Chloe Charles (born 1985) is a Canadian singer songwriter in
the genre of Orchestra Soul Pop. Known for her unique voice and
self-taught finger-picking guitar style and fusion of soul, folk, pop, jazz, and classical influences.
Chloe is the stepsister to Julian Lennon. Her father was Noel Charles (was married for 11 years to Cynthia Lennon).
Chloe Charles is among those competing in this year's John Lennon Songwriting Contest, vsit this pag and you can vote: http://jlsc.com/vote.php
Charles launched her solo music career in 2010 with the release of the EP Little Green Bud and played over 200 shows in 8 countries within 18 months to support the album. Dryvetyme Onlyne, USA picked Little Green Bud to be one of the best EPs of 2010.
Her debut full-length album, Break the Balance, was released in November 2012 in Germany and later in Austria, Canada, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, South Korea, and Switzerland. Break The Balance has been critically acclaimed by well-known media sources including Billboard Magazine, Rolling Stone, Mojo, London Times, Die Zeit, Glamour, The Globe and Mail, Guitar World,
Andre Manoukin on France’s Inter Radio and has received extensive radio
airplay on FIP Radio (France), Radio 6 (Netherlands), Flux (Germany)
and picked as Song of the Week on CBC Radio’s Here & Now (Canada).
Charles was born in Toronto, Canada.
Her mother Victoria Richmond is Canadian of English, Scottish and Irish
descent. After her parents divorce, Chloe was raised by her mother,
first in Toronto and then in Uxbridge Township
where she grew up on her grandfather’s rural property. Her grandfather
is the late John Richmond (1926–2013), renowned Canadian visual artist.
Her father Noel Charles (1940–2013) was Trinidadian, however lived most of his adult life in Europe and Barbados, lastly residing in Mallorca, Spain with his wife Cynthia Lennon, 1st wife of John Lennon and mother of Julian Lennon, making Charles stepsister to Julian Lennon and stepdaughter to Cynthia Lennon. Charles’s father was the owner of the famous Alexandra nightclub in Stockholm, Sweden and Bridgetown, Barbados.
She graduated from Uxbridge Secondary School in 2003, then in 2005 Charles was awarded a full scholarship to York University, Glendon College, in Toronto, where she went on to graduate with Honours in 2009, on the Dean’s List, with a BA (Honours) degree in psychology.
Her father Noel Charles (1940–2013) was Trinidadian, however lived most of his adult life in Europe and Barbados, lastly residing in Mallorca, Spain with his wife Cynthia Lennon, 1st wife of John Lennon and mother of Julian Lennon, making Charles stepsister to Julian Lennon and stepdaughter to Cynthia Lennon. Charles’s father was the owner of the famous Alexandra nightclub in Stockholm, Sweden and Bridgetown, Barbados.
She graduated from Uxbridge Secondary School in 2003, then in 2005 Charles was awarded a full scholarship to York University, Glendon College, in Toronto, where she went on to graduate with Honours in 2009, on the Dean’s List, with a BA (Honours) degree in psychology.
Charles began singing at age 9 when she joined a local musical theatre
performance. A step she later credited for helping her overcome her
musical shyness
07 June, 2002...
"It was in Barbados that I met Noel Charles, a former nightclub owner and an old friend of Julian's. His easy wit and gregarious nature charmed me. Not in the least overawed by my past or my name, he had run nightclubs, mixed with celebrities and lived a vibrant, exciting life. We became good friends and eventually fell in love. And on June 7, 2002, I did something I'd promised myself I'd would never do again: I got married - for the fourth and last time."- Cynthia Lennon in JOHN, Crown Publishers, 2005
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