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About|the actress-singer|the R& B and soul duo of the same name|K-Ci & JoJoUse mdy dates|date=October 2011pp-semi-blp|small=yespp-move-indefInfobox musical artist| name = JoJo| image = Joanna Levesque on Tour.jpg| caption = JoJo performing in 2011| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1990|12|20 Brattleboro, Vermont , Nowrap|United States| origin = Boston, Massachusetts, Nowrap|United States| genre = Pop music|Pop , contemporary R& B|R& B | occupation = Singer-songwriter, actress| instrument = Vocals| years_active = 1998–present| label = Da Family, Blackground Records|Blackground , Interscope Records|Interscope , Streamline| website = URL|jojoonline.com Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque (born December 20, 1990), professionally known as JoJo , is an American Pop music|pop / Contemporary R& B|R& B singer-songwriter and actress. After competing on the television show, '' America's Most Talented Kids , she was noticed by record producer Vincent Herbert who asked her to audition for Blackground Records .
JoJo's JoJo (album)|self-titled debut album was released in June 2004 and has sold over 3 million copies worldwide.cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1000556892 |title=Jadakiss Cruises To No. 1 Debut |accessdate=2008-12-30 |last=Whitmire |first=Margo |date=June 30, 2004 |work=Billboard The first single from the album, " Leave (Get Out) ", was released in February 2004. It peaked at No.& nbsp;12 on the Billboard Hot 100 , http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp? cfi=379& cfgn=Singles& cfn=The+Billboard+Hot+100& ci=3054747& cdi=8186001& cid=07%2F31%2F2004dead link|date=January 2011 and was certified gold by the RIAA .cite web|url= http://riaa.org/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=Gold & Platinum – January 01, 2011 |publisher=RIAA |accessdate=October 17, 2011 JoJo's second album, The High Road , was released in October 2006, and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003314423 |title=Diddy Scores First No. 1 Album In Nine Years |accessdate=2008-12-30 |last=Hasty |first=Katie |date=October 25, 2006 |work=Billboard The album's lead single, " Too Little Too Late ", was released in August 2006 and reached number three on Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/ask_bb/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003556553 AskBillboard March 9, 2007dead link|date=January 2011 Her first mixtape, '' Can't Take That Away from Me , was released exclusively to Rap-Up '' on September 7, 2010. The mixtape is a prelude to her upcoming third studio album formerly titled JoJo's third album|All I Want Is Everything , which is scheduled for an early 2011 release through Blackground Records|Blackground and Interscope Records .cite web |url= http://www.rap-up.com/2010/08/23/jojo-experiments-with-new-sounds-on-mixtape/ |title=JoJo Experiments With New Sounds On Mixtape |date=2010-08-25 |work= Rap-Up |accessdate=September 18, 2010 The first single from the Mixtape, " In the Dark (JoJo song)|In the Dark ", was released exclusively to Rap-up.com on August 30, 2010.
On February 28, 2011, JoJo revealed the new title of her third album would be named Jumping Trains , named after one of her favorite songs on the upcoming Interscope Records project.cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2011/02/28/jojo-announces-new-album-title/ |title=JoJo Announces New Album Title |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=February 28, 2011 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 JoJo also has a film career. She made her first television appearance on The Bernie Mac Show . In 2006 she starred in two Hollywood films, Aquamarine (film)|Aquamarine , her film debut and RV (film)|RV . http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1685658/ Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque – IMDb She has hosted the Ultimate Prom ,cite web |url= http://www.fanpop.com/spots/jojo-levesque/articles/3214|title=JoJo Hosts the Ultimate Prom! and appeared in the movie True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet , which earned her a nomination at the Poptastic Awards .
