Samantha Jade

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Samantha Jade
Born 18 April 1987 (1987-04-18) (age 22)
Origin Perth, Australia
Genres Pop, contemporary R&B
Occupations Singer-songwriter, model, actress
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2006–present
Labels Jive Records (2005-2008) Affinity West Records (2009-Present)

Samantha Gibbs, better known as Samantha Jade, is a singer-songwriter, former child model, and budding actress from Perth, Western Australia. She has written songs for artists such as Ashley Tisdale and JoJo. Jade released two singles under Jive Records but a scheduled album was not released.

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[edit] Early life

Jade began modeling at age four. When she was nine, she won a talent show after singing "Amazing Grace".[1] Jade retired from modelling.[1] She attended Hampton Senior High School and in 2003 moved to Los Angeles with her parents and two younger brothers(Thomas And Alex.TJ&AJ), in order to pursue a singing career.[2] That year, a song she co-wrote, "Secret Love," was recorded by JoJo for the 2004 Shark Tale soundtrack.

[edit] Current career

Jade performed the title track to the 2006 film Step Up; the song appeared on the Billboard Pop 100 chart for one week, charting at number 92.[3] A second single, "Turn Around", was released in 2007 but failed to chart. Jade co-wrote one song on Ashley Tisdale's 2007 album, Headstrong,[4] and sang backup vocals. Her debut album, My Name Is Samantha Jade, was originally planned for release in 2006,[1] but was not released.

In 2007 she was featured on the track with (André titled Come Back.

Jade will make her film debut in the Eye of the Dolphin sequel,[5] Beneath the Blue, which is tentatively scheduled for release in 2009.[6] The music video for Jade's latest single, Secret, was posted on YouTube on July 22, 2009 and was directed by Valerie Babayan.[7] In 2009 she recorded a track with David Guetta and Laidback Luke for David Guetta's fourth studio album One Love released August 21, 2009. The track did not make the cut thought can be featured as a Bonus Track on certain releases.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • TBA: Debut Samantha Jade Album

[edit] Singles

  • 2006: "Step Up"
  • 2007: "Turn Around"
  • 2009: "Secret"

[edit] Compilation appearances

[edit] Featured songs

[edit] Leaked songs

  • Boyfriend (2007)
  • If I Left Him (2007)
  • Workin' Overtime (2007)
  • All In Your Head (2008)
  • Can't Let You Go (2007)
  • What I Got (2007)
  • Girl Thing (2007)
  • Chemistry (2007)
  • Why Can't We Be Friends (2007)

[edit] Written tracks

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Samantha Jade biography at Allmusic.
  2. ^ "Introducing ... Samantha Jade", Jonathon Moran, The Daily Telegraph, August 5, 2007.
  3. ^ "Step Up" (Pop 100 chart), Billboard, September 2, 2006.
  4. ^ "Positivity" in the ASCAP database
  5. ^ "On the Set of 'Way of the Dolphin'", Craig Woods and Robbin Whachell, The Bahamas Weekly, July 30, 2008.
  6. ^ Way of the Dolphin at Internet Movie Database
  7. ^ Samantha Jade- Secret

[edit] External links

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