Charlene Soraia
Charlene Soraia was born in London Borough of Lewisham, England, United Kingdom on July 19th, 1988 and is the Folk Singer. At the age of 36, Charlene Soraia biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Charlene Soraia Santaniello Jones, known as Charlene Soraia, is a British singer-songwriter. She first became known with a cover of The Calling's "Wherever You Will Go", which peaked at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.
She released her debut studio album, Moonchild, in November 2011, which features "Wherever You Will Go" as a bonus track.
She released her second studio album, Love Is the Law, in September 2015, which features the singles "Ghost", "Broken", "Caged", and "I'll Be There".
Early life
Born and raised in Sydenham, London Borough of Lewisham in London, Charlene Soraia grew up with her parents. She first picked up her father's guitar at the age of 5, and played her first show at 8. She was inspired by artists such as David Bowie, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and King Crimson, and was very interested in the prog-rock genre.
While still at school, Soraia used to appear at open mic night at The Studio, Beckenham, Bromley in London around 2004, where her style and songwriting were still developing. She used the time before her performances to do her homework.
She attended into the BRIT School alongside future chart artists Adele and Kate Nash. While being there, she formed a rock band called Retrospect, with whom she released an EP entitled Long Hair, Short Memories. She also joined a psychedelic blues band, Electriq Mistress. At the same time she released a solo EP, "Lemonade", which was mainly created to get her bookings. She began performing as a solo artist in 2008, releasing further EPs Daffodils and Other Idylls (March 2008); Postcards from iO later in the year and third in the series, One of the Sun. The former reached the top of the UK Folk Chart on iTunes. An iTunes Live Sessions EP was also released after she performed at the festival in early 2008.
Personal life
Soraia has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, specifically stating that she suffers from cyclothymia. which she describes as a less severe form of bipolar disorder. [..] I wrote [a song on the LP called] 'Bipolar' and it came out really upbeat and funny despite the fact I was actually in pieces. [...]
Career
When Soraia's cover of "Wherever You Will Go" by The Calling was featured in a Twinings commercial in 2011, she was noticed by a large audience. The song was also available on iTunes as a digital download and ranked second on the UK Download Chart and Number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. The original version of the song, which debuted at number three in the United Kingdom in June 2002 from the album "Camino Palmero," has since re-entered the top 40, this time to number 16. Moonchild, the singer's debut album, was released on November 21, 2011, with the song as a bonus track. Soraia unveiled the video for her song "Ghost" on January 10, 2013. She dropped another video for her song "Caged" on July 21, 2014. Love Is the Law, she released her second studio album on September 11, 2015.