Events

355 – Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.

1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.

1632 – Thirty years war: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorious but the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus dies in the battle.

1789 – Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.

1844 – The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.

1856 – ''Scenes of Clerical Life'', the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.

1860 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States

1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.

1865 – American Civil War: CSS ''Shenandoah'' is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 vessels.

1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.

1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.

1918 – The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland.

1925 – Secret agent Sidney Reilly is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

1934 – Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.

1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.

1935 – First flight of the Hawker Hurricane.

1935 – Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for MONOPOLY from Elizabeth Magie.

1939 – World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.

1941 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.

1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.

1943 – World War II: the Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.

1944 – Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

1947 – ''Meet the Press'' makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).

1962 – Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.

1963 – Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.

1965 – Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans made use of this program.

1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

1975 – Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.

1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the April 19 Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.

1985 – The ''Iran-Contra Affair'': The American press reveals that U.S. President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.

1986 – Sumburgh disaster – A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

1999 – Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.

2004 – An express train collides with a stationary carriage near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 7 and injuring 150.

2005 – The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.

Births

1391 – Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)

1479 – Queen Joanna of Castile of Spain (d. 1555)

1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)

1550 – Queen Karin Månsdotter of Sweden (d. 1612)

1661 – King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)

1692 – Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)

1753 – Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)

1753 – Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d. 1823)

1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d. 1894)

1833 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908)

1835 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and criminologist (d. 1909)

1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (d. 1915)

1841 – Armand Fallières, French president (d. 1931)

1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)

1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)

1855 – E.S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)

1860 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and statesman (d. 1941)

1861 – James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d. 1939)

1880 – Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)

1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-born American writer and novelist (d. 1959)

1882 – Thomas H. Ince, American movie actor, director, producer (d. 1924)

1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946)

1892 – Harold Ross, American editor (d. 1951)

1892 – George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (d. 1938)

1893 – Edsel Ford, American automotive executive (d. 1943)

1893 – Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)

1903 – June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984)

1906 – James D. Norris, American businessman and sports team owner (d. 1966)

1914 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)

1916 – Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)

1921 – James Jones, American novelist (d. 1977)

1922 – Frank J. Lynch, American jurist and state legislator (d. 1987)

1924 – Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler

1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian

1930 – Tom Hornbein, American mountaineer

1931 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958)

1931 – Mike Nichols, American film director

1932 – Stonewall Jackson, American country singer

1937 – Garry Gross, American photographer (d. 2010)

1937 – Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five)

1937 – Marco Vassi, American writer (d. 1989)

1937 – Joe Warfield, American actor

1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1938 – Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian Slavist and journalist

1938 – Jim Pike, American singer (The Lettermen)

1938 – P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor

1938 – Diana E. H. Russell, South African feminist writer and activist

1938 – Dumitru Rusu, Romanian painter

1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino Supreme Court jurist

1939 – Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)

1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer

1940 – Ruth Messinger, American political activist

1940 – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, American religious figure

1946 – Sally Field, American actress

1946 – Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer

1947 – Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter

1947 – E. Lee Spence, pioneer underwater archaeologist

1947 – Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (d. 2007)

1947 – George Young, Australian musician (Easybeats)

1948 – Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist and political figure

1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)

1949 – Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)

1949 – Nigel Havers, English actor

1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban trumpeter

1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat; husband of Valerie Plame

1950 – Amir Aczel, Israeli mathematics historian

1950 – Chris Glen, Scottish musician (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band)

1951 – Peter Althin, Swedish politician and attorney

1951 – John Falsey, American television writer and producer

1952 – Michael Cunningham, American writer

1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer

1954 – Catherine Crier, American television personality

1955 – Alton Coleman, American serial killer (d. 2002)

1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist

1957 – Cam Clarke, American voice actor

1957 – Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist

1957 – Siobhán McCarthy, Irish singer and actress

1957 – Lori Singer, American actress

1958 – Trace Beaulieu, American actor

1958 – Bruce Holland Rogers, American writer

1960 – Michael Cerveris, American actor

1961 – Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator

1961 – Craig Goldy, American musician (Dio)

