Charlotte Devaney is a British DJ, producer, singer, dancer, and actress.

Career

In 2008, Devaney played transgender Bobbie in the British comedy movie '' How to Lose Friends & Alienate People''. Devaney's first release "Flip It" featuring

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was first released on Devaney's own label on 2013, but was re-produced as "(The Edit)" and re-released as her first major label single in autumn 2015. The track reached No. 12 in the Australian National Chart and No. 20 in the Polish Airplay Top 100 Charts. The track received Gold certification in Australia from the ARIA in January 2016 and Platinum certification in March 2016. The track was remixed by house music producer

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. In 2014, Devaney released "Bass Dunk", featuring

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and

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this was re-released as "Bass Dunk (The Edit)" in April 2016, with a further edit by producer Tigermonkey in March 2017. In April 2017, Devaney appeared on the cover of ''DJ Mag Malaysia''. In August 2017, Devaney released "Lemon Latte" with Houston-born rapper

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. Devaney has worked with Snoop Dogg, Fatman Scoop, Lady Leshurr, the

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, Rich the Kid and

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and many more on music released through her own record label, Karma London Records. In January 2018, Devaney joined forces with

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(PETA) in a campaign promoting her single "Avocado" featuring American rapper Rich the Kid. In July 2018, Devaney released "You Got It". featuring British singer and ''

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'' semi-finalist Tanya Lacey The track was launched along with an article by

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On 31 October 2018, Devaney released "Animal" with LA Rapper

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and New York rapper Knytro.

Curtis Woodman incident

In January 2014, Devaney and five others were acquitted of kidnapping, following a three-and-a-half week trial at

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. The six were accused of kidnapping businessman Curtis Woodman in September 2012, who failed to pay them £42,000 in wages. Devaney later said that the story could be turned into a film, and that she was in discussion with producers.

Personal life

Devaney founded the dancing collective Narni Shakers. Devaney is the granddaughter of former

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MP Renée Short. Devaney's boyfriend is former

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Singles

* "Nice" (2012) * "Flip It" ft

(2013) * "Bass Dunk" ft

(2014) * "Squashed" (2014) * "Pop It" (2014) * "Get Ready 4 Tha Drop" ft

(2015) * "Flip It (The Edit)" ft Snoop Dogg (2015) * "Pull Up" w/ MC Neat (2016) * "Bass Dunk (The Edit)" ft Fatman Scoop & Lady Leshurr (2016) * "Bass Dunk (Tigermonkey Edit)" ft Fatman Scoop & Lady Leshurr (2017) * "Lemon Latte" ft

(2017) * "Avocado" ft Rich the Kid (2018) * "You Got It" ft Tanya Lacey (2018) * "Animal" ft Lil

& Knytro (2018) * "Blueberry" ft

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(2019) * "Boogie" ft Aliki (2020) * "Spell It" (2020)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Devaney, Charlotte British DJs Women DJs British women singers British actresses British women in electronic music Living people People acquitted of kidnapping Year of birth missing (living people)