Carly Rose Sonenclar

{{short description|American singer and actress}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Carly Rose Sonenclar

| image = Carly Rose Sonenclar X Factor 2012 (2).jpg

| caption = Sonenclar at a press conference promoting the second season of The X Factor in 2012.

| alias = Carly Rose

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|20}}

| birth_place = Westchester, New York, U.S.

| instrument = {{flatlist|

  • Vocals
  • piano

}}

| genre = {{flatlist|

}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress

}}

| years_active = 2006–present

| associated_acts =

| website = http://www.carlyrosemusic.com/

| image_size =

}}

Carly Rose Sonenclar (born April 20, 1999),{{cite web|url=http://hollywoodlife.com/celeb/carly-rose-sonenclar/ |title=Carly Rose Sonenclar - Hollywood Life |publisher=hollywoodlife.com |year=2012 |access-date=2012-12-21}} who performs under the name Carly Rose, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. In December 2012, she became the runner-up on the second season of The X Factor USA.

Early and personal life

Sonenclar was born in Westchester, New York and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She began singing at the age of two, reenacting several of the performers on the early years of American Idol. She took numerous singing, dancing, piano and acting classes, and one of her teachers put her in touch with a New York City talent agency, which signed her.{{cite web |url=http://ryerecord.com/features/morsels-on-rye-2-24-12.html |title=Morsels on Rye 2-24-12 | Features |publisher=Ryerecord.com |date=2012-02-24 |access-date=2012-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530183437/http://ryerecord.com/features/morsels-on-rye-2-24-12.html |archive-date=May 30, 2013 |url-status=dead }} She enjoys softball and has an older brother, Russell, who graduated from the University of Delaware in 2015. She takes piano lessons and enjoys composing songs.{{cite web|url=http://www.masterworksbroadway.com/artist/carly-rose-sonenclar |title=Carly Rose Sonenclar | The Official Masterworks Broadway Site |publisher=Masterworksbroadway.com |access-date=2012-09-29}}

Sonenclar graduated from Rye Neck High School in 2017. In the spring of 2021, she graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in music.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Sonenclar is Jewish.[http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/94272/teenage-jewish-singer-makes-x-factor-finals "Teenage Jewish singer makes the X-Factor finals." The Jewish Chronicle.] December 14, 2012. Accessed November 2015.

Acting career

Sonenclar began her professional career in 2006 in a stage adaptation of The Night of the Hunter, at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, in which she played the lead role of Pearl. In that same year, she made her Broadway debut in Les Miserables as Young Cosette. In 2009, she appeared in the national tour of Little House on the Prairie, the Musical, starring Melissa Gilbert, originating the principal role of Carrie. Sonenclar made her television debut as Gilda Flip on PBS,{{cite web |url=http://mamaroneck.dailyvoice.com/news/mamaroneck-teen-carly-sonenclar-wows-x-factor |title=Mamaroneck Teen Carly Sonenclar Wows 'X Factor |access-date=2012-09-15 |date=2012-09-15 |first=Lindita |last=Lika |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919061216/http://mamaroneck.dailyvoice.com/news/mamaroneck-teen-carly-sonenclar-wows-x-factor |archive-date=2012-09-19 }} the newest Prankster in season three of The Electric Company, produced by Sesame Workshop.

