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2000
Year in Review
| December 31
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View the
most extensive online tribute to Charlotte's spectacular year 2000
right here at CharlotteChurch.net...Click
Here!
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Charlotte's
Favourite 2000 Moment
| December 30
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Charlotte
revealed that the highlight of 2000 for her was her appearance at
the Carousel of Hope.
"I
went with my mum, and I was so excited because Ricky Martin and
Michael Jackson were in the audience," she said.
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Charlotte
to open Harrod's
| December 29
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This story
comes courtesy of Ananova:
Charlotte
Church will open the Harrods January Sale.
The 14-year-old singer, who recently turned on the Oxford Street
lights in
central London, will cut the ribbon next Wednesday at the
up-market store in
London's Knightsbridge.
Charlotte will be welcomed by owner and chairman Mohamed Al Fayed
ready for
the official countdown before the 9am opening.
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2001
Concert Info Repeat
| December 23
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This is just
another advisory for those interested in 2001 Concerts using dates
we have obtained so far..again that means not all the dates are
listed here. If you have a new date drop us an e-mail.
January
19, 2001: New York, New York - Carnegie Hall
Tickets
for the event span a broad spectrum of prices. Lowest prices will
start at $85 and $150 and are available through the Carnegie Hall
box office (212-247-7800). VIP ticket packages are also available. A
$500 single VIP ticket also includes admission to a post-performance
party. For $1,000, a ticket holder may join the performers at a
catered reception as well as the post-performance party. Eight-seat
boxes may also be purchased with the perks of the thousand-dollar
tix for $8,000.
February
2, 2001: Dublin, Ireland - The Point
March
8, 2001 @ 8:00PM: Charlotte, North Carolina (Ovens Auditorium)
- Click
Here for Tickets
March
11, 2001 @ 7:30PM: West Palm Beach, Florida (Kravis Centre) -
Click
Here for Tickets / Kravis
Centre Site
March
14, 2001 @ 8:00PM: Houston Texas (Jones
Hall) - Click
Here for Tickets
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Charlotte's
new diary entries
| December 22
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Courtesy of
Sony Classical UK and the
official Charlotte Site:
Charlotte
in the US
You’ve
only just come back to the UK from America in the last few
days, haven’t you?
Yes – today.
Did you get a chance to do any
Christmas shopping in the US, or any of the stuff which
girls of your age would love to do?
Yes – for two hours!
Two whole hours!
Ummm-hmmmm. Not much time at all…
On a more pleasing note, ‘Dream A
Dream’ has become your first Top 20 album hit in America.
Very impressive, assuming you are interested in chart
positions…
Well, I am impressed, but that’s
all a bit materialistic. What I like doing is performing
concerts and meeting the fans, stuff like that. It’s good
to sell records, because it means the fans like what I do
and are receptive to it, but in terms of ‘Oh, good –
I’ve beaten Christina or so-and-so’ then, no, that
doesn’t really matter to me at all.
Charlotte
at Christmas
Since
I can’t see you, because we’re talking on the telephone,
where are you now?
I’m in the back of a car, on my way to Heathrow Airport.
Where are you off to?
Vienna.
What, to do promotion?
No – Christmas in Vienna.
You’re spending Christmas in Vienna!
No! It’s a show which Sony do, with Placido Domingo and
Tony Bennett. A big concert in Vienna.
How are you going to spend Christmas?
I’m going to spend it at home with my family in the new
house. I finish work on the 22nd of December, when I come
home from Vienna. I’m taking my friend Jo to Vienna, and
my Grand-Mother and my Auntie Margaret and my Mum have gone
back home to tidy up the house. I’ve got all of my
Christmas presents – Duty Free shops are a God-send! –
so I’ll just have a normal, traditional family Christmas.
Basically, what will happen this year is that my Nan, my
Grand-Father, my Auntie, my Uncle, my cousin and my Mum and
Dad and me will all stay in my house. Everyone will arrive
at the house on Christmas Eve and then, on Christmas Day,
we’re all going to open our presents – and my Nan and my
Auntie are going to cook the dinner. After that, half the
family will fall asleep, and half the family will stay up
and play sad board games. Then we’ll probably go down to
my cousin Paul’s pub and have a massive party with all my
family. What I mean by ‘all my family’ is my
Grand-Mother, her sister Frances, her brother Terry, me, my
Mum, my Dad, Caroline, Mark, Elliott, all of Frances’s
children – which are Paul, Linda, Susan and Allison –
and their kids, and they’ve got about ten kids between
them all. So, as you can gather from all of that, it’s a
really massive family – even extended family – party.
Our family has the best parties.”
