Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 25 November 2002 | |||
Recorded | 1998 – 2002 | |||
Genre | Crossover Swing Pop Broadway | |||
Length | 60:49 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Jesse Cook David Foster Julian Gallagher Trevor Horn James Horner Simon Rhodes Grace Row Keith Thomas | |||
Charlotte Church chronology | ||||
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Prelude: the Best of Charlotte Church is a 'best of' collection spanning the four classical music albums of the 16-year-old soprano Charlotte Church, released in 2002, and also available on DVD-Audio.
Prelude commemorates the end of Charlotte Church's classical career; her next album, Tissues and Issues , would be a pop release.
Country | Release date | Label |
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United Kingdom | 25 November 2002 | |
United States | 26 November 2002 | Columbia Records |
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