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BLP sources|date=August 2011more footnotes|date=August 2011Infobox musical artist| image = || image_size = 150 || name = Hoku| background = solo_singer| caption =| birth_name = Hoku Christian Ho| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|6|10| birth_place = Oahu|O?ahu , Hawaii|Hawaiokinai , United States| occupation = Singing|Singer , actress | genre = Pop music|Pop | associated_acts = 98 Degrees | years_active = 1999–present| instrument = Vocals , guitar | label = Interscope Records|Interscope / Geffen Records|Geffen , Ola Vista| website = http://hokumusic.com Hoku Christian Ho (born June 10, 1981), known simply as Hoku , is an American musician , singer-songwriter, and actress . She is the daughter of noted Hawaii an entertainer Don Ho . Her most popular singles are " Another Dumb Blonde ," "How Do I Feel," and "Perfect Day."
Early life
Hoku was born on the island of Oahu|Ookinaahu in the state of Hawaii|Hawaiokinai , to Patti Swallie and Don Ho . She is the seventh of Ho's 10 children; his union with Swallie, who used to sing in his show, produced another daughter, Kaimana Grace. Hoku's name means "star" in Hawaiian language|Hawaiian . http://www.donho.com/scrapbook/honoluluadvertiservideo.htm From Don Ho's website http://starbulletin.com/2000/01/20/features/story2.html Star Bulletin article She is of European ethnic groups|European , Polynesians|Polynesian and Asian American ancestry: Chinese, Native Hawaiian|Hawaiian , Portuguese people|Portuguese , Dutch people|Dutch and Ethnic German|German descent on her father's side and Native Hawaiian|Hawaiian and White people|Caucasian descent on her mother's side.
Hoku attended Waikiki Elementary school then continued on to La Pietra|La Pietra: Hawaiokinai School for Girls in Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu, Hawaiokinai and briefly studied business at Point Loma Nazarene University http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0389965/bio IMDB bio in San Diego, California , but left during her first semester.
1999 to 2001
Hoku's debut single " Another Dumb Blonde ", which was certified Gold, appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Snow Day (film)|Snow Day . She later appeared on a Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon special with many other stars, such as Britney Spears , 'N Sync , Sean Combs , and Aaron Carter . She also performed as a top billing performer in all of the Radio Disney Live& #33; 2001 World Tour concerts across the United States.
In 2000, she released her self-titled, debut album. In 2001 she recorded the song "Perfect Day", which was used as the theme song to the feature film Legally Blonde . This song was later featured in both JCPenney and Sandals Resorts commercials.
Hoku was scheduled to record a second albulm with Geffen, http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2001/Feb/01/21islandlife17.html but it would never happen. Hoku soon parted ways with her label, Geffen Records , because she did not want the image that the company created for her, which she felt went against her beliefs.citation needed|date=March 2010 Hoku decided to take a break from the music industry and was not heard from for five years.
2006 to present
Hoku lives in Orange County, California with her husband Jeremy Clements (married in 1999)citation needed|date=October 2010 and their two children. Hoku gave birth to her second child in 2011. She often returned to Hawaii to perform with her father at his Don Ho Show at the Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel in Honolulu , before he died in 2007.
With her husband, Hoku formed independent label Ola Vista Records in 2006; shortly thereafter released Listen Up (album)|Listen Up , a five-song Extended play|EP to the iTunes Store . Song titles included "If You Don't Want My Love", "Saturday Morning", "All I Need", "Closer", and "Listen Up".
In a blog post to her MySpace profile in July 2008,MySpace.com, Hoku profile, blog entry http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view& friendId=80012727& blogId=416037839. Jul 18 2008 Hoku stated that she had recorded many more songs than could be released on Listen Up and that additional tracks would be released on a future as-yet-untitled EP. As of January 2011, no further information has been released on her official sites.
http://www.youtube.com/user/HOKUTV Hoku Official YouTube Channel
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