Runna_rox

Monday, Mar 24, 2008

Coulter was born in Auckland, New Zealand, and moved with her father and mother Loretta to Queensland, Australia when she was 3 weeks old. In Queensland, her younger sister Jodie was also born. She developed a keen passion for playing netball and came close to playing for Australia. A serious knee injury however took away the chance of furthering her netball career. Coulter soon discovered her singing ability and auditioned for the Seven Network's unsuccessful Popstars Live reality talent program, making the Top 60. She then auditioned for the second series of Australian Idol where she became a crowd and judge favourite. The majority of Coulter's performances gained praise from the judges, but she made a shock early exit, after a controversial rendition of a Beatles cl@assic and finished in seventh place.

Unlike many popular contestants who sign with Sony BMG, Coulter signed with large independent label Shock Records and released her debut single "Hell No!" in June 2005. The single, written in collaboration with Audius Mtawarira, peaked at number 5. Second single "Sunshine" also went Top 10, with the debut album Ricki-Lee debuting at number 30. In 2006, Coulter joined other previous female contestants of Australian Idol, Paulini Curuenavuli, Emily Williams, and Kate DeAraugo, to form Young Divas. Their first single "This Time I Know It's For Real", a remake of the Donna Summer 1989 song, was a major success, reaching number 2 on the Australian charts, while the self titled album reached number 4 and was certified double platinum. On June 23, 2007, Coulter officially announced she would be leaving the group. After months of rumours and speculation of infighting, she stated that she was leaving to focus on her upcoming wedding and her solo career and that "I just couldn't do it all - I really had to get back to doing what I love doing, and that's my solo career."

In 2005, the self-titled album Ricki-lee hits the stores. Both sinlges, "Hell No!", released June 2005 and "Sunshine" made it to the charts, "Hell No!" coming in at number 5 and "Sunshine" at number 10. The debut album debuting at number 30.

Coulter is currently enjoying the success of the release of her new single "Can't Touch It", which debuted at number 2 in the ARIA Charts on August 13, her highest peak position for any single, and number 5 on the iTunes music store and on October 2nd it achieved Gold Status through ARIA. Her second solo album, entitled Brand New Day was released on August 11 and entered the Motorola ARIA Chart at number 37. The album has been re-released with a bonus second CD - her first album Ricki-Lee. Her second single from the album was Love Is All Around. It debuted at number 5, making it the second highest new entry for the week after Kylie Minogue.

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