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Budjerah Julum Slabb (/ˈbʊəˌrʌ/ BUUJ-ə-ruh; born 17 March 2002), known mononymously as Budjerah, is an Australian singer from Fingal Head, New South Wales. He is a Coodjinburra man from the Bundjalung nation.

His debut single "Missing You" was released in October 2020. Budjerah performed the track live for Australian live music program The Sound on 6 December 2020. After winning the Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist award at the 2021 ARIA Awards, Budjerah went on to release his debut EP Conversations in April 2022 and launched his first-ever global tour.

In 2023, Budjerah, won the Artist of the Year award at the National Indigenous Music Awards.

Budjerah Julum Slabb was born on 17 March 2002 in Fingal Head, located 5 kilometres south of the QueenslandNew South Wales border in the Gold CoastTweed region. His parents are licensed pastors and he subsequently grew up singing gospel music in churches throughout his upbringing. Budjerah said "I grew up singing Sam Cooke and listening to gospel singers like The Clark Sisters. That's the kind of music that has been around since I was little." Along with performing in churches, Budjerah would regularly perform in venues on the Gold Coast such as Carrara Stadium in front of more than 18,000 people during a Gold Coast Suns' home game.

In 2019, Budjerah auditioned for The Voice (Australian season 8), singing "Climb Every Mountain" but did not progress past the blind auditions.

In September 2019, he uploaded the song "River Dry" onto Triple J Unearthed.

In 2020, Budjerah found kinship with Matt Corby, who produced his debut EP. In October 2020, Budjerah released his debut single, "Missing You" which topped the Triple J airplay chart.

Hayden Davies from Pilerats said "Missing You is a spectacular introductory moment for Budjerah that combines pockets of his life with the music that defined it, bringing together a tapestry of long-time influences spread through soul, hip-hop, R&B, indie and pop only to distil it into a sound that seemingly moves between all of them, capturing the multi-faceted musical brain of someone whose moment has been a long time coming."

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