Hollie Records First Album in Nelson
The 11-year-old Britain’s Got Talent star has spent the last fortnight holed up inside a studio, recording songs from musicals and operas. Hollie, who lives in Huncoat and grew up in Burnley, is hoping to launch an assault on the charts with a single in time for Christmas.
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Members of Pendle’s Arden Youth Choir have lent their assistance on some of the more classical tracks.
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“Hollie’s having a really good time doing what she’s doing and the songs sound really good. She’s enjoyed picking some of the songs herself. We’re trying to make it fun for her because she’s only a little girl. We would like to get into the charts. That’s the ultimate aim. No one is expecting a number one, but we hope it makes it into the charts.
I can’t wait to hear the results of her singing. Susan Boyle’s new CD continues to dominate the Amazon rankings (#1 today). Hopefully Hollie can have a successful first CD and grow from there to have many more.
Even more important though is that Hollie doesn’t try to take on too much too soon. Successful sales would be nice but there is no need to sell out to try and be a quick huge success. Many talented singers have long, successful, happy careers without being huge celebrity personalities.
Too often performers seem to compromise because they think they need to conform to expectations of those in the business, but that is often a big mistake. There are many options today that allow singers to be successful without giving into demands of record labels (which seem to often wring huge sales out of young singers and then leave behind broken and poor performers). If she keeps focused on making sure she has fun and grows up well we can look forward to many more enjoyable albums, I think.
Hopefully they will release a track online sometime soon, to give us something to listen to while we wait for the release of Hollie’s first CD.
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September 19, 2009 at 17:19
I think Hollie will do well. Hayley Westenra started singing as a child and has grown up to be a wonderful example of a talented singer who had good and sensible family support during her formative years. I am quite sure that Nina and Jason will do the same.
This little girl loves to sing and has such a beautiful voice.
We look forward to the album release and to hear the songs she has chosen.
Good Luck, Sharon
October 10, 2009 at 19:07
hey hollie, i would just like to say i admire you. i live in australia and i watched your performance .. [i used to live in manchester for ten years] …. now i am 13 i miss england.. your voice is brillant and i will make sure heaps of my friend buy it lol .. go hollie steel! whoever bullied you is mean and horrible you sure showed them!
October 27, 2009 at 07:26
Hy Holly you are great.You are pretty,inteligent and talented.I’m live in Croatia and I’m your big fan.
November 20, 2009 at 14:29
YOU ROCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK