Charlotte Church - Definition and Overview

Charlotte Church (born February 21, 1986) is a soprano from Cardiff. She introduced her aunt on ITV's Big Big Talent Show in 1998 and was asked to sing and was heard by Jonathan Shalit, who then helped her to secure a record contract with Sony Classical at age 12.

Charlotte is as much a celebrity as a singer and her looks and popular repertoire have made her a great commercial success. Recently she has moved from her classical repertoire to more contemporary music.

In the past couple of years, she has provoked some controversy (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/1682860.stm) with remarks on the September 11, 2001 attacks and saying that agents are turning her down because of her weight.

Discography

• Voice of an Angel (1998)
• Charlotte Church (1999)
• Dream a Dream (2000)
• Enchantment (2001)
• Prelude The Best Of Charlotte Church (2002)

Singles

• Just Wave Hello - From the Ford Motor Company's world-wide new millennium TV advert (1999)
• The Opera Song (Brave New World) Singer : CMC = Charlotte Church - Writer/Pianist : Jurgen Vries - aka Darren Tate (2003)

Movie

• I'll Be There - Directed by Craig Ferguson (2003)

Trivia

After hearing that Charlotte was from Wales, George W. Bush asked her what state it was in.

External links

• Charlotte Church (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0161355/) at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Charlotte Church web site (http://www.charlottechurch.com/)
• Fan site with news, videos, forums, and chat (http://www.charlottechurch.net/)
• Home to Charlotte's UK-based fan site since 1998 (http://www.JustCharlotte.co.uk/)
• Biography from Hello! Magazine (http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/charlottechurch/)
• Biography from Welsh television (http://www.htvwales.com/archive/pages/charlotte.shtml)