Toni Childs

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Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957 in Orange , California ) is an American singer-songwriter . She has been most successful so far in New Zealand , where she recorded six top 40 singles and two platinum albums . In Germany she became known in 1988 for the title Stop Your Fussin ' .

Life

Childs grew up in the American states of Arkansas , Kansas , Oklahoma and Nevada . Her religious parents forbade her from listening to pop music and from going to the cinema. When she was 15 - after attending a Pink Floyd concert - she left home to become a musician.

Childs joined the newly formed band Berlin in 1979 , but left them before the first album was recorded to form her own band. Members were Jack Sherman (later Red Hot Chili Peppers ) and Michael Steele (later The Bangles ). The band toured without releasing an album until 1981, and then broke up. Childs signed a record deal with Island Music , moved to London and played in various clubs, but there was no release.

In 1985 she returned to Los Angeles and signed a contract with A&M Records . It wasn't until the summer of 1988 that the debut album was released under the title Union . It reached number 63 in the American album charts and was awarded a gold record for 500,000 units sold. The album was also number 1 in New Zealand and achieved platinum status. That year she was nominated for two Grammy Awards for best new artist and best female rock singer. She also toured as opening act for Bob Dylan .

The next album, House of Hope, followed in the summer of 1991. It went platinum in New Zealand and contained a top five hit in Australia with I've Got to Go Now ; however, as the album did not sell well in the US, the record company separated from her. Childs switched to a Geffen Records label and released The Woman's Boat in mid-1994 . As a guest musician, Peter Gabriel took part in the piece I Met a Man . She received another Grammy nomination, but since this album was also selling poorly, her contract was canceled again.

For her next album with the working title Bare , she found no record label in 1996. The best of album The Very Best of Toni Childs , released in the fall of the same year, became the fifth best -selling album of the year in Australia and went gold in New Zealand. In 1997 Childs retired from the tour business after contracting Graves' disease .

In 2004 she wrote the title Because You're Beautiful for the documentary Until the Violence Stops , for which she won an Emmy Award .

Childs lives in Hawaii . Her last album It's All a Beautiful Noise was released in late 2014.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US AU AU NZ NZ
1988 union DE19 (31 weeks)
DE 		- CH27 (1 week)
CH 		UK73 (1 week)
UK 		US63
gold
gold

(45 weeks)US 		AU8 (40 weeks)
AU 		NZ1
platinum
platinum

(57 weeks)NZ
First published: August 1988
1991 House of Hope - AT31 (3 weeks)
AT 		CH31 (4 weeks)
CH 		- US115 (13 weeks)
US 		AU4 (30 weeks)
AU 		NZ5
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)NZ
First published: July 1991
1994 The Woman's Boat - - - - - AU24 (4 weeks)
AU 		NZ32 (4 weeks)
NZ
First published: May 1994
1996 The Very Best of Toni Childs - - - - - AU1
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(30 weeks)AU 		NZ8th
gold
gold

(10 weeks)NZ
First published: October 1996
compilation

More albums

  • 2000: Toni Childs: Ultimate Collection (compilation)
  • 2008: Keep the Faith
  • 2014: It's All a Beautiful Noise

Singles

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US AU AU NZ NZ
1988 Stop Your Fussin '
Union 		DE17 (18 weeks)
DE 		AT30 (2 weeks)
AT 		- UK95 (1 week)
UK 		- AU17 (19 weeks)
AU 		NZ5 (11 weeks)
NZ
First published: March 1988
Don't Walk Away
Union 		DE40 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - UK53 (5 weeks)
UK 		US72 (7 weeks)
US 		AU17 (15 weeks)
AU 		NZ12 (17 weeks)
NZ
First published: July 1988
1989 Zimbabwe
Union 		- AT7 (14 weeks)
AT 		- - - - NZ31 (5 weeks)
NZ
First published: January 1989
Many rivers to cross
 - - - - - AU12 (8 weeks)
AU 		NZ29 (7 weeks)
NZ
First published: May 1989
Chart entry in Australia only in November 1996
1991 I've Got to Go Now
House Of Hope 		DE78 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - - - AU5 (18 weeks)
AU 		NZ19 (14 weeks)
NZ
First published: July 1991
House of Hope
House of Hope 		- - - - - AU39 (3 weeks)
AU 		NZ27 (2 weeks)
NZ
First published: October 1991
1994 Lay Down Your Pain
The Woman's Boat 		- - - UK92 (1 week)
UK 		- - -
First published: April 1994

More singles

  • 1988: Walk and Talk Like Angels
  • 1991: La casa della speranza
  • 1992: Heaven's Gate
  • 1994: Four Song Sampler
  • 1999: Sunny (with Gregor Prächt and Cherno Jobatey )

swell

  1. ^ Catching The Sweet, Scary Feelings
  2. ↑ Toni Childs: A Biography ( Memento from July 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Union Fire ( Memento of February 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ ARIA End of Year Charts 1996
  5. ^ IMDb - Awards for Toni Childs
  6. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK Billboard 200 AU NZ
  7. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US AU NZ

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Childs, Toni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer-songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Orange , California, USA