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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〔("she [...] taught herself how to play" )〕〔("her elegant, passionate fingerpicking style" )〕 and fusion of soul, folk, pop, jazz, and classical influences. 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.〔("Charles’ lilting, rich alto is striking and powerful" )〕 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).〔("Chloe Charles featured on France's Inter Radio 2013/12/04" )〕〔("Chloe Charles on FIP Radio (France)" )〕〔("Chloe Charles featured on Here and Now 2014/05/27" )〕 Charles was the winner of the 2012 Harbourfront Soundclash Music Award〔("Chloe Charles wins Soundclash Music Award" )〕 and 2014 Indie Award.〔("Soul/R&B Artist/Group or Duo of the year" )〕 ==Early life== 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.〔("John Richmond 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 was just a teen when her father married Cynthia Lennon, Beatle John Lennon's first wife" )〕 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.〔("Chloe Charles graduates from York with honours" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chloe Charles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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