THIS AND THAT.......... Snippits of information and more

3rd February.
Russell is featured on this compilation ,he sings O Sole Mio


NESSUN DORMA OPERA'S GREATEST HITS by Opera's Greatest Stars.
Audio CD (1 Feb 2010)

Number of Discs: 2

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28th January.
This is the card sent to Russell ,sorry it does not scan very well, it is white with red ribbons.
it has been received at ShalitGlobal.








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7th January.
from the Official Site

07-01-2010

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all my fans a very happy new year. I hope you all had a wonderful christmas too. Thank you so much for all the lovely cards and presents.

There is a huge amount happening at this moment in time. I have now appointed a new management company, they are the internationally renowned Shalit Global. As many of you

will know i recently signed a new and exclusive deal with Sony Epic Music Entertainment.

This year is going to be a big year for many reasons, not least because i will be celebrating my 10th anniversary as a recording artist. There will be plenty of live dates, one off concerts

and some overseas concerts as well.

A new website and forum will be set up in the not too distant future, please bear with us over the next few weeks whilst this takes place.

See you all very soon,

Love Russell x

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7th January.
from the Official Site
Russell's message is now on the This and That page

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29th October.


The Kirsty Club's new web , with details of upcoming events such as the Manchester Run 2010 (Russell is listed as taking part)
Click on the link below  to find out more about this and the Kirsty Club.



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from the GUARDIAN.co.uk

December 2008
Classical crossover

The decade's bestselling classical crossover records

Russell Watson: The Voice (750,000 UK sales)

A regular on the northern club circuit, Watson discovered he could sing Nessun Dorma, and the rest is history. His sales, however, are modest
 compared with the crossover hits of the past: popular tenor John McCormack had sold 200m records by the time of his death in 1942

Hayley Westenra: Pure (700,000)

The Fron Male Voice Choir: Voices of the Valley (525,000)

Katherine Jenkins: Living a Dream (500,000)

Bryn Terfel: Bryn (475,000)

Andrea Bocelli: Sentimento (450,000)

All figures represent approximate UK sales from the Official Charts Company.


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25th Sept.

This message from Russell is on the Official Site ....

Thank YOU Russell..
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Sept 14th

RUSSELL WINS REAR OF THE YEAR 2009.

Former Strictly Come Dancing runner-up Rachel Stevens and tenor Russell Watson have been named the winners of 2009’s Rear of the Year.

The pair lifted the cheeky title after receiving a huge number of votes to win this year's Rear of the Year Award, which is now in its 27th year.

This isn’t the first time former S Club 7 singer Rachel has won awards based on her looks – she has previously been voted the world’s second sexiest women in an FHM magazine poll.

And she seemed please to lift her latest title saying: "I'm very flattered and I'm now going to insure each cheek for a considerable sum of money."

Russell – whose health has been under scrutiny in recent years after suffering problems with a brain tumour – was also happy to claim the accolade.

He said: "For the past 10 years it's always been about The Voice but, for the first time, I'm delighted to say it's about my rear. Winning the Rear of the Year Award is better than getting an OBE."

Award organiser, Tony Edwards, said: "They've both been high on the list of contenders for the past few years but this year broke through with amazing support.
 

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The new Mayor of Salford, Councillor Roger Lightup has decided to update and re-launch the Mayor’s Citizen Award, which was originally started by Councillor Jim King in his year in office.

People of any age can now be nominated, as long as they’ve made an outstanding contribution to the city of Salford.
 The contribution could be through services to the arts, industry, commerce, the community, entertainment, sport,
 education or to the welfare of others, either nationally, regionally or at city level. Get nominating people now, so they
 can follow in the footsteps of one of Salford’s famous sons – Russell Watson – a previous Mayor’s Citizen Award winner.

Russell Watson



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26th August
 This little quiz was in the Daily Mail last week and it has a question about Russell and a pic.



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20th Feb.2009

Russell came third in the PRIDE OF MANCHESTER  Mancunian of the Year Awards for 2009
WELL DONE RUSSELL....

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3rd Jan. 2009
The Classic Fm chart  was a countdown of the Bestsellers of 2008, Russell had 2 Cd's in the top 20 which was fantastic,
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION at no...16 and THE U C. SPECIAL EDITION at no..9.

For a CD to be out as long as The Ultimate Collection and still be in the charts is great. WELL DONE RUSSELL.
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Aug 2008

The youthful duo beat established favourites such as Lesley Garrett, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo to be named The Nation's Favourite classical singers in a joint poll run by Classic FM and Radio Times.

Nigel Kennedy, the violinist, was also named best soloist musician in the poll.

Between them Jenkins, Watson and Kennedy have sold millions of classical albums worldwide.

Both Jenkins and Kennedy hold world records; Jenkins for being the fastest-selling soprano of all time and Kennedy for the biggest-selling classical record of all time.

Myleene Klass, who presents on Classic FM, described Welsh mezzo-soprano Jenkins, 28, who won the female singer category, as "the nation's darling".

She said: "This was a category full to the brim of top-notch singers and any one of them could have claimed the top spot. Katherine though, is the nation's darling; she has introduced thousands of new people to classical music and brought more than a touch of glamour to the genre."

Fellow DJ James Crick said of Watson: "The nation has spoken and this is proof – if proof was needed – that Russell Watson is indeed the People's Tenor. He has brought classical music out of the concert hall and into football stadiums and pop venues, introducing classical music to new audiences right across the UK."

Watson, 41, who first shot to fame in 1999 after performing Nessun Dorma at Old Trafford, was named ahead of Welsh opera star Bryn Terfel, who was placed second.

More than 30,000 people took part in the poll, that also saw Mozart named favourite composer, Star Wars crowned favourite soundtrack and Carmen's Bizet awarded favourite opera.

Darren Henley, managing director of Classic FM, said: "Katherine Jenkins, Russell Watson and Nigel Kennedy have brought classical music to the masses, with album sales that rival their pop counterparts."

Jenkins, 28, gave back-to-back performances this Bank Holiday, first at the Kenwood Proms on Saturday and then at Sunday's London Olympics party.

The former school teacher signed the largest record deal in the history of British classical music back in 2004 with an undisclosed seven-figure deal.

She has since become the fastest-selling female classical singer since Maria Callas and is the only artist to have simultaneously held the top three spots in the classical chart - which she did with three of her albums in 2005.

Former factory worker Watson, 41, learnt his trade in the working men's clubs before his career took after after he sang at the Manchester United ground.

The singer, known as "The Voice", had a brain tumour removed in 2006 and had to have more emergency surgery last year after it was found to have grown back. After taking time out for radiotherapy treatment, he returned to touring earlier this summer and has also been a judge on the BBC show Last Choir Standing.

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RUSSELL VOTED THE NATION'S FAVOURITE MALE CLASSICAL SINGER 2008
From Classic fm...  28/ 08/ 08



FROM CLASSIC FM       25.8.08                                   
                                                                          

The Nation's Favourite Male Singer

1st RUSSELL WATSON

                                                      

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March 08