In 2011, Sonenclar originated the role of Chloe (Alice's daughter) in the short-lived musical Wonderland on Broadway and the earlier Tampa workshop. In this role, she garnered good reviews,{{cite web | url=http://www.curtainup.com/wonderland11.html | title=Wonderland, A CurtainUp Review' | access-date=2012-09-15 | date=2011-04-17 | first=Simon | last=Saltzman}} including one by The New York Times theater critic Charles Isherwood, who described Sonenclar as a good actress and an "almost preternaturally skilled singer"{{cite news | url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/theater/reviews/wonderland-gregory-boyd-frank-wildhorn-review.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1347841840-8N7B5rhmDyB/cemNK7A/UA | title=There's No Place Like Queens' | access-date=2012-09-15 | date=2011-04-17 | first=Charles | last=Isherwood | work=The New York Times}} and she drew comparisons with Sutton Foster.{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-18/catchy-wonderland-has-decapitating-queen-warbling-caterpillar-review.html | title=Catchy Wonderland Has Decapitating Queen, Warbling Caterpillar' | access-date=2012-09-15 | date=2011-04-17 | first=Philip | last=Boroff | work=Bloomberg}} She is a featured soloist on the cast CD produced by Sony Masterworks and was named the 2011 Best Young Performer by broadwayworld.com. Sonenclar originated the lead role of Parsley in The Big Bank, a musical debuted at the New York Musical Theater Festival in October 2011.{{cite web |url=http://thebigbank.net/ |title=Latest News – Parsley Infiltrates X-Factor posing as Carly Rose Sonenclar |publisher=The Big Bank |access-date=2012-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720133220/http://thebigbank.net/ |archive-date=July 20, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

Sonenclar has appeared in two feature movies, The Nanny Diaries playing as the "child of nanny"{{cite web|url=http://carlysonenclar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CarlyRoseSonenclarthea8-29-12-2.pdf |title=Resume - Carly Rose Music' |date=2013 |first=Carly Rose |last=Sonenclar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209130808/http://carlysonenclar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/CarlyRoseSonenclarthea8-29-12-2.pdf |archive-date=February 9, 2014 }} and a small role in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. She has made numerous TV guest appearances.{{cite web|url = https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/meet-electric-young-talent-carly-rose-sonenclar-tv-broadway-11-entertainment-12984155|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20151118060405/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/meet-electric-young-talent-carly-rose-sonenclar-tv-broadway-11-entertainment-12984155|archivedate = November 18, 2015|title = Meet an 'Electric' Young Talent|date = February 23, 2011|work = ABC News|access-date = June 27, 2020|url-status = live}}{{cite web | url=http://broadwayworld.com/article/WONDERLANDs-Carly-Rose-Sonenclar-to-Appear-on-WPIXTV-Morning-News-223-20110222 | title=Read more about WONDERLAND's Carly Rose Sonenclar to Appear on WPIX-TV Morning News, 2/23 by broadwayworld.com | date=2011-02-22 | website=Broadway World}}

Singing career

=2012: ''The X Factor''=

In 2012, Sonenclar auditioned for the second season of The X Factor USA with the song "Feeling Good" by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse (famously covered by Nina Simone among others). Sonenclar received a standing ovation from all four judges (L.A. Reid commented "You may be 13, but your soul is old!"; Simon Cowell awarded her "4,833 yeses"), and she advanced to the next round.{{cite web|url=http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/18040/exclusive-get-to-know-the-x-factors-13-year-old-carly-rose-sonenclar/ |title=Exclusive: Get to Know The X Factor's 13-Year Old, Carly Rose Sonenclar |access-date=July 9, 2013 |date=October 9, 2012 |first=Ashley |last=Baylen |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006075108/http://www.shalomlife.com/culture/18040/exclusive-get-to-know-the-x-factors-13-year-old-carly-rose-sonenclar/ |archive-date=October 6, 2013 }} After her successful initial audition, she advanced through the first day of the "Bootcamp," stage of The X Factor where she sang "Pumped Up Kicks" with Beatrice Miller. Of the 120 contestants who auditioned at bootcamp that day, she was among the sixty acts asked to continue on.{{cite web |url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-x-factor/the-x-factor-recap-boot-camp-i-47777.aspx |title='The X Factor' Recap: Boot Camp in a Nutshell |publisher=Buddytv.com |access-date=2012-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005081916/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-x-factor/the-x-factor-recap-boot-camp-i-47777.aspx |archive-date=October 5, 2012 |url-status=dead }} At the end of bootcamp, she was chosen to be one of the six contestants in the "Teens" category who were invited to perform at the "Judges' Houses" stage of the competition. She performed the song "Brokenhearted" for the "Teens" category mentor, Britney Spears, and Spears' guest judge will.i.am. Both Spears and will.i.am responded positively to her performance; will.i.am remarked appreciatively that she was "possessed." Sonenclar next advanced into the live shows, where she performed "Good Feeling" in the first week, then in the second week, where she performed "It Will Rain". When Sonenclar reached the third week, she performed "My Heart Will Go On", where she finished second in the public vote, behind only Tate Stevens,{{cite web|url=http://www.rickey.org/the-x-factor-2012-top-16-revealed/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415170718/http://www.rickey.org/the-x-factor-2012-top-16-revealed/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-15 |title=The X Factor 2012 - Top 12 Revealed - Video |publisher=Rickey.org |date=2012-10-17 |access-date=2012-10-21 }} a distinction she achieved again after advancing to the fourth week.

