Carrie Grant
Carrie Grant (born
August 17 1964) is a British celebrity vocal coach and session singer. She is best known for her work on the television talent contests
Fame Academy and
Pop Idol, together with her husband and colleague
David Grant. She is also personal voice coach to many successful pop stars.
Grant has had various roles in the entertainment industry, starting as a dancer on television and moving into presenting for children's television. Grant later became one of the UK's top session singers, working with artists such as
Diana Ross,
Roberta Flack,
Rod Stewart,
Lighthouse Family,
Fat Boy Slim and many others.
Carrie and David Grant then collaborated on their highly acclaimed gospel album "Watching and Waiting" which went on to win a
MOBO Award as best gospel album for
1997.
This led to further work for Grant as vocal coach and producer, working with some of the UK's top pop acts including
Take That,
S Club, and more recently
Will Young,
Atomic Kitten,
Melanie C,
Lemar,
Charlotte Church and others throughout the US, Europe and the UK. In
2006 she appeared in the four part
BBC TV series
The Sound of Musicals, which was filmed in
2005.
She is also a prominent member of the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's Disease, as she has had
Crohn's Disease since she was twenty.
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David and Carrie Grant's official web site*
Carrie and David Grant's Unofficial Website 2003- march 2006*
Carrie and David Grant's Unofficial Website 2006 Onwards*
Fame Academy profile
