Facing Future

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Facing Future is a landmark Hawaiian music album by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, best known internationally for its medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World."

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Facing Future canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music album
studio album
artist Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
associatedWith Hawaiian Renaissance
chronologyPosition second solo album by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
countryOfOrigin United States
describedAs landmark Hawaiian music album
distributedIn Europe
Japan
United States
famousFor medley Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
linked to: Over the Rainbow
featuresInstrument acoustic guitar
ukulele
featuresVocalStyle falsetto
followedBy E Ala E
genre Hawaiian music
folk
world music
hasCertification platinum in the United States
hasCoverArt Facing Future album cover
hasSalesAchievement best-selling Hawaiian music album of all time (one of)
hasTheme Hawaiian culture
Hawaiian sovereignty
environmentalism
hasTrack Ahi Wela / Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Hawaiʻi ’78
linked to: Hawaiʻi ʻ78

Henehene Kou ʻAka
In This Life
Ka Huila Wai
Ka Pua Uʻi
Kaleohano
Kaulana Kawaihae
Ke Alo O Iesu
Kupa Landing
Maui Hawaiian Sup’pa Man
Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
Take Me Home Country Road
White Sandy Beach of Hawaiʻi
ʻAmaʻama
ʻŌpae E
language English
Hawaiian
notableWork Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World
performer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
placeOfOrigin Hawaii
precededBy Ka ʻAnoʻi
producer Jon de Mello
publicationYear 1993
recordedBy Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
recordLabel Mountain Apple Company
releaseDate 1993-11-01

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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole notableAlbum Facing Future
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Bruddah IZ notableWork Facing Future
Bruddah IZ album Facing Future
N Dis Life follows Facing Future