All Angels

Dubbed &quot;the classical <a href="spotify:artist:0uq5PttqEjj3IH1bzwcrXF" data-name="Spice Girls">Spice Girls</a>&quot; in the pages of Britain&#39;s Guardian Unlimited, teen vocal quartet All Angels emerged in 2006 with the fastest-selling classical debut in U.K. chart history. All Angels were the brainchild of producer/manager Steve Abbott, who previously scored with classical crossover acts <a href="spotify:artist:3ZtRtJV4yZOmdWjywEjNND" data-name="The Choirboys">The Choirboys</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:02B3Os1lCLuWR6klPJiQpW" data-name="Nicola Benedetti">Nicola Benedetti</a>. After an extensive nationwide search, Abbott selected teens Melanie Nakhla (an aspiring pilot), Charlotte Ritchie (an aspiring actress with a bit role in the feature film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to her credit), <a href="spotify:artist:6besZfAB3VEv8osnW3dX1b" data-name="Laura Wright">Laura Wright</a> (at the time the reigning BBC Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year), and <a href="spotify:artist:3EYH18eKn5tsogwCLxKjpR" data-name="Daisy Chute">Daisy Chute</a> (who at 15 recorded her own solo jazz LP). Abbott next negotiated a deal with spotify:search:label%3A%22Universal%22 , which reportedly spent in excess of £1 million promoting All Angels&#39; self-titled debut LP. A classical/pop hybrid spanning from <a href="spotify:artist:2p0UyoPfYfI76PCStuXfOP" data-name="Franz Schubert">Franz Schubert</a>&#39;s &quot;Ave Maria&quot; to <a href="spotify:artist:2HcwFjNelS49kFbfvMxQYw" data-name="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a>&#39; &quot;Angels,&quot; the album sold 33,000 copies in its first week of release, entering the British pop charts at number nine and eclipsing sales benchmarks established by the likes of <a href="spotify:artist:0Y8KmFkKOgJybpVobn1onU" data-name="Luciano Pavarotti">Luciano Pavarotti</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:3P9jdZehQvmAoTrWU1p5zt" data-name="Charlotte Church">Charlotte Church</a>. Into Paradise (2007) covered <a href="spotify:artist:4NJhFmfw43RLBLjQvxDuRS" data-name="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:4gzpq5DPGxSnKTe4SA8HAU" data-name="Coldplay">Coldplay</a>, while the sources for Fly Away (2010) were mostly American (<a href="spotify:artist:2Kx7MNY7cI1ENniW7vT30N" data-name="Norah Jones">Norah Jones</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:43ZHCT0cAZBISjO8DG9PnE" data-name="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>). ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi