夏洛特·切奇 - 簡(jiǎn)介

名字：Charlotte Church

出生：1986年2月21日

夏洛特·切奇是英國(guó)最年輕跨界歌手。她年僅17歲,卻是英國(guó)上最有成就的歌手之一，在這個(gè)烈火青春，懵懂未來(lái)的羞澀年華中，夏洛特已經(jīng)為她全球創(chuàng)下2000萬(wàn)張唱片銷售記錄的驕人成就，作了最佳的見證。一張讓人屏息以待的專輯<夏洛特/美聲序曲:三首新曲+精選>(Prelude:The Best Of Charlotte Church)，記錄了夏洛特出道近5年來(lái)最受人喜愛的曲目。因此，不論國(guó)內(nèi)外，只要一臨近圣誕及新年假期，就有許多樂(lè)迷爭(zhēng)相購(gòu)買夏洛特的專輯，作為贈(zèng)送親友們的貼心禮物，就是因?yàn)橄穆逄氐母杪�，回隨著音符的流動(dòng)，給予受贈(zèng)者滿溢著甜蜜的祝福。

締造"最暢銷古典女藝人"、"最暢銷之首張專輯"以及"史上最年輕的冠軍歌手"等空前記錄的夏洛特，從英倫皇室一路唱到了美國(guó)白宮音樂(lè)會(huì)，合作對(duì)象從首席男高音多明戈，到喬什、小比利，夏洛特在短時(shí)間內(nèi)積累了無(wú)數(shù)的演唱經(jīng)驗(yàn)，先天過(guò)人的細(xì)致嗓音，加上后天不斷磨練的技巧，夏洛特的成就已經(jīng)超越了一個(gè)17歲小女孩應(yīng)有的作為，但這只是一個(gè)起點(diǎn)，未來(lái)的夏洛特會(huì)到達(dá)怎樣一個(gè)顛峰狀態(tài)，沒有人能預(yù)言，這與目前市上所有的精選集多為經(jīng)典老團(tuán)或團(tuán)體解散做紀(jì)念的意義大為不同，她有人人贊嘆的才華，她有人人飲羨的青春，這正是夏洛特的魅力所在。

98年圣誕節(jié)前夕，她重新詮釋洛依韋伯原為莎拉布萊曼量身訂作的「Pie Jesu」，一舉將她的首張專輯『天籟美少女夏洛特』沖進(jìn)全英流行專輯榜的第四名，古典銷售排行榜冠軍！夏洛特頂著「天籟美少女」的光環(huán)，讓其它在流行樂(lè)壇經(jīng)營(yíng)多年的天王天后又愛又妒，全英國(guó)的新聞與娛樂(lè)報(bào)導(dǎo)更是以一種「現(xiàn)象」大幅報(bào)導(dǎo)這位自黛妃仙逝后最受英國(guó)上下歡迎的「天籟美少女」。此外夏洛特還受邀在查爾斯王子五十歲慶生晚會(huì)中獻(xiàn)唱，她在英國(guó)朝野所受的歡迎程度可見一斑。

夏洛特·切奇 - 專輯

　　1998年 『天籟美少女夏洛特』〈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〉。

夏洛特·切奇 - 最YOUNG紀(jì)錄

　　英國(guó)古典音樂(lè)榜冠軍專輯史上最YOUNG藝人
　　英國(guó)流行音樂(lè)榜前五名專輯史上最YOUNG藝人
　　英國(guó)史上獲邀在亞伯特廳演出最YOUNG藝人
　　美國(guó)流行音樂(lè)榜首張專輯進(jìn)入前30名最YOUNG藝人
　　現(xiàn)今全球排行前50名最YOUNG富翁
　　美國(guó)跨界音樂(lè)榜超過(guò)20周冠軍專輯
　　擔(dān)任本世紀(jì)最大全球廣告運(yùn)動(dòng)「福特汽車千禧禮贊金曲」代言
　　

夏洛特·切奇 - 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
　　

夏洛特·切奇 - 經(jīng)典專輯

 
　　Call My Name
　　Tissues and Issues
　　Crazy Chick
　　Prelude:The Best of Charlotte Church
　　Prelude
　　Enchantment
　　Dream a Dream
　　

夏洛特·切奇 - 經(jīng)典歌曲

       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

夏洛特·切奇 - 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

夏洛特·切奇 - 英文資料

　　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