Claudia Valentina

Claudia Annabelle Cooney (born 6 June 2000), known professionally as Claudia Valentina, is a British singer and songwriter from Guernsey.

Valentina grew up on the island of Guernsey. She became interested in art from an early age and attended various stage schools. She was very interested in singing, dancing and theatre and first took part in Dance World Cup at Disneyland Paris in 2011, where she won gold with her group. Appearances in London's West End followed, including as Judy Hope in the musical Billy Elliot. At the age of 13, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother, where she continued to work as an actress and dancer. She also tried to gain a foothold as a pop singer and worked with songwriters such as Johan Carlsson, Matt Squire and Ross Golan.^[1]

In 2019 Valentina featured on Wiley's My One in the main chorus. Valentina returned to London and worked with producer David Stewart and songwriter Jessica Agombar on her debut EP, which was released in 2020 via Universal Music Group.^[1] Her single "C'est La Vie" was released in 2021.^[2] Also that year, she also co-wrote the song The Motto, performed by DJ Tiësto and singer Ava Max.^[3][4] In 2022, Valentina was featured on the song High by the German rapper Cro.^[5] The song reached number 24 in the Austrian and German charts, as well as number 64 in the Swiss charts.^[6][7][8] She co-wrote and composed Jennie of K-pop girl group Blackpink's dance-pop and Miami bass single "Mantra" which was originally titled "Honda".