Hollie Steel

You can check out the lovely video for Hollie Steel’s “Where are You Christmas” that has been cleverly created by Robert Buttrick here.

Just to let you know, my Hollie Steel singles arrived this morning from HMV. I had ordered five, for myself and the family, and they all came in their own individual boxes from HMV. In addition to to Hollie singing “Where are You Christmas”, there is also an instrumental version of the track. So, if you are of the Karaoke persuasion, you could have a go at “doing a Hollie” yourself

Hollie appeared on TV yesterday to promote the release of her single, Where are you Christmas. She was interviewed by Jemma Gofton and you can watch the interview and Hollie’s performance here:

Hollie Steel has been featured in the Accrington Observer, promoting the imminent release of  “Where are you Christmas” which will be released on Monday and available as an MP3 download.

About the release date, Nina said: “The release date was put back, as it was supposed to be released on the 7th. The issue we have got at the moment is that people in east Lancashire might have heard the song but other than that it’s not really been heard anywhere.

“We don’t really know how well she is doing. All we have got is the pre-orders in HMV which look like they’re doing okay.

“I think it’s going into the stores next week and we probably won’t know how she’s done until the Sunday night after it’s been released.”

The download will cost just 69p, although Nina says that Hollie will need “about 7,000 downloads to get in the top 40 and that’s a lot for a little girl. But we have a lot more than 7,000 people in Accrington!”

Nina also revealed that the title of Hollie’s forthcoming album has been virtually decided.

She said: “I think she’s going to call it ‘I Could’ve Danced All Night’, because that’s her song. She has got something like 23 million You Tube hits and most of them are for that.”

Hollie’s official Facebook page says:

Hollie is to appear and perform the new single on the Today show on Sky Channel 203 Monday 14th. Details to follow.

In other news, Aled Jones has sadly declined the opportunity to play Hollie’s single on his Radio 2 show. Aled said:

Many thanks for your message and call. I have listened to Hollie’s track and while it is lovely, I dont think I will be putting it in our shows as there is just so much big name competition with Xmas music.

If you would like to let Aled know about what you think of his decision not to play Hollie’s single, Léopold has very kindly provided me with the contact link for his show. My advice would be to explain to Aled why you think he should play Hollie’s single, and not be rude to him personally because of his decision. Remember, at the end of the day we would like his help, so there is little to be gained by being unnecessarily antagonistic.

And finally, Hollie will be chatting in the forum on Sunday 13th December at 5pm.

The Daily Mirror have now run a short  article on Hollie Steel’s single, Where are you Christmas. The article also features a lovely photo of Hollie playing the piano. You can view the article here.

Here are some lovely amateur videos made by Joe C of Hollie singing “Where are you Christmas?” and “Nessun Dorma” at the Christmas lights switch on in Preston. These videos are also available in the Gallery.

Don’t forget to pre-order Hollie’s single at HMV!

Hollie Steel’s single is starting to get some of the press coverage that it deserves, thanks to Nina’s excellent work in promoting her daughter. Today, there are articles in both the Lancashire Telegraph and Burnley Express.

Hollie’s single, Where Are You Christmas?, is performing well in the HMV presale charts, despite the fact it has not received any airplay yet. Hollie’s mum Nina told the Lancashire Telegraph that  after just three days of being available on pre-order, Hollie’s single was at Number 10 for the most pre-ordered single.

Nina is urging everybody to back Hollie with more orders to help her dream come true and get Hollie a top ten hit for Christmas.

Nina describes Hollie’s single  as “beautiful” and says: “Currently Hollie’s single is just behind Robbie Williams’ and ahead of singles by Nelly Furtado, Alicia Keys and Morrisey – and the single should be played across radio stations within the next week.

“It is only the pre-order charts and it is early days but she could have been on the last page and instead she is on the first so it is a good sign.

“Especially as no-one has heard the song yet!

“If we can keep her pre-order numbers high then it means that she will get more air time when the single is released.

“It’s a very, very similar idea to the song ‘Walking In The Air’ from The Snowman. It’s a beautiful Christmas song with some quite powerful high notes.

“It starts off really, really sweet but it shows two sides to Hollie’s voice. By the end she is singing in quite a strong opera voice.

“The song is from ‘The Grinch’ and before the Britain’s Got Talent thing started Hollie loved it. She’s loved it for years.”

Hollie recorded the single  in October with the VVR2 record label.

“Recording the single was really exciting for Hollie. She had lots of fun.” said Nina.

Hollie has signed a two-single record deal with VVR2 and is hoping to get a contract to release an album, which is due to be finished in the new year.

In other news, Rolf Harris disappointingly chose to record a single with Status Quo, instead of performing a song he had written about a grandfather and granddaughter with Hollie which he had previously planned to do.

On Rolf’s change of heart, Nina said: “I didn’t hear anything from his manager about the decision despite getting positive feedback in the beginning.

“It is a project idea and could still happen next year or the year after, though.

“Hollie is doing really well on her own and in some ways it would be better to see her make it into the charts on her own efforts.

“She would love to be in the top ten and I really hope everyone will support her.”

“Where Are You Christmas”  will be played for the first time on radio stations nationwide over the next week and will be released on December 7th.

Hollie Steel and Nina were interviewed at the Preston switch on by ARRY ARRY BOY TV and there is also a short clip of Hollie singing “Where are you Christmas?”. Check it out here:

Here is Hollie being interviewed in Hong Kong:

And now we also have an actual scanned in copy of the article about Hollie that appeared in the Hong Kong Standard Newspaper, emailed to me by Olivia. Thanks Olivia!
Click here to view it.

For further videos and translations of Hollie in Hong Kong, see the Hong Kong Gallery for some great videos sent to me by Vicky.

Hollie’s debut single, “Where are you Christmas?” is now available to pre-order at HMV. Yay!

I have just ordered my copy online now and it was a simple process. The single costs £1.99 and delivery is free in the UK. Shipping to Europe is £2.50 and the  Rest Of The World £4.50.

Remember, Dave D’Mello says buy no more than 5, and sales from outside the UK do not count towards the charts, so if possible get a friend from the UK (if you have one) to get your copy for you.

To know the cost in your local currency, you can do a currency conversion at XE.com.