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Infobox musical artist|image=Jessica Andrews.jpg| name = Jessica Andrews| caption =| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Jessica Danielle Andrews| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1983|12|29| origin = Huntingdon, Tennessee , USA| instrument = singing|Vocals | genre = Country music|Country | occupation = Singer| years_active = 1998present| label = DreamWorks Records|DreamWorks Nashville Carolwood Records|Carolwood | associated_acts = Marcel (singer)|Marcel Bret Michaels | website = Jessica Danielle Andrews (born December 29, 1983 in Huntingdon, Tennessee cite web |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p359529|pure_url=yes |title=Jessica Andrews biography |accessdate=2008-04-13 |last=Phares |first=Heather |work= Allmusic ) is an American country music singer. At age 15 in mid-1999, she made her debut on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts with the single "I Will Be There for You", from her debut album Heart Shaped World (Jessica Andrews album)|Heart Shaped World , released in 1999 on DreamWorks Records Nashville.
Andrews saw her biggest chart success in 2001 with the song " Who I Am (Jessica Andrews song)|Who I Am ", a #1 country hit and the title track to her Who I Am (Jessica Andrews album)|second studio album , which was certified gold in the United States. A third album, Now (Jessica Andrews album)|Now was released in 2003 to lower sales, while a fourth album (tentatively titled ''Ain't That Life'') was never released due to DreamWorks' closure. In late 2008, Andrews signed to Carolwood Records, an imprint of Lyric Street Records , however, she was dropped from the label in 2009 without issuing an album.
Early life
Jessica Andrews was born in Huntingdon, Tennessee to parents Jessie and Vicki Andrews.Price, Deborah Evans (1999-02-06), "Teen Jessica Andrews Greets `World' With DreamWorks Set". Billboard . 111 (6):35 When she was seven, a bone was growing through her spinal cord, a condition that required surgery. She had a 50/50 chance of coming out of it paralyzed. Andrews learned her passion for singing in the fourth grade. Andrews planned on dancing in her school's talent show, but her sister convinced her to sing Dolly Parton 's " I Will Always Love You " instead.TAYLOR, CHUCK (2000-03-11), "Jessica Andrews Continues Unstoppable Country Career With 'Unbreakable Heart'". Billboard . 112 (11):78 At 11, she put her first band together. Meanwhile, after someone sent a song of her singing to producer Byron Gallimore , Andrews signed with DreamWorks Records Nashville and soon began working on her first album. Prior to its release, she began opening for Faith Hill on her Fall 1998 tour, as well as for Tim McGraw (also produced by Gallimore) for his New Year's Eve concert.
Career
Heart Shaped World
At the age of 15, Andrews released her debut album, Heart Shaped World (Jessica Andrews album)|Heart Shaped World . Sensitive to her age, she and Gallimore recorded 50 songs before settling on the twelve that appear on the album. Serving as its debut single was "I Will Be There for You", which reached #28 on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs ) charts in 1999. In March of that year, she also performed the song on an episode of the soap opera Another World (TV series)|Another World ;cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1474829/another-world-for-andrews.jhtml |title= Another World for Jessica Andrews |accessdate=2008-04-13 |date=1999-03-13 |work= Country Music Television|CMT One month later, she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry .cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1475313/andrews-opry-debut.jhtml |title=Andrew's (sic) Opry Debut |accessdate=2008-04-13 |date=1999-04-23 |work=CMT Also in 2000, she toured with Trisha Yearwood.No byline (2000-05-08), "Sweet Sixteen". People . 53 (18):255 Heart Shaped World also produced two more Top 40 country singles in "You Go First (Do You Wanna Kiss)" and "Unbreakable Heart", although the fourth single ("I Do Now") failed to reach Top 40. The album itself peaked at #24 on the Top Country Albums charts. Andrews was also featured on the premiere episode of On the Verge , a television series on Country Music Television|CMT which followed the careers of up-and-coming country artists.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1476339/chick-on-the-verge.jhtml |title=Chick on the Verge |accessdate=2008-04-13 |date=2000-02-03 |work=CMT On May 3, 2000, Andrews was invited to sing "Unbreakable Heart" at the ACM Awards, where she was nominated for Top New Female Vocalist, along with Julie Reeves and Chalee Tennison .
Who I Am
Who I Am (Jessica Andrews album)|Who I Am was the title of Andrews' second album, released in 2001. It was used as the theme songcite web |url= http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/news/articles/2009/interview.asp |title=Exclusive Interview with Sue Thomas creator Dave Johnson |publisher= Parents Television Council |accessdate=2011-03-12 for the police drama Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye where the main character Sue Thomas (agent)|Sue Thomas (played by deaf actress Deanne Bray ) was a deaf FBI officer, landing a position in an FBI Surveillance team thanks to her lip reading talents.cite web |last=Niswander |first=Andree |title=The real 'Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye' to speak in Stow |url= http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/4571152 |work=The-News-Leader.com |publisher=Dix Communications |date=2009-04-22 |accessdate=2011-03-12
Andrews, who was 17 years old when Who I Am was recorded, described the album as a more mature effort than Heart Shaped World , because it focused more on the emotions that come with growing up.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1444466/jessica-andrews-who-she-is.jhtml |title=Jessica Andrews: Who She Is |accessdate=2008-04-13 |last=Gray |first=Michael |date=2001-02-26 |work=CMT Serving as the album's lead-off single, " Who I Am (Jessica Andrews song)|Who I Am " became, to date, Andrews' only Number One (and only Top Ten) hit on the country music charts, in addition to peaking at #28 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. In a 2001 interview, Andrews explained that she recorded the song (which was written by Brett James and Troy Vergescite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1443617/shes-no-1-thats-who-jessica-andrews-is.jhtml |title=She's No. 1 That's Who Jessica Andrews Is |accessdate=2008-04-13 |last=Morris |first=Edward |date=2001-04-20 |work=CMT) because she felt that its lyrics were especially fitting to her own life: "Everything is so true in that song, except that my grandmother's name is not Rosemary. It's about believing in yourself and being supported by those around you. No matter how many mistakes you make, your friends and family will be there for you." Also included on the album was Andrews' first songwriting credit in the track "Good Friend to Me", which she co-wrote with Annie Roboff and Bekka Bramlett .
