Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow)

Description

Djarimirri (subtitled Child of the Rainbow) is the first posthumous album and fourth studio album from Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. The album was completed just weeks before his passing in July 2017 and presents traditional songs and harmonised chants from his traditional Yolngu life with orchestral arrangements. The album was released on 13 April 2018 and debuted at number 1 on the ARIA Charts, becoming Yunupingu first number one album. It is also the first time an Australian indigenous language album has peaked at number one, and he is only the second Aboriginal artist to have a number one album following Jessica Mauboys The Secret Daughter: Songs from the Original TV Series in October 2016.