1961 – Florent Pagny, French songwriter and singer

1962 – Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian host, actor and singer

1963 – Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (d. 1998)

1964 – Kerry Conran, American filmmaker

1964 – Arne Duncan, American political figure

1964 – Corey Glover, American musician (Living Color)

1964 – Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)

1965 – René Unglaube, German footballer

1966 – Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer

1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor and director

1967 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)

1968 – Alfred Williams, American football player

1968 – Jerry Yang, American internet entrepreneur

1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress

1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor

1971 – Clonie Gowen, American poker player

1972 – Garry Flitcroft, English footballer

1972 – Thandie Newton, English actress

1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American actress

1972 – Deivi Cruz, Dominican baseball player

1973 – Nell McAndrew, British model

1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)

1975 – Anastasia Blue, American former pornographic actress (d. 2008)

1976 – Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist; daughter of Joe Clark

1976 – Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx)

1976 – Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter

1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)

1977 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress

1978 – Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress

1978 – Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host

1978 – Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host

1978 – Taryn Manning, American actress

1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian racing driver

1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player

1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player

1979 – Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress

1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian hockey player

1981 – Cassie Bernall, American murder victim (d. 1999)

1981 – Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor

1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian hockey player

1982 – Sowelu, Japanese pop singer

1982 – Steve Millar, Canadian singer and songwriter

1983 – Janette McBride, Australian-born Filipino actress

1983 – Jon Hume, Australian singer (Evermore)

1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player

1985 – Ettore Marchi, Italian footballer

1987 – Ana Ivanović, Serbian tennis player

1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer

1988 – Emma Stone, American actress

1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player

1989 – Shaina Magdayao, Filipina actress

1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor

2001 – Prince Abdullah bin Al Ghazi of Jordan

Deaths

1231 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)

1406 – Pope Innocent VII

1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer

1550 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)

1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594)

1650 – William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)

1656 – King John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)

1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (b. 1583)

1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)

1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)

1771 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)

1790 – James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. 1726)

1796 – Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729)

1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (b. 1752)

1822 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (b. 1748)

1836 – King Charles X of France (b. 1757)

1846 – Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)

1846 – Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general (b. 1786)

1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)

1903 – Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b.1895)

1910 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b. 1838)

1925 – Emperor Khải Định of Vietnam (b. 1885)

1929 – Prince Maximilian of Baden, German statesman (b. 1867)

1936 – Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (b. 1864)

1937 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter (b. 1856)

1941 – Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)

1960 – Erich Raeder, German grand admiral (b. 1876)

1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)

1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)

1965 – Edgard Varèse, French composer (b. 1883)

1965 – Clarence Williams, American musician (b. 1898)

1968 – Charles Münch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891)

1968 – Charles B. McVay III, Ex-U.S. Navy Captain (b. 1898)

1970 – Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b. 1897)

1978 – Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915)

1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)

1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)

1985 – Joel Crothers, American actor (b. 1941)

1986 – Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)

1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)

1989 – Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)

1989 – Dickie Goodman, American entertainer (b. 1934)

1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)

1995 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933)

1998 – Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)

2000 – David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b. 1912)

2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907)

2001 – Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (b. 1926)

2002 – Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b. 1920)

2003 – Just Betzer, Danish film producer (b. 1944)

2003 – Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)

2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)

2003 – Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)

2004 – Fred Dibnah, English television personality (b. 1938)

2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player (b. 1943)

2005 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b. 1967)

2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealander politician (b. 1957)

2005 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor, composer and singer (b. 1915)

2006 – Federico (Fico) López, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)

2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (b. 1950)

2007 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920)

2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress (b. 1929)

2007 – George Grljusich, Australian sports broadcaster (b. 1939)

2007 – Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician (b. 1962)

2007 – George Osmond, American patriarch of the Osmond family (b. 1917)

2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer (b. 1925)

2009 – Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (b. 1932)

2010 – Jo Myong-Rok, North Korean military official (b. 1928)

2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American attorney and counsel to the Carter Adminisrtation (b. 1921)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

*Illtud

*Leonard of Noblac

*Winnoc

*November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Dominican Republic, 1884)

