Charlee

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Charlee
Amadeus Award 2010 entree Charlee 2.jpg
Background information
Birth nameVera Luttenberger
Also known asCharlee
Born (1993-01-28) 28 January 1993 (age 31)
Feldbach, Styria, Austria
Genres Electropop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2010–present
Labels Polydor Records, Gaylo Records, Universal Music GMBH

Vera Luttenberger (born 28 January 1993), better known as Charlee, [1] is an Austrian electropop singer.

Contents

Career

At the age of 14, she signed with Universal and started working on her debut album, This Is Me, which was produced by Hubert Molander. The first single, "Boy Like You", a song co-written by the American pop singer and songwriter Kesha, was released in August 2010. [2]

Charlee participated in the Austrian selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, [3] where she sang the song "Good to Be Bad" (her second single) and finished in eighth place. Later in 2011, she released her third single, "Obvious".

On 29 April 2011, Charlee released her debut album, This Is Me.

She took part in a German casting show called The Voice of Germany , but was eliminated in the "Battles". On 24 December 2011, Charlee released an EP called This Is Now, which could be downloaded for free on her homepage.

Discography

Albums

YearTitle
2011This Is Me

Extended plays

YearTitle
2012This Is Now

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsAlbum
AUT [4] GER
2010"Boy Like You"1686This Is Me
2011"Good to Be Bad" (Eurovision 2011)54
"Obvious"

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