Vikki Watson

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Aeone (pronounced ay-own) (born Vikki Watson, 1959, Liss, Hampshire) is a British singer-songwriter, who now lives in Los Angeles, California. Her music has been classified as new age, folk or world music. She has released four albums, one of which was an internet only release. Early in her career, as Vikki, she represented the United Kingdom in the 1985 Eurovision Song Contest. Shortly after her birth the family moved to Emsworth, Hampshire - her family still runs an antique shop in Petworth, Sussex, where she grew up. As a child she took song and dance lessons, and then went on to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She wanted to become an opera singer, but soon realized that her voice was more suited to popular music. She had early success in the Eurovision Song Contest - gaining fourth place in Gothenburg, Sweden, performing the 1985 UK entry "Love Is" written with Jimmy Kaleth. It sent her packing to the United States and full circle returning to her Celtic roots. She did well in terms of touring, television shows and live work, yet a difficult lifestyle coupled with the commercial direction of the material, drove her to emigrate to the United States. Initially teamed with writer/record producer/sound engineer Jeff Silverman, in 1991 she released an eleven track debut album, entitled Window to a World, that pioneered a blend of Celtic sounding music with a pop feel combining fiddle, banjo and mandolin. After releasing her debut album, she moved on to s

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