Crossover soprano, the music champion of the Southern Hemisphere, 16-year-old conquers all music fans with the sound of nature! Hayley Westenra - Amazing Grace

Hayley Dee Westenra is a New Zealand crossover soprano.

She belongs to the same classical crossover singer as the famous British crossover singer Sarah Brightman and the famous Italian singer André Bocelli. From the champion singer in the southern hemisphere to the most high-profile shining star in the international music scene, she has created one miracle after another in the shortest time.

Hayley Dee Westenra was born on April 10, 1987.

Hayley Estra is the daughter of Gill and Gerald Estra, and she has a younger brother and a younger sister named Sophie and Isaac, respectively. Hayley was born into a musical family. Her grandmother was a singer and her grandfather was a pianist and could play the accordion.

Her musical journey began at the age of six. At a Christmas show in the elementary school she attended, she played the role of "the Littlest Star" and had a singing play. After that performance, a teacher discovered her talent and contacted her parents. (In fact, she is often referred to as "Josh Groban.") Hayley's teacher encouraged her to learn an instrument to enhance her musicality. So Hayley began to learn the violin. While learning the violin, Hayley also practiced the piano and recorded, and was able to recognize notes at the age of seven. She then began to study vocal music and ignited her passion for musical theatre. By the time she was 11, Hayley had performed nearly 40 times on stage.

At the age of 12, Hayley went to a professional recording studio to record Walking in the Air. This is a preliminary disc distributed to family and friends. At that time, 1,000 copies were made. After recording the disc, Hayley went to the streets of Christchurch with her singer sister to sing. The pair attracted a large group of people to stop and admire, and one of the female CTV reporters invited Hayley to perform on the TV station. A singing promotion company saw the show and signed Hayley to Universal Records new Zealand. Here, Hayley released a record named after herself, which included some very classic tracks. This was followed by a Christmas album, My Gift to You.

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Despite Hayley's success in New Zealand, her international fame began after she signed to Deca Records and released her first globally released album, Pure, a blend of classical, light pop and Māori traditions. "Pure" became the fastest-selling debut album in the history of the British Classical Music Chart, and in the first week of its release, "Pure" received sales in 19,068 copies, rising to the top of the British Classical Music Chart and entering the eighth place on the British Pop Chart. To date, Pure has sold 2 million copies, making it the best-selling classical music album of the 21st century to date. In Hayley's hometown of New Zealand, "Pure" was awarded the honor of 12 platinums, which also made Hayley the best-selling singer of all the music genres in the country's history.

Hayley once performed at a concert for Prime Minister Blair, President Bush and the Queen of the United Kingdom. After the release of Pure, Hayley and her family moved to London, England. For most of 2006, Hayley toured her record promotions. Her parents later returned to their hometown of Christchurch. Hayley returned to her hometown as much as possible whenever she had free time.

Hayley recorded the theme song for the Disney movie Mulan 2. Her first screen performance was as a bar singer in the 46th episode of the NBC drama American Dreams. In the play, Hayley plays the guitar and sings "Who Painted the Moon Black?". Great Performances, a PBS program group, also created a high-quality DVD for her in New Zealand, Hayley Westenra Live From New Zealand.

Hayley was the winner of the 2004 Vodafone Cup New Zealand Music Awards for "New Zealand's Best Selling Record" and "International Achievement Award". She also won two Japanese Grammy Awards (Single of the Year "Amazing Grace" and Album of the Year "Pure"). Also in 2004, she embarked on her world tour of New Zealand, Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. When she performed at the Sydney Opera House(i.e. the Sydney Opera House), the audience was full and the scene was extremely rare. On her last tour in 2004, Hayley was invited to perform with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Hayley successfully concluded her 2004 tour on the East Coast of the United States with a Christmas performance.

Hayley performed with Andre Bocelli

In 2007, Hayley joined the Irish folk music bel canto group Celtic Lady (aka Angel Girl, Beautiful Life) in the United States concert tour, and appeared on their second major DVD/CD album Celtic Woman - A New Journey: Live at Slane Castle. On May 6, Hayley sang a hymn at Crystal Cathedral in the United States, and the Lord Abide With Me. In July, she co-recorded a 50th anniversary remake of Leonard Bernstein's masterpiece, The Great West End Story, which was nominated for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. At the end of the year, Hayley successfully held the "Baby" series of concerts in Fukuoka, Sapporo, Tokyo, Sendai, Nagoya, Yokohama, Hiroshima, Osaka and other cities in Japan.

In 2008, Hayley released a new Asian album, Hayley Sings Japanese Songs, in Japan. In October, Hayley released a selection album, River of Dreams, in the UK and New Zealand. In November, Hayley sang "River of Dreams" at the Royal Albert Hall concert on royal army remembrance days and sang "Today Won't Come Again" with British tenor Jonathan Ansell. In November, Hayley sang as the world-famous soprano at Trafalgar Square in the United Kingdom on Armistice Day to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Royal Army.

On October 3, 2009, Hayley sang Ave Maria, A Thousand Winds, Danny Boy (Danny Boy), Hana, Hine E Hine (Girl, Girl) at the National Theater in Taipei during the Mid-Autumn Festival... and other tracks, and again singing Moon Represents My Heart, Tears, Pokarekare Ana, The Prayer. In October, Hayley also held concerts in Tokyo, Kobe, Nagoya, Saitama, and Yokohama. During the Christmas festival in 2009, Hayley successfully held a Winter Magic concert in the UK.

In 2010, Hayley took part in the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain as a caring ambassador for the Royal Army. On October 27, November 1, Hayley held concerts in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, and the Kaohsiung concert alone was attended by nearly 15,000 spectators, which was unprecedentedly spectacular. Hayley arranged the trip to the Orient from a busy schedule in London, England, and Italy. On October 30th, Hayley successfully held a concert at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, she sang Hayley's trademark hymn Amazing Grace, Prayer, Scarborough Fair and other classic songs, and when she sang the traditional Chinese folk song Moon Represents My Heart for the second time with standard Chinese, the audience stood up and applauded.

During the Christmas season 2010, Hayley had a successful Christmas wishes tour in Manchester Bridgewater Hall, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Birmingham Sun, London – Barbican. In 2010, Hayley collaborated on a new international album, Sounds of Paradise, with world-renowned composer Ennio Morricone in Rome, Italy. Enno Moricone not only composed new songs and his famous works for this album, but also arranged for his orchestra in Rome to score the album, he highly praised Hayley as a rare talent in the world music scene today, and greatly appreciated her singing talent and language talent.

On April 18, 2011, the new international album "Sound of Paradise" was released worldwide from New Zealand. In May, Hayley was a special guest on the Italian tenor Andre Bogari's Miracle of True Love Tour in Asia, where they had collaborated on Hayley's international album Fantasy Adventures and the live broadcast. In July, Hayley was named Rugby World Cup Sound by the British ITV broadcaster, and also joined forces with a number of world-class musicians to record the official album "Global Family" for the World Cup in five different languages. On 31 July, Hayley sang "Dream Back to New Zealand" by André himself on the album "Eternal Round Dance" by Dutch violinist André Rio.