Raiatea Mokihana Maile Helm (born 8 August 1984) is a

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vocalist from Molokaʻi,

Hawaiʻi Hawaii ( ; ) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only state not on the North American mainland, th ...

. She has earned four

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, as well as two

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nominations for Best Hawaiian Music Album. Helm is best known for her Leo Kiʻekiʻe (Hawaiian

falsetto Falsetto ( , ; Italian language, Italian diminutive of , "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ...

). Helm started her music career when she was 16. At 18 she released her first album, ''Far Away Heaven,'' which was critically acclaimed and won her the Na Hoku Hanohano Female Vocalist of the Year Award and the Most Promising Artist Award. Her second album, ''Sweet and Lovely'', earned her four more Na Hoku Hanohano awards, as well as a Grammy nomination for Best Hawaiian Music Album at the

48th Grammy Awards The 48th Annual Grammy Awards took place on February 8, 2006, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning from October 1, 2004, through September 30, 2005. Irish rock band U2 ...

, making Helm the first Hawaiian female vocalist nominated for a Grammy. Her third album, ''Hawaiian Blossom'', earned her further Na Hoku Hanohano awards, as well as a second Grammy nomination. Her 2016 album, ''He Leo Huali, A Pure Voice,'' also won her a Na Hoku Hanohano Award. Helm has recorded with a number of other Hawaiian music artists, such as

Keola Beamer Keola Beamer (born Keolamaikalani Breckenridge Beamer February 18, 1951) is a Hawaiian slack-key guitar player, best known as the composer of "Honolulu City Lights" and an innovative musician who fused Hawaiian roots and contemporary music. Keola ...

Genoa Keawe 'Aunty' Genoa Leilani Adolpho Keawe-Aiko (October 31, 1918 – February 25, 2008) was a Hawaiian musician. Keawe was born on the island of Oʻahu in the Kakaʻako district of Honolulu and grew up in Lā'ie. She was an icon in Hawaiian musi ...

, and

Kealiʻi Reichel Carleton Lewis Kealiinaniaimokuokalani Reichel (born June 26, 1962) popularly known as Kealii Reichel (pronounced ), is a singer, songwriter, choreographer, dancer, chanter, scholar, teacher, and personality from Hawaii. He has spent his life ...

. She studied music at the

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. Raiatea Helm is a descendant of King

Kamehameha I Kamehameha I (; Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kauʻi Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea; to May 8 or 14, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, was the conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii ...

, thru Chiefess Keanolani, daughter of

Abigail Maheha Abigail Maheha (July 10, 1832 – February 13, 1861) was a Hawaiian chiefess (aliʻi) of the Hawaiian Kingdom, Kingdom of Hawaii. At a young age, she was chosen to attend the Royal School (Hawaii), Chiefs' Children's School (later renamed the Roy ...

and Lot Kapuāiwa, who reigned as

King of Hawaii Kamehameha I established the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1795 after conquering most of the Hawaiian Islands. In 1810, Kaumualiʻi became a vassal of Kamehameha I, who therefore emerged as the sole sovereign of the island chain of Hawaiʻi. His dyna ...

from 1863 to 1872. She is the daughter of Zachary Helm and Henrietta Helm, and the niece of Hawaiian musician and sovereignty activist,

George Helm George Jarrett Helm Jr. (March 23, 1950 - disappeared March 7, 1977) was a Native Hawaiian activist and musician froKalama Molokai, Hawaii. He graduated from St. Louis High School on Oahu in 1968. While at St. Louis, he studied under Hawaiian ...

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