Joanna Levesque JoJo Sexy Celebrity Photos 1

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Joanna Levesque Bio

Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque was born on December 20, 1990. Joanna Levesque professionally known as JoJo, is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter and actress who rose to fame in 2004 with her platinum-certified, self-titled debut album, which peaked at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.

Her second album, The High Road, was released October 17, 2006, reaching number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. JoJo has sold 12 million albums and singles worldwide. She has a film career, starring in two 2006 Hollywood films, Aquamarine and RV. She is working on her third album, All I Want Is Everything, to be released in 2009.

JoJo was born in Brattleboro, Vermont and raised in Keene, New Hampshire and Foxborough, Massachusetts. She has Irish, Polish, French and Native American ancestry. She grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in Foxborough, in a low-income family. Her father sings as a hobby, her mother sang in a Catholic church choir and was trained in musical theater. Her parents divorced when she was three.

During her early years, JoJo listened as her mother practiced hymns. She started singing when she was two years and three months old by imitating, everything from nursery rhymes to R&B, jazz, and soul tunes. On the A&E's show Child Stars III: Teen Rockers, her mother claimed that JoJo had a borderline genius IQ. As a child, JoJo enjoyed attending Native American festivals and acted locally in professional theaters.

After auditioning for the television show Kids Say the Darndest Things: On the Road in Boston, JoJo sang Aretha Franklin's 1967 hit "Respect". Soon after, The Oprah Winfrey Show contacted her, inviting her to perform. She performed on Maury, on one of the frequent "kids-with-talent" episodes, as well as many others. Reminiscing, she has stated that "when it came to performing, I just had no fear".

JoJo's stage name comes from a childhood nickname. After appearing on talk shows and the McDonald's Gospel Fest performing Whitney Houston's "I Believe In You and Me" and competing on the television show, America's Most Talented Kids, record producer Vincent Herbert contacted her and asked her to audition for Blackground Records.

JoJo's live demo, Joanna Levesque, recorded in 2001, features covers of soul and R&B songs, including Wilson Pickett's 1966 "Mustang Sally", Etta James's 1989 "It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)", Aretha Franklin's 1968 "Chain of Fools" and 1969 "The House That Jack Built", The Moonglows' 1956 "See Saw", Stevie Wonder's 1972 "Superstition", and The Temptations' 1975 "Shakey Ground".




















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