Carrie and David Grant are probably best known as
judges and vocal coaches, on the massively successful TV talent shows, "
Pop Idol" (ITV) and the BBC
flagship programme
“Fame Academy”.
They are current judges on BBC 1’s BAFTA Award winning
“Glee Club.”David has had some 14 hit singles in the UK charts
including the Top 5 duet with Jaki Graham "Could it be I’m falling in love”. David was also nominated for Best
Newcomer in the Brit Awards as lead singer of Linx. David is currently a
regular presenter on “Songs of Praise.”
Carrie started as a dancer on TV then moved into
presenting and session singing where she became one of the country’s top
session singers. Working with the likes of Diana
Ross, Roberta Flack, Rod Stewart, Lighthouse Family, Fat Boy Slim and many
others. Carrie currently presents for The
One Show, covering most of their music items and many other subjects. She has also reported for The Culture Show and made
documentaries on Al Bowly and Eva Cassidy.
In 1998 David and Carrie recorded their highly
acclaimed gospel album which went on to win them a prestigious MOBO Award as best gospel album for
that year.
It was whilst singing for Take That back in ’94 that David and Carrie were first approached
to vocal coach the boys in the band. They had no idea of the journey they were
about to embark on. Artists upon artist followed and their client list to date
includes: The Spice Girls, Take
That, Kimberley Wyatt, Will
Young, Charlotte Church, Lemar, The
Saturdays, Gwyneth Paltrow, Marvin Humes,
Demi Lovato and many others.
As well as being seen as among the foremost vocal
coaches in the UK Carrie and David have also coached Senior Business Managers
for the past 17 years. Interactively using the medium of music they have
trained, amongst many others, The
Foreign Office, The Home Office, Shell, TESCO,
Body Shop, Costa, Whitbread,
Pfizer, The NHS, Express Newspapers and BBC Worldwide.
Their vocal coaching book “You Can Sing” is a worldwide bestseller. They are the authors of "Jump Up and Join In" a 6 part children's book series out on Egmont. Their online vocal coaching course is available now, https://local.amazon.co.uk/Central-London/B00QWXMFOS
In 2008 David and Carrie were awarded a BASCA for their lifetime services to
the music industry.