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Gula Gula (first released by Iđut, 1989, later re-released by Real World) was her breakthrough release, and she continued to record popular albums throughout the 1990s.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2003 Boine was awarded the Nordic Council Music Prize. 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