Cheryline Ernestine Lim (born 10 March 1983), better known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is a Malaysian Australian recording artist signed to Universal Music Japan. Her debut single "I Fell in Love with the DJ" was released in 2007 and reached the top twenty in France.[2]
Beginning, early career with the Dear Summer albums and Things Happen for a Reason
Lim moved to Perth, Western Australia at age 10. Before breaking out on the music scene in 2007, Che'Nelle was featured on English hip hop and R&B music producer S4DK's "Dear Summer" albums including the first installment in 2005 with a R&B ballad called "Slow Down"[3] which sampled fellow R&B singer Bobby V's song of the same name, two years later she appeared on the second and final installment called "Dear Summer Volume Two" with the R&B ballad "Hooked Up".[4]
Her debut album Things Happen for a Reason was released on 25 September 2007 in Japan and 29 October 2007 in Australia.
The first single from this album was "I Fell in Love with the DJ" featuring reggae artist Cham.
2008 - 2010: Songwriting, Feel Good
Che'Nelle has written songs for herself and also co-wrote Carmit Bachar's single "Fierce", Ricki-Lee's debut single "Hell No!" and Leona Lewis's song "Can't Breathe".
Her second album was later confirmed as Feel Good, which it was named after the first single from the album, the song and album was strongly influenced by R&B and reggae much like Things Happen for a Reason, however Feel Good and (to date) all her other albums wre only released in Japan.
2011: Luv Songs
In 2011, Che'Nelle released her third album Luv Songs which saw a departure from Che'Nelle's reggae sound for an R&B, soul sound. The album consisted of mainly R&B cover ballads from American singers like Ne-Yo, Whitney Houston and Minnie Riperton as well as cover of many Japanese known songs.
2012: Believe
In 2012, Che'Nelle released her forth album Believe; much like 2011's Luv Songs it was heavily rooted in an R&B and Japanese music sound.
2013: Aishiteru (I Love You)
In 2013, Che'Nelle released her fifth album Aishiteru which is Japanese for the phrase "I Love You", the album was her first album to be mainly recorded in Japanese with a few English songs.
2014: Luv Songs 2
In 2014, Che'Nelle released her sixth album Luv Songs 2; it was her second installment in the Luv Songs series and like 2011's Luv Songs, it features a mixture of traditional Japanese love songs with several covers of R&B songs including "We Found Love" by Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna.
2015: @chenelleworld
In 2015, Che'Nelle released her seventh album @chenelleworld, it is her most recent album.
Discography
Studio albums
Year
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Album
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Peak position
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Sales
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Certifications
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JPN
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English
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2007
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Things Happen for a Reason
- 1st International Album
- Released: 22 August 2007
- Label: EMI, Capitol, USM Japan
- Formats: CD, digital download
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12
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2010
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Feel Good
- 1st Japanese Album
- Released: 10 February 2010
- Label: EMI Japan, USM Japan
- Formats: CD, digital download
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41
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Bilingual
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2011
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Luv Songs
- 1st Cover Album
- Released: 20 July 2011
- Re-Released: 13 November 2013
- Label: EMI Japan, USM Japan
- Formats: CD, digital download
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3
231
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2012
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Believe (ビリーヴ)
- 2nd Japanese Album
- Released: 4 July 2012
- Label: Universal International
- Formats: CD, digital download
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2
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2013
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Aishiteru (I Love You)
- 3rd Japanese Album
- Released: 7 August 2013
- Label: Universal International
- Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download
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2
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Best Songs
- 1st Japanese Best Album
- Released: 4 December 2013
- Label: Universal International
- Formats: CD, digital download
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4
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2014
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Luv Songs 2
- 2nd Cover Album
- Released: 4 June 2014
- Label: Delicious Deli Records, Virgin Music
- Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download
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12
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2015
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@chenelleworld
- 4th Japanese Album
- Released: 11 February 2015
- Label: Delicious Deli Records
- Formats: 2 CDs, CD, digital download
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6
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Extended plays
Year
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Album
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Peak position
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Sales
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Certifications
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JPN
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Bilingual
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2012
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Touch (Close to You)
- 1st Japanese Digital EP
- Released: 9 November 2012
- Label: EMI Japan
- Formats: digital download
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Singles
As lead artist
- * RIAJ Digital Track Chart was established in April 2009 and cancelled in July 2012.
As featured artist
Non-album tracks
Awards and nominations
References