Origin: Wales
Decades: 1998-present
Charlotte Church exploded onto the classical recording scene at the age of 12 and enchanted audiences around the world with a remarkably mature voice. Her story seems to confirm the notion that Wales is a land of naturally great singers. At the age of 11, she appeared on the British television program "Talking Telephone Numbers"; she sang Pie Jesu from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Requiem. Paul Burger, chairman and chief executive of Sony Music U.K., saw the performance and immediately signed her to a recordi... Read More