Western Bay singer Ria Hall has signed to international music label Sony.
The signing to the music juggernaut is a huge milestone for the 31-year-old They Come Marching singer Hall, who revealed the news on her Facebook page.
Hall posted: "After having sung professionally since I was 17 with the best singers in the business, having my heart torn out of my chest with people saying I'd never make it, doing four-hour gigs for $100 bucks, travelling the length of the country in a bomb to play at countless seedy pubs for rubbish pay, leaving full-time employment to pursue this dream of mine - I've achieved a major milestone ... Tonight, I signed with SONY."
Hall thanked everyone who had supported her, especially family, and her cousin and fellow musician Stan Walker who she sang with on Like it's Over, which topped New Zealand charts earlier this year.
Last year, Hall won self-managed Artist of the Year at the 2013 Music Managers' Awards in Auckland.