Early life
JoJo was born in Brattleboro, Vermont , and raised in Keene, New Hampshire and Foxborough, Massachusetts . She has English, Irish, Poles|Polish , French, Scottish, and Native American ancestry.cite web|url= http://twitter.com/JoJoistheway/status/5467842310 |title=Twitter / @JoJo: #myheritage = french, polish, irish, english, native american |work= Twitter |date=November 5, 2009 |accessdate=October 17, 2011cite web|url= http://twitter.com/JoJoistheway/status/5468775040 |title=Twitter / @JoJo: ooops my mom reminded me that I am Scottish too. Just one big gumbo pot of heritage& #33; |work= Twitter |date=November 5, 2009 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 She grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in Foxborough, in a low-income family. Her father sings as a hobby and her mother 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. http://twitter.com/#!/JoJoistheway/status/4715826072 http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/5159968/ns/today-entertainment/t/jojo-more-just-another-teen-prodigy/#.TvEkFFa8GSo "Jojo: More than just another teen prodigy". MSNBC . June 7, 2004. JoJo's stage name comes from a childhood nickname.cite web |url= http://www.movieweb.com/news/49/12249.php|title=Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque Talks RV |accessdate=2006-04-25 |work=MovieWeb |date=2006-04-24
As a child, JoJo listened as her mother practiced hymns. She started singing when she was two years and three months old by imitating, everything from nursery rhymes to rhythm and blues|R& B , jazz , and soul music|soul tunes. On the A& E Network|A& E 's show Child Stars III: Teen Rockers , her mother claimed that JoJo had a borderline genius IQ. As a child, JoJo enjoyed attending Native American festivals and acted locally in professional theaters.cite web |url= http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1525003/story.jhtml |title='Aquamarine' Outcast JoJo Had Help With Her Big-Screen Splash |accessdate=2006-03-12 |work=MTV Movie News |date=2006-02-28
At age 7, JoJo appeared on the television show Kids Say the Darnedest Things|Kids Say the Darnedest Things: On the Road in Boston with American comedian and actor Bill Cosby and she sang a song from singer Cher .YouTube|id=KSz-Fm-66yE|title=JoJo on "Kids Say the Darndest Things" Part 1YouTube|id=Gl67Kdmq8_M|title=JoJo on "Kids Say the Darndest Things" Part 2YouTube|id==J3K28e_ItO0|title=JoJo on "Kids Say the Darnedest Things" Part 3 After auditioning in the television show Destination Stardom , JoJo sang Aretha Franklin 's 1967 hit " Respect (song)|Respect " & Chain of Fools (song)|Chain of Fools .YouTube|id=yd-QZjlY_oI|title=jojo singing respect YouTube|id=SpguE2P-VEg|title=jojo at 8 years old performs "chain of fools" Soon after, The Oprah Winfrey Show contacted her, inviting her to perform. She performed on Maury (TV series)|Maury , on one of the frequent "kids-with-talent" episodes, as well as many others.cite web |url= http://www.grabow.biz/Contemporary/JoJo.htm |title=JoJo |accessdate=2006-03-12 |work=Grabow Reminiscing, she has stated that "when it came to performing, I just had no fear".
Music career
2001–05: Discovery and JoJo
Main|JoJo (album)At 6 years old, JoJo was offered a record deal, but her mother turned it down because she believed JoJo was too young for a music career. After appearing on talk shows and the McDonald's Gospel Fest performing Whitney Houston's "I Believe In You and Me" and competing on the television show, '' America's Most Talented Kids , but did not win the show and lost to Diana DeGarmo .Clarify|date=February 2011 Record producer Vincent Herbert contacted her and asked her to audition for Blackground Records . During her audition for Barry Hankerson, Hankerson told her that the spirit of his niece, the late singer Aaliyah , had brought her to him. She was signed to the label, and had recording sessions with famed producers like The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs and Soulshock & Karlin .
JoJo's live demo, Joanna Levesque , recorded in 2001, features cover version|covers of soul and R& B songs, including Wilson Pickett 's 1966 " Mustang Sally (song)|Mustang Sally ", Etta James 's 1989 "It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)", Aretha Franklin's 1968 "Chain of Fools" and 1969 " This Is the House That Jack Built|The House That Jack Built ", The Moonglows ' 1956 "See Saw", Stevie Wonder 's 1972 " Superstition (song)|Superstition ", and The Temptations ' 1975 "Shakey Ground".
In 2003, at age 12, JoJo signed with Blackground Records and Da Family and begin working with some producers on her first debut album. JoJo's gold-certifiedcite web |url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH |title=RIAA – Searchable Database |accessdate=September 10, 2008 |work= Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA debut single " Leave (Get Out) " was released in 2004. Before the album's release, JoJo embarked on her first ever tour, the Cingular Buddy Bash with Fefe Dobson , Young Gunz and Zebrahead . The tour went to nine malls, starting at Atlanta's Northlake Mall (Atlanta)|Northlake Mall and ending at South Shore Plaza . When the single reached number one on the Top 40 Mainstream , she became at age thirteen the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in America. The first single was nominated for MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist at the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards , which made JoJo become the youngest MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Award nominee. Her first album, the platinum-selling JoJo (album)|JoJo , followed, it peaked at number four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and number ten on the Top R& B/Hip-Hop Albums, selling about 95,000 copies in its first week and reaching the top forty of the UK Albums Chart. JoJo co-wrote two of the album's songs, as well as wrote and co-produced one full track. In December 2004 she was nominated for Female New Artist Of The Year and Mainstream Top 40 Single Of The Year at the Billboard Music Awards . She is also the youngest artist to be nominated at the Billboard Music Awards.
