Charmz

Australian pop music group

Charmz
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresPop
Years active2006
LabelsShock
Past members
  • Shannon Cordes
  • Gianna Dalla-Vecchia
  • Paris Maggs
  • Lauren Stowe

Charmz were an Australian four-piece girl band. They were put together by Mattel and Shock Records to promote a motion capture film, The Barbie Diaries (May 2006),[1] which features Barbie in a band, Charmz.[2] The group were developed through a singing contest for 8- to 14-year-old girls,[3] who had to send in a video of themselves singing.[4] The four winners, out of around 500 entrants,[5] were 13-year-olds, Gianna Dalla-Vecchia, Paris Maggs and Lauren Stowe, and 14-year-old, Shannon Cordes.[6]

Charmz members were taken to a recording studio in Sydney,[7] where they were mentored by Ricki-Lee Coulter, a former Australian Idol contestant.[8] Their self-titled album was released on 28 October 2006.[9] It contains cover versions of tracks by Coulter, Robbie Williams, Bananarama,[10] Gwen Stefani, the Mamas & Papas, and Hilary and Haylie Duff.[5][11]

The album's single, "This Is Me", is a cover version of the original by Skye Sweetnam (the voice of Barbie in the film) and was written by Dorian Cheah, Amy Powers and Michele Vice.[12][13] Charmz' rendition was issued ahead of the album on 31 July 2006, which peaked at No. 57 on the ARIA singles chart.[6][1][14]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Charmz
  • Released: October 2006[15]
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Shock/Mattel

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
[16]
"This Is Me" 2006 57 Charmz

References

  1. ^ a b Moreland Leader, 27 November 2006, "Young singer has Charmz-ed start"
  2. ^ The Courier-Mail, 10 June 2006, "Video audition that worked like a charm"
  3. ^ Herald Sun, 25 April 2006, "Join the Barbie queue"
  4. ^ The Gold Coast Bulletin, 12 September 2006, "Plucky charmz" by Jennifer Robinson
  5. ^ a b The Southern Star, 25 October 2006, "Girl band uses all their Charmz for fame" by Belinda Barry
  6. ^ a b Wallace, Ian (9 October 2006). "Week Commencing ~ 7th August 2006 ~ Issue #857" (PDF). The ARIA Report (857). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 2–3, 8, 12, 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ^ Sunday Telegraph, 18 June 2006, "Girls gain sudden taste of stardom" by Andrew Chesterton
  8. ^ Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian, 7 May 2006, "Calling all teen pop star wannabes by Paul Jackson
  9. ^ "New Australasian Releases". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). October 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  10. ^ Diamond Valley Leader, 29 November 2006, "First album out"
  11. ^ Charmz (2006), Charmz, Mattel, Shock Records(distributor), retrieved 12 February 2018
  12. ^ "'This Is Me' at APRA search engine". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 12 February 2018. Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' &/or 'Performer:'
  13. ^ "ACE Repertory – ISWC T0729434234". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  14. ^ Wallace, Ian (9 October 2006). "Week Commencing ~ 9th October 2006 ~ Issue #866" (PDF). The ARIA Report (866). Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA): 4, 13, 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  15. ^ Mornington Peninsular Leader, 26 December 2006, "Charmz, by Charmz" by Carla Bergmeier
  16. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 55.