The year 2000 has just whistled by for
you. It’s been mad, hasn’t it?
Yeah…!
What’s in the diary for 2001 –
anything?
Concerts, maybe a film…it’s just all a bit ‘iffy’
about next year at the moment. We don’t know what we’re
going to do, but there’s lots of opportunities. I’ve
just got to mull them over, during the Christmas period,
which I am going to do.
Charlotte Church, you are obviously
happy, you are obviously full of life – stay that way.
I will!
Finally, I shall wish you a Merry
Christmas, a Happy New Year and leave you to continue with
the crazy whirl that you call life…
Thank you very much. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to
everyone.
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One
Year ago..
| December 21
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One year
ago today, CharlotteChurch.iwarp.com was launched..read more
about this in our feature "looking
back...looking ahead".
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Charlotte's
maintains top 10 position
| December 20
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Charlotte
keeps her top 10 billing in Billboards Top 200 Chart with
increased sales (236,875 copies) to boot.
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Charlotte's
movin' on up
| December 19
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Charlotte's
"Dream a Dream" moved from 34 to 30 on the UK
mainstream charts this week according to DotMusic.
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Two
candid interviews with Charlotte
| December 19
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Charlotte
speaks her mind on a variety of topics in two interviews that
have been posted on the web:
San
Francisco Chronicle
Hip
Online
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New
Charlotte Concert Info
| December 17
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2001 is looking
to be a busy time for Charlotte, we have 4 concerts confirmed now
with Ticket Info for some below. Look for a special preview feature
in the very near future.
January
19, 2001: New York, New York - Carnegie Hall
February
2, 2001: Dublin, Ireland - The Point
March
8, 2001: Charlotte, North Carolina - Click
Here for Tickets
March
11, 2001: West Palm Beach, Florida - Click
Here for Tickets
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Charlotte
breaks all records in the USA!
| December 16
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This comes from
Epic:
CHARLOTTE
CHURCH - BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Charlotte Church, who has sold over 7 million records worldwide -
breaks all records in America.
Her latest album 'Dream A Dream', has become the most
successful Christmas album by a British artist in the American
album charts ever.
At 14, Charlotte is the youngest - ever British artist to have a
Top 10 album in the States.
No artist has more albums in the U.S. Top 200 Billboard charts
than Charlotte - who has three - with her current album '
Dream A Dream' - No.7; Voice Of An Angel - No.98
and Charlotte Church - No.180 . Combined they have sold over
250,000 copies in the last week.
'Dream A Dream' is also the biggest selling Christmas album in the
UK this week.
Charlotte will be appearing on GMTV next week - Monday, Thursday
and Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve - there will be a
Songs Of Praise special on BBC 1 @ 5.20pm-6.05pm - Charlotte
Church 'In The Holy Land' which was shot in Jerusalem at the
Dormition Abbey.
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Charlotte
heats up the charts even more!
| December 14
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Dream a Dream
has become Charlotte's highest ranking album ever according to
Billboard Research. Here is a direct quote from BillBoard on
last weeks activity:
With
a 65% increase in sales from last week, teenage vocalist Charlotte
Church's "Dream A Dream" (Sony Classical) jumped 16-7,
on the strength of 204,000 copies sold.
Charlotte
has sold over 1 million dream a dream CD's thus earning Platinum status. In addition to this "Dream a Dream" is the best
selling Christmas of this year.
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Charlotte
helps Make-A-Wish come true
| December 12
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Make a Wish is
a charity which helps grant wishes to severely ill children in the
UK. 6 year old Roxanne Pinfold, who was diagnosed with leukemia two
years ago, is one of the children who had her dream made a reality
when she became a 'princess' for a day. Arriving by limousine, she
was a guest at the Blenheim Palace Masked Ball, where Charlotte
performed a special song.
For more
information on Make A Wish Appeal phone 0800 389 8025.
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Charlotte's
in Chicago USA
| December 12
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Sony is
announcing that Charlotte will be performing at the Jordan
Boys/Girls Club Charity benefit in Chicago on Tuesday December 12th.
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Charlotte
Lighting up Washington
| December 12
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After turning
on the Christmas Lights in
London's Oxford Street, Charlotte Church had the prestigious
honour of being invited to turn on the Christmas Lights at the White
House, alongside President Bill Clinton. The ceremony will took
place on Monday, December 11th.
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Charlotte's
interview with the AP
| December 10
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Charlotte Church
Listens to R&B
NEW YORK (AP) -
Charlotte Church may sing opera tunes, but that's not what's in
heavy rotation on her own stereo.
