Portia Clark is a Zambian born Country soul, pop singer, songwriter, and philanthropist.
Biography
Portia was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1990. Her father was a member of a South Africananti-apartheid movement and was killed under unclear circumstances when she was one years old. She started singing when she was just 8 years of age at Temple of Power Church in Livingston, Zambia and then joined vessels of praise at Capitol Christian Worship Centre in Lusaka at the age of 11. She is a Christian. The music career started way back when she was signing in church. She contributed massively at her small age and developed a good voice. Clark was 'discovered' by her now husband Brendan Clark, the founder of charity Health Hope Zambia, in 2013 and has since migrated to Australia to progress her music career as a Pop and RnB singer. In 2014, she released her debut single "Hope" which she co wrote with Zambian renowned Gospel artist Mutamula Mwale. The song has since been used for several major charitable events and contributed towards millions of dollars of fundraising. "Hope" was performed at one of Americas largest fundraising evenings being the Starkey Hearing Foundation annual Gala in Minneapolis which was held on 26 July 2015 where Portia performed the song with live orchestra led by Paul Petterson in front of two former Presidents being President George Bush and President Bill Clinton and on the same stage where Katy Perry also separately performed at the event. After only launching her career in 2015 she has already been nominated for best Zambian representative at the Born and Bred video awards. Portia and Brendan Clark were married In 2017 at a ceremony officiated by Gene Simmons, the KISS icon. In 2019 Clark is recording her debut album in Nashville Tennessee, which features the founder of Hootie & the Blowish and country music legend Darius Rucker. Portia is currently the Zambian Ambassador for Health Hope Zambia which is an organisation that works to reduce the mortality rate at Zambia's largest malnutrition facility. She is very passionate about her career.
