THE MAIN ARTICLE:

Chantrey, the new upcoming artist, is a 23-year old singer born in London but found in Brownsville, Texas is ready to dominant the soul charts. Discovered through singing in the state shopping mall, she is read to show the world what she has to offer and wants to give it her all. her debut single "Sacrifice" already reached no.1 in the Billboard 100 charts and now with the release of her debut album "This is Chantrey" whicch is being released on the 23rd september 2010, she is prepared to show the world who she is.

Where did your love for soul music come from?
It started when I was a kid. My parents used to listen to all the soulful greats of our time like James Brown and Ray Charles and that really gave me a thrist, hunger and passion for soul music as well as it being calm and mellow. I want to create music that also glorifies God and what better way to do that than through the Soul genre. So what i do is take a message and make it into proper love music because that is what soul music is all about. Love Music,Love Soul.

That's a nice motto
Yeah. When I make my music I always think of that motto.

I know that you moved from London to America but when did you move and how did you decide it was the right time?
I actually didn't make that decision [laughs].When I was 14 my mum decided to move our family to texas because she had a job offer at a fashion magazine so she took the offer. She always has a love for writing and she wanted to make it as an editior and that was a great opportunity for her and I couldn't let her refuse the offer; so we all made the choice to let go and leave our home in London so my mum could fulfill her dreams.

What do you miss the most about London?
It would have to be fish and chips. You can't get that where I live now.

Your early life is quite interesting. how was it like growing up for you?
Well, i was born in Wembley, North West London to a working class family. My mother raised me and my brother from when I was bout six as my father left us. It's quite emotional but urmm he said to me that he was just leaving to go "out" and he never came back.

But now he is back in your life?
Yeah. We reunited recently.

How did that come about?
Well, I was really determined to find him but I had no money to hire a private investigator or anything like that so quite recently actually, I Google searched his name, just to see what would happen. I wasn't expecting anything meaningful to happen but I found his Facebook profile and then I added him. So now ew are making up for lost time and I thank God that I found him.

As we know now that you moved because of your mum, Would you say that your mum's aspirations helped you to become who you are?
Definitely, my mum made big decisions, sacrificed things and worked hard to become what she wanted. I definitely find this inspirational as he never gave up. Also we both share this love for writing, the only difference being that; she is an editorial writer and I am a songwriter but weboth put the same about of passion and meaning into the words we write and I'm sure I got that from her.

So the songs you sing are created by you?
I write 100% of my songs that I sing. In terms of creating the actual track, I work with different producers who create the beats and sounds. Also,I have different backing vocal groups who help make the track sound really soulful. So everyone I've had the chance to work with is very hardworking but still fun and I thank God that everything turned out the way it has so far.

When did you decide you wanted to persue a musical career in the Soul genre?
Well, I love to sing. Me and singing go hand in hand so I think I always knew deep down that I wanted a musical career because I've always has such a passion for it but the big worry for me when I was starting out was; Am I going to make it? Or Am I good enough? So when I was lucky enough to get discovered I took it as a sign and went for it.

How did you get discovered?
Well, I went to the state shopping mall by myself to do some shopping and I was listening to my iPod and I guess I was singing aloud but I didn't realise because the music was so loud and a man approached me. He told me that I had a really nice voice and gave me his business card. In my mind I was thinking this must be one of those promoters who are trying to scam people to get money so I was not interested but still took his business card which had his record label, name and contact number on it. I saw that it had a website to check it out and it looked very professional and legitimate so it made the man that approached me seem like a professional guy. I thought what have I got to lose; there is no money involved so it is unlikely that it is a scam. So,I called the number that was on the business card and he asked me to come for an audition which was a performance. I sang to him and he liked me so he signed me on his record label and here I am.

Did you have any stage experience before you had to perform for him?
The only experience I had, been singing at home in my bedroom [laughs]. So I was very nervous.

When creating and performing your music, who are you inspired by?
I am really inspired by Mary Mary. They make beautiful music and I would love to be as fulfilled as them.

If you were to do a collaboration, who would it be with and why?
I would have to choose Maxwell. I love his vocals and his style which I think would work well with my vocals. I think he is so talented and I would love to meet and work with him.

You are quite young, only 23 years old and Soul music is usually stereotyped to be connected with the older generation. Why did you choose to make Soul music instead of something "younger" like R'N'B or Pop?
I think that Soul is universal. It is very catchy; I mean it has no expiration date. It can be as fun as it was in the generation before as it will be for us. Soul never dies.

Lastly, what makes your music different from other artists in the charts?
I produce music with a message and I feel that makes me unique.