Honolulu Mayor Honors Pop Singer-songwriter Jobob Taeleifi

New York, NY (TOP40 Charts/ Artist Official website) -- The Hawaii Music Awards named pop singer-songwriter Jobob Taeleifi as its 2010 Best New Artist of the Year. The 14th Annual Hawaii Music Awards (https://tinyurl.com/ydseaj4) ceremony was held on March 27 in Honolulu. At the Honolulu Hale City Hall, Mayor Hannemann presented Jobob with a Certificate of Achievement in recognition of his award, music career and charitable work.

Jobob's first single release �Heartbreak Queen,� from his self-titled debut CD, has charted on the Mediabase Pop Charts (www.mediabase.com) and is moving up weekly.

The song also charted at #3 on TweenPopRadio following Miley Cyrus and Owl City. Additional songs from the CD, �Let Go� and �New Generation,� have already been selected for placement in TV. Jobob�s father was born in American Samoa in the village of Leone. Jobob has participated in various Samoa tsunami relief concerts and recordings, and a portion of the proceeds from �Heartbreak Queen� will also go towards ongoing relief efforts in American Samoa.

At an early age Jobob was exposed to a broad range of Pacific Islander music through the Polynesian music festivals his father produced in Southern California. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist Jobob picked up guitar by age 13, later moving onto bass, drums, keyboards and ukulele. At 18 years old Jobob released his solo CD Jobob Taeleifi, recorded with producer Ebiut Cervantes that featured all original material (two songs co-written/arranged with Cervantes).