Jump5 was an American Christian teen pop group active from 1999 until 2007. The group was made up of five members from Nashville: Brandon and Brittany Hargest, Chris Fedun, Lesley Moore and Libby Hodges. After Libby Hodges left in 2004, Natasha Noack joined the group on a temporary basis, but the group eventually set on with the four remaining members. In December 2007, the group separated. The group released five traditional studio albums together with two Christmas albums. Five of reached the top 20 of the ''

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'' Top Christian Albums chart.

History

Jump5 released their self-titled debut album on August 14, 2001. The album was re-released twice, first with an additional bonus track, then with a cover of Lee Greenwood's "

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" after the

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. Over the following two years they released three more albums: '' All the Time in the World'', a Christmas album, ''

All the Joy in the World ''All the Joy in the World'' is Jump5's first Christmas album, released on October 22, 2002. Their covers of "Joy to the World", "A Strange Way to Save the World" and "Sleigh Ride" were released to Christian contemporary hit radio (CHR) and adult ...

'', and '' Accelerate''. They opened one show for Aaron Carter in 2002. In January 2004, Hodges decided to leave the group as she wanted to "take a deep breath and see what exactly God wants me to do at this point in my life". In April, the group released the remix album ''

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''. Natasha Noack joined the group and took part in recording a cover of

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's " Freeze Frame" for the '' Sleepover'' soundtrack. Noack left the group in June 2004. On September 21, 2004, the group released ''

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'', their first release as a

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. In 2005 they recorded ''Radio The World'' but it was never released. Instead, on March 15, 2005, a greatest hits album, ''

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'', was released. The group subsequently parted ways with Sparrow Records and released their next album, ''

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'' on November 22, 2005, independently, under Nevaeh Records. The song "Both to Blame" was released for online streaming on November 30, 2006. On October 9, 2007, Jump5 released their final studio album, ''

Hello & Goodbye ''Hello & Goodbye'' is the seventh and final studio album by the Christian pop group Jump5. The album includes a cover of the Beatles' song "Hello, Goodbye" which former Jump5 member Libby Hodges performs guest vocals on, a cover of the Christia ...

'', through

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. It included the titular song, "Hello, Goodbye", which was recorded with former Jump5 member Libby Hodges. Jump5 also embarked on a final tour for the album. ''Christmas Like This'' was digitally released on November 20, 2007, and featured 10 of the 11 songs from ''Rock This Christmas'' (8 songs are remixed or re-recorded, 2 songs are kept in the original release version). Jump5 officially disbanded on December 16, 2007.

Discography

* ''

Jump5 Jump5 was an American Christian teen pop group active from 1999 until 2007. The group was made up of five members from Nashville: Brandon and Brittany Hargest, Chris Fedun, Lesley Moore and Libby Hodges. After Libby Hodges left in 2004, Natash ...

'' (2001) * '' All the Time in the World'' (2002) * ''

'' (2002) * '' Accelerate'' (2003) * ''

'' (2004) * ''Rock This Christmas'' (2005) * ''

'' (2007)

References

External links

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