Miulang
October 6th, 2005, 06:29 AM
It's just too bad Bruddah Iz (http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051006/NEWS01/510060339/1001/NEWS) didn't live long enough to see this momentous event. Iz is the first Hawaiian musician to ever achieve the distinction.
"...Late singer-songwriter Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's 1993 album "Facing Future" has become the first Hawaiian music album to sell a million units in the United States.
The album, which features Kamakawiwo'ole's medley of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World," was certified platinum this week by the Recording Industry Association of America, according to its Honolulu-based label, The Mountain Apple Company/Big Boy Records. Platinum awards go to albums that have sold a million or more copies nationally...."
I bet somewhere over the rainbow, Bruddah Iz is laughing about all this attention. I'm glad for his ohana that they are able to benefit from his continued success.
Miulang
"...Late singer-songwriter Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's 1993 album "Facing Future" has become the first Hawaiian music album to sell a million units in the United States.
The album, which features Kamakawiwo'ole's medley of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World," was certified platinum this week by the Recording Industry Association of America, according to its Honolulu-based label, The Mountain Apple Company/Big Boy Records. Platinum awards go to albums that have sold a million or more copies nationally...."
I bet somewhere over the rainbow, Bruddah Iz is laughing about all this attention. I'm glad for his ohana that they are able to benefit from his continued success.
Miulang