Charmz
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Charmz | |
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| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2006 |
| Labels | Shock |
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Charmz were an Australian four-piece girl band. They were put together by Mattel and Shock Records to promote a motion capture film, The Barbie Diaries (May 2006),[1] which features Barbie in a band, Charmz.[2] The group were developed through a singing contest for 8- to 14-year-old girls,[3] who had to send in a video of themselves singing.[4] The four winners, out of around 500 entrants,[5] were 13-year-olds, Gianna Dalla-Vecchia, Paris Maggs and Lauren Stowe, and 14-year-old, Shannon Cordes.[6]
Charmz members were taken to a recording studio in Sydney,[7] where they were mentored by Ricki-Lee Coulter, a former Australian Idol contestant.[8] Their self-titled album was released on 28 October 2006.[9] It contains cover versions of tracks by Coulter, Robbie Williams, Bananarama,[10] Gwen Stefani, the Mamas & Papas, and Hilary and Haylie Duff.[5][11]
The album's single, "This Is Me", is a cover version of the original by Skye Sweetnam (the voice of Barbie in the film) and was written by Dorian Cheah, Amy Powers and Michele Vice.[12][13] Charmz' rendition was issued ahead of the album on 31 July 2006, which peaked at No. 57 on the ARIA singles chart.[6][1][14]