Life and career of charlotte church biography
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Charlotte Church
Welsh singer and songwriter (born 1986)
Charlotte Church | |
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Church performing at the FOCUS Wales Festival in 2013 | |
| Born | Charlotte Maria Reed (1986-02-21) 21 February 1986 (age 39) Cardiff, Wales |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Jonathan Powell (m. 2017) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Instrument | Vocals |
| Labels | Sony Power Amp |
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Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986)[1] is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Cardiff.
As a child, Church was a popular classical singer with a less-successful attempt to move into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than ten million records worldwide[2] including over five million in the United States.[3] She hosted a kanal 4 chat show titled The Charlotte
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Charlotte Church - Biography
Early life
Charlotte Maria Church was born 21 February 1986 in Llandaff, Wales. The daughter of Stephen Reed, a compute engineer and Maria, a classical guitarist and housing officer, Charlotte grew up in a working-class suburb of Cardiff. Her parents split when she was two, and Charlotte adopted the surname of her step-father James Church when he married her mother and adopted her when she was five years old.
Singing success
Before their daughter turned ten, her parents had recognized she had the makings of a professional singer. Aged just 11, she appeared via telephone on This Morning in 1997, and later performed on ITV's Big, Big Talent Show on screen. After these successful early appearances, the young star began receiving many more invites to perform throughout the late 90s and early 00s.
She became a vocal scholar at Howell's School Llandaff in 1998, where she was able to balance her performance schedule with school work thanks
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Charlotte Church biography
Charlotte was introduced to Cardiff-based impresario Jonathan Shalit, who became her manager. He negotiated a record deal with Sony, and her debut album, Voice Of An Angel, was released on 9 November 1998.
It went on to sell 600,000 copies in the UK, and made Charlotte the youngest artist ever to top the classical chart. Transatlantic success followed soon after. Clearly, grannies of the world simply couldn't get enough of the teen sensation.
Sony were quick to capitalise on her success, rushing out her second eponymous album in time for Christmas 1999. By this time, Charlotte was reportedly becoming unhappy with her musical direction - yearning for a pop direction, and citing The Corrs, Puff Daddy and Gloria Estefan as her preferred listening.
All wasn't so rosy, though. The partnership with Jonathan Shalit ended acrimoniously after he was sacked and replaced by Charlotte's mother, Maria. He threatened to sue before reaching a £2 m