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At itunes, just copy and paste in any of these phrases: "Kidzup Music" or "Kidzup Educational Music" or "kidzup musique française éducative"
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Christopher Pennington is a singer, songwriter and producer who has produced over 200 albums, and published well over 300 original songs in the children's music market.
He began working in the children’s music field with Direct Source Special Products in
1998; producing their entire children’s catalogue (Kids Direct, Kids Mix, Baby Notes & others), which had combined sales in excess of 5 million units sold worldwide.
In 2003, he was approached by KIDZUP (a major children’s music label), to take over
the production of their children’s music catalogue. He went on to write, produce and
engineer over 100 CDs for their children’s music catalogue, working under the nom de
plume ‘Fat Al Davis’. These CDs were written for the mass market and for the more
specialized field of educational music in both English and French.
He continues to produce music for KIDZUP, as well as writing and producing music for television and others. Currently he is producing an entirely new line of children’s educational music for a new company which will launch this year. His style has no limits, having written in the genres of jazz, folk, country, techno, hip hop, calypso and funk to name just a few.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
· In 2001, several of Christopher’s CDs appeared on Billboard's "Top Kids Audio" charts, and enjoyed the distinction of having 5 different albums at the same time in the top 20 for 5 weeks.
· In 2008 and 2009, the KIDZUP album,150 Toddler Tunes, charted Billboard's "Top Kid Audio" for 17 weeks.
· His song “Banana Pie” (co-written with Paul Johnston) was a winner in the 2008 International Songwriters Competition.
Other awards for his children’s music include:
Creative Child Seal of Excellence
I Parenting Media
Teachers Choice Award
Teachers Choice Award for Family
Dr Toy 100 Best Children Product
Creative Child Preferred
Parents Choice Award
Dr Toy 10 Best Audio
Creative Child Seal of Excellence
Voted # 1 Homeschool.com
Christopher (with his wife & writing partner,Stacey Pennington) has also written numerous children’s books for Tormont Publications,a subsidiary of KIDZUP. He has co-written with songwriters; Wendy Wiseman, Danielle Robichaud, Stacey Evett Pennington, Paul Johnston and Michel Gliserman.
Christopher works from his studio, just one hour south of Montreal, in the quaint hamlet of Powerscourt.
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