Chianne | |
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Born | Cihannur Ozgur Ankara, Turkey |
Nationality | Turkish |
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Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
Website | chianne |
Cihannur Ozgur, popularly known as Chianne, is a LA based Turkish-Italian multilingual songwriter, recording, and performing artist.[1] She is best known for creating conscious pop music and is considered a pioneer.[2] Some of her popular songs include Truly Free[3] and New Me.[4] She has gained mass popularity for musical compositions that follow poignant themes such as self-worth, authenticity, self-love, self-realization, unconditional love, and mental health.[5]
She is a Reiki II Certified Practitioner, certified CCMBA healer, certified NLP life coach and soon to be a Kundalini Yoga and Meditation teacher. [6][7] Besides music, she’s also providing Reiki, sound healing and music therapy sessions, voice and music lessons.[8][9][10]
Since the beginning of her musical career, Chianne has attracted mass public attention, and as of 2023, her music has been covered in more than 70 different publications worldwide.[11][12][13][14]
Born into a musically inclined family, she began playing the piano at the age of 8 and despite many varied talents and interests, she found music to be the vehicle by which she expresses herself authentically. Born and raised in Ankara, Turkey, and an Italian Citizen; Chianne also garnered a degree in International Relations and studied Fashion Design at Istituto Marangoni in Italy, and she worked at various fashion houses such as Marc Jacobs before she fully recognized and chose to respond to her calling of Music. Her journey took her all around the world and she’s lived in world capitals such as Istanbul, Milan, New York, Amsterdam, Sydney, Luxembourg and eventually settling in Los Angeles where she’s finally launched her music career.
She has also received formal education in Music most notably at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, The Songwriting School of Los Angeles, and musicianship camps by VocalizeU and Andrea Stolpe. Chianne also has numerous online certifications in songwriting and music production, facilitated by industry leaders such as Charlie Puth and Ryan Tedder.
Before pursuing a career as a full-time musician, Chianne worked as a fashion designer at various fashion houses, such as Marc Jacobs.[15][16]
Chianne started her journey as a musician with the release of Return to Love in 2018.[17] In 2019, she became a finalist in the annual 97.1 AMP Radio We Can Survive concert's Opening Act competition.[18] Since then, Chianne has released popular songs like Truly Free, New Me,[19][20] Flames, and No Matter What![21]
She also advanced to the semi-finals of The Road To Nashville's international song contest with her most recent song, "Truly Free."[22] Out of more than 20,000 submissions from 31 countries, she placed in the top 50, demonstrating her success and appeal around the world. The contest was a joint initiative by both mayors from the biggest music cities in the world- Nashville USA and Liverpool. On Spotify, her songs have received up to 415 thousand streams.[23]
Her song “New Me ” charted at number one on WVYC Radio and has also been featured in the soundtrack of the film “A Holiday Homecoming” directed by two-time Telly Award-winning director Candice T. Cain.[24][25][26]
In addition to teaching others to cultivate self-love and live fulfilling lives connected to their actual selves and purposes, Chianne has dedicated her life to advancing self-awareness.[27]
S.No. | Title | Year |
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1 | Return to Love | 2018 |
2 | Return to Love (Acoustic) | 2019 |
3 | Flames | 2019 |
4 | New Me | 2020 |
5 | Truly Free | 2021 |
6 | No Matter What | 2022 |
Chianne is committed to helping young people discover their passions and pursue their aspirations. She is actively involved in bringing this vision to life and has organized/taken part in multiple events and partnered with non-profit organizations.
She is fluent in English, Turkish, and Italian.