Charlie Green is an English–Filipino singer from
Droitwich
Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester.
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, Worcestershire, England. Green is best known for appearing on the
second series of ''
Britain's Got Talent
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'' in 2008. After the show, Green signed a record deal with
Star Records
Star Music (also known as Star Records and corporately as Star Recording, Inc.) is a Philippine record label owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corpora ...
and released his debut album, ''
Charlie Green''. He has since toured the U.S. and embarked on promotional tours in Asia. In February 2010, Green signed a two-year recording contract and agency with
Viva Records.
Green will be touring various countries to promote the album.
Early life and singing career
Green was born in
Droitwich
Droitwich Spa (often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is an historic spa town in the Wychavon district in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe. It is located approximately south-west of Birmingham and north-east of Worcester.
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, Worcestershire to Roger Green who is English and Cecilia Sumargo who is a Filipina.
He first performed in front of an audience at the age of 2 on a cruise ship. He asked for the microphone, got on stage and sang ''
New York City
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''
and when he was 5, he performed at the
Royal Opera House
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. When Green was 8, he was invited, by the 'Not Forgotten' Association for ex-servicemen, to perform at their annual concert at St James' Palace. The highlight of his day was being presented to the Princess Royal. In fall 2007, Cedric Whitehouse produced the song "Hands Around the World" for Green which was used to raise money and increase awareness of
muscular dystrophy
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. The song topped the chart of
iTunes
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during the Christmas holidays, and is also featured on his debut album.
2008: ''Britain's Got Talent''
In his audition, which was televised on 19 April 2008, Green sang
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Honorific nicknames in popular music, Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the Time 100: The Most I ...
's "
Summer Wind," and received a standing ovation from the audience.
Amanda Holden
Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971) is an English media personality, actress and singer. Since 2007, she has been a judge on the television talent competition show '' Britain's Got Talent'' on ITV. She also co-hosts the national ''H ...
predicted he could win the show.
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality and businessman. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003), ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK ...
gave highly positive comments, dubbing Green 'a little star'. Piers Morgan said Green "has it all". He received three yes votes from the judges. Eventually, he was put through to the live shows.
Green performed for a second time during the semi-final on 28 May 2008, singing an original song written for him called ''All I Wanna Do Is Sing''.
His overall presentation received mixed reviews from all three judges. Although Green was highly praised for his performance, with comments coming from
Piers Morgan
Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (; O'Meara, born 30 March 1965) is an English journalist and media personality. He began his career in 1988 at the tabloid ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun''. In 1994, at the age of 29, he was appointed editor of ...
stating, "Everything about you says you're a young star," to Holden's, "You're such a pro. And you have a wonderful wonderful voice", his non-standard song choice was unanimously criticized.
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality and businessman. He has judged on the British television talent competition shows ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003), ''The X Factor (British TV series), The X Factor UK ...
in particular commented that the song was "terrible", but went on to say that he would rate Green's performance as a 10, and his song choice as a 2.
Streetdancer
George Sampson finished first according to the public vote, leaving the judges to choose between Green and martial arts duo Strike.
Although Cowell acknowledged that Green was hampered by his song choice, he thought that he had high potential to win, so he chose Green. Both Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan selected Strike instead thus eliminating Green from the competition.
Cedric Whitehouse (who wrote the song) subsequently received
hate mail
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from angry fans who claimed he ruined Green's career. He later revealed that the production company originally intended for Green to sing
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor, and comedian. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of ...
's ''"
Ain't That A Kick In The Head?
"Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" is a Pop / Jazz song written in 1960 with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was first recorded that year on May 10 by Dean Martin in a swinging big band jazz arrangement conducted by Nelson Rid ...
"''.
After the show, negotiations for Simon Cowell's record label failed and instead signed a 1-year recording contract with record label
Star Records
Star Music (also known as Star Records and corporately as Star Recording, Inc.) is a Philippine record label owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corpora ...
, and released his
eponymous
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Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovati ...
debut album,
Charlie Green in the fall of 2008.
2008–2010: Post ''Talent''
Since Britain's Got Talent, Green has appeared in some of the UK's premier concert venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, and twice at Birmingham's Symphony Hall.
In the summer of 2008 Green embarked on a two-week promotional tour
during which he appeared as a guest in
Pinoy Dream Academy
''Pinoy Dream Academy'' (also known as PDA) is a Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by ABS-CBN. Originally hosted by Toni Gonzaga, Nikki Gil, Sam Milby, Bianca Gonzalez and Roxanne Barcelo. it aired on the network's weeken ...
and
ASAP
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ASAP may also refer to:
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* ASAP (band), a hard rock band fronted by Adrian Smith
* ASAP Mob, a recording group from Harlem, New York
** ASAP Ferg (born 1988), Americ ...
and received an award for his talents at the 20th anniversary celebrations of the
National Music Museum
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together with
Charice. He stayed at the Shangri-la hotel in Manila
where he gave a concert on 9 August 2008.
