Alexa Goddard
British R&B singer
Alexa Goddard (born 21 December 1990) is an English pop and R&B singer from Blackwater, Hampshire previously signed to Roc Nation. Born in Camberley, Surrey, Goddard was spotted singing at a talent contest at the age of 14. From 2007, she featured on three consecutive winter tours of the United States and Canada with the American band Trans-Siberian Orchestra and performed a duet of "Child of the Night", a track from the band's 2009 album Night Castle.
In March 2010, Goddard created a YouTube channel with the username "AlexaMusicTV". She uploaded to this channel various videos of her own covers of R&B hits. She released four cover versions as singles, using social media, such as Twitter (later changed to X), to promote them. The biggest-selling of these was her version of "Turn My Swag On," which charted at Number 20 on the UK Singles Chart and Number One on the UK Indie Chart.
Life and music career
Goddard was born and raised in Blackwater, Hampshire. She attended Yateley School from the age of 11 and was spotted singing at a talent contest when she was 14. As a result of her performance at this talent show, she began singing professionally and made regular recording sessions at a Sony subsidiary in Berlin.
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