Editing Hayley Westenra (section)

===2003–2004: ''Pure''===
Westenra attracted worldwide attention when she signed with [[Decca Records]] and recorded ''[[Pure (Hayley Westenra album)|Pure]]'', a CD of classical, light pop, and traditional [[Māori culture|Māori]] songs.<ref name="McNickel_article">{{cite news|title=Teen-age Classics|last=McNickel|first=David|date=16 February 2002|work=Billboard 41 (1)}}</ref> ''Pure'' became the fastest-selling international debut album in the history of the UK classical chart, with 19,068 copies purchased in its first week alone, quickly reached No.&nbsp;1 on the British charts, and entered the [[UK Albums Chart|UK Album Chart]] at number 8.<ref name="sexton_article" /><ref name=BBCinfo>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/11/28/hayley_westenra_abbey_preview_feature.shtml |title=Hayley Westenra returns to Abbey... |publisher=BBC Entertainment |access-date=11 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111115607/http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/11/28/hayley_westenra_abbey_preview_feature.shtml |archive-date=11 November 2012}}</ref> Over two million copies of ''Pure'' have been sold to date. In New Zealand, ''Pure'' has been certified 12 times platinum, making her the best-selling artist, regardless of genre, in the country's history.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/art-&-culture/art-culture_hayleywestenra_feature.cfm |title=Hayley Westenra – 100% Pure New Zealand |publisher=NewZealand.com |access-date=8 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314053931/http://www.newzealand.com/travel/media/features/art-%26-culture/art-culture_hayleywestenra_feature.cfm |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004 Westenra recorded the end-title song for the Disney movie ''[[Mulan II]]''.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}} They also featured her in the national [[Radio Disney]] music education tour for middle-school students. Later that year, she was featured in the song "Bridal Ballad" recorded for the movie ''[[The Merchant of Venice (2004 film)|The Merchant of Venice]]''.{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Westenra was the 2004 Vodafone [[New Zealand Music Awards]] winner of "Highest Selling New Zealand Album" and "International Achievement Award".<ref name="vodafone1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/awards2006/history2004.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927105033/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/awards2006/history2004.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |title=Winners 2004 |publisher=NZMusicAwards.co.nz |access-date=15 April 2007}}</ref> On 20 February 2004, Prime Minister [[Helen Clark]] awarded her for being the first New Zealand artist to receive the tenfold platinum status in the New Zealand market, where she held the number one artist position for 18 weeks.<ref name="sexton_article" /> She has won two Japanese Grammies for her work (Song of the Year, "[[Amazing Grace]]" and Album of the Year, ''Pure''). Her version of ''[[Amazing Grace]]'' was used as the theme song for the popular Japanese drama, ''[[Shiroi Kyotō]]'' (The White Tower). Westenra met the cast of the series during a promotional tour of Japan in October 2003.

Also in 2004, she began her world tour of New Zealand, Australia, Japan, the UK and the US, performing in a concert in November for Queen [[Elizabeth II]], Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]], [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], [[Colin Powell]], [[Condoleezza Rice]] and President [[George W. Bush]].<ref name="the_Hayley_show_article">{{cite news |title=Can't Stop the Music |work=Women's Wear Daily |first=Nandini |last=D'Souza |author2=Venessa Lau |date=29 April 2004 }}</ref> In her autobiography, she remembered feeling more nervous in an audition where she sight read to [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] an unreleased piece that he had written.<ref name="autobio">{{cite book|title=Hayley Westenra: In Her Own Voice|last=Westenra|first=Hayley|publisher=Virgin Books Ltd|year=2007|isbn=978-1-905264-20-9|location=London}}</ref><ref name="archivedhayleybio">{{cite web |url=https://www.hayleywestenra.me/news/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305054202/http://www.hayleywestenra.com/biog.htm |access-date=5 July 2005 |archive-date=5 March 2005 |title=Biography |publisher=HayleyWestenra.com}}</ref>

After her world tour, Westenra recorded a live DVD, ''[[Live from New Zealand|Hayley Westenra: Live from New Zealand]]'', featuring duets with baritone [[Teddy Tahu Rhodes]] and soprano Sophie Westenra in [[St. James Theatre, Wellington|St. James Theatre]]. David Horn, the producer of her live TV special, which aired on the [[PBS]] program ''[[Great Performances]]'', said, "Her singing is so gorgeous, it's reminiscent of the great boy-soprano sound of [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] church choirs."<ref name="DVDLIVE1" /><ref name="hailing_distance_of_us">{{cite news |url=http://www.hayley-westenra-international.com/dhtml-pages/html-2004/news/20040327_Hayley%20Westenra%20-%20In%20Hailing%20Distance%20Of%20US%20Debut.htm |title=In Hailing Distance of U.S. Debut |format=Reprint |work=Billboard 15 (2) |first=Anastasia |last=Tsioulcas |date=27 March 2004 |access-date=13 December 2006}}</ref><ref name="pbs1">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/westenra/ |title=Hayley Westenra: Live from New Zealand |work=PBS |access-date=13 December 2006}}</ref> She joined the Boston Pops Orchestra as guest soloist for their Christmas tour at the end of 2004.
[[File:HayleyWestenraWikipedia2.jpg|alt=|thumb|Westenra in 2006]]