:Raiatea Helm

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name =

| image = Raiatea Helm on ThinkTech Hawaii.jpg

| alt = Image of Raiatea Helm photographed in 2019

| caption = Helm photographed in 2019

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|08|08}}

| birth_place = O'ahu, Hawaii, U.S.

| genre = Hawaiian

| years_active = 2000–present

| label = {{Hlist|Mountain Apple|Raiatea Helm}}

| website = {{URL|http://raiateahelm.com}}

| background = Person

| occupation = Vocalist

| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|ukulele}}

}}

Raiatea Mokihana Maile Helm (born 8 August 1984) is a Hawaiian music vocalist from Molokaʻi, Hawaiʻi. She has earned four Na Hoku Hanohano awards, as well as two Grammy nominations for Best Hawaiian Music Album.{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/raiatea-helm|title=Raiatea Helm|date=2018-05-22|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=2018-06-15|language=en}}

Helm is best known for her Leo Kiʻekiʻe (Hawaiian falsetto). Helm started her music career when she was 16. At 18 she released her first album, Far Away Heaven, which was critically acclaimed and won her the Na Hoku Hanohano Female Vocalist of the Year Award and the Most Promising Artist Award.{{Cite web|url=http://mountainapplecompany.com/artist/raiatea-helm/|title=Mountain Apple Company {{!}} Raiatea Helm|website=mountainapplecompany.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-27}} Her second album, Sweet and Lovely, earned her four more Na Hoku Hanohano awards, as well as a Grammy nomination for Best Hawaiian Music Album at the 48th Grammy Awards, making Helm the first Hawaiian female vocalist nominated for a Grammy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hawaiianmusichistory.com/awards/na-hoku-hanohano-by-year.htm|title=Na Hoku Hanohano Awards - Winners by Year|website=www.hawaiianmusichistory.com|access-date=2018-05-27}} Her third album, Hawaiian Blossom, earned her further Na Hoku Hanohano awards, as well as a second Grammy nomination.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hawaiianmusiclive.xyz/na-hoku-hanohano-past-winners/|title=Na Hoku Hanohano Past Winners|website=HAWAIIAN MUSIC LIVE|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-27}} Her 2016 album, He Leo Huali, A Pure Voice, also won her a Na Hoku Hanohano Award.{{Cite news|url=https://mele.com/product/music/falsetto/raiatea-helm-leo-huali/|title=Hawaiian Music » He Leo Huali|work=Mele.com|access-date=2018-05-27|language=en-US}}

Helm has recorded with a number of other Hawaiian music artists, such as Keola Beamer, Genoa Keawe, and Kealiʻi Reichel.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.midweek.com/content/story/theweekend_coverstory/keeping_the_tradition_alive/|title=Keeping The Tradition Alive {{!}} Weekend Cover Story {{!}} Midweek.com|last=Printing|first=Midweek|website=archives.midweek.com|access-date=2018-05-27}} She studied music at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Raiatea Helm is a descendant of King Kamehameha I, thru Chiefess Keanolani, daughter of Abigail Maheha and Lot Kapuāiwa, who reigned as King of Hawaii from 1863 to 1872.{{cite book |last1=Ahlo |first1=Charles |last2=Johnson |first2=Rubellite |last3=Walker |first3=Jerry |date=2000 |title=Kamehameha's Children Today |publisher=N& 257; Mea Hawai& 699;i/Native Books |isbn=9780996780308}}{{cite news|last=Keawe|first=J. H.|title=He Kamehameha Oiaio Oia|newspaper=Ka Nupepa Kuokoa|location=Honolulu|date=July 31, 1903|volume=XLI|issue=31|page=1|url=https://nupepa-hawaii.com/2017/03/12/samuela-kekuiapoiwa-1903/#more-33782|access-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716060307/https://nupepa-hawaii.com/2017/03/12/samuela-kekuiapoiwa-1903/#more-33782|archive-date=July 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|title=Genealogy of Wilma Healani Holi Submitted with testimony @ Special Board of Regents (University of Hawaii) meeting on Thursday 4/16/2015 @ UH-Hilo|date=April 16, 2015|url=https://hawaii.edu/offices/bor/regular/testimony/201504161130/4-16-2015_Holi_TMT.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224193818/https://hawaii.edu/offices/bor/regular/testimony/201504161130/4-16-2015_Holi_TMT.pdf|archive-date=December 24, 2022}}{{cite news|title=Young Chiefess Dies Last Night|newspaper=The Hawaiian Star|location=Honolulu|date=May 8, 1907|page=8|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015415/1907-05-08/ed-1/seq-8/|access-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716112053/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015415/1907-05-08/ed-1/seq-8/|archive-date=July 16, 2018|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} She is the daughter of Zachary Helm{{cite web |title=Resolution No. 05-112 |url=https://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7798/Reso-05-112?bidId= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228190407/https://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7798/Reso-05-112?bidId= |access-date=2022-12-28 | archive-date=December 28, 2022 |format=PDF}} and Henrietta Helm, and the niece of Hawaiian musician and sovereignty activist, George Helm.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/05/17/features/story3.html|title=Keeping a Hawaiian legacy alive|last=Berger|first=John|date=May 17, 2002|website=archives.starbulletin.com|access-date=2018-05-27}}