Joe Cotton
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joanne Monique Cotton |
| Also known as | Joe |
| Born | September 25, 1978 |
| Genres | Pop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Associated acts | True Bliss, The Mermaids Danceband. |
Joanne Monique "Joe" Cotton, born September 25, 1978, is a Canadian-born New Zealand pop singer who gained recognition as one fifth of the girl group TrueBliss, formed in 1999 on Popstars. Cotton has since joined a cover band, The Mermaids Danceband.[1] She also works as a Radio DJ, currently for More FM in Auckland City in New Zealand, and previously for The Edge.
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[edit] Biography
Cotton was born in Vancouver, Canada, the second child of Mary and Peter Cotton.
Both her parents worked as camp leaders for troubled kids, teaching at schools and community centres. They worked as missionaries in Africa for eight years.[2]
Cotton spent the first seven years of her life in Canada, until her family relocated to Wellington, New Zealand in 1985.
She studied music throughout her time at Wellington Girls College leaving at the start of her seventh form year to do a three year Diploma in Rock and Commercial music at Whitireia Community Polytechnic.
Joe enjoyed performing from an early age and during fifth form her school choir attended the Australasian Choral Championships which they were the joint winners of. In late 1998 she auditioned for Popstars - she made the cut and eventually became a member of True Bliss, the first band to be formed out of Popstars.
The five girls went on to cut a #1 single followed by a #1 album, before they (unofficially) parted in late 2000.
Joe worked as an assistant manager at Sounds CD store in Johnsonville, Wellington before appearing on Popstars and has subsequently found work on the C4 television station and in radio, first with The Edge and most recently with More FM.
She also has a career alongside Amber Claire, Pauline Berry, guitarist Martin Winch and Becks Wright as a member of the cover band Mermaids Danceband which she joined in July 2000 after moving from Wellington to Auckland.
She won Pop's Ultimate Star, which aired on TV2 on Sundays at 7pm.[3]
Joe continued to work as a Radio DJ, for the More FM Breakfast show in Auckland, which ended in October, 2011 working on the afternoon show (weekdays 3pm-7pm) and then and The Morning Fix with Jeremy Corbett, Joe Cotton and Peter Dakin (Weekdays 5:30am-10am). Previously she hosted the weekday (10am-2pm) show at The Edge.
She is married to Daniel Shields.[4]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1999: Dream - #1 NZ (TrueBliss)
[edit] Singles
- 1999: “Tonight” - #1 NZ (highest selling single of the year) (True Bliss)
- 1999: “Number One” - #12 NZ (TrueBliss)
- 1999: “Freedom” (TrueBliss)
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Starring roles
- 1999: Popstars as herself
- 2007: Pop's Ultimate Star as herself
[edit] References
- ^ Joe Cotton's bio on the Mermaids Danceband official site
- ^ Joe Cotton's bio from a Truebliss Fansite, circa 1999
- ^ Joe Cotton | POPS ULTIMATE STAR | TV2 | tvnz.co.nz
- ^ Bennett, Cath (27 July 2009). "Joe Cotton's second wedding". stuff.co.nz. http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/2676623/Joe-Cottons-second-wedding. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
