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Trivia
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.
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