Constitution Day (Tajikistan, 1994)

Constitution Day (Tatarstan, 1992)

Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, a flag day (Finland)

Green March (Morocco)

Gustavus Adolphus Day, death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day (Sweden)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Name	Connie Talbot
Background	solo_singer
Born	November 20, 2000
Origin	Streetly, Aldridge, West Midlands, England, UK
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2007–present
Genre	Pop
Occupation	Singer
Label	Rainbow Recording Company
Website	connietalbot.com }}

Connie Talbot (born 20 November 2000) is an English child singer from Streetly, Aldridge, in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands. She rose to fame in 2007 when she reached the final of the television talent show ''Britain's Got Talent'', where she was runner-up to Paul Potts. Talbot was supposed to sign with Sony BMG but the label pulled out of the deal due to her age.

Talbot signed with Rainbow Recording Company and released her debut album ''Over the Rainbow'' in the UK on 26 November 2007. The album was re-released 18 June 2008 with a new track listing, and the first single from the album, a cover of Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds", was released on 10 June.

Despite its negative critical reception, ''Over the Rainbow'' has sold over 250,000 copies worldwide and reached number one in three countries. Since the initial album release, Talbot has performed publicly and on television in Europe, the U.S. and across Asia, where her music had gained recognition through YouTube. Her second album, ''Connie Talbot's Christmas Album'', was released on 24 November 2008; her third, ''Holiday Magic'', was released in late 2009. On top of her musical career, Talbot continues to attend primary school and lives in Streetly with her family.

History

''Britain's Got Talent'' and Sony BMG

Talbot initially auditioned for the first series of television reality show ''Britain's Got Talent'' for fun, but her confidence increased when Simon Cowell, whom she is said to have idolised, described her as "pure magic" and said that he would make her earn "£1 million-plus this year". The judges expected a "joke" performance and she had never taken singing lessons, but Talbot's initial performance received international press coverage. She reached the final round after winning her semi-final with a live performance of "Ben" by Michael Jackson. On the night of the final, she sang ''The Wizard of Oz'''s "Over the Rainbow", but lost to Paul Potts as a result of the call-in vote. Talbot and Potts had been joint favourites to win the series. According to journalist and ''Britain's Got Talent'' judge Piers Morgan, Talbot's performances resulted in many children, including Faryl Smith, auditioning for the second series of the show. After his victory, Series 2 winner George Sampson spoke of his participation in the first series, where he was knocked out before the live shows, saying "I don't think I had any shot of winning last year ... When you look at the standard of Paul Potts and Connie Talbot. Paul Potts is out of this league, and Connie is out of this league – I wasn't good enough." Talbot voted for Sampson, saying "I liked his dancing – he was good on the lamppost".

Cowell had preliminarily agreed to sign Talbot with his own record label, Sony BMG. After recording two songs in London with Talbot ("Over the Rainbow" and "Smile"), the label pulled out of the deal. Talbot's mother, Sharon, said she was told that her daughter "...was too young to be their sort of artist", adding "We have been told to look for a company which looks after children." In a statement, the label said "there was some deliberation over the possibility of recording with Connie ... However, the decision not to proceed was made with the best intentions for Connie, taking into consideration her age and that it would not be right to do so at this time." Cowell himself said that "when the time is right, [he would] be delighted to see if [they could] make it work". The Talbot family decided to search for another label, saying "while [Talbot] loves what she's doing it would be cruel to stop her. Fame and money will never matter."

