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Birth Name:
Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque
Age:
29, born
20 December 1990
Born and residing in:
United States
Height:
5' 3"
Relationship Status:
Single
Description: Born Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque, she became the youngest solo artist to release a #1 hit with "Leave (Get Out)" when she was thirteen. She sang "Too Little Too Late," which reached Platinum status in 2007. Her debut film appearance was in Aquamarine. She competed on the TV show, America's Most Talented Kids, and performed on Oprah and Maury. Born to parents Joel Levesque and Diana Blagden, her mother was a church soloist and theater performer. She dated soccer player Freddy Adu from May 2005 until September 2006. Height: 5' 3¼" (161 cm); Hair Color: Light brown; Body Type/Build: Avera ... (
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Early life
JoJo was born in
Brattleboro, Vermont, but raised in
Keene, New Hampshire, and
Foxborough, Massachusetts. She has Irish, Polish and French family background. She grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in Foxborough in a low-income family.
[15] Her father, Joel Maurice Levesque (January 8, 1955 – November 14, 2015),
[16] sang as a hobby, and her mother, Diana Levesque (née Blagden) sang in a Catholic church choir and was trained in musical theater.
[15] JoJo's parents divorced when she was four years old, and she was raised as an only child by her mother.
[17] JoJo's stage name comes from a childhood nickname.
[18]
As a child, JoJo listened as her mother practiced hymns. She started singing when she was two years old by imitating everything from nursery rhymes to
R&B,
jazz, and
soul tunes.
[15] As a child, JoJo enjoyed attending Native American festivals and acted locally in professional theaters.
[19]
At age seven, JoJo appeared on the television show
Kids Say the Darndest Things: On the Road in Boston with American comedian and actor
Bill Cosby,
[15][20] and she sang a song from singer
Cher. After auditioning in the television show
Destination Stardom, JoJo sang
Aretha Franklin's 1967 hit "
Respect" and "
Chain of Fools".
[21] Soon after,
The Oprah Winfrey Show contacted her, inviting her to perform.
[21] At age eleven, she performed on
Maury during a "kids-with-talent" episode in 2002.
[22]
Description: Born Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque, she became the youngest solo artist to release a #1 hit with "Leave (Get Out)" when she was thirteen.
She sang "Too Little Too Late," which reached Platinum status in 2007. Her debut film appearance was in Aquamarine.
She competed on the TV show, America's Most Talented Kids, and performed on Oprah and Maury.
Born to parents Joel Levesque and Diana Blagden, her mother was a church soloist and theater performer. She dated soccer player Freddy Adu from May 2005 until September 2006.
Height: 5' 3¼" (161 cm);
Hair Color: Light brown;
Body Type/Build: Average
Joanna Levesque was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, to Diana (Blagden) and Joel Levesque. She has French-Canadian (father) and Polish, English, Irish, and Scottish (mother) ancestry. Her mother, a church soloist and theatre performer, would sing hymns when Joanna was a baby. She grew up being a big fan of Whitney Houston, Etta James, Aretha Franklin and Ella Fitzgerald. A few years later she wanted to show her talent to the world and found an audition for Kids Say the Darndest Things (1998). She appeared at the audition and was allowed into the episode on the spot. Then, at Bill Cosby's request, she performed "Respect" for the audience, and got an amazing response from Cosby. That's when the calls started pouring in. First Oprah Winfrey asked her to appear on her super-popular talk show, followed by the Republican National Convention, the Boston Celtics, and Rosie O'Donnell. However, it was at the 2001 Gospelfest that she brought an entire crowd to its feet. Next she auditioned for America's Most Talented Kid (2003) competition. She didn't win, but she met a man named James Womack, who introduced her to an executive at Da Family Entertainment. She signed with them, and was offered two contracts before finding her match with Blackground Records. Before her single "Leave (get out)" came out she toured with the prince of R'n'B, Mr Usher Raymond himself. Finally her single came out and went directly to the top of the American charts.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: JC
Was offered a record deal at the age of 6, but her mother turned it down because of her age. Later on, she competed on America's Most Talented Kid (2003), but lost to Diana DeGarmo. However, competing on "America's Most Talented Kids" landed her a record deal.
Is the youngest solo artist to have a number 1 song in America.
After her parents divorced when she was 5 years old, she lived with her mother and moved often.
JoJo was born with her mother's last name, but it was later changed to her father's.
She is a huge Red Sox fan.
Was Disney's first choice for the title role in Hannah Montana (2006), but turned it down. Reflecting on the show's success and the star power it gave Miley Cyrus, JoJo claimed to have no regrets.
Her mother earned a living as a cleaning lady and singing for churches.
Her father is of French-Canadian descent. Her mother has English, Irish, Polish, and Scottish ancestry. JoJo has also stated that she has Native American roots.