Corey

Corey sings straight from her heart, writes her own lyrics and is always trying to get across real emotions and experiences. This strong young woman hopes to inspire and motivate through her Street Soul music and is ready to conquer the world with a positive message..

How did it start out?
In the mid 1970s a Jamaican woman and a Dutch diplomat fall in love and they have a child they name Corey. Young Corey grows up in a number of countries and is influenced by different cultures, something... Meer »

Corey sings straight from her heart, writes her own lyrics and is always trying to get across real emotions and experiences. This strong young woman hopes to inspire and motivate through her Street Soul music and is ready to conquer the world with a positive message..

How did it start out?
In the mid 1970s a Jamaican woman and a Dutch diplomat fall in love and they have a child they name Corey. Young Corey grows up in a number of countries and is influenced by different cultures, something which put a mark on who she is and the way she goes through life as an adult. After settling in the Netherlands Corey is still unaware of her musical talents, but when she reaches the age of ten, she starts singing. Corey soon realizes that she may have found her calling.

Things start to develop
After her teenage years Corey starts singing professionally and sings her way to the top of the Dutch Soul and R&B scene. This is rewarded with:
* Award for Best Dutch Female R&B Singer in 1997 and 1998.
* Being part of the "No Sweat" compilation album and tour (1998)
* A deal with Skillz Records (1997)
* A first single feat. rapper Sadat X (Brand Nubian): "Everything but Love" (1997)
* Opening for artists like KC & JoJo, Adina Howard and others.

Taking a break
After being signed with the Skillz label for 2 years, Corey decides to take a break from the music business to do some soul searching. She needs to find out who she is and what she's here for.

She decides to be a voice for young talents, trying to reach their goals and dreams in life. She advices, supports and motivates these young talents through vocal training and other creative therapy. After doing this for 4 years, she finds herself developing as well and decides to go back to singing. This time she says: "If I come back, I've got to do it right"!

The Rebirth
Late 2001 a fertile collaboration with soulful hip-hop producer Jay.Soul (www.jaysoul.net) is born. They record the 4-song demo The Rebirth EP which ends up being a huge success in after sales and Corey & Jay decide to release it independently.

The Rebirth EP also leads to enrollment in the biggest annual music contest of the Netherlands, De Grote Prijs van Nederland (Dutch Grand Prize). In December 2002, she reaches the finals with her band and ends up going home as the winner!
In the period that follows, Corey performs all over Holland, records and releases a 6-song CD-Single Deluxe It Ain't Me (2003), and appears in various radio/tv shows and in the press (incl. Cosmopolitan, Viva, Marie-Claire, Volkskrant, Parool, Raymann  is Laat, Goedemorgen Nederland, AT5, RTVNH, Radio 3FM).

Right now
Corey will be promoting her debut album Movin' On (OUT NOW). Still releasing her music independently together with Jay.Soul, Corey proves to be very driven to achieve her goal. She won't stop until she gets there. She's currently also part of a big Gospel Musical 'A Mother's Cry'. See the news section for more info.

Corey: "I want to give people the chance to get close to my music. If after a show someone comes up to me and says, 'Damn girl that was really inspiring', then I know I did what I came here for."

The message is clear. Now enjoy!

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