Caroline Pennell

Caroline Ades Pennell, also known by her stage name Carol Ades, is an American singer and songwriter. She gained recognition as a contestant at the fifth season of the United States version of the reality singing competition The Voice.

Career

On The Voice Pennell was 17 when she auditioned for the fifth season of the American series of The Voice. She turned the chairs of CeeLo Green and Blake Shelton with her blind audition singing Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen." She chose Green to be her coach.

In the "battle rounds", Pennell battled and won against Anthony Paul, singing "As Long As You Love Me" by Justin Bieber. In the "knockout round", she faced George Horga, Jr. She chose to sing Ingrid Michaelson's "The Way I Am," and won once again. In the "Live Rounds", she sang "We're Going to Be Friends" by The White Stripes and won the majority in the public vote. In the Top 10, she sang "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and landed in the bottom three. Before voting in the "Instant Save" system, (Voting to pick one contestant in the bottom three to move forward) Pennell and Tessanne Chin performed Lorde's "Royals". Pennell was predicted to be the underdog in the bottom three, but after her performance, she received 80% of the Twitter votes and moved on to the Top 8. The next week, she sang "Dog Days Are Over" by Florence and The Machine, and again landed in the bottom three. Matthew Schuler was picked on Twitter by the "Instant Save," ending Pennell's time as a contestant.

+Non-competition performances Stage Song Original Artist Date Order Top 12 "Give a Little Bit" (with CeeLo Green, Kat Robichaud, Jonny Gray, Amber Nicole, and Tamara Chauniece) Supertramp November 6, 2013 15.2 Live Top 12 Results "Roam" (with CeeLo Green, Kat Robichaud, and Jonny Gray) The B-52's November 12, 2013 17.2 Live Top 10 Results "Royals" (with Tessanne Chin) Lorde November 19, 2013 19.4 Live Top 8 Performances "Lego House" (with Jacquie Lee, James Wolpert, and Matthew Schuler) Ed Sheeran November 25, 2013 20.3 Finals "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with Jacquie Lee, Cole Vosbury, James Wolpert and Matthew Schuler) Queen December 17, 2013 27.2 Finals "Wagon Wheel" (with Will Champlin, Cole Vosbury, Austin Jenckes and Jonny Gray) Old Crow Medicine Show November 26, 2013 27.6

Nettwerk Music Group Pennell announced that she would join the Nettwerk Music Group. She was featured on the album From Cover to Cover: 30 Years at Nettwerk. Her version of Coldplay's "Yellow" was one of the most downloaded songs from the album.

Other appearances In addition to Coldplay's "Yellow", Pennell has also covered "Come and Get It" from the movie The Magic Christian, a song written by Paul McCartney. Her performance was featured as one of the five songs on Music for Linda, produced by Paul McCartney, sold to raise funds for Women and Cancer Fund.

She was featured on Bassjackers and Lucas and Steve's song "These Heights".

Personal life As of 2022, Pennell resides in Los Angeles. She is queer.

Discography

As Carol Ades

Studio albums TitleDetailsLate Start Released: September 27, 2024 Label: Independent

Extended plays TitleDetailsThrough Released: October 29, 2021 Label: IndependentSadtown USA Released: December 9, 2022 Label: IndependentWorst Person in the World Released: March 6, 2026 Label: Forge Records

Singles

As Caroline Pennell

Extended plays TitleDetailsThe Race Released: January 13, 2013 Label: Independent Formats: Digital downloadDecember Songs Released: November 4, 2016 Label: NettwerkPhases Released: January 12, 2018 Label: NettwerkBlue Released: May 22, 2020 Label: Nettwerk

Singles TitleYearAlbum"Follow the Sun"2016rowspan="3" "Say It in the Silence""Hallelujah""Lovesick"Phases"Drive Me Home"2017"Blue"2018Blue

Songwriting credits