Recent child singers who get paid include Cleopatra Stratan, Lisa Borud, Christell Rodregz, Maria Figueroa. Then the boy and girl singers in the past few years, Maria Isabel, Billy Gilman, jonathan becerra, Declan Galbraith, nicolas geisler, micheal horncastle, to name a few. What's so special about Connie Talbot?
As an artist she's special because she performs with an unmistakable 6 year old child's voice with a level of musicianship and interpretation that is not heard from singers that young. Some people, including me, find the sound compelling.
Over the Rainbow is #35 on the UK charts this week, making Connie the youngest artist to ever do that. As of yesterday her CD went Gold, 100,000 shipped. She's been getting about 100,000 views per day on youtube since last June. I wouldn't care if I was the only person who liked her but it's nice to have company.
It was her idea to do the talent show. She wasn't intimidated by Simon Cowell. She wasn't fazed by the big audience. She speaks well for herself. There are laws protecting her earnings and how much she can work. She's got a trust fund for school now (and apparently more on the way).
Go Connie!