Suzanne Prentice
{{Short description|New Zealand singer (born 1958)}}
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Suzanne Lena Prentice {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|OBE}} (born 19 September 1958 in Invercargill){{cite web |url=http://www.countrymusichalloffame.com.au/HandsOfFame/Prentice_Suzanne.htm |title=Suzanne Prentice |website=www.countrymusichalloffame.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321123523/http://countrymusichalloffame.com.au/HandsOfFame/Prentice_Suzanne.htm |archive-date=2012-03-21}} is a New Zealand politician and country singer. Her most successful single "When I Dream" peaked at number 11 in New Zealand during 1982.
She recorded on 27 August 1977 with Allan Gardner and his Accordion Band live at the Marlborough RSA in Blenheim a two-album-set "Saturday Dance".{{cn|date=December 2024}}
She stood as a candidate for the 2010 mayoral elections in Invercargill{{cite news |url= http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/102075/the-politician039s-a-prentice |title=The politician's a Prentice |last=McNeilly |first=Hamish |date=17 April 2010 |work=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=15 November 2011}} but was unsuccessful.
In 2016, she was presented with the Benny Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand, the highest honour for a New Zealand entertainer.{{cite web|url=http://www.vac.org.nz/awards/|title=Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc, 2016 Awards|date=13 May 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.southlandexpress.co.nz/entertainment/prentice-honoured-with-benny-award/|title=Prentice Honoured With Benny Award, Southland Express, October 2016}}
Discography
=Charting albums=
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|+ List of albums, with Australian chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart |
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;" | AUS {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=237}} |
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| scope="row" | Dreamin' My Dreams
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| align="center" | 55 |
| scope="row" | One Day At a Time
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| align="center" | 46 |
| scope="row" | So Precious to Me
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| align="center" | 91 |
| scope="row" | Songs from the Heart – 16 Beautiful Songs
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| align="center" | 98 |
Awards and honours
Prentice has won three Golden guitar awards and was inducted into the Roll of Renown at the Tamworth Country Music Awards of Australia (CMAA).{{Cite web |url=https://www.country.com.au/awards/past-award-winners |title=Past Winners|website=Country|accessdate=9 October 2020}}
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| 1974 || Suzanne Prentice Dust On Mother's Bible|| Female Vocalist of the Year || {{won}}
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| 1977 || Suzanne Prentice Sweet Country Music|| Female Vocalist of the Year || {{won}}
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| 1978 || Suzanne Prentice How Great Thou Art|| Female Vocalist of the Year || {{won}}
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| 1983 || Suzanne Prentice One Day At a Time|| Top Selling|| {{won}}
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In the 1995 Birthday Honours, Prentice was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music.{{cite web |url= https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1995 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1995 |date=19 October 2012 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=31 December 2024}} In the 2025 New Year Honours, she was appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) for services to music and the community.{{cite news |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-year-honours-2025-the-full-list/HXG5CJOD4FE7RKA6HNK7BJO4F4/ |title=New Year Honours 2025: the full list |date=31 December 2024 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=31 December 2024}}
See also
References
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Category:New Zealand country singers
Category:New Zealand women country singers
Category:People from Invercargill
Category:New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:20th-century New Zealand women singers
Category:Invercargill Licensing Trust Board members
Category:Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit
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