On November 21, she performed the song "Over the Rainbow", which she received a standing ovation from all four judges, sending her into the fifth week. In addition, she also won the public vote overtaking Stevens.{{cite web|url=http://www.rickey.org/the-x-factor-top-10-results-live-blog-11222012/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415194632/http://www.rickey.org/the-x-factor-top-10-results-live-blog-11222012/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-15 |title=The X Factor - Top 10 Results - Live Blog - 11/22/2012 |publisher=Rickey.org |access-date=2012-11-29 }} On November 28, she performed "Rolling in the Deep", sending her into the quarter-final, and was revealed to have again won the public vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.rickey.org/the-x-factor-top-8-results-live-blog-11292012/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416014936/http://www.rickey.org/the-x-factor-top-8-results-live-blog-11292012/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-16 |title=The X Factor - Top 8 Results - Live Blog - 11/29/2012 |publisher=Rickey.org |date=2012-11-29 |access-date=2012-12-19 }} She later advanced to the final, in which she performed "Feeling Good" (again), "How Do I Live" (with LeAnn Rimes), and "Hallelujah".{{cite news|last=Hughes|first=Jason|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/the-x-factor-carly-rose-sonenclar-hallelujah-video_n_2335741.html|title='The X Factor' Performance Finale: Carly Rose Sonenclar Brings The House Down With 'Hallelujah' (VIDEO)|work=The Huffington Post|date=2012-12-20|access-date=2012-12-21}} On December 20, 2012, she had finished the competition in second place behind Tate Stevens.

==Performances on ''The X Factor''==

Sonenclar performed the following songs on The X Factor:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" |Show

! scope="col" |Theme

! scope="col" |Song

! scope="col" |Original artist

! scope="col" |Order

! scope="col" |Result

scope="row" |Audition

|Free choice

|"Feeling Good"

|Nina Simone

| rowspan="5" {{n/a}}

|Advanced

scope="row" |Bootcamp 1

|Solo performance

|"Runaway Baby"

|Bruno Mars

|Advanced

scope="row" |Bootcamp 2

|Group performance

|colspan="2"|Not aired

|Advanced

scope="row" |Bootcamp 3

|Duet performance

|"Pumped Up Kicks" (with Beatrice Miller)

|Foster the People

|Advanced

scope="row" |Judges' houses

|Free choice

|"Brokenhearted"

|Karmin

|Advanced

scope="row" | Week 1

|Made in America

|"Something's Got a Hold on Me" / "Good Feeling"

|Etta James / Flo Rida

|15

|Advanced

scope="row" | Week 2

|Songs from movies

|"It Will Rain"

|Bruno Mars

|11

|2nd

scope="row" | Week 3

|Divas

|"My Heart Will Go On"

|Celine Dion

|9

|2nd

style="background:lightgreen;"

! scope="row" | Week 4

|Giving Thanks

|"Over the Rainbow"

|Judy Garland

|10

|1st

style="background:lightgreen;"

! scope="row" | Week 5

|Number-ones

|"Rolling in the Deep"

|Adele

|5

|1st

scope="row" rowspan=2| Quarter-Final

| Unplugged songs

|"As Long as You Love Me"

|Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean

|3

| rowspan=2|2nd

Pepsi Challenge songs

|"If I Were a Boy"

|Beyoncé

|9

style="background:lightgreen;"