''Over the Rainbow''

In October 2007 Talbot signed with the Rainbow Recording Company for a six-figure deal. Rainbow Recording Company, an offshoot of record label Rhythm Riders made specifically for Talbot, was due to release Talbot's first album on 26 November 2007. It was later reported that the album was named ''Over the Rainbow'', and the first single, "Over the Rainbow"/"White Christmas", would be released on 3 December 2007. Experts predicted that she had a good chance of getting the Christmas number one, but the single was cancelled in favour of an album-first release. Before the album was released, there was much speculation about Talbot and the album, with music experts describing her as potentially being "the next Charlotte Church". The team behind the album consisted of John Arnison, who also managed Gabrielle and Billy Ocean, and Marc Marot, former managing director of Island Records. It was produced and mixed by Simon Hill and Rob May. Arnison revealed that he and his team "are not going to give [Talbot] singing lessons – we don't need to", and said that when he met Talbot, he was "blown away". A schedule was worked out allowing Talbot to continue with her normal school activities while recording the album in her aunt Vicky's spare bedroom, which her mother described as "a better solution [than Sony BMG offered] which has not robbed her of her childhood". Although Arnison claimed he did not "want to put her through the promotional grind which most artists go through because she is too young", plans were made for an appearance on daytime television programme ''This Morning'', as well as an appearance on ''Children in Need'' on 16 November 2007. The album was released on 26 November 2007 and Talbot's mother said that "All the family is really excited, but Connie is quite blase about it." The album was certified gold in early December, with Talbot being presented a gold disc by Phillip Schofield on ''This Morning''. Initially, 50,000 copies of the album were pressed, but an additional 120,000 had to be made after the album sold out in days.

In late 2007, public appearances by Talbot included headlining the Great Bridge Christmas and Winter Festival, which local police threatened to cancel unless crowds clamouring to reach the tent in which Talbot was performing could be brought under control. At the event, on 7 December 2007, Talbot said "I love it here, it’s brilliant, really fun", but had to be ushered off-stage by the police. Talbot performed publicly in Walsall's HMV store, and in Birmingham's Centenary Square. TV appearances included GMTV and Channel 5 news, both on 26 November 2007. According to her mother, Talbot has received offers for film roles. Sharon said "[Talbot]'s been sent a script, I haven't had a good look at it yet but it's really exciting ... Connie's a singer, not an actress, so we'll see what happens. It's completely up to her whether or not she wants to do it. I can't believe it, though."

Sharon Mawer of Allmusic praised ''Over the Rainbow'' by saying "She can sing, for a seven year old, and most of the notes (if not all of them) are in the right order and sung to the right pitch; the timing is fine too". However, she criticised the album, saying "there's no feeling, no emotion, no realisation of what each song is about; they're just pretty little songs", giving the album 2/5. Nick Levine, of Digital Spy, said in a review of the album that Talbot had a "sweet, pure voice", but that there is "no nuance or depth to her performance". However, he said that "There's something inherently wrong about awarding a star rating to a seven-year-old", and that "the decidedly adult concept of musical merit should have nothing to do with [her music]", awarding the album 2/5.

The album was rereleased on 16 June 2008, but was available for pre-order in May, with three new tracks to replace its Christmas-themed songs. The first single from the album, "Three Little Birds", was released in June 2008, and a video for the song was shot in Jamaica. In April and May 2008, Talbot toured Asia to promote ''Over the Rainbow''. Asian press attributed her success to her videos on YouTube, with the ''Sun.Star'' mentioning that her most viewed video had been watched over 14 million times, and ''The Straits Times'' saying that videos of Talbot's performances have been watched over 30 million times. The tour made stops in South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, and Talbot and her family returned to England in late May. Following the tour, it was reported that the album had reached number one on the charts in Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, as well as reaching number three in Singapore. After the tour, Talbot travelled to Poland, where she performed on television.

It was also revealed that ''Over the Rainbow'' was due for release in America in September, resulting in attention from American press sources including Fox Business Network and MarketWatch. The U.S. version was eventually released on 14 October, with Talbot appearing on American television shows including ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' to publicise the release.

In August 2008, it was announced that Talbot had signed a contract with Data Design Interactive for production of a video game on the Wii console. The game was to feature 15 songs from ''Over the Rainbow'', allowing players to sing along with a computer-generated image of Talbot or against other players in a karaoke mode. Talbot rerecorded the album for the game. The game was scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2009, and is called ''Connie Talbot: Over the Rainbow''. The game hasn't been released yet as of 2011, citing copyright issues on the songs used for it.