Her second single, the gold-selling " Baby It's You (JoJo song)|Baby It's You " – which features rapper Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow – peaked at number twenty-two in the U.S. and number eight in the UK. The final single from the self-titled album, " Not That Kinda Girl ," was released in 2005 and peaked at number eighty-five in Germany. In mid-2005 rapper Eminem mentioned JoJo in his song " Ass Like That " along with many other popular teen female celebrities at the time.
In 2004, JoJo participated in " Come Together Now ", a charity single to benefit the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Asian Tsunami and the 2005 Hurricane Katrina . That year, she was requested by First Lady of the United States|First Lady Laura Bush to perform at the 2004 Christmas in Washington special, broadcast by Turner Network Television|TNT and hosted by Phil McGraw|Dr. Phil and his wife Robin McGraw.cite web |url= http://www.gospelcity.com/dynamic/news-articles/gospel_news/136 |title=Christmas in Washington featuring Ruben Studdar on TNT |accessdate=2007-05-13 |work=GospelCity.com |date=2004-12-15 Despite performing at other events for the Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party , she has stated that she "does not agree with the things that President of the United States|President George W. Bush has done in office. I'll leave it at that." JoJo hosted and performed at the Hope Rocks concert in 2005 to benefit City of Hope Cancer Center and co-hosted the 2006 TV Guide Channel 's countdown to the Grammy Award s.
2006–07: The High Road
Main|The High RoadJoJo's second album, The High Road , was released October 17, 2006. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200. It was produced by Scott Storch , Swizz Beatz , J. R. Rotem , Latif|Corey Williams , Soulshock & Karlin and Ryan Leslie . It has received mainly positive reviews. JoJo says her next album really shows how she's grown up to her music and she feels more confident in her vocals and in the things that she sings about.cite web |url= http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2006-07/2006-07-31-voa53.cfm|title=Teen Singing Star JoJo Set to Release New Albumdead link|date=January 2011
In the summer of 2006, the lead single from her second album, " Too Little Too Late ", was released to radio stations. "Too Little Too Late" broke the record for the biggest jump into the top three on the Billboard Hot 100| Billboard Hot 100 chart, moving from number sixty-six to number three in one week; this record was previously held by Mariah Carey with her 2001 single " Loverboy (Mariah Carey song)|Loverboy ", which went from number sixty to number two.cite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp? vnu_content_id=1003154972 |title=All Timberlake, All The Time On Billboard Charts |accessdate=2009-06-19 |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=September 21, 2006 |work=Billboardcite web |url= http://www.billboard.com/song/jojo/leave-get-out/8439240#/news/little-women-1003254949.story |title='Little' Women |accessdate=2009-06-19 |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=October 15, 2006 |work=Billboard The album's second official single, " How to Touch a Girl ", experienced less success. It charted just outside the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number seventy-six on the Billboard Pop 100 . The single is one of her favorite songs from The High Road and was written by herself. On March 16, 2007, The Second JammX Kids All Star Dance Special broadcast a new song by JoJo entitled " Anything (JoJo song)|Anything ", which sampling (music)|samples Toto (band)|Toto 's 1982 hit single, " Africa (Toto song)|Africa " but it did not have a music video.cite web|url= http://www.ukmix.org/reviews/release.php? release_id=11151 |title=Reviews – JoJo – Anything |publisher=UKMIX |date=May 7, 2007 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 The album has sold over 550,000 and since been certified gold by the RIAA.
On July 20, 2007, JoJo's answer to " Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston song)|Beautiful Girls " by Sean Kingston leaked on the Internet called "Beautiful Girls Reply".cite web |url= http://concreteloop.com/2007/07/who-sang-it-better-jojo-vs-sean-kingston|title=WHO SANG IT BETTER? JOJO VS. SEAN KINGSTON It debuted at number thirty-nine on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 chart one month later.cite web|url= http://www.mariah-charts.com/chartdata/PJoJo.htm |title=Chart Data: JoJo |publisher=Mariah-charts.com |accessdate=October 17, 2011 JoJo left a message that she wanted her fans' input in deciding between "Coming for You" or "Let It Rain" as the next single, but it was canceled to release a third single for The High Road . She has also stated that she will be touring in the summer of 2007 in the U.S. and Europe in support of The High Road.
