RICKI-LEE COULTER was born in AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND on NOVEMBER 10TH 1985. Now a proud “Melbournite” in 2008, Ricki-Lee previously lived on Australia’s beautiful Gold Coast.
A script-like story unfolds for Ricki-Lee, who remained an un-recognised singing talent amongst her family and friends until her mid-teens. Spending most of her childhood as an active sports fanatic, it was believed she was destined for a career in Pro-Netball, until a serious knee injury brought six years of competitive play for Queensland to an end. In a twist of fate, after a serious knee reconstruction, she was told ‘ she would never play again’. Ricki-Lee’s future was already in the hands of change.
Ricki-Lee’s vocal abilities were “accidentally” uncovered months later, when a family member, overheard her singing in her bedroom, in what could only be described as “a breathtaking, HUGE voice for a 15 year-old girl”. Ricki-Lee’s very musical family had NO idea of her secret talent until this point in time.
From there, Ricki-Lee leapt headfirst into “performance” in general. A combination of live circuit gigging around the Gold Coast and Brisbane areas with live bands, as well as school productions, as she secured lead musical roles in HAIR, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, LES MISERABLES, MISS SAIGON, CATS, RENT, THE BOYFRIEND, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, GREASE, AND ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
Network Ten's hit show, Australian Idol (SERIES 2) officially launched her public profile when her talent, personality and charismatic performances took the budding songstress all the way through to the TOP 12. Ricki-Lee was considered an instant “favourite to win” – performing hits such as DON’T STOP TIL YOU GET ENOUGH, PROUD MARY, WE CAN WORK IT OUT & I HAVE NOTHING. When Ricki-Lee was voted off mid-series, in 7TH PLACE, there was outrage from viewers nationally. TEN saw ratings suddenly plummet, in what the judges described as “misguided voting”.
In 2005, after finishing the show and not signing-on with major label SONY BMG, Ricki-Lee went on to take a brave independent route after securing a deal with Shock Records - Australia's largest independent record label. Three years on, with 7 TOP 20 singles across 2 Gold selling albums under her belt, 23 year-old Ricki-Lee is fast becoming ingrained into the fabric of Australian popular culture.
Her undeniable talent for writing hit pop songs took her ability to a new level with 2007's platinum record smash hit 'Can't Touch It'. 'Can't Touch It' catapulted Ricki-Lee into a new level of commercial success in 2007 after debuting at #2 ON THE ARIA CHARTS and spending 38 weeks in the top 100. As a proud independent artist, Ricki-Lee's tireless commitment to the independent music scene was rewarded when she spent 10 WEEKS AT #1 ON THE AIR CHARTS (AUSTRALIAN INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS ASSOCIATION) and received an AIR AWARD NOMINATION FOR BEST PERFORMING INDEPENDENT SINGLE.
With an ever- expanding profile and continued career growth in the Australian marketplace, Ricki-Lee has gone on to secure several international record deals, including the worlds biggest and most respected dance label, MINISTRY OF SOUND, UK/EUROPE, and the worlds second-largest music territory, JAPAN, via respected independent Japanese record label PONY CANYON. And the success has followed with U WANNA LITTLE OF THIS (a remixed & re-titled version of CANT TOUCH IT released through HED KANDI/MINISTRY OF SOUND) peaking at an incredible #1 ON THE UK COMMERCIAL CLUB POP CHARTS AND #2 ON THE UK UPFRONT CLUB CHARTS IN 2008.
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