Beccy Cole | |
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 Cole at The Abbey, Canberra, in July 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rebecca Diane Thompson |
| Also known as | Beccy Sturtzel, Rebecca Diane Albeck |
| Born | 27 October 1972 Glenelg, South Australia, Australia |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | beccycole |
Beccy Cole OAM (born Rebecca Diane Thompson, 27 October 1972), also known as Beccy Sturtzel, Rebecca Diane Albeck and Bec O'Donovan, is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has released ten studio albums, with six reaching the ARIA Albums Chart top 40, Little Victories (January 2003), Preloved (September 2010), Songs & Pictures (September 2011), Great Women of Country (with Melinda Schneider, November 2014), Sweet Rebecca (April 2015) and The Great Country Songbook Volume 2 (with Adam Harvey, April 2017). Her video album, Just a Girl Singer (August 2004), peaked at No. 6 on the ARIA Top 40 DVD Chart. Cole has received nine Golden Guitar trophies at the CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia. During December 2005 to January 2006 she performed for Australian Defence Force personnel in Iraq. Her related single, "Poster Girl (Wrong Side of the World)" (May 2016), expresses her support for the troops. It won the 2007 Song of the Year at CMAA awards, and its music video was listed at No. 1 on Australia's Country Music Channel. In March 2015 she published her autobiography, Poster Girl.