Though there has not been an official tour, she has been performing with a live band as part of the Six Flags Starburst Thursday Night Concert series during the summer of 2007.cite web|url= http://www.sixflags.com/national/footerNav/starburstconcerts.aspx/|title=Bring your family and get ready to rock… As Six Flags Kicks Off Its STARBURST Thursday Night Concert Series presented by got2b & CampusDoor|accessdate=2007-06-19 |date=2007-06-19dead link|date=April 2011 During some of these shows she has included medleys of her favorite popular songs from Beyoncé Knowles|Beyoncé (" Déjà Vu (Beyoncé Knowles song)|Déjà Vu "), Kelly Clarkson (" Since U Been Gone "), SWV , Gnarls Barkley , Jackson 5 , Justin Timberlake (" My Love (Justin Timberlake song)|My Love "), Maroon 5 , Usher (entertainer)|Usher , Carlos Santana , Jill Scott , Michael Jackson , George Benson , Musiq Soulchild , and Amy Winehouse (" Rehab (Amy Winehouse song)|Rehab ", replacing the title with "Boston").cite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Nub0x7gzVsE|title=JoJo – My Love|accessdate=2009-09-04 |date=2009-09-04 |publisher=Youtubecite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=OAN5HxIgSiw|title=JoJo – Deja Vu (Live) |accessdate=2009-09-04 |date=2009-09-04 |publisher=Youtubecite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=9Cp3FjQAkZ4|title=JoJo – "Since U Been Gone" |accessdate=2009-09-04 |date=2009-09-04 |publisher=Youtube In November 2007, JoJo she toured in Brazil at the Live Pop Rock Brasil.cite web|url= http://musica.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI2084939-EI1267,00.html|title=Pop Rock Brasil: Jojo mostra calcinha em 1º show no Brasil|accessdate=2007-11-10 |date=2007-11-10
On December 1, 2007, JoJo won the Boston Music Award for National Female Vocalist of the Year for "Too Little Too Late" and has performed.cite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=nev08rTX45k |title=JoJo Winning at the Boston Music Awards |accessdate=2008-12-02 |date=2008-12-02cite web|url= http://bostonist.com/2007/12/01/quick_hit_your.php|title=Quick Hit: Your 2007 BMA Winners|accessdate=2009-02-28 |date=2007-12-01cite news|url= http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/articles/2007/11/10/jojo_is_a_girl_who_thinks_she_is_a_winner/|title=JoJo is a girl who thinks she is a winner|accessdate=2007-11-10 |date=2007-11-10 | work=The Boston Globe | first1=Carol | last1=Beggy | first2=Mark | last2=Shanahan
In late 2007, JoJo stated that she had been writing songs for her third album, to be released when she turned eighteen.cite web |url= http://concreteloop.com/2008/02/music-news-danity-kane-info-jojo-working-on-3rd-album-amerie-to-sign-with-def-jam|title=JoJo working on 3rd album |accessdate=2008-02-14 |date=2008-02-14cite web|url= http://concreteloop.com/2008/02/music-news-danity-kane-info-jojo-working-on-3rd-album-amerie-to-sign-with-def-jam|title=MUSIC NEWS: DANITY KANE ALBUM COVER / JOJO WORKING ON ALBUM / AMERIE & DEF JAM? |accessdate=2008-02-14 |date=2008-02-14 She wants her fans to see growth in her music. She is seeking a publisher so that she can sing some of her self-written songs.cite web|url= http://www.sheknows.com/articles/804278.htm|title=JoJo dishes on her new album |accessdate=2008-02-14 |date=2008-02-14
2008–2010: Record label conflict and ''Can't Take That Away from Me
Main|Can't Take That Away from MeIn an April 8, 2008 interview at the Hearst Tower (New York City)|Hearst Tower for the "Ultimate Prom" party,cite web |url= http://www.mypromstyle.com/publics/ultimate_prom|title=Prom Dresses, Hairstyles, Shoes And Makeup Tips For Prom - MyPromStyle.com JoJo stated that she is writing and producing an album in Boston and Atlanta. She has lined up producers Tank (American singer)|Tank , DJ Toomp , J. Moss , Toby Gad , The Underdogs (duo)|The Underdogs , Danja (musician)|Danja , J.R. Rotem , Billy Steinberg , Bryan-Michael Cox , Marsha Ambrosius , Madd Scientist, Tony Dixon, Eric Dawkins and J. Gatsby.cite web |url= http://www.rap-up.com/? p=6851|title=JoJo Wants ‘Everything' on Third Album |accessdate=2008-07-08 |date=2008-07-08 Out of three quarters of the finished material, she wrote all but one song.cite web |url= http://www.nationalledger.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi? archive=27& num=21366|title=Joanna Levesque: Jo Jo to Deliver Most Personal Album, All I Want is Everything |accessdate=2008-07-03 |date=2008-07-03 She said it will be her most personal album to date with inspiration coming from a romantic breakup to finding a new relationship, as well as feeling sexier and more confident becoming a woman. The self-written title track is described as an inspirational anthem. On August 30, 2008, JoJo posted her own answer version of the song " Can't Believe It ", which originally performed by T-Pain . On September 1, JoJo said that her album would be out early 2009. In 2008, R& B singer Ne-Yo sampled JoJo's second single "Baby It's You".cite web|url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=BzfqIN_5dk8|title=Ne-Yo feat JoJo – Miss Independent (maRekkk 2oo8 Remix)
