Charlotte Church
夏洛特·切奇是英国最年轻跨界歌手.她年仅17岁,却是英国上最有成就的歌手之一.在这个烈火青春,懵懂未来的羞涩年华中,夏洛特已经为她全球创下2000万张唱片销售记录的骄人成就,作了最佳的见证.一张让人屏息以待的专辑<夏洛特/美声序曲:三首新曲+精选>(Prelude:The Best Of Charlotte Church),记录了夏洛特出道近5年来最受人喜爱的曲目.因此,不论国内外,只要一临近圣诞及新年假期,就有许多乐迷争相购买夏洛特的专辑,作为赠送亲友们的贴心礼物,就是因为夏洛特的歌声,回随着音符的流动,给予受赠者满溢着甜蜜的祝福.
缔造"最畅销古典女艺人"、"最畅销之首张专辑"以及"史上最年轻的冠军歌手"等空前记录的夏洛特,从英伦皇室一路唱到了美国白宫音乐会,合作对象从首席男高音多明戈,到乔什、小比利，夏洛特在短时间内积累了无数的演唱经验,先天过人的细致嗓音,加上后天不断磨练的技巧,夏洛特的成就已经超越了一个17岁小女孩应有的作为,但这只是一个起点,未来的夏洛特会到达怎样一个颠峰状态,没有人能预言,这与目前市上所有的精选集多为经典老团或团体解散做纪念的意义大为不同,她有人人赞叹的才华,她有人人饮羡的青春,这正是夏洛特的魅力所在.
98年圣诞节前夕，她重新诠释洛依韦伯原为莎拉布莱曼量身订作的「Pie Jesu」，一举将她的首张专辑『天籁美少女夏洛特』冲进全英流行专辑榜的第四名，古典销售排行榜冠军！夏洛特顶着「天籁美少女」的光环，让其它在流行乐坛经营多年的天王天后又爱又妒，全英国的新闻与娱乐报导更是以一种「现象」大幅报导这位自黛妃仙逝后最受英国上下欢迎的「天籁美少女」。此外夏洛特还受邀在查尔斯王子五十岁庆生晚会中献唱，她在英国朝野所受的欢迎程度可见一斑。在英国目前收入最高的500位名人中仅有55位女性，而年纪轻轻的夏洛特就是其中之一。不仅如此，夏洛特由于嗓音甜美曾多次出席规模盛大的聚会，并为美国总统克林顿、英国女王以及罗马教皇献过歌。（英国《星期日泰晤士报》）
【专辑】
1998年 『天籁美少女夏洛特』〈Charlotte Church: Voice of an Angel〉。
1999年 『夏洛特』〈Charlotte Church〉。
2001年 〈Enchantment〉。
2001年 〈Prelude...The Best Of Charlotte Church〉。
2005年 〈Tissues & Issues〉。
【最YOUNG纪录】
英国古典音乐榜冠军专辑史上最YOUNG艺人
英国流行音乐榜前五名专辑史上最YOUNG艺人
英国史上获邀在亚伯特厅演出最YOUNG艺人
美国流行音乐榜首张专辑进入前30名最YOUNG艺人
现今全球排行前50名最YOUNG富翁
美国跨界音乐榜超过20周冠军专辑
担任本世纪最大全球广告运动「福特汽车千禧礼赞金曲」代言
她的所有歌曲
When A Child Is Born
Dream a Dream
Gabriel Is Message
God
Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Ave Maria
Joy To The World
Holy Night
Come All Ye Faithful
Lo!How A Rose Eer Blooming
Hark!The Herald Angels Sing
Silent Night
Mary Boy Child
The Little Drummer Boy
Ding Dong!Merrily On High
The Christmas Song
Winter Wonderland
The Coventry Carol
The First Noel
Draw Tua Bethlehem_Far Over Bethlehem
What Child Is This?
Call My Name
Casualty of Love
Easy Way Out
Show A Little Faith
Easy to Forget
Crazy Chick
Even God
Finding My Own Way
Confessional Song
Moodswings
Fool No More
Let s Be alone
Carrickfergus
Sancta Maria
Pie Jesu from Requiem
Tonight
Panis Angelicus
Ave Maria
My Lagan Love Amazing Grace
Tantum Ergo Bridge Over Troubled Water
Papa Can You Hear Me
Just Wave Hello
In Trutina (from Carmina Burana)
Dream A Dream (w/ Billy Gilman)
All Love Can Be
The Laughing Song
The Water Is Wide
The Little Horses
If I Loved You
A Bit Of Earth
Somewhere
Habanera
The Prayer (w/ Josh Groban)
The Prayer (With Josh Groban)
Bali Ha`i
From My First Moment
La Pastorella (The Little Shepherdess)
It`s The Heart That Matters Most
Can`t Help Lovin` Dat Man
Habaqera
She Moved Through The Fair
The Flower Duet
Pie Jesu
Panis Angelicus
In Trutina
The Lord`s Prayer
Jerusalem Ave Maria
Psalm 23
I Vow To Thee.
