Her first solo album ‘Beautiful World’ set the wheels in motion for a succession of hits, including 'Real World', 'Acid Rain', 'Miracle' and 'Don't Stop Believing'. Wendy's vocal performance on the album won her the Octave award (1992) for Best Female Vocalist and a nomination for Song of the Year (Miracle).
Wendy also branched out into composition and arrangement, writing soundtracks for commercials, film and television. She was nominated for an MNet film score award in 1995 and wrote soundtracks for Leon Schuster’s “Sweet and Short” and “There's a Zulu on my stoep”. Her song Acid rain was chosen as the theme song for a 180 episode series “Nature on Track” which has appeared on networks around the world.
In late 2008 a collection album was released with 13 of Wendy's most performed tracks, including 2 previously unreleased tracks – Lilah and Burden.
In October 2010, Wendy released the ambient world music album – In The Womb – and has also completed work on the first single, New Dress off her still to be recorded album. The new album will be an ongoing and quite organic project, according to Wendy, and it is intended as a ‘single-by-single’ release. The intial phase will see singles being released primarily through digital formats culminating with an album manufacture process that includes ‘value-add’ items for the fans.
Wendy performed at the opening kick-off concert of the Soccer World Cup and wrote the theme song for the launch of the Gautrain in 2010.
Wendy signed to Headline Artists Management group in June of 2010 and joins Musketeer Records in November of the same year. These developments underscore the fact that Wendy continues to challenge herself with the projects and business developments within her versatile and exciting career.
[Wendy's full biography is available on her website, linked below.]
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