! scope="row" rowspan=2| Semi-Final

| Contestant's choice

| "Your Song"

| Elton John

| 2

| rowspan="2" |Safe (1st)

style="background:lightgreen;"

| No theme

| "Imagine"

| John Lennon

| 6

scope="row" rowspan=4| Final

| Favorite performance

| "Feeling Good"

| Cy Grant

| 1

| rowspan=4|Runner-up

Celebrity duets

| "How Do I Live" (with LeAnn Rimes)

| LeAnn Rimes

| 4

Winner's song

| "Hallelujah"

| Leonard Cohen

| 7

Christmas songs

| "All I Want for Christmas Is You"

| Mariah Carey

| 3

=2013–present: Unreleased music and independent releases=

Sonenclar stated in 2013 that Syco Music has a recording option on her, and that they were "trying to find the right record label" for her.{{cite web |author=Monday March 4, 2013 4:45 PM By Kirthana Ramisetti |url=http://newyork.newsday.com/entertainment/things-to-do/hudson-buzz-1.3774483/carly-rose-sonenclar-s-recording-option-picked-up-by-syco-music-1.4748858 |title=Carly Rose Sonenclar's recording option picked up by Syco Music |publisher=Newyork.newsday.com |date=2013-03-04 |access-date=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309230816/http://newyork.newsday.com/entertainment/things-to-do/hudson-buzz-1.3774483/carly-rose-sonenclar-s-recording-option-picked-up-by-syco-music-1.4748858 |archive-date=March 9, 2013 |url-status=dead }} Despite her opting to attend and graduate middle school, high school, and college in the coming years, in June 2013, she performed her debut original song "Unforgettable", as well as another song called "Fighters". The following month, she performed at the opening ceremony of the 19th Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.{{cite news|title=19th Maccabiah Games kick off in Jerusalem|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/sports/maccabiah-2013/.premium-1.536612|access-date=19 February 2014|newspaper=Haaretz|date=July 18, 2013|author=Haaretz Staff}}; {{cite news|last=Sinai|first=Allon|title=The opening ceremony of 19th Maccabiah Games 2013|url=http://www.jpost.com/Sports/WATCH-LIVE-The-opening-ceremony-of-19th-Maccabiah-Games-2013-320291|access-date=19 February 2014|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=July 18, 2013}}; and {{cite news|title=Maccabiah Games open with record number of athletes|url=http://www.jta.org/2013/07/18/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/aly-raisman-lights-maccabiah-flame-at-opening-ceremonies|access-date=19 February 2014|newspaper=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=July 18, 2013}} In August 2013, she performed in New York City at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square as part of the Stand Up for a Cure 2013 Concert Series.{{cite web|title=Photos: Carly Rose Sonenclar shines at solo concert in Times Square|url=http://entertainment.lohudblogs.com/2013/08/12/photos-carly-rose-sonenclar-performs-solo-concert-in-times-square/|website=Suburbarazzi|publisher=The Journal News|access-date=7 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202122048/http://entertainment.lohudblogs.com/2013/08/12/photos-carly-rose-sonenclar-performs-solo-concert-in-times-square/|archive-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}

