Christine Anu

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Christine Anu (born March 15, 1970) is an Australian pop singer.<p>Anu was born in Cairns, Queensland to Torres Strait Islander parents who were descended from the indigenous inhabitants of the Saibai and Mabuiag Islands. As she was growing up, she lived with her five brothers and sisters and seventeen cousins in one house.<p>She began performing as a dancer and later went on to sing back-up vocals for The Rainmakers, which included Neil Murray of the Warumpi Band.<p>Her first recording was in 1993 with "Last Train", dance remake of a Paul Kelly song. The follow-up, "Monkey and the Turtle", was based on a traditional story. After "My Island Home", she released her first album, Stylin' Up which garnered some mainstream success, especially the dance single "Party", and also gained her a position as a spokeswoman for Aborigines.<p>In 1995, Neil Murray won an Australasian Performing Right Association songwriting award for writing "My Island Home". Christine Anu won an ARIA Award for best female...