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Annie Crummer, born in 1966 in New Zealand, is a pop singer and songwriter of Cook Islands descent who began performing at a young age under the influence of her father, Will Crummer. Her first public breakthrough came when she won the TV talent show Opportunity Knocks and released a single at sixteen, followed by a guest vocal on the Netherworld Dancing Toys hit "For Today" in 1985. Crummer co‑founded the all‑female band When The Cat's Away in 1986, achieving a chart‑topper with "Melting Pot" and earning Group of the Year at the 1989 New Zealand Music Awards. She released her debut solo album Language in 1992, which received critical acclaim, and followed with Seventh Wave in 1996, recorded at Prince’s Paisley Park studio. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, she collaborated with artists such as Herbs, John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes, and Sting, and served as a supporting act for Michael Jackson’s New Zealand tour in 1996. Her contributions were recognised with Best Female Artist at the 1993 New Zealand Music Awards, a Senior Pacific Artist Award in 2011, and appointment as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2017. In December 2021, she and the other members of When The Cat's Away were inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame at the Aotearoa Music Awards.