On October 14, 2008, JoJo sang the National Anthem before Game 4 of the 2008 American League Championship Series|ALCS at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.cite web|url= http://jojolevesque.net/jojo-news/jojo-sings-at-fenway|title=JoJo sings at Fenway On December 9, 2008, JoJo was nominated again at the Boston Music Awards and was nominated for Outstanding Pop/R& B Act Of The Year but the singing group Jada (singing group)|Jada has won this award.cite web |url= http://www.bostonmusicspotlight.com/article.php? id=1708|title=Boston Music Spotlight's picks for the 2008 Boston Music Awards |accessdate=2009-01-31 |date=2009-01-31Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBotcite web |url= http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/entertainment/2008/12/boston-music-awards-winners/|title=Boston Music Awards winners |accessdate=2009-01-31 |date=2009-01-31 In January 2009, JoJo stated on her official MySpace that she has working with producers Chad Hugo , Jim Beanz & Kenna cite web|url= http://theneptunes.org/chad-hugo-kenna-are-working-with-jojo/|title=Chad Hugo & Kenna are working with JoJo|accessdate=2009-02-28 |date=2009-02-28 and she currently is working very hard for her new album. She stated she had problems with her record label and she has changed her label from Blackground to Interscope Records .
In April 2009, JoJo stated in her MySpace blog that she is still signed to Blackground Records|Blackground .cite web|url= http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view& friendId=63557350& blogId=486373381 |title=UPDATE 4/30/2009& #33; :) by JOJO on Myspace |publisher=Blogs.myspace.com |date=April 30, 2009 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 Singer-songwriter Jovan Dais said in an interview he will work with DJ Toomp on JoJo's forthcoming album. He said: ''I'm really selective about who I work with because I'm not interested in it like that as far as working with so many different people. I really like JoJo. I like her music, I like her voice and I believe she's a true talent. We came up with some great material .cite web |url= http://www.singersroom.com/interview/artist-v-143.asp|title=Jovan Dais – Change 4 Anotha Dais |accessdate=2009-01-31 |date=2009-01-31cite web|url= http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=viewImage& friendID=63557350& albumID=2009169& imageID=28044305|title=JoJo with Jovan Dais in the Studio |accessdate=2009-02-28 |date=2009-02-28
JoJo's song " Note to God " from her second album The High Road was recentlywhen|date=April 2011 covered by Filipina pop singer Charice Pempengco|Charice .cite web|url= http://top40.about.com/b/2009/05/19/charice-releases-note-to-god-can-oprah-make-a-pop-star.htm |title=Charice Releases "Note to God" – Can Oprah Make a Pop Star? |publisher=Top40.about.com |accessdate=October 17, 2011cite web |url= http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/charice-pempengco-sings-if-i-wrote-note-god-oprah|title=Charice Pempengco Sings 'If I Wrote a Note To God' on Oprah |accessdate=2009-05-21 |date=2009-05-21
On June 3, 2009, JoJo stated on her official YouTube account that she was waiting for her record label to sign a distribution deal to release her album, but apart from that she has finished work the forthcoming album.cite web |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=H8wEraBOImw|title=TALKING ABOUT THE RECORD DRAMA |accessdate=2009-06-03 |date=2009-06-03 On June 10, 2009 samples of her songs written by Toby Gad "Fearless", "Touch Down" and "Underneath" leaked on the internet. JoJo posted on her official MySpace: " These songs are not on the album nor do they represent the sound or direction of this record" .cite web |url= http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view& friendId=63557350& blogId=494023899|title=There is NO ALBUM SAMPLER |accessdate=2009-06-10 |date=2009-06-10 |publisher=Myspace In few months time nearly 20 of her songs were leaked through a Youtube channel. She later stated that most of these leaked tracks will not make it to the new album.cite web|url= http://twitter.com/JoJoistheway/status/12907172509 |title=Twitter / JoJo : Thankfully the songs that |work= Twitter |date=April 26, 2010 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 In mid July she said on her Myspace that she's writing songs for other recording artists and herself and vibing with some talented producers in Los Angeles.cite web |url= http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view& friendID=63557350& blogID=500607677|title=Working in LA!!& #33; |accessdate=2009-07-17 |date=2009-07-17 |publisher=Myspace
