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| "Best
British Newcomer" - BBC | January
31 |
Charlotte has been nominated for "Best British Newcomer"
Award at Brits 2000 to be held @ Earls Court in London, March 3.
| Charlotte
Joins old Greats - Reuters | January
11 |
Welsh Singing Prodigy Sidles Up to Old Greats LONDON (Reuters)
Thirteen-year-old Welsh singing star Charlotte Church has joined old
greats Elton John and the Rolling Stones as one of the top earners
of British rock and pop, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
Figures show the teenage sensation -- whose many fans include
President Clinton and Pope John Paul -- earned about six million
pounds ($10 million) before tax last year, putting her in the No. 10
spot in Heat magazine's top earners chart. "Charlotte Church
has done remarkably well. This is someone who wasn't really known
much more than a year ago but who now in America is causing 100,000
records to fly out of shops each week," said Mark Frith, editor
of the entertainment magazine. Church was transformed from unknown
schoolgirl to international star after appearing on a television
talent show and her first two albums became instant best-sellers.
She allows herself 50 pounds a month pocket money -- the rest goes
in the bank -- and turned down millennium party invitations from
Clinton, the Pope and Queen Elizabeth to stay home with her family
in Wales. Despite Church's early entry into the big league, older
legends of the music world held on to the top spots. The Rolling
Stones headed the list with earnings of 35 million pounds, followed
by Elton John at 25 million pounds and The Beatles with 15 million.
The figures, compiled by a rock accountant, were based on the stars'
pre-tax revenue from sales, merchandise, touring and sponsorship.
($1-.6094 Pound)
| Charlotte's
Wealth of Talent - BBC News | January
3 |
Charlotte's wealth of talent
Welsh singing sensation Charlotte Church looks set to break a
new record as one of the UK's highest pop earners. The 13-year-old,
who is estimated to have earned £7m last year, will become the
youngest musician to enter the Top 30 of the yearly pop rich list,
published by Rock Accounts. Although almost all her earnings are
held in trust, her album sales make her one of the richest stars on
paper. Robbie Williams, Fatboy Slim, Texas and Jamiroquai are among
the other big successes of 1999.
| British
Music Scene - L.A. Times |
January 3
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LONDON
--
Since the Beatles, the special relationship between Britain and
America has rarely looked so dysfunctional. The opening of the
2,000th Year of Our Lord and 46th Year of Our King--dating from
Presley's debut single, of course--will find Americans enjoying
thudding rap-rock, street-minded hip-hop and down-home country,
while Britons bop themselves silly with tiny-tot pop, trance-dance
and a little light Brit-rock.
Artistically nonjudgmental, the charts suggest that, of late, we are
united only by global uber-product Shania Twain and cutesy classical
Charlotte Church (the lone British artist among the Top 50 on the
U.S. album chart at this writing). The evidence is clear that,
currently, we don't like your stuff much and you like ours even
less.
| Charlotte
Performs at Millennium Stadium Cardiff |
January 1 |
Early this Morning
Charlotte performed at the new years festivities at Millenium
Stadium Cardiff, the photos can be seen in the Television
Photo Archive.
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