Green signed up with
Star Magic
ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is a Philippine talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Founded in 1992, Star Magic ha ...
[
] released his debut album, ''
Charlie Green'' under
Star Records
Star Music (also known as Star Records and corporately as Star Recording, Inc.) is a Philippine record label owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. It was formerly a separate company operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corpora ...
in Autumn 2008.
In December 2008 Green visited the Philippines again. During this trip he performed at a family party of former president
Joseph Estrada
Joseph Ejercito Estrada (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor, who served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 until his resignation in 2001. ...
. He sang a duet with him: ''"Dahil Sa Iyo"''. He attended the party together with his parents; his mother is a family friend of the Estradas.
He was featured in a single page of the 2009 Star Magic Catalogue.
[
] He also appeared in the first major mainstream magic show in the Philippines on 27 December with a group of magicians called "The Illusive".
Green made his acting debut in the 2008 short film "Waiting in Rhyme". The film's dialog consisted entirely of poetry and was made in aid of
Macmillan Cancer Support
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. Green played the role of a bullied boy and did his performance in rap.
In March 2009, Green embarked on a US tour in a bid for world stardom. The tour began on 12 March and lasted until the end of April. Green appeared in 14 major cities including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago and San Francisco. He was also singled out to appear on one of the USA's most prestigious daytime TV shows.
In October Green visited the US and Canada for a brief concert tour before flying to the Philippines at the beginning of November, for a special guest appearance on
Sarah Geronimo
Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo-Guidicelli ( ; born July 25, 1988) is a Filipino singer and actress. List of awards and nominations received by Sarah Geronimo, Her accolades include a Billboard Women in Music, ''Billboard'' Women in Music Award, an ...
's new show at the Araneta Coliseum in
Manila
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...
.
2010–present: Second album
In January, Green attended the
Awit Awards
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, and won 3 awards – ''Best Performance by a New Male Artiste'' and ''Best Performance by a Child Artiste'' for his performance of
Summer Wind on ''Britain's Got Talent''. He won the ''Best Jazz Recording Award'' for his performance of ''Mama Said So'', by
Richard Poon.
Green, however, because of commitments in the UK, was not present at the ceremony to collect his awards.
On 3 February 2010, it was reported that Green had signed a 2-year contract with
Viva Records, and has begun recording his second album with record producer
Christian de Walden.
Green began recording the album on 3 February. The album will be composed of 12 to 13 tracks, 2 of which are original songs while some are American Songbook classics.
Green will be touring various countries to promote the album.
Green, whose showbiz career used to be handled by
Star Magic
ABS-CBN Center for Communication Arts, Inc., doing business as Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), is a Philippine talent agency owned by ABS-CBN Corporation based in Quezon City, Metro Manila. Founded in 1992, Star Magic ha ...
, spoke about why he chose to sign with
Viva Records. "I had a good time
ith Star Magic But something has changed over years so we decided to go with Viva. The contract with Star Records was only one year anyway, so it's either we stay or go to Viva."
I toured with Sarah
eronimolast year, so I went to America, Canada ... so I was all around the world. It was quite nice, it's quite good, especially at my age. I'm really lucky and I'm so thankful that I was able to do those sort of things."
Green had a series of concerts to promote the album, with the following dates:
Eastwood City
Eastwood City is an mixed-use development complex located in Barangay Bagumbayan, Quezon City. Launched in 1997, it is Megaworld Corporation’s first “live-work-play” community that is known to offer complete facilities, amenities, and e ...
,
Quezon City
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on 10 February,
McKinley Hill
The Bonifacio Capital District (BCD) is a master-planned estate and financial district in Fort Bonifacio (barangay), Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines. The estate is under the joint management of Megaworld Corporation and the Bases Conversion ...
,
Taguig
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on 12 February.
Personal life
Green attended Westacre Middle School in Droitwich, Worcestershire.
Discography
Albums
Singles
Notes
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Charlie
1997 births
Living people
Britain's Got Talent contestants
British Asian musicians
English people of Filipino descent
English male singers
Star Magic
Filipino British musicians
Viva Artists Agency
Viva Records (Philippines) artists
People from Droitwich Spa
21st-century English singers
21st-century British male singers