 and has sold more than two million copies worldwide, making it one of the fastest selling albums in her country's history.^[2]

She is one of the youngest UNICEF Ambassadors to date.^[1][2]

Westenra has sung in English, Māori, Irish, Welsh, Spanish, Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Latin, Japanese, Standard Mandarin Chinese, Catalan, and Taiwanese Hokkien.^[3][4][5]

Early life

Westenra was born on 10 April 1987 at Christchurch Women's Hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[6] Her parents, Gerald and Jill Westenra, have other children.

Sophie is an academic and teaches law at Oxford.^[7] Westenra's grandmother Shirley Ireland was a singer, and her g Hine E Hine by Hayley Westenra ukulele tabs at PlayUkuleleNET SEN