Katherine Jenkins(凱瑟琳.詹金斯)

在2006年的“不列顛古典音樂(lè)獎(jiǎng)”里面，入圍“年度最佳專輯”的作品，有兩張不約而同的都在標(biāo)題上使用了“夢(mèng)想”這個(gè)字，除了少年歌手約瑟夫麥可曼納斯的“In Dreams”之外，還有女中音歌手凱瑟琳詹金斯（Katherine Jenkins）的第三張專輯“Living a Dream”，最后，由后者脫穎而出。事實(shí)上，這已經(jīng)不是Katherine Jenkins頭一次奪得這項(xiàng)榮耀。2005年四月，她的第二張專輯“Second Nature”也同樣是這項(xiàng)大獎(jiǎng)的得主。不過(guò)短短三年之前，她還是個(gè)無(wú)名小卒，甚至在2004與2005兩年前往美國(guó)巡回的時(shí)候，還得替海莉（Hayley Westenra）和剛脫離“愛爾蘭男高音”（Irish Tenors）獨(dú)立的羅南泰南（Ronan Tynan）擔(dān)任助陣的暖場(chǎng)歌手，可是，盡管如此，她卻已經(jīng)締造了一項(xiàng)空前的紀(jì)錄：2003年，環(huán)球唱片跟當(dāng)時(shí)二十三歲的她簽下一紙六張專輯的合約，未曾公開確實(shí)金額的七位數(shù)簽約金，使得她成了英國(guó)唱片史上身價(jià)最高的藝人，而她的專輯開始推出之后，也以銷售成績(jī)證明了她確實(shí)是值得的。她是自從瑪麗亞卡拉絲（Maria Callas）以來(lái)，英國(guó)最暢銷的古典藝人。
Katherine Jenkins （凱瑟琳·詹金斯）是現(xiàn)時(shí)英國(guó)專輯銷量最好的女歌劇歌手。出生于英國(guó)南威爾士(South Wales)利夫(Neath)的Katherine從七歲起便學(xué)習(xí)音樂(lè)，最初學(xué)習(xí)彈奏鋼琴和參加學(xué)校的歌詠團(tuán)，她的聲樂(lè)和鋼琴都達(dá)致八級(jí)的水平。其間參加了多次本土的音樂(lè)比賽，獲獎(jiǎng)是家常便飯。其天份大受唱片公司的注意，甫出校門，唱片公司便和她簽訂連出六張唱片的合約。她也沒有令公司失望，2004年4月，她的首張專輯《Premiere》在古典排行榜上高踞榜首達(dá)8周之久，一時(shí)無(wú)兩，氣勢(shì)如虹。在2004年10月，Katherine Jenkins迅速推出了第二張專輯《Second Nature》。出道至今她已推出《Premiere》、《Second Nature》及《Living a Dream》等幾張極為暢銷的專輯，并令她榮登古典音樂(lè)史上唱片銷售速度最快的藝人；她除了于Live 8演唱會(huì)登臺(tái)獻(xiàn)技之外，更加連續(xù)兩年勇奪Classic Brits (英國(guó)古典音樂(lè)頒獎(jiǎng)禮) 最佳唱片殊榮。
　　今年26歲的威爾斯歌唱家Katherine Jenkins （凱瑟琳·詹金斯）以卓越的歌藝才華及青春甜美的魅力震驚樂(lè)壇，成為歌劇界觸目新星，其獨(dú)特個(gè)人風(fēng)格及追求完美的精神不但與萬(wàn)寶龍的品牌價(jià)值同出一轍，更與品牌女裝產(chǎn)品的青春時(shí)尚氣質(zhì)完美配合，成為代表萬(wàn)寶龍女裝腕表、皮具、高級(jí)首飾及書寫工具的最佳代言人。
While still in her mid-twenties, Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins emerged as Britain's all-time best-selling classical artist, although critics charged her success was more a result of physical beauty than musical talent. Born June 29, 1980, in Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales, Jenkins fell under the sway of classical music at age seven, studying piano and singing in her local choir throughout childhood. In 1990, she joined the Royal School of Church Music Cathedral Singers and also served with the National Youth Choir of Wales. At 17 Jenkins was accepted into London's Royal Academy of Music, tackling a series of operatic roles while studying Italian, German, French, and Russian. She continued pursuing opera as a post-graduate while moonlighting as a vocal instructor, but upon winning the Face of Wales modeling contest she instead supplemented her income as a fashion model. In 2003 Universal Classics signed Jenkins to a six-album, seven-figure recording contract, reputedly the largest classical deal in U.K. music industry history. While at work on her debut LP, she performed at Westminster Cathedral in honor of Pope John Paul II and also made her inaugural appearance at the famed Sydney Opera House. Issued in the spring of 2004, Jenkins' debut, Premiere, immediately topped the classical music charts, and its success inspired a quickie follow-up, Second Nature. Together the albums vaulted the singer to a level of commercial success previously unknown in classical music circles, and she further exploited her growing mainstream popularity by recording a classical rendition of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" for 2005's Living a Dream.