Jessica Ellen Cornish (born 27 March 1988),
known professionally as Jessie J, is an English singer. Born and raised in London, 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
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before signing with
Gut Records
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Formed in 1991, Gut was founded by Guy Holmes, who had been Head of Promotions at Island Records. The first single released on the label, Right Said ...
and striking a songwriting deal with
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
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.
After signing with
Republic Records
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, Jessie J came to prominence following the release of her debut single, "
Do It Like a Dude". Her following single, "
Price Tag
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", topped the charts in nineteen countries including the UK and was followed by the release of her debut album, ''
Who You Are'' (2011), which peaked at number two in the UK. Other singles from the album included "
Nobody's Perfect", "
Who You Are", "
Domino
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" and "
Laserlight
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platinum edition of Jessie J's debut studio album, '' Who You Are''. The artists co-wrote the song with The Invisible Men, Giorgio ...
", all of which peaked within the top ten on the
UK Singles Chart
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, making Jessie J the first British female artist to have six top-ten singles from a sole studio album.
"Domino" also attained further international success, peaking at number six on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 and becoming her second number-one single in the UK. In 2012, Jessie J performed at the Queen's
Diamond Jubilee Concert
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outside Buckingham Palace in June, as well as the
closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games in London on 12 August.
Her second album, ''
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'' (2013), peaked within the top five on the
UK Albums Chart
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and also included the top-five singles "
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" and "
It's My Party". The release of her third album, ''
Sweet Talker'' (2014), was preceded by the single "
Bang Bang" which debuted at number one in the UK and went multi-platinum worldwide. The album made the top five in the UK and peaked at number ten on the US
''Billboard'' 200, her highest-charting album in the US. , Jessie J had sold over 20 million singles and 3 million albums worldwide.
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Citing various influences, Jessie J is recognised for an unconventional musical and performance style that mixes
soul
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vocals with
contemporary R&B
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, pop,
electropop, and
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s. She has received
various accolades throughout her career, including the
2011 Critics' Choice Brit Award and the
BBC's Sound of 2011. Jessie J has supported various charitable causes, and has appeared on the UK charity telethons
BBC Children in Need and
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. She has served as a coach on the competition series ''
The Voice UK
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'', ''
The Voice Australia
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'' and ''
The Voice Kids UK
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''. In 2018, Jessie J received widespread recognition in China following her appearance in the
Hunan TV
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reality program ''
Singer
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'' (previously called ''I Am a Singer'').
Early life
Jessica Ellen Cornish was born on 27 March 1988 in
Chadwell Heath
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in
The London Borough of Redbridge, London,
to Rose () and Stephen Cornish. She was educated at
Mayfield High School in LB Redbridge. This area was part of
Essex
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until 1965 and Jessie J refers to herself as an
Essex girl
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. She attended Colin's Performing Arts School and as an 11-year-old she was cast in
Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End production of ''
Whistle Down the Wind''.
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and appeared in their 2002 production of ''The Late Sleepers''.
s at school. Unlike her academic sisters, Cornish has stated she was "never really that good at anything". She said, "At school they were like 'oh, you're a Cornish girl' and they kind of expected me to be the same as my sisters. Give me something to draw or an outfit to pick for someone, or hair, make-up, acting, write a song, I'm fine with it, but anything to do with sums – it was never my thing." She also said she never based her intelligence on her exam results.
She also said she was always good at singing and it was her "thing". In 2003, at age 15, she won ''Best Pop Singer'' in the TV show ''Britain's Brilliant Prodigies'', performing as Jessica Cornish.
and at 17 she joined a girl group named Soul Deep.