With a soulful voice straight from the golden age of country and rockabilly music, Tami Neilson has been described as "A red-hot honky-tonker, somewhere between Patsy Cline and Wanda Jackson with perhaps just a little bit of Peggy Lee sophistication.” - Nick Bollinger, NZ National Radio
Winner of the New Zealand Music Awards Best Country Album 2009, 2010 and 2012
Kingmaker debuted in the Official New Zealand Top 40 Albums on 25 July 2022. It has been in the Top 40 Albums for five weeks with a highest position of #1. There are six albums by Tami Neilson in the Top 40 Albums with one reaching Number One.