Connie Talbot, Britain's Got Talent's First Superstar, is Back With New Hit Single

Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:55pm EDT
 
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Connie Talbot, Britain's Got Talent's First Superstar, is Back With New Hit
Single

'I Will Always Love You' Cracks Adult Contemporary Charts as Connie Lines Up
More TV Appearances

ALBANY, N.Y., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Since her emergence in 2007 as the
original breakout superstar on the UK's hit program Britain's Got Talent --
the same Simon Cowell-hosted program currently in the news for introducing
another gifted unknown, Susan Boyle -- 8-year-old Connie Talbot continues to
tear up the charts with music from her debut album, Over the Rainbow (AAO
Music/Reality). 

Several months after the album's release, the young dynamo's latest single, a
soulful interpretation of the classic "I Will Always Love You," has cracked
the Top 40 on the venerable radio trade magazine FMQB's Adult Contemporary
chart. Out for just three weeks, the single joins the likes of Miley Cyrus and
Taylor Swift on the powerful tip sheet's ACQB chart, while also scoring as the
publication's #3 most added single. "At 8 years of age, Connie Talbot is the
youngest artist to grace the ACQB chart," confirmed FMQB's Mark LaSpina.
 
"I Will Always Love You," most often associated with Whitney Houston, has deep
personal meaning to the young singer, as her grandmother, "Nan," sang it to
Connie when she was a baby. The single also features the newly re-vocaled "You
Raise Me Up," the track that closes Over the Rainbow.  Sales of Over the
Rainbow are stronger than ever as music fans continue to discover the young
singer who has already charmed not only Mr. Cowell and his fellow judges but
the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Ellen DeGeneres.  

Connie isn't just sitting by idly while her recordings continue to conquer the
charts, however. On April 30th, she will appear live on the mega-popular
Fox-TV program Good Day New York. Then, on the following day, May 1st, Connie
takes over the City of Brotherly Love, with an appearance on Philadelphia's
WCAU-TV, NBC10. Connie will also travel to Tokyo in May, to launch her album
to the Japanese market. 

And further down the road, in early June, Ms. Talbot will make a personal
appearance at the Electric Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, where she will
perform and introduce her highly anticipated Nintendo Wii video game. Titled
Connie Talbot: Over the Rainbow, the game allows Connie's fans to sing along
with the music from Over the Rainbow. Its 15 tracks include "Three Little
Birds," Connie's 2008 chart-topping cover version of a well-known Bob Marley
tune, John Lennon's "Imagine," and the classic Louis Armstrong ballad "What a
Wonderful World." Players can sing solo in karaoke mode or with friends and
family members for some multiplayer fun.  

Connie has also earned two Guinness World Book of Records titles, five gold
and platinum albums as well as over 100 million YouTube hits, making her the
#18 all-time most viewed on the site.

www.myspace.com/connietalbotofficialmusic




SOURCE  AAO Music/Reality Records

Lydia Sherwood of Presto Public Relations, +1-360-734-8315,
presto.ls@gmail.com, for AAO Music/Reality Records

 

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