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"It's not very comfortable for me to be a sex symbol. That's why I enjoy being involved with the younger kids, because they relate to me just being the girl next door."
-Hoku
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| One look at the video for "Another Dumb Blonde" was all it took for us to start listening to Hawaiian ballads in the office. Any girl that has that much influence over our listening tastes deserves to be our Singer of the Week. |
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| The 18-year-old Hawaiian pop star is skyrocketing into the music industry with her incredible voice, as featured on the Snow Day soundtrack and her self-titled album. |
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Born in Hawaii, Hoku is the seventh of former Hawaiian pop star Don Ho's 10 children, but the first of Ho's two children with Patricia Swallie Choy, also a former singer. Hoku is the only one of Ho's offspring to have embarked into the music industry.
Hoku's beginnings in the music industry can be traced to the days when she would appear on the stages with her dad, who became an international pop star in the 60's with the song "Tiny Bubbles".
At the age of 11, Hoku performed a solo rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" during one of her father's shows, and she literally stole the spotlight from her father. Whitney has not only had a career of her own, but she has also played a role in helping other budding pop stars such as Christina Aguilera and Coco Lee breakthrough the industry. Christina and Coco were discovered by singing their own versions of Whitney's songs, both being inspired by the diva herself.
Hoku, whose name is the Hawaiian translation of the word "star", is well on her way to becoming a diva. Producer/songwriter Antonina Armato (who has worked with Mariah Carey and Vanessa Williams) was in the audience when Hoku delivered her show-stopping performance. Blown away by Hoku's "pure" voice, Armato signed on as Hoku's producer, and together they co-wrote four of the songs that appear on her debut album. |
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