Ginny Blackmore

Biography

New Zealand singer-songwriter who scored her first hit in 2013 with the single “Bones,” which hit #1 on the New Zealand singles charts and was certified Platinum that year. She has opened for big name artists like OneRepublic and performed on popular television shows like Live with Kelly and Michael. Virginia Blackmore (born 6 March 1986) is a singer and songwriter from Auckland, New Zealand. Blackmore’s song, Bones, has received regular airplay throughout the United States and she has also performed the song on Weekend Mixtape and the Ralphie Show on 95.5 WPLJ. The song also entered the Billboard Music Charts at No. 40 for Adult Pop Songs in March 2013, reached No. 1 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart in July 2013 and certified platinum in the first week of August 2013..

Her birth name is Virginia Blackmore. She has posted photos on Instagram of her mom and dad.

Blackmore left school at the age of 16 to become a musician. It was her principal who encouraged her to leave school and focus on her career which was also said to be supported by her parents. She began her career in London where she secured a publishing deal as a songwriter. She has previously written songs for artists such as Christina Aguilera and Adam Lambert but decided that she wanted to sing the songs herself. She then wrote and performed the songs SFM and Bones. She was said to have impressed music manager Mark Sudack and later signed with Epic Records. Blackmore performed “Bones” on Live with Kelly and Michael in June 2013. She opened for OneRepublic’s concerts in Auckland and Wellington in November 2013.