CHLOE AGNEW BIO

Chloë Agnew is a singer, songwriter and actress from , Ireland. From the age of 14, she gained fame for her integral part as one of the original (and youngest) members of the internationally acclaimed music group .

In 1998 Chloë won the Grand Prix at the First International Children's Song Competition in Cairo, Egypt, where she represented Ireland. She made her PBS début in 1999 as part of Handel's Messiah performing alongside Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, Roger Daltrey and Aidan Quinn. In 2004 Chloë had just finished recording her second solo album ‘Walking in the Air’ when she was cast as one of the original soloists for the PBS production Celtic Woman.

The Celtic Woman PBS Special first aired in March 2005 and within weeks the group's eponymous debut album reached #1 on Billboard’s chart where it held the top position on the Billboard World Music chart for 81 weeks. Their second album, Celtic Woman: knocked their first album to the #2 spot on the World Music chart when released in October 2006.

Chloë is featured on a total of 14 of Celtic Woman’s albums, with songs recorded in English, Irish, Latin, Japanese, Italian and German which have sold more than eight million copies worldwide, all of which debuted at #1 on Billboard's World Music chart. Celtic Woman sold out concerts in prestigious venues across the globe from Carnegie Hall, Red Rocks, Colorado, Radio City Music Hall to several Arenas in Europe, Japan and Australia, performing for almost three million fans. She has performed with Celtic Woman on the US TV shows Dancing with the Stars, Regis and Kelly, The Today Show and Good Morning America and many more. In 2013 Chloë made a guest appearance on the show ‘Bold and the Beautiful’. While touring with Celtic Woman Chloë performed for three consecutive US Presidents (Clinton, Bush and Obama) before she turned 20. In 2012 she was named Best Female Vocalist at the Irish Music Awards.

Since her departure from Celtic Woman Chloe has performed at Croke Park’s ‘Stars, Choirs and Carols’ Guinness Book of Records concert to a crowd of 15,000, at the international Military Tattoo festival in Basel, Switzerland and the Cape Town Military Tattoo alongside 2,000 mass pipe and drum musicians in front of 20,000; onstage with longtime Celtic Woman colleague and Irish tenors Paul Byrom, Emmet Cahill and Emmett O’ Hanlon (former members of ) and with Grammy and Emmy nominee and voice of Riverdance Londra at The Fred Amphitheatre in Georgia.

She has performed at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and collaborated with Emmy award-winning tenor Eamonn McCrystal on his album ‘And So It Goes’ in a duet with the legendary Rita Wilson. She is featured in several television shows that are currently airing on PBS including The Power of Music with Ethan Bortnick and Damian McGinty ( Project/Celtic Thunder), and the Nathan Carter Celtic Country show.

Since 2017 Chloë has been touring with top Irish artist Nathan Carter on his U.S. tours and for the past four seasons has been the headline act for the highly acclaimed and always innovative Pops Orchestra. The popular show ‘An Irish ,” as well as their holiday shows have taken Chloë and the Pops to performing arts centers throughout the Southeast and Midwest. She has become a ‘voice of the Irish’ for the University of Notre Dame performing for many events at the University including opening for the band Chicago at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Party in Dallas, Texas where she performed a song with the legendary group. She has also performed with IBMA award winning bluegrass Entertainers of the Year Balsam Range and Zac Brown Bands John Driskell Hopkins. Touring her solo show Chloë Agnew: Live Concert with Irish tenor Dermot Kiernan and band has brought her to many PAC’s, concert series, theatres, music halls and festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe.

Chloë’s début solo single ‘Love is Christmas’, entered the Top 10 in the iTunes music charts. She followed this with her début solo EP The Thing About You in 2018. Produced by Joshua Spacht and Brian Hitt, the EP features 5 tracks, four of which she wrote herself, were recorded between studios in Nashville, TN and Hollywood, CA. Pursuing her new musical style, Chloë continues to record in Nashville, CA and Europe.