#169 Chloe Agnew
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Chlo\\xeb Agnew is a singer, songwriter from Dublin, Ireland. From the age of 14, she gained fame for her integral part as one of the original (and youngest) members of the internationally acclaimed music group Celtic Woman.
\\nIn 1998 Chlo\\xeb won the Grand Prix at the First International Children\'s Song Competition in Cairo, Egypt, where she represented Ireland. She made her PBS d\\xe9but in 1999 as part of Handel\'s Messiah performing alongside Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Roger Daltrey and Aidan Quinn. In 2004 Chlo\\xeb had just finished recording her second solo album \\u2018Walking in the Air\\u2019 when she was cast as one of the original soloists for the PBS production Celtic Woman. The Celtic Woman PBS Special first aired in March 2005 and within weeks the group\'s eponymous debut album reached #1 on Billboard\\u2019s World Music chart where it held the top position on the Billboard World Music chart for 81 weeks. Their second album, Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration knocked their first album to the #2 spot on the World Music chart when released in October 2006. Chlo\\xeb is featured on a total of 14 of Celtic Woman\\u2019s albums, with songs recorded in English, Irish, Latin, Japanese, Italian and German which have sold more than eight million copies worldwide, all of which debuted at #1 on Billboard\'s World Music chart. Celtic Woman sold-out concerts in prestigious venues across the globe from Carnegie Hall, Red Rocks, Colorado, Radio City Music Hall to several Arenas in Europe, Japan and Australia, performing for almost three million fans. She has performed with Celtic Woman on the US TV shows Dancing with the Stars, Regis and Kelly, The Today Show and Good Morning America and many more. In 2013 Chlo\\xeb made a guest appearance on the show \\u2018Bold and the Beautiful. While touring with Celtic Woman Chlo\\xeb performed for three consecutive US Presidents (Clinton, Bush and Obama) before she turned 20. In 2012 she was named Best Female Vocalist at the Irish Music Awards.
\\nShe has performed at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and collaborated with Emmy award-winning tenor Eamonn McCrystal on his album \\u2018And So It Goes\\u2019 in a duet with Rita Wilson. She is featured in several television shows that are currently airing on PBS including The Power of Music with Ethan Bortnick and Damian McGinty (Glee Project/ Celtic Thunder), and the Nathan Carter Celtic Country show. Since 2017 Chlo\\xeb has been touring with top Irish artist Nathan Carter on his U.S. tours and for the past four seasons has been the headline act for the highly acclaimed and always innovative Atlanta Pops Orchestra. The popular show \\u2018An Irish Heart,\\u201d as well as their holiday shows have taken Chlo\\xeb and the Pops to performing arts centers throughout the Southeast and Midwest. She has become a \\u2018Voice of the Irish\\u2019 for the University of Notre Dame performing for many events at the University including opening for the band Chicago at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Party in Dallas, Texas where she performed a song with the legendary group. She has also performed with IBMA award winning bluegrass Entertainer of the Year Balsam Range and John Driskell Hopkins of Zac Brown Band. Touring her solo show Chlo\\xeb Agnew: Live Concert has brought her to many PAC\\u2019s, concert series, theatres, music halls and festivals throughout the US and Europe.
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