Dina Carroll

Geraldine Carroll (born 21 August 1968, Newmarket, England), best known as Dina Carroll, is a British singer. She is of Scottish and African American heritage. Carroll had a number of hit songs during the 1990s. She had two platinum albums.Kwaku, 'R&B Scene Percolates in the U.K.', Billboard (October 16, 1999), p. 93

Early career
Carroll started singing at age of five, mainly at home with her sister. She did not have any formal training as a singer. In 1981, at the age of 13, she won a local talent competition. She sang Barbra Streisand's "Woman in Love". After leaving school, she worked in various jobs. This includes a one-day job as a maid in a Cambridge hotel in 1985.

At the age of 16, she was signed to the London record label "StreetSounds". Carroll moved to West London and recorded two singles, "Set It Off" and "One Nation". Both were released in the mid-1980s. They were credited to a non-existent group, Masquerade. After six months she left StreetSounds.

Her first album has sold more than 350,000 copies.Durrant, Sabine. making of a UK soul diva, November 10, 1993.  accessed 26 August 2015

Discography
So Close (1993)
Only Human (1996)
The Best of Dina Carroll (2001)
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Category:1968 births
Category:Living people
Category:Black British musicians
Category:Brit Award winners
Category:British R&B musicians
Category:British soul musicians
Category:Musicians from Suffolk
Category:Musicians from London