Che’Nelle
Cheryline Ernestine Lim (born 10 March 1983), known by her stage name Che'Nelle (Japanese:
シェネル), is a Malaysian Australian recording artist. In 2005 she was signed to Virgin Records America, an imprint of EMI. She is currently
based in Japan.
Cheryline Lim was born 10 March
1983. She was born to a Bornean-born Chinese father, and a mother of a mixed of
Indian and Dutch heritage. Born in Kota Kinabalu,Sabah,Borneo, Lim and her
family moved to Perth, Australia when
she was 10 years old. As a
child she gained the attention of her father after singing in his karaoke lounge,
seeing her talent. She later started writing and producing her own music in her home studio. Sir Charles Dixon discover her talents, after she uploaded some of her music onto Myspace. Dixon took her material to Virgin Records and Virgin flew Che'nelle to New York at the end of 2005 to meet with representatives from
the label. The chairman of the label and longtime music business baron, Jason
Flom, signed her immediately. Within two days, she had completed the deal and
was marketed as a world-class artist. Che'nelle worked as a promotions
assistant before moving to New York in January after signing a six-album deal
with Virgin Records America.In Australia, she is represented by EMI.
She
performed as the opening act on Kanye West's
Australian tour in March 2006.
Her
debut album Things Happen for a Reason was released on 25 September 2007 in
Japan and 29 October 2007 in Australia. The first single from this album was
"I Fell in Love with the DJ" featuring
reggae artist Cham.
The song was also produced in Bahasa
Malaysia with the
title of "DJ yang Ku Puja".
Also,
she co-wrote Carmit Bachar's single "Fierce", Ricki-Lee's debut
single "Hell No!" and Leona Lewis's
song "Can't Breathe".
Her
second album was later confirmed and given the working title Feel Good, named after the
first single from the album.
The
first single "Feel Good" from this album is strongly influenced by
Reggae and Dancehall music just like her first single "I Fell in Love with
the DJ" from her debut album (Things Happen for a Reason) which
features Jamaican Dancehall artist "Cham". The music video for
"Feel Good" premiered
online on 11 January 2010.
The
album Feel Good was released on 10 February 2010 in
Japan via EMI Japan.
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