Candice Alley

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Candice Alley
Birth nameCandice Marie Giannarelli
Born (1982-06-23) 23 June 1982 (age 41)
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genres Pop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Singing, piano, guitar
Years active2003–present
Labels Universal (2000–2004)
International Quarterback (2006–2007)
Website candicealley.com.au

Candice Marie Giannarelli, better known as Candice Alley (born 23 June 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter of Italian descent. She married Australian swimming captain Grant Hackett on 14 April 2007 and the couple had twins, but they divorced in 2013.

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Music career

Alley was born in Melbourne. At the age of sixteen, she wrote her debut single, "Falling", which only took her twenty minutes to write. [1] She started to shop her demos around the various independent labels in her home town of Melbourne and one of her tapes found its way onto the desk of Universal Music's former chairman, Peter Bond. He liked what he heard and flew down from Sydney to catch Alley at a showcase. She was signed to the label at the age of eighteen.

In February 2003, Alley went to write and record in London with songwriters and producers John Holiday, Trevor Steele and Peter Vettese. On 26 May 2003, she released her first single "Falling" which went on to peak at number five on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and was nominated for an award at the 2003 ARIA Awards for "Breakthrough Artist – Single" but lost to "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem. [2] [3] Her first studio album Colorblind was released on 23 October 2003, and debuted in the ARIA Album Chart at position sixty-four. [4] The second single "Dream the Day Away" did not follow the success of "Falling", only debuting at number forty-five. [5] On 2 October 2003, Alley opened the seventeenth annual ARIA Awards performing the song "Falling". [1] In 2004 she split with her record label Universal Records because she was not happy with the lack of control she had. [6]

In May 2005, Alley's manager organised a distribution contract with MGM Distribution independent label International Quarterback and she went abroad to write for twenty months and worked with producer Michael Szumowski. [7] It was announced in late 2006 that Alley was releasing her new single, "Before You Go", on 13 January 2007. The song took a while to chart but with the combination of CD and digital downloads the song managed to become a top twenty hit peaking at number sixteen. [8] Her husband, Grant Hackett, has a songwriting credit on the album and is the only other credited writer besides Alley. She also performed live at the David Jones fashion show, the AFL 2007 season launch and supported Chris Isaak on his The Best Of tour in Melbourne.

Through Candice's success on her second album a United States Dance label Pro Motion approached her to do a remix of the 2003 debut single "Falling", which charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and went on to peak at number thirty-eight. [9]

Television

From 2015 to 2016, Alley had a recurring guest role on Australian television series Neighbours as Cecilia Saint. [10]

Personal life

Alley met Australian swimmer Grant Hackett when she was invited to sing at the "Swimmer of the Year" dinner in 2004. [11] They married in Albert Park, Melbourne on 14 April 2007. On 16 March 2009, Hackett's manager Chris White confirmed Alley and Hackett were expecting twins. In September 2009, Alley gave birth to the twins – a boy named Jagger Emilio and a girl named Charlize Alley. [12]

On 29 October 2011, police were called to attend a dispute at Alley and Hackett's Melbourne apartment, which was reportedly found in disarray. [13] The couple did not publicly elaborate on the events of the evening, however Hackett admitted to being "overwhelmingly embarrassed" by his behaviour, [13] with Alley claiming in the following weeks that she and her husband were "immensely in love", "overwhelmingly happy" and that their relationship was "100% amazing" [14] in spite of the incident.

On 3 May 2012, Alley and Hackett announced they were separating; they divorced in August 2013.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[4]
Colorblind 64
Candice Alley
  • Released: 12 December 2007
  • Label: International Quarterback
—

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationAlbum
AUS
[15] 		NZ
[16] 		US
Dance
[17]
"Falling"200351538 Colorblind
"Dream the Day Away"45——
"Before You Go"200716—54 Candice Alley
"I Belong"———

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2003 "Falling" Breakthrough Artist – Single Nominated

APRA Awards

The APRA Awards are held in Australia and New Zealand by the Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually.

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2004 "Falling"Most Performed Australian SingleNominated

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  9. ↑ "Hot Dance Club Play – Chart Listing". Billboard . 21 February 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Singer Candice Alley joins the cast of Neighbours in recurring role". Digital Spy. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "New Idea – Wedding Special" Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine . New Idea . Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  12. ↑ "Grant Hackett and Candice Alley expecting twins". Herald Sun . Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  13. 1 2 "Drama as Grant Hackett and Candice Alley's home is trashed and police called". Herald Sun. 1 November 2011.
  14. ↑ "Candice Alley declares she and Grant Hackett are '100 per cent OK' | Herald Sun". www.heraldsun.com.au. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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