Claudia Annabelle Cooney (born 6 June 2001), known professionally as Claudia Valentina, is a British singer and songwriter from

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Biography

Early life

Valentina grew up on the island of Guernsey. She became interested in art from an early age and attended various stage schools. She was very interested in singing, dancing and

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and first took part in Dance World Cup at

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in 2011, where she won gold with her group. Appearances in

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's West End followed, including as Judy Hope in the musical

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. At the age of 13, she moved to

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with her mother, where she continued to work as an

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and

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. She also tried to gain a foothold as a

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and worked with songwriters such as Johan Carlsson,

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and

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Career

In 2019 Valentina featured on Wiley's My One in the main chorus. Valentina returned to London and worked with producer David Stewart and songwriter Jessica Agombar on her debut EP, which was released in 2020 via

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. Her single "C'est La Vie" was released in 2021. Also that year, she also co-wrote the song The Motto, performed by DJ

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and singer

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. ''Note: Click on the three dots on the right of the track to display the credits.'' In 2022, Valentina was featured on the song High by the German rapper Cro. The song reached number 24 in the Austrian and German charts, as well as number 64 in the Swiss charts. She co-wrote and composed

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of K-pop girl group

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and

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single "

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" which was originally titled "Honda".

Discography

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

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