Ricki-Lee Coulter - Biography

Pop superstar

Can’t Touch It and Love Is All Around proved that Ricki-Lee was a huge force to be reckoned with on the 2007 Australian music charts, while Sunshine, Hell No! and Breathe previously secured her longevity well before that.

Initially born in Auckland, New Zealand, Ricki-Lee moved to Queensland’s Gold Coast when she was only three weeks old, and has lived there to this day.

Raised on the family’s 20 acre property in the heart of the Gold Coast hinterland, Coulter has settled back in her heartland after marrying long-time love Jamie Babbington last September.

Coulter was thrown into the music industry purely by accident. A talented netballer, Coulter played at a state level and was destined for professional netball career until a knee injury and reconstruction ensured she would never play again.

After her mother overheard her singing around the home one day, Coulter started gigging around the Gold Coast and secured lead roles in a number of pro-am musicals.

Her star rose when she was selected to appear in the second series of Australian Idol, coming in 7th place. She signed with independent label, Shock Records and released her self-titled debut album in 2006.

Coulter was an original member of the platinum-selling group The Young Divas, but left in April 2006 to return to her solo career.

In early 2007 Coulter embarked on a two-month international writing trip before launching her follow-up album Brand New Day. Her first single Can’t Touch It debuted at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and remained in the Top Ten for over two months. Her follow up single, Love Is All Around, debuted at number five only months later.

Ricki-Lee will be releasing her third single on March 15th, Can’t Sing a Different Song, which was written in the heart of London last year. The tune has been debuting across televisions in Europe for over six months now, after being picked up by a major brand for a TVC. Cant Sing A Different Song has been described by industry peers as “cutting edge and like nothing else in Australia at the moment” and has been earmarked for massive success in this country and potentially overseas.

Meanwhile in news abroad, it was confirmed in late 2007 that Ricki-Lee had secured two international record deals, one with the legendary Ministry Of Sound for European territories including the UK, and the other with heavyweight independent label, Pony Canyon in Japan.

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