JoJo

Her father, Joel Maurice Levesque (January 8, 1955–November 14, 2015), sang as a hobby, and her mother, Diana Levesque (née Blagden) sang in a Catholic church choir and was trained in musical theater.

JoJo's parents divorced when she was four years old, and she was raised as an only child by her mother.

The name JoJo was a childhood nickname.

As a child, JoJo listened as her mother practiced hymns.

She started singing when she was two years old by imitating everything from nursery rhymes to R&B, jazz, and soul tunes.

As a child, JoJo enjoyed attending Native American festivals and acted locally in professional theaters.

Joanna Noëlle Levesque (born December 20, 1990), known professionally as JoJo, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

She began performing in singing competitions and local talent shows as a child.

Joanna Noëlle Levesque was born on December 20, 1990, in Brattleboro, Vermont, but raised in Keene, New Hampshire, and Foxborough, Massachusetts.

She is of Polish, French, Irish, and Native American descent.

In 1998, JoJo appeared on the television show Kids Say the Darndest Things: On the Road in Boston with American comedian and actor Bill Cosby, and she sang a song by singer Cher.

In 1999, she auditioned on the television show Destination Stardom, singing Aretha Franklin's 1967 hit "Respect" and "Chain of Fools".

In 2001, JoJo recorded a demo disc titled Joanna Levesque which features covers of soul and R&B songs.

The following year, she performed on Maury during a "kids-with-talent" episode.

She has also had guest appearances on the television shows The Bernie Mac Show (2002), American Dreams (2004), Romeo! (2006), Hawaii Five-0 (2011) and Lethal Weapon (2017).

In 2003, record producer Vincent Herbert noticed her after she competed on the television show America's Most Talented Kids and asked her to audition for his record label Blackground Records.

In mid-2003, JoJo competed on the television show America's Most Talented Kid (losing to Diana DeGarmo).

Record producer Vincent Herbert contacted her and asked her to audition for Blackground Records.

In 2003, at age 12, JoJo signed with Blackground Records and its imprint Da Family Entertainment and began working with producers for her first album.

After signing with the label, JoJo released her eponymous debut studio album in 2004.

It peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling over four million copies worldwide to date.

With her debut single "Leave (Get Out)" peaking atop the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart, JoJo became the youngest solo artist in history to top the chart at age 13.

The song peaked at 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA along with its follow-up single "Baby It's You".

JoJo's gold-certified debut single "Leave (Get Out)" was released in 2004.

Following the single's release, JoJo embarked on her first tour, the Cingular Buddy Bash with pop rock singer Fefe Dobson, hip hop duo Young Gunz, rap rock band Zebrahead, and teen pop stars Ryan Cabrera and Busted.

It stopped at nine malls, starting at Atlanta's Northlake Mall and ending at South Shore Plaza near her hometown of Foxborough.

When the single reached number one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, she became, at age thirteen, the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in the United States.

The first single was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards, which made JoJo the youngest MTV Video Music Award nominee.

Her second studio album The High Road (2006) spawned her first top-five Hot 100 hit "Too Little Too Late".

The album was later certified gold, selling over three million copies worldwide to date.

In 2006, she made her on-screen feature film debut in Aquamarine and later starred in R.V..

By 2007, JoJo had sold more than seven million records worldwide, including 2.1 million albums in the United States.

Other films JoJo has appeared in include the Lifetime Television film True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet (2008) and G.B.F. (2013).

She made her Broadway debut in 2023 playing "Satine" in Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

Record label disputes delayed JoJo from commercially releasing her third studio album; she released two mixtapes independently, Can't Take That Away from Me (2010) and Agápē (2012).

After her contractual release, JoJo signed with Atlantic Records in 2014 and released her first commercial EP III (2015), followed by her third studio album Mad Love (2016), which became her third top-ten album in the US.

She left Atlantic in 2017 and founded her record label Clover Music through a joint venture with Warner Records, where she re-recorded and re-released her debut and second albums as the label's first project in 2018.

JoJo's fourth studio album Good to Know was released in May 2020, preceded by its first single, "Man".

In October, she released her first Christmas album called December Baby.

In addition to her music career, JoJo has also pursued an acting career.