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Terri Walker

 
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  • Born: April 14, 1979, Wimbledon, London, England
  • Active: 2000s
  • Genres: Rhythm & Blues
  • Instrument: Vocals

Biography

In 2003, Terri Walker took her native London with authority. Untitled, her Def Soul debut, featured 14 slices of hot-buttered neo-soul that relaxed comfortably between tradition and the latest thing; it was an immediate hit, and Walker soon found herself vying against Beyoncé Knowles for Best Album honors at that year's Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards. Walker studied opera as a child, and pointed to this training as reason for her fluid, effortlessly shifting vocal style. By 17, she was actively pursuing music. She had designs on a career as a soul singer, modeled after influences like Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and Mica Paris. However, the big sound at the time was U.K. garage, so Walker found herself contributing vocals to tracks from types like Shanks & Bigfoot. All the same, she never lost sight of soul goal, and eventually hooked up with a stable of producers who were thinking the same thing. By 2002, traditionalism and organic sounds were making waves with hip-hop and urban soul audiences, and Terri Walker's sound fit right in. Untitled dropped in early 2003, featuring collaborations with Mos Def and Blueblood, and the accolades started rolling in. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
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Terri Walker
Birth name Chanelle Gstettenbauer
Born Circa 1979
Wimbledon, London, England
Genres R&B, soul
Occupations Singer–songwriter
Years active 2000–present
Labels Mercury, Def Soul, Dekkor

Terri Walker (born Chanelle Gstettenbauer)[1] is an English R&B and soul singer–songwriter. Walker has released three albums in the United Kingdom, Untitled, L.O.V.E, and I Am; while the first two releases charted outside the top one hundred of the UK Albums Chart, the third one failed to chart at all. She also provided the majority of the vocals for Shanks & Bigfoot's debut album Swings & Roundabouts. Her third album, entitled I Am, was released on 15 May 2006, following the release of her fourth single, "Alright with Me".

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Early life

Walker, born in the Wimbledon district of London, England, to Jamaican parents, moved to Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, when she was four. She speaks fluent German. Back in the UK, Walker attended a small boarding school in Surrey, where she began to study and sing opera. "Training to sing Opera helped in my breathing to sing and it was a useful skill to learn". From the age of seventeen, Walker moved back to the UK permanently to study at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London, which is a performing arts centre of excellence.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Chart positions
UK[2]
2003 Untitled 118
2005 L.O.V.E 142
2006 I Am —

Singles

Solo singles

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK[2]
2003 "Guess You Didn't Love Me" (featuring Mos Def) 60 Untitled
"Ching Ching (Lovin' You Still)" 38
2005 "Whoopsie Daisy" 41 L.O.V.E
2006 "Alright with Me" — I Am

Cancelled and promo singles

Year Single Status Album
2003 "Drawing Board" Promo only Untitled
2005 "This Is My Time" Cancelled L.O.V.E
"I Am" Cancelled I Am

Single appearances

Year Single Chart positions Album
UK[3]
2000 "Sing Along" (Shanks & Bigfoot featuring Terri Walker) 12 Swings & Roundabouts
2004 "Common Ground" (Jaimeson featuring Terri Walker) 191 Think on Your Feet
"Make Things Right" (Lemon Jelly featuring Terri Walker) 33 '64–'95
2006 "Flirtin'" (Emmanuel featuring Terri Walker and Rodney P) — D'Illusions of Grandeur
2008 "Love at First Sight" (Diamond featuring Terri Walker) — TBR

References

  1. ^ "Culture: Move over Tina and Whitney, this is a soul diva with real oomph". The Sunday Times. 28 September 2003. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article1163352.ece. Retrieved 3 April 2007. 
  2. ^ a b "Chart Log UK: 1994–2008". Zobbel.de. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_W.HTM. Retrieved 4 February 2009. 
  3. ^ "Chart Log UK: 1994–2006 Artist Index". Zobbel.de. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_00.HTM. Retrieved 4 February 2009. 

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