In August 2009, it was reported that JoJo filed a lawsuit in New York against her record label Da Family Entertainment for putting her in musical limbo. The label will not let her out of her contract or let her record a new album. She is seeking $500,000 for her troubles and to be released from her contract.cite web|url= http://www.tmz.com/2009/08/21/jojo-record-co-wont-let-me-get-out/ |title=JoJo – Record Co. Won't Let Me 'Get Out' |publisher=TMZ.com |date=August 21, 2009 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 JoJo was released from her contract in October 2009 and a deal was reached to make Interscope Records her distributing label.cite web|url = http://www.singersroom.com/news/4609/JoJo-Lands-New-Distribution-Agreement|title = JoJo Lands New Distribution Agreement|accessdate=2009-12-27 |date=2009-10-17
In October 2009, finally a deal was reached with Blackground Records to have JoJo's third album distributed by Interscope Records . JoJo had confirmed that on Twitter.cite web|url= http://twitter.com/JoJoistheway/status/4826607020 |title=Twitter / JoJo : The deal is done& #33; Blackgro |work= Twitter |date=October 12, 2009 |accessdate=October 17, 2011cite web |url= http://www.popmusicscene.com/jojo-has-finally-reached-a-distribution-deal-with-interscope/|title=JoJo has Finally Reached a Distribution Deal with Interscope |accessdate=2009-10-16 |date=2009-10-16cite web |url= http://thatgrapejuice.net/2009/10/jojo-resolves-label-issue-interscope-to-release-lp.html|title=JoJo Resolves Label Issue; Interscope To Release LP |accessdate=2009-10-16 |date=2009-10-16dead link|date=January 2011 She left Da Family Entertainment after six years and is now at Interscope. Her label is currently getting all the legal things together for her third album to be released in 2010.update after|2010|12|31YouTube|id=KKFvsMGtEdQ|title=JOJO (Joanna Levesque) Interview at 'POP GOES THE WORLD'
In late 2009, JoJo appeared in Timbaland 's Timbaland Presents Shock Value II|Shock Value II in a song called "Lose Control" and it's her first official song on an album after two years. In an interview in November she said that she's so excited to be on his record. She appeared in another song called "Timothy Where You Been" with the Australian band Jet (band)|Jet as a background vocalist.YouTube|id=20RjIwvrtWA|title=JoJo at Pop Goes The World eventcite web |url= http://www.thetimbalandbuzz.com/2009/11/shock-value-2-tracklisting.html|title=Shock Value 2 Tracklisting UPDATE |accessdate=2009-12-01 |date=2009-12-01 In an Interview with Rap-Up , JoJo said about the album: "I wanted to do something that people would be like, ‘Wow, this girl has come a long way and she's really taking the reins, I wanted people to get a sense of who I am" and that Timbaland , Jim Beanz , The Messengers (producers)|The Messengers , Kenna , Chad Hugo & Pharell Williams work on her new record and in 2010 she's ready to come back and put the finishing touches on the album in January.cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2009/12/21/rap-up-tv-jojo-returns-to-music-part-1/ |title=Rap-Up TV: JoJo Returns to Music (Part 1) |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=December 21, 2009 |accessdate=October 17, 2011cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2009/12/22/rap-up-tv-jojo-reveals-new-album-details-part-2/ |title=Rap-Up TV: JoJo Reveals New Album Details (Part 2) |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=December 22, 2009 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 On March 27, 2010 JoJo joined Timbaland and Justin Timberlake for the Manila Changing Lives Concert tour in support of Timbaland's Shock Value II album. Where she performed her song "Too Little Too Late" and the song "Lose Control" with Timbaland from the album.cite web|url= http://www.facebook.com/pages/TIMBALAND-Shock-Value-II-Manila-Tour/306578864129? sk=wall |title=TIMBALAND Shock Value II Manila Tour – Prikbord |publisher=Facebook |accessdate=October 17, 2011 Less than two months later JoJo returned to Manilla for the Then & Now Massive Music Festival on May 15, 2010 with other artist like Baby Bash, Frankie J, Diana King, SWV and more. This time she performed several songs from her past two albums as well was two new songs "Play This Twice" and "Safe With Me" (which is one of the 26 leaked tracks) from her third album.cite web|url= http://www.wheninmanila.com/free-tickets-to-the-then-and-now-concert-with-jojo-frankie-j-baby-bash-and-more/ |title=FREE Tickets to the Then and Now Concert with Jojo, Frankie J, Baby Bash and More& #33; |publisher=When In Manila |accessdate=October 17, 2011cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen& #33; |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=FxKiq0bZXOc& feature=related |title=Play This Twice – JoJo |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=October 17, 2011cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen& #33; |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=9O4_5ChIjhg |title=JoJo- Safe with me(new song) |publisher=YouTube |accessdate=October 17, 2011
