Alex Parks biography
Alex Parks (born Alexandra Rebecca Parks, 26 July 1984) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for winning Fame Academy in 2003, for her singles, and for the albums, Introduction and Honesty.
Biography
Parks was born in 1984, the youngest of four children.
[
] She was born and grew up in the village of Mount Hawke, Cornwall. She went to college at The Hub in St Austell and studied theatre studies, dance, acrobatics and clowning.
[
] In 2003 when she was 19, her father entered her into BBC television talent competition
Fame Academy which she eventually won.
Recording career
Her song "Maybe That's What It Takes" was released on 17 November 2003 and peaked at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart the following week.
Her debut album
Introduction was subsequently released and sold over 500,000 copies.
Honesty was eventually released in October 2005, preceded by the lead single, "Looking For Water", in October 2005. The album peaked at #24 in the UK Albums Chart.
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See also
- List of singer-songwriters
- List of people from Cornwall
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: P-Q
- List of Polydor Records artists
- List of performers on Top of the Pops
References
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