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| Artist = [[Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu]]
| Artist = [[Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu]]
| Cover = Gurrumul_Gurrumul_album.jpg
| Cover = Gurrumul_Gurrumul_album.jpg
| Released = 2008
| Released = April 2008
| Recorded =
| Recorded =
| Genre = Folk/World
| Genre = Folk/World
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'''''Gurrumul''''' is the debut album for [[Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu]]. It is performed in a mixture of both [[Yolngu Matha|Yolngu]] and English. It reached number three on the ARIA charts,<ref name=aria>[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091005-0000/issue1021.pdf The ARIA Report issue 1021]</ref> won [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA awards]] for Best World Music Album<ref>[http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/arnhem_land39s_gurrumul_wins_aria_award_558782 SBS news] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022161429/http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/arnhem_land39s_gurrumul_wins_aria_award_558782 |date=2008-10-22 }} Arnhem Land's Gurrumul wins ARIA award</ref> and Best Independent Release<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24510481-5016432,00.html News.com.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220122319/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0%2C26278%2C24510481-5016432%2C00.html |date=2009-02-20 }} 2008 Aria Award Winners</ref> and won a [[The Deadlys|Deadly]] for Album of the Year. The track "Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind)" also won a Deadly for Single of the Year.<ref>[http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/10/10/8665_ntentertainment.html Northern Territory News]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Gurrumul Deadly at Awards</ref>
'''''Gurrumul''''' is the debut album for [[Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu]]. It is performed in a mixture of both [[Yolngu Matha|Yolngu]] and English. It reached number three on the ARIA charts,<ref name=aria>[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20091005-0000/issue1021.pdf The ARIA Report issue 1021]</ref> won [[ARIA Music Awards|ARIA awards]] for Best World Music Album<ref>[http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/arnhem_land39s_gurrumul_wins_aria_award_558782 SBS news] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022161429/http://news.sbs.com.au/worldnewsaustralia/arnhem_land39s_gurrumul_wins_aria_award_558782 |date=2008-10-22 }} Arnhem Land's Gurrumul wins ARIA award</ref> and Best Independent Release<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,24510481-5016432,00.html News.com.au] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220122319/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0%2C26278%2C24510481-5016432%2C00.html |date=2009-02-20 }} 2008 Aria Award Winners</ref> and won a [[The Deadlys|Deadly]] for Album of the Year. The track "Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind)" also won a Deadly for Single of the Year.<ref>[http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/10/10/8665_ntentertainment.html Northern Territory News]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Gurrumul Deadly at Awards</ref>


The album reached 3x Platinum sales in excess of 210,000.<ref>http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.auALBUMaccreds2011.htm</ref> In October 2010, it was listed in the top&nbsp;30 in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]''.<ref name="ODonnell">{{cite book |title=[[100 Best Australian Albums]] |last1=O'Donnell |first1=John |authorlink1=John O'Donnell (music journalist) |last2=Creswell |first2=Toby |authorlink2 = Toby Creswell |last3=Mathieson |first3=Craig |authorlink3=Craig Mathieson |publisher=Hardie Grant Books |date=October 2010 |location=[[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran, Vic]] |isbn=978-1-74066-955-9}}</ref> On November 23, 2012 the album was certified Silver in the United Kingdom for sales of 60,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx |title=Certified Awards Search |deadurl=yes |accessdate=2012-12-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120001/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archivedate=2011-05-11 |df= }}</ref>
The album reached 3x Platinum sales in excess of 210,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/httpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.aupageshttpwww.aria.com.auALBUMaccreds2011.htm|title= ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2011 Albums|publisher=ARIA|accessdate=26 March 2018}}</ref> In October 2010, it was listed in the top&nbsp;30 in the book, ''[[100 Best Australian Albums]]''.<ref name="ODonnell">{{cite book |title=[[100 Best Australian Albums]] |last1=O'Donnell |first1=John |authorlink1=John O'Donnell (music journalist) |last2=Creswell |first2=Toby |authorlink2 = Toby Creswell |last3=Mathieson |first3=Craig |authorlink3=Craig Mathieson |publisher=Hardie Grant Books |date=October 2010 |location=[[Prahran, Victoria|Prahran, Vic]] |isbn=978-1-74066-955-9}}</ref> On November 23, 2012 the album was certified Silver in the United Kingdom for sales of 60,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx |title=Certified Awards Search |deadurl=yes |accessdate=2012-12-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120001/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archivedate=2011-05-11 |df= }}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 07:38, 26 March 2018

For the artist, see Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Sydney Morning Herald(favourable)[1]
Allmusic[2]

Gurrumul is the debut album for Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. It is performed in a mixture of both Yolngu and English. It reached number three on the ARIA charts,[3] won ARIA awards for Best World Music Album[4] and Best Independent Release[5] and won a Deadly for Album of the Year. The track "Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind)" also won a Deadly for Single of the Year.[6]

The album reached 3x Platinum sales in excess of 210,000.[7] In October 2010, it was listed in the top 30 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[8] On November 23, 2012 the album was certified Silver in the United Kingdom for sales of 60,000 copies.[9]

Track listing

All tracks written by Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu.

  1. "Wiyathul"
  2. "Djȁrimirri"
  3. "Bȁpa"
  4. "Gurrumul History (I Was Born Blind)"
  5. "Marrandil"
  6. "Marwurrumburr"
  7. "Galiku"
  8. "Baywara"
  9. "Gȁthu Mȁwula"
  10. "Galupa"
  11. "Wirrpangu"
  12. "Wukun"

Chart performance

Chart (2008–09) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[10] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[11] 13
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[12] 90
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[13] 54
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 9
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16] 10
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 48

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
Swiss Albums Chart[18] 92
Chart (2008) Position
ARIA Australian Albums Chart[19] 21
Chart (2008) Position
ARIA Australian Artists Album Chart[20] 5

References

  1. ^ Elder, Bruce (2009-04-11). Gurrumul - CD review. The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ Greenberg, Adam. Gurrumul - Review. Allmusic.com.
  3. ^ The ARIA Report issue 1021
  4. ^ SBS news Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Arnhem Land's Gurrumul wins ARIA award
  5. ^ News.com.au Archived 2009-02-20 at the Wayback Machine 2008 Aria Award Winners
  6. ^ Northern Territory News[permanent dead link] Gurrumul Deadly at Awards
  7. ^ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2011 Albums". ARIA. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  8. ^ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
  9. ^ "Certified Awards Search". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2012-12-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Ultratop.be – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Lescharts.com – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Gurrumul". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  17. ^ "Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  18. ^ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2009". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
  19. ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-albums-2008.htm
  20. ^ http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-album-2008.htm
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