''Christmas Album'' and ''Holiday Magic''

In November 2008, it was announced that Talbot had produced a series of new songs for an album. Recorded in her bedroom studio, ''Connie Talbot's Christmas Album'' was released on 24 November. It is a Christmas themed album, featuring, according to Talbot's official website, "a mix of classics and modern Christmas tunes". News was also released of a one-off Christmas special to be shown on ITV1 in the days leading up to Christmas, featuring footage of Talbot's journey to America and a "secret concert" at her primary school. The documentary, ''Christmas with Connie'', was shown on ITV Central on 18 December. Talbot appeared at Walsall's HMV branch shortly after the release of her ''Christmas Album'' to sign copies and meet fans. She then embarked on a promotional tour making stops around the world, which included a performance at Ewha Womans University in Korea, and a performance on the A Heart for Children television charity gala in Berlin, Germany. She returned home in mid December, to have "a quiet family Christmas". There are plans for a promotional trip to the U.S. in 2009.

''Connie Talbot's Christmas Album'' was difficult to obtain in Britain after the distributor, Pinnacle Entertainment, went into administration. Talbot's mother, Sharon, was quoted as saying "We don't really know what's going to happen at the moment ... We think they'll probably wait and promote the album later this year. It's a shame, but they can still get the album in Asia and the US." Reviewing the album for ''FemaleFirst'' magazine, Ruth Harrison gave it 4/5, saying that Talbot has "a great voice when it comes to swing, but lets us down in parts".

In April 2009, Talbot again travelled to the U.S. in order to publicise her new single, a cover of "I Will Always Love You". The single was released in the U.S. on 7 April, along with a newly recorded "You Raise Me Up". Talbot then travelled to the U.S. on 30 April, and returned on 2 May. Appearances included a performance on ''Good Day New York'' on Fox Broadcasting Company's WNYW. The single peaked at number four on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Singles Sales.

Talbot's third album, ''Connie Talbot's Holiday Magic'', was released on 20 October 2009 in the United States and on 30 November 2009 in the United Kingdom. The United States album is dedicated to the Toys for Tots campaign, of which Talbot has been named the child ambassador. In a statement, Bill Grein, Vice President of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, said-

Personal life

Talbot lives in Streetly, in the West Midlands, and currently attends a state primary school. She lives with her mother, Sharon, her father Gavin, a self-employed property maintenance engineer, her brother Josh, and her sister, Mollie. Talbot sang "Over the Rainbow", her signature song, at her grandmother's funeral, because she and her grandmother had enjoyed watching ''The Wizard of Oz'' together. Talbot drew confidence in ''Britain's Got Talent'' from the belief that her grandmother was watching, and vowed to win the show in her memory. Despite Talbot speaking positively of the effects of her fame, her parents spoke of a darker side, including having to change their phone number and hire a bodyguard for their daughter.

Discography

Albums

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center; ! rowspan=2| Year ! rowspan=2| Album ! colspan=8| Peak chart positions ! rowspan=2| Sales ! rowspan=2| Certifications |- style=font-size:smaller; ! width=25| UK ! width=25| HON ! width=25| SIN ! width=25| KOR ! width=25| TAI ! width=25| U.S. Heat ! width=25| U.S. Kid ! width=25| U.S. Indie |- | 2007 | align=left| ''Over the Rainbow''

Released: 26 November 2007

Labels: Rainbow Recording Company

| 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 43 | align=left|

UK: 100,000+ (rated gold by BPI)

South Korea: 30,000+ Worldwide: 250,000+ | align=left|

UK: Gold

Taiwan: Platinum Hong Kong: Platinum Korea: Double platinum |- | 2008 | align=left| ''Connie Talbot's Christmas Album''

Released: 24 November 2008

Labels: Rainbow Recording Company

| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |- | 2009 | align=left| ''Connie Talbot's Holiday Magic''

Released: 20 October 2009

Labels: AAO Music

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Singles

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References

External links

Official website

Official channel on YouTube (Former)

[ Connie Talbot] at Allmusic

Connie Talbot on MySpace

Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:English child singers Category:English female singers Category:Britain's Got Talent contestants Category:People from Aldridge Category:English pop singers

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