Charmz

Charmz
Origin	Australia
Labels	Shock
Past members
Shannon Cordes Gianna Dalla-Vecchia Paris Maggs Lauren Stowe

Charmz' is a four-piece girl band from Australia. They were put together by Mattel and Shock Records to help promote the release of The Barbie Diaries,^[1] a film which features Barbie in a band called Charmz.^[2] It was created through a singing contest for 8-14 year old girls^[3] who had to send in a video of themselves singing.^[4] The winners from around 500 entrants^[5] were 13-year olds Gianna Dalla-Vecchia, Paris Maggs and Lauren Stowe and 14-year-old Shannon Cordes. They were taken to Sydney to recored their album^[6] and while there they were mentored by Ricki-Lee.^[7] Their self titled album, containing covers of songs by Robbie Williams, Bananarama,^[8] Gwen Stefani, Ricki-Lee, The Mamas & Papas, Hilary & Haylie Duff.^[5] and was released on October 28, 2006. The single, "This Is Me", peaked at #57 on the ARIA singles chart^[1]

Discography

• Charmz (2006) - Shock/Mattel^[9]
• "This Is Me" (2006)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Moreland Leader, 27 November 2006, "Young singer has Charmz-ed start"
2. ^ The Courier-Mail, 10 June 2006, "Video audition that worked like a charm"
3. ^ Herald Sun, 25 April 2006, "Join the Barbie queue"
4. ^ The Gold Coast Bulletin, 12 September 2006, "Plucky charmz" by Jennifer Robinson
5. ^ ^{a b} The Southern Star, 25 October 2006, "Girl band uses all their Charmz for fame" by Belinda Barry
6. ^ Sunday Telegraph, 18 June 2006, "Girls gain sudden taste of stardom" by Andrew Chesterton
7. ^ Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian, 7 May 2006, "Calling all teen pop star wannabes by Paul Jackson
8. ^ Diamond Valley Leader, 29 November 2006, "First album out"
9. ^ Mornington Peninsular Leader, 26 December 2006, "Charmz, by Charmz" by Carla Bergmeier