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| Burning beauty ChianoSky |
ChianoSky is bewitching, beautiful and bubbly. The 19-year
old singer is burning up the charts with her songs Sick Sick, Walking Away and
she has just released her new CD, Hungry. “I am still getting use to all the
attention,” the model (yes, the beauty is a model!) gushed when she came to
visit THE BEAT, and adds, “but I am loving it.” ChianoSky was born in Cape Town
and grew up in Johannesburg and made her breakthrough when well known DJ Paul
Almeida gave her his business card and asked her to send him some of her songs.
“I was waitressing in Johannesburg and a friend of a friend told him about me.
He came in, saw me and gave me his card. He liked what he heard and immediately
put me in contact with EMI record company.” When we asked her about her unique
name, she just laughed. “You know, when I was in primary school, I sometimes
wished I had a more ‘normal’ name.”
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| The Beat with ChianoSky |
She explained that her mom new someone
called Luciano “and my she is used Ciano and combined it with sky, which is
freedom and the sky’s the limit. As you can notice, my mom is very artistic.” However,
her friends and close family calls her Chee-Chee, “it’s so sweet.” She says
that no one in their family was ever musically inclined, but she loved music
from a young age and used to give her family mini-concerts. “Since a young age
I loved the music of Nina Simone, Diana Ross and later started to listen to Amy
Winehouse as well.” However, she confesses, “although I’m not a big pop music
lover, I love the music of Kylie Minogue.” And her favourite song to sing in
the shower? “Probably a Nina Simone or Diana Ross song.” Things in a guy that
catches her eye is fun. “Humour plays a big role. Not so much on looks at all. Someone
who is supportive helps and who also is down to earth makes my heart jump.” Since
we last spoke to her in February, where she said that she’s single, things have
changed and she is seeing someone at the moment. “But I want to keep my
personal life private.” Respect. The worst pick-up line she used on her: “Darling,
you owe my an ice cream because when I saw you, I dropped mine. Needless to say
that didn’t work at all!” With her popularity growing by leaps and bounds, we
had to ask if she ever had a strange fan encounter. “Once there was someone who
contact me and asked if I’m into voyeurism. At the time I didn’t know what I
meant, but I Googled it and when I saw the definition, I immediately blocked
the person!”
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