Djarimirri

Djarimirri
Studio album by
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu
Released13 April 2018
GenreWorld, Aboriginal, classical crossover
Length70:45
LabelSkinnyfish Music
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu chronology
The Gospel Album
(2015) 		Djarimirri
(2018) 		The Gurrumul Story
(2021)

Djarimirri (subtitled Child of the Rainbow) is the first posthumous album and fourth studio album from Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. The album was completed just weeks before his death in July 2017 and presents traditional songs and harmonised chants from his traditional Yolngu life with orchestral arrangements.[1] The album was released on 13 April 2018 and debuted at number one on the ARIA Charts, becoming Yunupingu's first number-one album. It is also the first time an Australian indigenous language album has peaked at number one, and he is only the second Aboriginal artist to have a number-one album, following Jessica Mauboy's The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series in October 2016.[2][3][4]

Skinnyfish Music producer Michael Hohnen said, "It's such an unlikely record to go number one. No beats, no programming, no pop formulas. It's just kind of like the opposite of what you would expect but it's an incredibly honest record and something that we've spent so long making and been really passionate about,"[2]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, Djarimirri was nominated for seven awards, winning four: Best Male Artist, Best Independent Release, Best World Music Album and Best Cover Art.[5]

At the National Indigenous Music Awards of 2018, Djarimirri won Album of the Year and the title track won Song of the Year.[6]

At the 2019 Australian Independent Awards, Djarimirri won Best Independent Album or EP.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference JB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Gurrumul Yunupingu album is first in Indigenous language to top Australian charts". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Gurrumul's posthumous album first to top charts in Indigenous language". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Australian Charts: Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu Debuts At No 1". noise11. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (28 November 2018). "And the ARIA Award Goes To..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  6. ^ "2018 NATIONAL INDIGENOUS MUSIC AWARD WINNERS". National Indigenous Music Awards. NIMA. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Barnett and Gurrumul". noise11. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.