My Country
Danny Boy
Suo-Gan
A Lullaby
Amazing Grace
Y Gylfinir
Tylluanod
Mae Hiraeth Yn Y Mor
When At Night I Go To Sleep
以下是她的经典专辑
Call My Name
Tissues and Issues
Crazy Chick
Prelude:The Best of Charlotte Church
Prelude
Enchantment
Dream a Dream
经典歌曲有(和上面有重复,)
Dream A Dream
Gabriel Is Message
God Rest Ye Merry Ge
Hark The Herald Ange
Joy To The World
Lo How A Rose Eer Bl
Mary Boy Child
Come All Ye Faithful
Holy Night
Silent Night
The Christmas Song
The Coventry Carol
The First NoelThe Little Drummer B
这是她的新歌曲
Casualty Of Love
Even God
Confessional Song
Let's Be Alone
Easy To Forget
Fool No More
Easy Way Out
Crazy Chick
Moodswings
Show A Little Faith
Finding My Own Way
Call My Name
When A Child Is Born
Winter Wonderland
Ave Maria
[详细的英文资料]
Charlotte Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed on February 21, 1986) is a Welsh pop singer who rose to international fame in childhood as a popular classical singer. To this date, she has sold more than ten million albums worldwide.
Early life
Church was born in Llandaff, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. She was raised Catholic by her mother, Maria, separated from her natural father. She was legally adopted by her mother's second husband, James Church. She had her first taste of stardom when she performed "Ghostbusters" at a holiday camp in Caernarfon at the age of 3, and had to be dragged from the stage when she refused to leave. Her big break came at the age of 11 when she sang "Pie Jesu" on the television show Talking Telephone Numbers in 1997, closely followed by her show-stealing performance on ITV's Big, Big Talent Show in 1998. This led to concerts at Cardiff Arms Park, Royal Albert Hall and the opening spot for Shirley Bassey in Antwerp.
Classical career
Charlotte was then introduced to the Cardiff-based impresario, Jonathan Shalit, who later became her manager, and negotiated a record contract with Sony BMG. Her breakthrough album, Voice of an Angel, showcased her unique voice in a collection of arias, sacred songs, and traditional pieces that sold millions of copies worldwide and made her the youngest artist with a No. 1 selling album to date.
Church later appeared on numerous PBS specials and television commercials, most notably in the acclaimed Just Wave Hello campaign for the Ford Motor Company. The song appeared on her self-titled second album, which included another array of operatic, religious, and traditional tracks.
In 2000, she released Dream a Dream, principally an album of Christmas carols, but including Charlotte's first foray into a more pop-influenced genre: the title track Dream a Dream, a memorable song borrowing the melody from Fauré's Pavane and featuring young American country singer Billy Gilman.
In 2001, Charlotte Church added more pop, swing, and Broadway to her classical repertoire with her album Enchantment. That same year, movie-going audiences heard Church for the first time in the 2001 Ron Howard film A Beautiful Mind. Since Celine Dion was not available to perform the film's end title song, "All Love Can Be" (Dion was beginning her concert engagement in Las Vegas), composer James Horner enlisted Charlotte to handle the vocals, and the song was re-written to Church's vocal range. Charlotte also handled other vocal passages throughout the score.
In 2002, at the age of 16, Charlotte Church released a 'best of' album called Prelude, and took part in the Royal Christmas tour alongside Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, concluding her classical music career. Her next album, Tissues and Issues, would be of a rather different genre.
Church has also sung in religious services in Taizé.
pop career
Charlotte made her first venture out of classical music in February 2003 providing haunting vocals for Jurgen Vries (aka DJ and producer Darren Tate's) single "The Opera Song". She was credited on the sleeve as CMC. The track reached #3 in the UK charts.
In 2005, she issued her first pop album Tissues and Issues and the first four singles have all been at least moderately successful in the UK with "Crazy Chick" reaching #2, "Call My Name" reaching #10, "Even God" reaching #17 and "Moodswings" reaching #14. Although these were released in Australia as well, they failed to reach the same level of success there, and in March 2006 it was announced that there would not be a US release of same nor any US release until a No. 1 hit was obtained.
In April of 2006 she performed three concerts in Glasgow, London, and Cardiff, in venues holding between 2,000 and 3,000 people; the dates at London and Cardiff were sold out. Supported by Irish band the New Druids, Charlotte performed mix of tracks from her debut pop album and a number of pop covers including Prince's "Kiss" and Gloria Estefan's "Rhythm is Gonna Get You." Though Church hinted at the possibility of a full tour in the future, no dates are yet scheduled.
Acting and television career
Church has made a number of cameo appearances on the television; she appeared on the CBS series Touched by an Angel, starred in the 1999 Christmas special of Heartbeat; and in 2003 presented an episode of Have I Got News For You.
