Jessie J
- March 27, 1988
- Born Jessica Ellen Cornish.
- She began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical Whistle Down the Wind
- She studied at the BRIT School and graduated in the same class as Adele and Leona Lewis.
- She was part of a girl group called, Soul Deep
- She suffered from a stroke at the age of 18.
- Her first single was ‘Do It Like A Dude’ and her first number one was ‘Price Tag’
- While performing at Glastonbury in 2011, she performed on a gilt throne after rupturing tendons in her foot
- She has sold over 11 million singles, and 2.5 million albums.
- She is the first British female artist to have six top-ten singles from a sole studio album
- She is a mentor on the BBC’s The Voice UK. Also The Voice Australiaand The Voice Kids
- She is a supporter of UK children’s charity Believe in Magic, a charity that grants wishes to terminally ill children across the UK
- She performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Concert outside Buckingham Palace in June as well as the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London
- Shehas released five studio albums, one extended play, nineteen singles, twenty-one music videos, and five promotional singles.
- Her hits include: “Nobody’s Perfect”, “Who You Are”, “Domino”, ‘Price Tag’ and “Laserlight”