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Charlotte
Church (born Charlotte
Maria Reed on February
21, 1986 at Llandaff,
Cardiff, South
Glamorgan) is a Welsh
pop singer who rose to
international fame in
childhood as a popular
classical
singer.
Charlotte
Church, who was raised
Catholic by her
Welsh-Maltese mother,
Maria, after her natural
father, Stephen Reid,
walked out on them when
she was about a year and
a half old, had her
first taste of stardom
when she performed
"Ghostbusters" at a
holiday camp in
Caernarforn 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. She only
acquired her last name
at the age of six when
James Church, himself
divorced, married her
mother and adopted her.
To this day the subject
of her natural father
remains a sore subject
and she will not discuss
him.
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.
Websites:
Charlotte
Church
- Official site for the
Welsh
soprano.
News:
Charlotte
Church May Be
Pregnant
24 February
2007
Charlotte
Church Most Popular
Carol
Singer
25 December
2006
Charlotte
Church Dropped By Record
Label
30 November
2006
Charlotte
Church Gets Joke With
Mum
27 November
2006
Charlotte
Church Gets Two More
Series
06 October
2006
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