Cheryline Ernestine Lim (born 10 March 1982), known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is an Australian singer-songwriter signed to Universal Music Japan.

Early life

Cheryline Ernestine Lim was born on 10 March 1982, to a

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father, and a mother of

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and Dutch heritage. Born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Lim and her family moved to

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, 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 discovered her talents, after she uploaded some of her music onto Myspace. Dixon took her material to

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and Virgin flew Che'nelle to New York City 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

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2006–08: ''Things Happen for a Reason''

She performed as the opening act on American rapper

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s Australian tour in March 2006. Her debut album ''

Things Happen for a Reason ''Things Happen for a Reason'' is the debut studio album by Australian singer Che'Nelle. It was first released on 22 August 2007, Japan via EMI Music Japan. An international release followed on 5 September 2007 by Capitol Records. It was her fi ...

'' 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

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. The song was also produced in

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with the title of "DJ yang Ku Puja". She also co-wrote American singer and former

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member

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s song "Fierce", Australian singer

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s debut single "

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" and English singer

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's song "Can't Breathe".

2009–present

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'', 2007) 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. The album garnered the singles "Feel Good" and "Missing". Her third album and first

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, called ''

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'' was released on 20 July 2011 in Japan only, which featured covers of songs by American R&B singers such as

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and

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and also songs in Japanese. In 2015, Che'Nelle was invited to the touring ice show

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, where she performed live with

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and two-time Olympic champion,

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Early life

2006–08: ''Things Happen for a Reason''

2009–present

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Non-album tracks

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links