The child star,
whose Christmas album ``Dream a Dream'' is one of the nation's
best-selling discs, says she's been listening to R&B singers
such as R. Kelly and Jill Scott.
``I love Jill
Scott, she's wicked,'' the 14-year-old British singer said in a
recent interview with The Associated Press.
Church says she
used to listen to a lot of Eminem, but admits that the rap star's
brash attitude ``has kind of worn off on me ... it's boring.''
Eminem has made
it clear he's not a fan of teen pop, verbally attacking acts like 'N
Sync and on record.
``Poor
Christina,'' said Church. ``If he would have said that about me I
would have gone up to him and punched him on the nose.''
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Charlotte's
Sales Success
| December 7
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'Tis the Season: Holiday titles make up 10 percent of the Top 100 best sellers this week.
Leading the seasonal charge is Dream a Dream by Charlotte Church, sitting at No. 16 after selling an additional 124,000 copies.
Other Christmas-related discs sitting in the Top 200 include: Christina Aguilera's My Kind of Christmas (No. 28), the star-studded Platinum Christmas compilation, Rosie O'Donnell's Another Rosie Christmas (No. 45), the original motion picture soundtrack to Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (No. 53), the Ally McBeal: A Very Ally Christmas soundtrack (No. 59), and A Brand New Year, from singing siblings SHeDAISY (No. 97).
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New
Charlotte Webcasts!
| December 7
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Sony has two
exclusive webcasts of Charlotte Church taking place at
charlottechurch.com and another taking place on the US microsite.
The first features Charlotte Church turning on the Christmas lights
in Oxford Street, London. The festive season is perfectly
captured,with Charlotte singing a selection of Christmas carols.
Sony also has an interview with Charlotte, where she talks about her
new album and what she has been up to recently.
Both of these will be shown from 5pm (GMT)
Thursday 7th December.
For the webcast
of Charlotte turning on the Oxford Street lights, click
here
For the
interview with Charlotte, click
here
There will also be a webcast from the USA on December 12th. It will
be a full audio streaming of the whole of the new album Dream a
Dream and is scheduled for 8pm (EST). Go to the US microsite for
more details.
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Charlotte
@ KiwiBox.com
| December 7
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Liz of
KiwiBox.com did a nice profile on Charlotte during her taping of the
Saturday Early Show Last Friday the 1st of December. Read the Full
thing here!
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Charlotte
teams up with Wyclef Jean for a charity concert in
January
| December 6
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Wyclef Jean is
teaming up with a star studded cast including Charlotte for a
special concert in New York City's Carnegie Hall on January
19th. Tickets are available. To read the full Story click on the
link below.
Y! News - Wyclef
Jean To Host Star-Studded Fundraiser
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Charlotte
vs. Christina
| December 5
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Teen People is
pitting Charlotte against Christina in a "Cool Duel" of
their respective X-mas albums. You can read all about the
"Duel" here.
Be sure to vote for your favourite! We're a little partial to
Charlotte however ;)
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New
Canadian Certifications for Charlotte
| December 5
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Charlotte
continues to be a massive hit in Canada eveidenced by her new
certifications for the month of November. Thanks to Andre for these:
CRIA
certifications for November 2000
100,000 Units (Platinum) Charlotte Church - Charlotte Church
50,000 Units (Gold) Charlotte Church - Dream A Dream
See more info here.
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New
Concert Dates
| December 4
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Several
PBS broadcasts of CC in the Holy Land are telling about concert
dates in their respective markets for Spring 2001. So far we know
these:
March
8th - Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)
March
11th - West Palm Beach, Florida (USA)
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Charlotte's
New House
| December 4
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Read
all about Charlotte's new house err Mansion :) Here!
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Charlotte
on the 2000 Paylist
| December 3
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Charlotte
is featured in The Sunday Times annual list of top earners in the
UK. They Show Charlotte ahead of notables such as people including David Couthard (McLaren F1 Pilot), David Beckham (Manchester United's Famous Striker).
She's still a little bit behind my fav driver Eddie Irvine (Team Jaguar F1) but just wait till next
year:)
Other charts show Charlotte as #10 in the Women Earners and #3 in the Welsh Earners.
See the entire list here.
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Charlotte
takes 1 position on Canadian Charts
| December 3
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Charlotte's
"dream a dream" is now being shown as the
#1 album on the Canadian Classical Top 15 Chart provided by
Soundscan Canada.
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Catch
"Charlotte Church In the Holy Land" on PBS
| December 1
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Sony
USA has released a partial schedule of CC in the Holy Land Showings
in the USA on PBS. You can catch the list here!
You
can also check your local listings @ TVGuide.com
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