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Charlotte's Autobiography
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- Full Name: Charlotte
Maria Church
- Date of Birth:
February
21, 1986
- Place of Birth: Cardiff,
Wales (UK)
- Place
of Residence: LLandaff,
Wales (UK)
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With
international record sales topping 10 million albums,
Charlotte Church is the world's most successful classical
crossover female artist. Born in Llandaff, Cardiff, on
February 21, 1986, she became an international sensation with
the release of her debut album, Voice Of An Angel, released
just after she'd turned 13. That record, as did her 1999
self-titled second album and her 2000 Christmas collection
Dream A Dream, achieved platinum status in the United States.
Ms. Church's last album, Enchantment, was released in the
autumn of 2001 and debuted at #15 on the Billboard Top 200
album chart.
Charlotte Church has garnered worldwide acclaim for offering
audiences something completely unique: herself. It's a quality
that comes across not only in the dynamics and diversity of
her repertoire--which includes Broadway musicals, opera,
chamber music, Gaelic airs and contemporary songs--but in the
captivating charm and poise of this 16 year-old Welsh singing
sensation. Charlotte Church not only has "the voice of an
angel," but a "wicked" flare for life.
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Over
the course of four albums in as many years (1998's Voice Of An
Angel, 1999's Charlotte Church, 2000's Christmas offering,
Dream A Dream, and 2001's Enchantment), she has racked up
international sales in excess of ten million units, earning a
spot as one of Billboard's Top Ten best selling female
vocalists worldwide for the year 2000, a list that included
Madonna and Janet Jackson, among others. Her concerts are
consistent sellouts--from the Hollywood Bowl to an appearance
before 70,000 fans in London's Hyde Park--and she has shared
the studio and stage with a wide array of top artists: from
Placido Domingo to Wyclef Jean; Billy Gilman to the London
Symphony Orchestra. Charlotte Church is the youngest artist to
ever have a #1 album on the UK Classical charts.
In
spite of her extraordinary success, Charlotte has managed to
keep a firm grip on the essentials of growing up. At home in
Cardiff, she maintains a lively circle of friends, with whom
she shares the vital interests of every adolescent girl--fads,
fashion, boys and music. Her musical tastes run from opera to
hip-hop to soul.
"I'm
sixteen," Charlotte cheerfully admits. "I go with
the flow. I'd say it's important to meet challenges head-on.
If there's something you really want to accomplish, but you're
scared to try, that probably means you should give it a go.
You only live once."
It's a maxim Charlotte has followed throughout her
extraordinary career. A gifted singer from the age of nine,
she landed a major recording contract after a single
appearance on a local TV talent show and, while she's never
looked back, she also remains remarkably levelheaded about her
success. "I never wanted to be famous," she asserts.
"I just wanted to sing. But at the same time, I didn't
want to be just another pop star. I love so many different
styles of music, I wanted to be able to do them all."
True to her conviction, Charlotte set out to carve a
completely unique musical niche for herself, creating, in the
process, a worldwide following that spans borders as easily as
it does generations, reaching audiences of every musical
persuasion.
"I don't mind being considered a classical artist,"
she reveals, "because that's what my background and
training have been. But I don't want to be stuck in any one
category. It's true that, because of my age, I don't have the
life experience to sing about things like love and death. But,
as I get older, I find I can be a bit more of a narrator,
telling the story and conveying the emotion of a song. And
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