Connie Talbot
Connie Talbot
Talbot at the Olympic Studios during the recording of
Over the Rainbow
Background information
Birth name
Connie Talbot
Born
20 November 2000
(2000-11-20) [1]
Streetly, Walsall,
West Midlands, England
Origin
West Midlands, England, UK
Genre(s)
Pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Instrument(s) Vocals
Years active
2007-present
Label(s)
Rainbow Recording Company
Website
http://www.connietalbot.com
Connie Talbot (born 20 November 2000) is
an English child singer from Streetly, Metro-
politan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands.
She rose to fame in 2007 when she reached
the final of the television talent show Bri-
tain’s Got Talent, where she lost to Paul
Potts. Talbot was supposed to sign with Sony
BMG but the label pulled out of the deal due
to her age.
Talbot signed with Rainbow Recording
Company and released her debut album Over
the Rainbow
in the UK on 26 November
2007. The album was re-released 18 June
2008 with a new track listing, and the first
single from the album, "Three Little Birds",
was released on 10 June 2008. Songs from
the album are to feature in an upcoming
video game about Talbot.
Despite its negative critical reception,
Over the Rainbow has sold over 250,000 cop-
ies worldwide and reached number one in
three countries. Since the initial album re-
lease, Talbot has performed publicly and on
television in Europe, the U.S. and across
Asia, where her music had gained recogni-
tion through YouTube. Her second album,
Connie Talbot’s Christmas Album, was re-
leased on 24 November 2008. On top of her
musical career, Talbot continues to attend
primary school and lives in Streetly with her
family.
History
Britain’s Got Talent and Sony
BMG
Talbot initially auditioned for the first series
of television reality show Britain’s Got Talent
for fun, but her confidence increased when
Simon Cowell, whom she is said to have idol-
ised,[2] described her as "pure magic" and
said that he would make her earn "£1 million-
plus this year".[2] The judges expected a
"joke" performance and she had never taken
si