She made her silver screen debut in 2003's I'll Be There, co-starring and directed by Craig Ferguson. Church played the role of "Olivia," the daughter of a washed-up 80s rocker from a one-night-stand played by Ferguson. The film did not meet with widespread success, playing for only ten days in UK theaters and being released directly to video in the US. Miss Church's own acting effort in the film met with mixed reviews, though in fairness to her, the film's lightweight writing and poor pacing appear to be the major reasons for its relative lack of success.
The Charlotte Church Show
The Charlotte Church ShowIn the summer of 2006, Charlotte began work on her own entertainment TV show, "The Charlotte Church Show." After a pilot episode which caused some controversy but which was never released to the public[1], the series began on September 1, 2006 on Channel 4.
The show, hosted by Charlotte and featuring two celebrity guests each week, involves a mixture of sketches, reality TV, interviews and music, as well as a recurring Welsh theme (the first show included a 'Wales vs. the World' competition and a Welsh remake of Will and Grace). Denise van Outen, Michael McIntyre, Ruby Wax and Patsy Kensit have all appeared on the show to date.
Personal life
Church's personal life has often been portrayed in the sensationalist tabloid newspapers in the UK, rather more frequently than her career (inspiring the song Let's Be Alone on her album Tissues and Issues).
Revisited with particular frequency is her love life. In 2002, aged 16, she moved out of the family home to live with her boyfriend, Steven Johnson; the couple later split at the end of 2003. The tabloid press documented her subsequent relationship with Kyle Johnson (no relation), which ended in February 2005, with the couple supposedly remaining friends, though shortly afterwards Johnson revealed graphic details about the couple's sex life to the press. The press has recently devoted much attention to Church's relationship with current boyfriend Gavin Henson, a Welsh International Rugby player: at the end of 2005, they purchased a property in her native Llandaff, Cardiff for a reported £500,000; both celebrities have since mentioned the possibility of marriage on talk shows.
Other aspects of her personal life have been criticised in the press. In 2002, she was photographed smoking, and it gradually emerged that she had developed a smoking habit (another fact alluded to on her album Tissues for Issues, in the song "Confessional Song"). She has also been criticised for what the press have seen as excessive partying, with plenty of photos of the singer drunk adorning tabloid newspapers. In more recent interviews, Church has stated that she has now stopped smoking and that her behaviour is now much more low-key.[2]
Church has lent her support to design limited edition T-shirts or vests for the 'Little Tee Campaign' for Breast Cancer Care which donates money for breast cancer research. [1]
Controversy
Controversy surrounds the circumstances of the dismissal of Church's first manager, Jonathan Shalit. He was allegedly discharged from her representation in a letter faxed by Charlotte's mother; although allegations were later made by the Church family of "inappropriate tactile conduct" on the part of Mr. Shalit, nothing ever came of them. He subsequently sued for breach of contract and received an out-of-court settlement believed to be worth 2 million pounds sterling [2] (although the exact details were never released, as one of the parties to the matter was a minor and such details were protected under UK law).
Church has provoked controversy on some occasions with comments and criticisms (in an interview with Davina McCall [3], Charlotte agreed that being diplomatic was "not in [her] nature"). Her remarks on the September 11, 2001 attacks drew some criticism [4]. More recently, the Daily Mail, a British tabloid newspaper, reported that the pilot episode of Church's new show, "The Charlotte Church Show", provoked a backlash from some religious groups, as Church reportedly mocks the Catholic Church and makes some controversial comments about Pope Benedict XVI, calling him a "Nazi" in reference to his compulsory time in the Hitler Youth and German Army, where he served briefly on an anti-aircraft battery [5][6]. One large Roman Catholic distributor of books, CDs and other goods, Ignatius Press, is reported to have pulled Church's products from its catalogue.[7]
Discography
Albums
Voice of an Angel (1998) #4 UK, #28 US, #22 AUS
Charlotte Church (1999) #8 UK, #40 US
Dream a Dream (2000) #30 UK, #7 US, #64 AUS
Enchantment (2001) #24 UK, #15 US
A Beautiful Mind: Music from the Motion Picture by James Horner (2001)
Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church (2002) #76 US
Tissues and Issues (2005) #5 UK (sales: 236,000)
Singles
Voice of an Angel
"Pie Jesu"
"My Lagan Love"
"In Trutina"
"Panis Angelicus"
"Amazing Grace"
Charlotte Church
"Just Wave Hello" #31 UK
"La Pastorella"
"She Moved Through the Fair"
Dream a Dream
"Ave Maria"
"Dream a Dream" with Billy Gilman
Enchantment
"Tonight"
"Carrickfergus"
"The Prayer" with Josh Groban
Prelude: The Best Of...
"It's the Heart That Matters Most"
"All Love Can Be"
Tissues and Issues
"Crazy Chick" #2 UK, #39 AUS, #33 NZ, #10 IRL
"Call My Name" #10 UK, #60 AUS
"Even God Can't Change the Past" #17 UK
"Moodswings (to Come at Me Like That)" #14 UK, #1 MEX
Guest appearance:
"The Opera Song (Brave New World)" #3 UK, #62 AUS