Sonenclar appeared in an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, "Dissonant Voices", which aired in November 2013, during the show's fifteenth season.Schillaci, Sophie. [http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5747974/carly-rose-sonenclar-runner-up-on-x-factor-to-appear-on-law-order "Carly Rose Sonenclar, Runner-Up on X Factor, to Appear on Law & Order: SVU"], Billboard.com, October 4, 2013 Sonenclar has performed on several occasions with Boyce Avenue. In 2014, she continued to attend public high schoolLongeretta, Emily. [http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/05/04/carly-rose-sonenclar-boyce-avenue-say-something-cover-video/ "Carly Rose Sonenclar Debuts ‘Say Something’ Cover With Boyce Avenue"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416022355/http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/05/04/carly-rose-sonenclar-boyce-avenue-say-something-cover-video/ |date=April 16, 2015 }}, Hollywood Life, May 4, 2014, accessed May 31, 2015[http://emptylighthouse.com/carly-rose-sonenclar-interview-talks-album-charity-work-and-her-musical-love-sam-smith-958969323 "Carly Rose Sonenclar Interview: Talks Album, Charity Work, And Her Musical Love For Sam Smith"], Empty Lighthouse magazine, November 23, 2014 and released an original music video, "Everybody's Watching".Wagmeister, Elizabeth. [http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/11/05/carly-rose-sonenclar-watch-everybodys-watching-music-video/ "Carly Rose Sonenclar Stuns In Her Funkiest Music Video Ever"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516074736/http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/11/05/carly-rose-sonenclar-watch-everybodys-watching-music-video/ |date=May 16, 2015 }}, Hollywood Life, November 5, 2014 She gave a concert at Provident Bank Park in Pomona, New York, in July 2014, where she performed three original songs, “Aliens”, “Weekend” and “Everybody’s Watching”.{{cite web|title=Carly Rose Sonenclar to Debut New Music LIVE on Stageit.com, 8/3|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Carly-Rose-Sonenclar-to-Debut-New-Music-LIVE-on-Stageitcom-83-20140717|website=Broadway World|publisher=Wisdom Digital Media|access-date=7 June 2015}} On May 29, 2014, Sonenclar was ranked fifth by Fox Weekly on their list of Most Influential X Factor USA Contestants for her audition performance of "Feeling Good".{{cite news |last=Rashty |first=Sandy |title=10 Most Influential X Factor USA Contestants of All-Time |url=http://foxweekly.com/2014/05/20/music/5-carly-rose-sonenclar-most-influential-x-factor-usa.html |access-date=20 May 2014 |newspaper=FoxWeekly |date=May 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522020144/http://foxweekly.com/2014/05/20/music/5-carly-rose-sonenclar-most-influential-x-factor-usa.html |archive-date=22 May 2014 }}

On June 19, 2019, Sonenclar released her debut single, "Birds & Bees". Since then, she has released numerous singles and a 7 songs EP, "Wild". She collaborated with singer Goody Grace for her first ever music video 'Wild'. In 2022, she has also rerecorded her cover of Karmin's Brokenhearted which she had performed ten years earlier at the Judges' Houses at The X Factor.

Discography

= Extended plays =

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! scope="col" style="width:10em;"| Title

! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Details

scope="row" | Wild

|

=Singles=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of singles

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Year

scope="row"| "Birds & Bees"{{cite web|url=https://stem.ffm.to/birdsandbees|title=Carly Rose – Birds & Bees|website=stem.ffm.to|access-date=June 12, 2019}}

|rowspan="3"| 2019

scope="row"| "Getaway Car"
scope="row"| "Warned You"
scope="row"| "Twentyone"

|rowspan="4"| 2020

scope="row"| "Song of the Summer"
scope="row"| "Wild"
scope="row"| "Change My Mind"
scope="row"| "First"

|rowspan="2"| 2021

scope="row"| "Highest Love"
scope="row"| "Suburbia"

|rowspan="4"| 2022

scope="row"| "Afterglow"
scope="row"| "Sugar Highs"
scope="row"| "I'll Save a Place"
"Brokenhearted"

|

"The Night When You Told Me Your Name"

|2024

=Other appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ List of other album appearances

! scope="col"| Title

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Other artist(s)

! scope="col"| Album

scope="row"| "Home"

| rowspan="3" | 2011

| {{N/A|None}}

| rowspan="3" | Wonderland

scope="row" | "Heroes"

| Edward Staudenmayer, Jose Llana, E. Clayton Cornelious, Janet Dacal, Wonderland Ensemble

scope="row" | "Together"

| Darren Ritchie, E. Clayton Cornelious, Jose Llana, Edward Staudenmayer, Janet Dacal

scope="row"| "Counting Stars/The Monster"

| rowspan="3" | 2015

| rowspan="2" | Boyce Avenue

| rowspan="2" | Covers Collaborations, Vol. 3

scope="row" | "Say Something"
scope="row" | "Runaway"

| Timeflies

| Just For Fun

scope="row"| "Take Me Slow"

| 2016

| {{N/A|None}}

| Honey 3: Dare to Dance

References

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