Tia Carrere Biography

Fast Facts

• Released her second album "Hawaiiana" in 2007, which received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album in 2008
• Won a 2009 Grammy Award for her third album "Ikena․"
• Won a second Grammy Award for Best Hawaiian Music Album in 2011 for her album "Huana Ke Aloha․"
• Recorded children's book titles in the National Record-A-Thon for an audiobook library produced by Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
• Attended Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls school in Honolulu
• Is of Chinese, Spanish and Filipino heritage
• Sang all her parts for the songs in "Wayne's World" and for those featured on the original motion picture soundtrack for the film
• Featured in the January 2003 edition of Playboy Magazine
• Named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine in 1992
• Was a fellow classmate of actor Casper Van Dien
• Has her own recording studio set up in her home
• Ranked No․ 69 on FHM-USA's 100 Sexiest Women list