Amy latest Promo @ Cotton Club Tokyo 2011
2010 Grammy Nominee Hawaiian Category
Amy strongly represents the diversity of the people from the Wee-Haw of the Hawaiian cowboy, to the gracious beauty of traditional hula, to contemporary Hawaiian jazz.
Her show is, all at once, musically eclectic, visually astonishing, and a lesson in Hawaiian history.
Today, after 10 albums, Amy Hānaiali‘i remains Hawai‘i’s top selling female vocalist and has undoubtedly established herself as Hawai‘i’s most respected and loved female vocalist, songwriter, composer and performer.
Honored to have opened for Carlos Santana in Germany, Willie Nelson, Diana Krall, Joe Cocker, Wayne Newton, Arlo Guthrie, The Beach Boys, Ernie Watts, Boz Scaggs, Earth, Wind and Fire, Sergio Mendes, she shares the beauty of Hawaii around the world. Amy is officially Hawai‘i’s Music Ambassador, as proclaimed by Hawai‘i’s Governor Linda Lingle.
Hānaiali‘i is a classically trained vocalist which allows her to share her love of her culture through many genres of music. Amy’s success as a recording artist speaks for itself and is evidenced by the multitude of awards and acknowledgements including four GRAMMY® nominations for Best Hawaiian Music Album. Amy’s albums have also garnered 16 Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards (Hawai‘i’s equivalent to the GRAMMY®) and has toured extensively on the East and West Coasts of America, Germany, China, Tahiti and Japan.
- •Na Hoku Hanohano Female Vocalist of the Year 1998, 2000, 2002, 2007
- •Na Hoku Hanohano Album of the Year, 1998, 2010, 2007
- •Na Hoku Hanohano Contemporary Album of the Year 2009
- •Na Hoku Hanohano Christmas Album of the Year 2008
- •Na Hoku Hanohano Hawaiian Album of the Year 1998, 1999, 2007
- •Na Hoku Hanohano Song of the Year, 1999
- •Na Hoku Hanohano with Willie K Group of the Year, 1999
- •Four-time GRAMMY® Award nominee 2010, 2009, 2007, 2005
- •Hawaii’s top-selling female vocalist
*Na Hoku Hanohano is the Hawaiian music industry’s equivalent to the Grammy awards.
Amy’s show includes her beloved 5 piece band; drummer, bass, rhythm and lead guitar and Hula dancer, all award winners in their own right and the best of Hawaii’s artists.