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Birth name: Joanna Noelle Levesque

Date of birth: 20 December 1990

Place of birth: Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA

Nickname: JoJo

Height: 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)

JoJo was born in Vermont and raised in Foxborough, Massachusetts; she is of Native American, Irish, Polish, and French ancestry.
She grew up in an one-bedroom apartment on the outskirts of Boston, in a low-income family; her father, Joel Levesque, is a blues singer and her mother, Diana, sang in a Catholic church choir and worked as a house cleaner.
Likes to wear urban wear clothes such as Abercrombie, Baby Phat, Rocawear, and Ecko Red.
Her parents divorced when she was four, and she has since lived with her mother in New Jersey; her father lives in New Hampshire.
Is French, Irish, American Indian and Polish.
During her early years, JoJo listened and learned as her mother practiced hymns.
Her middle name, “Noëlle”, comes from the French-language word “Noël”, which stands for Christmas, and her surname, “Levesque”, comes from the French-language word “L’Évêque”, which means The Bishop, while her first name, “Joanna”, means Grace of the Lord in Hebrew.
She started singing when she was two years old by imitating her mother, putting her own spin on everything from nursery rhymes to pop tunes.
As a child, JoJo enjoyed attending Native American festivals and acted locally in professional theaters.
JoJo’s live demo, which is only available on eBay, featured covers of several well-known songs, including Mack Rice’s “Mustang Sally”, Etta James’s “It Ain’t Always What You Do (It’s Who You Let See You Do It)”, Aretha Franklin’s “Chain Of Fools” and “See Saw”, Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition”, “This Is The House That Jack Built”, and The Temptations’ “Shakey Ground”.
Has one dog named Sugarpie.
Her second album is said to be coming out in March 2006.
Jojo’s mother earned a living as a cleaning lady and singing for churches.
Wrote three songs on her debut album Jojo.
She recorded a remake of SWV’s #1 hit single, “Weak”, for her debut album.
She is signed to Blackground Records.
She was nominated for “Best New Artist” at the 2004 VMA’s, making her the youngest artist ever nominated at the VMA’s.
She says these are her top 5 fav artist in order starting with #5, Kanye West
, Hilary Duff, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Aaliyah.
Made a duet with Bow Wow in her song “Baby It’s You”.
Her song Leave (Get Out), was featured on the CD NOW That’s What I Call Music 16.
Appeared on “Kids Say the Darndest Things”. She sang Aretha Franklin’s song, “Respect”.
Competed in America’s Most Talented Kids, but lost to Diana DeGarmo. However, competiing in America’s Most Talented Kids landed her a record deal.
She goes on different radio stations nationwide.
Her mother earned a living as a cleaning lady and singing for churches.
She is mentioned in the song Ass Like That by Eminem.
As a child, JoJo enjoyed attending Native American festivals and acted locally in professional theaters.
She’s billed as “Joanna JoJo Levesque” in her film roles, but will still be credited as simply “JoJo” for her music work.
She grew up in a one-bedroom apartment on the outskirts of Boston, in a low-income family.
Jojo appeared in season 4 of Punk’d, but denied broadcasting rights because she did not want her fans to see her swearing.
Is the youngest solo artist to have a number 1 song in America.
She opened her home’s door to MTV Cribs. Her home is not so big but she has her own room and there’s a big frame in the middle of the living room.
She also has her first album in HUGE format.
JoJo, who has been tutored for the past 3 years, has stated that “school is definitely a big part of my life”. She performs well academically, receiving marks in the A’s and B’s
Musically, she is a contralto and a coloratura.
Even though she lost to Cheyenne Kimball, record producer Vincent Herbert contacted her and asked her to audition for Blackground Records; during her audition for Barry Hankerson, Hankerson told her that late singer Aaliyah’s spirit had brought her to him. She was signed to the label, and had recording sessions with famed producers like The Underdogs, Soulshock and Karlin.
After her parents divorced when she was 5 years old, she lived with her mother and moved often.
Is friends with celebrities such as Sara Paxton and Emma Roberts, who were also her co-stars in her upcoming film “Aquamarine”
Jojo’s childhood dance teacher’s name was Debra Leahy.
She donated many items to Rocky Stone to be given to less fortunate kids as part of the Toy Mountain Campaign.
Began singing at age 2.
When growing up she listened to Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and ‘N*sync’ .
Stated her favorite computer game is The Sims.
JoJo’s friends include actresses Sara Paxton and Emma Roberts, whom she befriended on the set of Aquamarine, and actress Alexa Vega.
Girlfriend of professional soccer player, Freddy Adu.
She is currently dating Ghanaian D.C. United soccer star Freddy Adu. JoJo made an appearance in the commentary box at a New England Revolution home game when they were playing D.C. United. Freddy Adu registered an assist in that game.
Her next album, The High Road is scheduled for release on October 17, 2006.
According to rumors JoJo was offered the role of Jeanette Miller in the sequel to the film Alvin and the Chipmunks with Drew Barrymore and Miley Cyrus, but these rumors were refuted in 2009. Actress Christina Applegate got the role instead.
Since 2006 she’s a good friend with actress Emma Roberts, Sara Paxton and Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda Williams. She appeared with her father on the Behind the scene of JoJo’s “Too Little Too Late”.
On February 28, 2007, she was ranked at number ten in the list of Forbes top twenty earners under 25 with an annual earning of $1 million.
JoJo announced on her MySpace blog that she will be attending Northeastern University, but she will not hold her career and decided to continue to focus on her music career.
In August 2009 it was reported that JoJo filed a lawsuit in New York against her record label Da Family Entertainment for putting her in musical limbo. The label won’t let her out of her contract or let her record a new album. She is seeking $500,000 for her troubles and to be released from her contract. JoJo was released from her contract in October 2009 and a deal was reached to make Interscope Records her distributing label.
In August 2009, she confirmed that she is finished with her High School and will focus very hard on her future projects.
In July 2009, JoJo was ranked at number five in the list “Barely Legal: The 10 Hottest ’90s Babies” by Complex.com, after Emma Roberts and Willa Holland.
In late 2009, JoJo appeared in Timbaland’s Shock Value II in a song called “Lose Control” and it’s her first official song on an album after two years.

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