Andrews spent 2001 on tour with Billy Gilman to help promote her second album and its lead-off single; she would later tour with Tim McGraw as well. The success of "Who I Am" also earned Andrews a Top New Female Vocalist award from the Academy of Country Music , while the album itself received RIAA gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies only four weeks after its release. Its second and third singles, "Helplessly, Hopelessly" and "Karma", peaked at #31 and #47, respectively, on the country charts.
Now and ''Ain't That Life
Now (Jessica Andrews album)|Now was the title of Andrews' third studio album, also released on DreamWorks Nashville. Its lead-off single, "There's More to Me Than You", reached Top 20 on the country singles charts, while the second (and final) single, "Good Time", failed to make Top 40. The album featured more of an emphasis on ballads than her first two albums did.cite web |url= http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1471254/the-two-sides-of-jessica-andrews.jhtml |title=The Two Sides of Jessica Andrews |accessdate=2008-04-13 |last=Shelburne |first=Craig |date=2003-04-13 |work=CMT Also in 2003, she befriended and began dating songwriter Marcel (singer)|Marcel , co-writer of "There's More to Me Than You".
In late 2004, Andrews charted a duet with Bret Michaels of the rock band Poison (band)|Poison , entitled "All I Ever Needed" for his solo album Freedom of Sound . The song was Michaels' only country hit, peaking at #45. Shortly afterward, Andrews began work on her fourth studio album, tentatively titled ''Ain't That Life''. Its lead-off single, "The Marrying Kind", failed to chart, while "Summer Girl", the second single, peaked at #46 in mid-2005. DreamWorks' recording division was dissolved shortly afterward and ''Ain't That Life was not released.
2008-present
Andrews performed a duet with pop artist Richard Marx titled "Wild Horses", which was released on his 2008 album Sundown . In October 2008, Andrews signed with Lyric Street Records 's subsidiary imprint, Carolwood Records. Her first single for the label, "Everything" (which Andrews co-wrote with Marcel), was released on November 23, 2008. The song failed to make the Top 40 of the country charts, reaching #45 in early 2009. Her album was then pushed back to a later 2009 release; but in October of that year, Carolwood Records closed and the album was shelved. Additionally, Andrews was the only artist on Carolwood not to be transferred to its parent label, Lyric Street.
On November 2, 2010, Geffen Records released Andrews' first greatest hits album, Icon , as part of their Icon budget release series.
Personal life
In October 2010, Andrews became engaged to singer-songwriter Marcel (singer)|Marcel . They were married on November 11, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.theboot.com/2010/10/05/jessica-andrews-marcel-wedding/|title=Jessica Andrews and Marcel Set a Wedding Date|last=Stark|first=Phyllis|date=5 October 2010|work=The Boot|accessdate=7 November 2011 http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1676414/top-10-country-newlyweds-of-the-year.jhtml CMT.com article on 2011 country weddings
Discography
Studio albums
Title
Album details
Peak chart positions
Certifications ( List of best selling music artists
Recording Industry Association of America|US : GoldCertification Cite Ref|region=United States|type=album|title=Who I Am|artist=Jessica Andrews
Now
Release date: April 15, 2003
Label: DreamWorks Nashville
Formats: CD
"" denotes releases that did not chart
Compilation albums
Title
Album details
Icon
Release date: November 2, 2010
Label: Geffen Records
Formats: CD, music download
Singles
Year
Single
Peak chart positions
Album
US Country cite web
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US AC cite web
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CAN Country cite web
1999
28
108
43
Heart Shaped World
"You Go First (Do You Wanna Kiss)"
2000
24
110
43
"I Do Now"
Who I Am "
2001
31
*
2002
47
*
2003
17
108
*
Now
"Good Time"
2005
*
''Ain't That Life (unreleased)
"Summer Girl"
2008
45
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Non-album song
"" denotes releases that did not chart * denotes unknown peak positions
Featured singles
Year
Single
Artist
Peak positions
Album
US Country
2004
Bret Michaels
45
Freedom of Sound
Music videos
Year
Video
Director
1999
Brent Hedgecock
"You Go First (Do You Wanna Kiss)"
"Unbreakable Heart"
2000
Jon Ragel
2001
Steven Goldmann
"Karma"
2003
Adolfo Doring
"There's More to Me Than You" (ballad)
"Good Time"
References
Reflist Persondata|NAME=Andrews, Jessica Danielle |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States|American country music singer |DATE OF BIRTH=December 29, 1983 |PLACE OF BIRTH= Huntingdon, Tennessee |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Jessica Category:1983 births Category:American child singers Category:American country singers Category:American female singers Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Tennessee Category:Lyric Street Records artists Category:DreamWorks Records artists