At the end of 2009, JoJo confirmed she was working with Clinton Sparks and Chester French on a mixtape for release in 2010.YouTube|id=JZXZUISHLwA|title=JoJo Reveals New Album Details (Part 2) In July 2010, she confirmed in an Interview with Sam E. Goldberg that she will release her mixtape the month before the album.cite web|url= http://urbanbackground.com/defglam/? p=7412|title=RnB/Pop Singer Jojo Set to Release a Mixtape |accessdate=2010-07-23 |date=2010-07-23Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot She announced on Twitter that her mixtape called '' Can't Take That Away from Me with the first single " In the Dark (JoJo song)|In the Dark " produced by Jordan Gatsby.cite web|url= http://twitter.com/JoJoistheway/status/19011896709 |title=Twitter / @JoJo: CANT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME -The Mixtape – August 2010– Featuring "In the Dark" |work= Twitter |date=July 20, 2010 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 In August 2010, she gave in an Interview with Rap-Up more information about her upcoming mixtape, it set to release on September 7, 2010. The singer said about the mixtape: " This mixtape is more experimental, I was able to explore the full spectrum of things that interest me and inspire me musically. Whereas the album, I wanted to make pop records and radio hits and things that satisfy me, but particularly for All I Want Is Everything (album)|All I Want Is Everything , it's more of a continuous body of work. " She added that the mixtape is more different than her upcoming album All I Want Is Everything .cite web|url= http://twitter.com/JoJoistheway/status/22563788053 |title=Twitter / @JoJo: @mamtax3 different. AIWIE is a POP album. Mixtape is more experimental |work= Twitter |date=August 30, 2010 |accessdate=October 17, 2011cite web |url= http://www.rap-up.com/2010/08/23/jojo-experiments-with-new-sounds-on-mixtape/|title=JoJo Experiments with New Sounds on Mixtape |accessdate=2010-07-23 |date=2010-07-23 The first single "In the Dark" is different than anything people have heard from her. She said about "In The Dark": It's a very sensual record and there's an undertone of sadness to it.''cite web |url= http://www.rap-up.com/2010/08/30/new-music-jojo-in-the-dark/|title=New Music: JoJo – ‘In the Dark' |accessdate=2010-07-27 |date=2010-07-27
In November 2010, JoJo made a cameo appearance in Keri Hilson 's music video for "The Way You Love Me" from her second studio album No Boys Allowed and was known as "Boots" for the video, where she plays as one of the sexy hunter girls in Keri's gang, alongside Faith Evans (Danja), Dawn (Money) as well as Rick Ross , Columbus Short, and Polow Da Don.cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2010/11/28/video-keri-hilson-f-rick-ross-the-way-you-love-me/#more-66647 |title=Video: Keri Hilson f/ Rick Ross – ‘The Way You Love Me' |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=November 28, 2010 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 In December 2010, JoJo made another cameo appearance in Clinton Sparks 's Debut music video for "Favourite DJ" Ft Jermaine Dupri & DJ CLASS and at the end in the song "Sucks To Be You" which features LMFAO and JoJo. The video premiered on Clinton's official website on December 21.cite web|author=Tuesday |url= http://www.clintonsparks.com/my-blog/2010/12/21/music-video-favorite-dj-feat-jermaine-dupri-dj-class.html |title=CLIN2010N SPARKS BETA – my BLOG – Music Video: Favorite DJ Feat. Jermaine Dupri & DJ Class |publisher=Clintonsparks.com |date=December 21, 2010 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 JoJo plays Clinton's crazy ex girlfriend.
2011–present: Jumping Trains
Main|Jumping TrainsAccording to the The New York Post , JoJo owns the final mastered copies of the record.cite news| url= http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/popwrap/jojo_an_expose_Ohz4GmJ5sHRUpjzzGnl1sM | work=New York Post | first=Ryan | last=Brockington | title=Where's the new JoJo music? !? | date=2011-01-13 On February 28, JoJo revealed the new title of her third album, Jumping Trains, named after one of her favorite songs on the upcoming Interscope Records project. JoJo states that “My third album will be called Jumping Trains and it’s very symbolic for a variety of reasons,” explained JoJo. “Moving from Boston to L.A., transitioning from being a girl to being a young woman, living on my own, taking a different direction sonically, and just really finding myself and just jumping into a new chapter of life.”
