Charlotte Church

About Charlotte Church

Charlotte Church is a Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter. She rose to fame in childhood as a classical singer before branching into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than 10 million records worldwide including over 5 million in the United States. In 2010 she was reported to be worth as much as £11m (though one 2003 report quoted her worth at £25m). She hosted a Channel 4 chat show titled The Charlotte Church Show. Church released her first album in five years, titled Back to Scratch, on 17 October 2010. Church has a soprano vocal range.

Church has provoked controversy on some occasions with her comments and criticisms — in an interview with Davina McCall, she agreed being diplomatic was "not in her nature". At age 15 she was criticised for remarks she made about the behaviour of people in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks. However, this incident is referred to in her written statement for The Leveson Inquiry, in which Church states that her comments were taken vastly out of context.
In a pilot episode of a television talk show hosted by the singer, The Charlotte Church Show, Church again caused anger, calling Pope Benedict XVI a "Nazi". During the show Church mocked Catholicism. In response to the tirade, one of the largest international Catholic publishers, Ignatius Press, removed Church's catalogue from its listings.
In January 2011, in an interview with Esquire magazine, Church referred to Queen Elizabeth II as "an old woman who has no idea what's going on", and apologised within days.
She has claimed she would be a better judge for the reality show X-Factor than any of the judges on the show. She becomes "annoyed" when their remarks are inaccurate, stating, "They just do not know the ins and outs of a voice or music." She later claimed that the show was "cheapening music", an opinion shared with many other musicians.

Church and her boyfriend Gavin Henson have two children. She gave birth to their daughter Ruby in September 2007, and to their son Dexter in January 2009. The couple separated in mid 2010.

Church met musician, Back to Scratch collaborator, and former employee of James and Maria Church, Jonathan Powell, at The Robin Hood pub in Canton, Cardiff. They began dating in late 2010. In June 2017, she suffered a miscarriage. On 4 October that year, Church and Powell secretly married at a register office in Cardiff, before blessing their marriage with an intimate ceremony in front of family and friends under a tree at their home in Twyncyn, Dinas Powys.

As of March 2024, she has amassed 71,400 subscribers on her YouTube platform.