Chantelle Paige
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Chantelle Paige is an American singer, songwriter, actress. She is a former member of the R&B/rap group Flipsyde
Flipsyde
Flipsyde is a rap/R&B/rock band from Oakland, California. Flipsyde consists of singer/guitarist Steve Knight, guitarist Dave Lopez, rapper Jinho "the Piper" Ferreira, and for a short while Chantelle Paige. They have toured extensively with Fort Minor, The Black Eyed Peas, Snoop Dogg and on the...

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Early life

Chantelle Paige was born in Los Gatos, California
Los Gatos, California
The Town of Los Gatos is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 29,413 at the 2010 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area at the southwest corner of San Jose in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains...

 which is part of The Bay Area. Chantelle was home schooled in grade school and attended Valley Christian High School (San Jose, California)
Valley Christian High School (San Jose, California)
Valley Christian High School is a Christian secondary school located in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1956 by Dave Wallace. , the school principal is Mark A. Lodewyk...

, graduating with a 4.2 GPA. She was a JV Cheerleader her freshman year and co-captain of the JV Girls Tennis Team her sophomore year. Her classmates voted her Senior that is “Most Likely to be on the Cover of a Magazine.”

Early career

Chantelle grew up singing, dancing and acting. She performed competitively with the award winning Dance Attack! team in Mountain View, California
Mountain View, California
-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...

, under the direction of Sioux Lehner (Nick Lazzarini
Nick Lazzarini
Nick Lazzarini , an American dancer. He is best known as the first season winner on the Fox reality show So You Think You Can Dance. He is a trained dancer in jazz, lyrical, hip hop, ballet and modern dance styles.-Early life:...

, winner of So You Think You Can Dance (Season 1)
So You Think You Can Dance (Season 1)
So You Think You Can Dance, also known as SYTYCD is a United States television reality program and dance competition airing on the Fox Broadcasting Company network. Season one premiered on July 20, 2005 with Lauren Sánchez as host, Nigel Lythgoe as the main judge, and Mary Murphy, Dan Karaty, Mia...

, and Alessandra Torresani of Caprica (TV series)
Caprica (TV series)
Caprica is a science fiction drama television series. It is a spin-off prequel of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, taking place about 58 years prior to the events of Battlestar Galactica. Caprica shows how humanity first created the robotic Cylons who would later plot to destroy humans in...

 grew up on the same team). Chantelle won several convention scholarships and dance titles such as Most Outstanding Jr. Dancer, The Face of an Angel, and Most likely to Become a Star.

Paige was a model/actress who, since the age of 3, was seen on magazine covers and billboards. Her photos were also used on many toy boxes such as Barbie
Barbie
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration....

, Polly Pocket
Polly Pocket
Polly Pocket is a toy line of dolls and accessories. The name comes from the fact that many of the original Polly Pocket dolls came in pocket-size cases. The current Fashion Polly dolls sold by Mattel differ significantly from those originally sold by Bluebird Toys. The original Bluebird dolls...

, Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...

 Doll products and Pound Puppies
Pound Puppies
Pound Puppies is a toyline sold by Tonka in the 1980s. It later inspired an animated TV special, an animated TV series, and a feature film. Shipments of the toys over five years generated sales of $300 million in 35 countries....

. When she was 8, a Chantelle doll and book series were made in her name and image for a popular upscale children's catalog (Storybook Heirlooms) which she modeled for (for over ten years).

Paige began singing at the age of 5 at the suggestion of her first dance teacher, Alyson Meador. She subsequently performed in 18 different musical theatre performances and had many lead roles with The Children's Musical Theater San Jose.

Music career

At the age of 17, Chantelle Paige posted a track on MySpace that became a top played song on the site overnight. Due to her continued MySpace popularity as an unsigned artist, she went on to open for The Pussycat Dolls, Robin Thicke, Pretty Ricky, and Bobby Valentino. At the age of 19, Paige was signed to Interscope/Cherrytree Records and became a member of the group Flipsyde
Flipsyde
Flipsyde is a rap/R&B/rock band from Oakland, California. Flipsyde consists of singer/guitarist Steve Knight, guitarist Dave Lopez, rapper Jinho "the Piper" Ferreira, and for a short while Chantelle Paige. They have toured extensively with Fort Minor, The Black Eyed Peas, Snoop Dogg and on the...

. Paige recorded State of Survival
State of Survival
State of Survival is the second studio album from Flipsyde, and also the first since the addition of Chantelle Paige. It was released in 2009 in varying regions across the world, none including the United States...

and made two music videos ("When It Was Good" & "A Change") with the group. They toured in Europe and shared the stage with N.E.R.D., Ciara, Kevin Rudolf, Sarah Connor and Akon. After the group was dropped by the record label, Paige continued solo, releasing an EP entitled The Beautiful Minds. As a solo artist, she also recorded the song "Devastated
Digital Rock Star
Digital Rock Star is the fourth studio album by French-born English recording artist Space Cowboy. It was released in the United States on 26 October 2009 by Cherrytree Records.-Singles:...

" with Space Cowboy
Space Cowboy (musician)
Nick Dresti , better known by his stage name Space Cowboy, is a DJ and twice Grammy Award nominated producer, who was born in Paris and raised in England.-Biography:...

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Album release 2013
She is commonly hated by Tokio Hotel
Tokio Hotel
Tokio Hotel is a pop rock band from Germany, founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing...

 fans, due to her previous relationship with guitarist Tom Kaulitz.

"Like This" (EP, 2005)

  1. "Twisted"
  2. "Unforgetable"
  3. "Shake It Like This"
  4. "Things I Do"
  5. "Cliques"
  6. "Worth Something More"

"The Beautiful Minds" (EP, 2010)

  1. First 2 Fall (Ft. Gif Majorz)
  2. Celebrity
  3. Wait
  4. Summer Love
  5. First 2 Fall Dance Mix
  6. Is This What U Like
  7. Full Access
  8. Stay Gone

Other released songs

  1. Untouchable
  2. Really Want You Near Me
  3. Think
  4. I'm About to Flip
  5. It's Cool
  6. Silly Boy
  7. Somebody Like You
  8. Drop
  9. Gotta Let You Know
  10. If You Wanna
  11. Hot Hot
  12. I'm Sorry
  13. KISSING
  14. Make 'em Dance
  15. Too Slow
  16. You'll Still Be Here
  17. My Style
  18. My Love Song to You
  19. Perfect

External links

Twitter @ChantellePaige
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