A music video for the song "The Other Chick" was shot on April 20, 2011 by director Kai Regan and i still awaiting release. On August 18, 2011 JoJo announced via her official Twitter account that the first official single from Jumping Trains would be "Disaster". http://twitter.com/#!/JoJoistheway/status/103962241019293696
In support of the new single "Disaster", she opened for Joe Jonas & Jay Sean Tour|Joe Jonas & Jay Sean co-headlining 19 city fall tour which began on September 6, 2011 in Boston, MA at the House of Blues and ran until October 6 in New York at the Best Buy Theater.cite web|author=Up for Discussion Jump to Forums |url= http://www.billboard.com/events/joe-jonas-plots-u-s-tour-with-jay-sean-1005317672.story#/events/joe-jonas-plots-u-s-tour-with-jay-sean-1005317672.story |title=Joe Jonas Plots U.S. Tour with Jay Sean |work=Billboard |date=September 14, 2009 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 The lead single "Disaster" was released to US radio on August 29, 2011. http://twitter.com/#!/INTERSCOPEPROMO/status/105785005980135424 It was available for purchase as a digital download on iTunes on September 6, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2011/08/26/jojo-unveils-disaster-single-cover-itunes-release-date/ |title=JoJo Unveils ‘Disaster’ Single Cover, iTunes Release Date |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=August 26, 2011 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 Disaster (song)|Disaster debuted on the Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Hot 100 at number 87, but fell off the chart the next week. This gave JoJo her first charting single since Too Little Too Late in 2006. The single failed to impact any chart internationally. JoJo shot the music video for " Disaster (song)|Disaster " on September 14, 2011 in Down Town Los Angeles. She stated that the album is slated for an early 2012 release.cite web|author=om een reactie te plaatsen& #33; |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=qCqp_oLQPDc& feature=player_embedded#& #33; |title=Jojo at New York Mercedes Benz Fashion Week 2012 |publisher=YouTube |date=September 9, 2011 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 JoJo gave her first televised performance of the song on Good Day Dallas on September 29.cite web|url= http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/good_day/092911-Jojo-Performs-on-Good-Day |title=Jojo Performs on Good Day& #33; |publisher=Myfoxdfw.com |date=September 29, 2011 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 "Disaster" was set to officially impact U.S. Top40/Mainstream radio on November 1, 2011, its release, however, was pushed up to October 25, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.allaccess.com/top40-mainstream/future-releases |title=Top 40/M Future Releases & #124; Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates |publisher=Allaccess.com |accessdate=October 17, 2011 She has also performed the song on Boston's Fox News morning show on October 28, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.twitvid.com/7COZJ |title=Twitvid |publisher=Twitvid |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16 JoJo later performed on a small promotional tour for 'Pinktober' in order to raise money for breast cancer research at Hard Rock Café locations across the US during the month of October.cite web|url= http://www.jojoonline.com/news/default.aspx? nid=36899& aid=1174& utm_source=rss& utm_campaign=rss& utm_medium=News& utm_content=nid_36899 |title=Jojo : News : Free Jojo Shows To Benefit Breast Cancer At Hard Rock Cafes& #33; |publisher=Jojoonline.com |date=2011-10-18 |accessdate=2012-01-16cite web|author=By Zyaire |url= http://www.swaggatory.com/2011/10/jojo-performing-live-for-breast-cancer.html? utm_source=twitterfeed& utm_medium=twitter |title=Jojo Performing Live for Breast Cancer Awareness |publisher=The Swaggatory |date=2011-10-19 |accessdate=2012-01-16 Philadelphia’s Q102 will also be hosting it’s annual Jingle Ball on December 7 and they have invited JoJo to perform.cite web|url= http://www.q102.com/pages/events/jingleball11/ |title=Q102's Jingle Ball 2011 - Q102 - All The Hits |publisher=Q102 |date=2011-03-26 |accessdate=2012-01-16 She is also set to perform at the K104.7 Not so Silent Night on December 5, 2011. http://www.k104online.com/page/Not_So_Silent_Night/90 dead link|date=January 2012
A sneak peak teaser clip of "Disaster" was shown on MTV '10 On Top.' on October 29, 2011 four days before the videos release.cite web|url= http://www.facebook.com/photo.php? fbid=10150437738378455& set=a.10150144152323455.335271.328378178454& type=1& ref=nf |title=Prikbordfoto's |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16 The full video premiered on JoJo official website jojoonline.com on November 1, 2011.cite web|url= http://www.facebook.com/event.php? eid=307746662575402 |title="Disaster" Music Video Premiere |publisher=Facebook |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16 and was made available to VEVO on November 2. http://twitter.com/#!/Gitz9/status/130323233848311809 In December 2011 JoJo became the new spokeswoman for Clearasil 's newest product, PerfectaWash.cite web|url= http://www.rap-up.com/2011/12/22/rap-up-tv-on-set-of-jojos-clearasil-perfectawash-commercial/comment-page-1/#comment-1264184 |title=Rap-Up TV: On Set of JoJo’s Clearasil PerfectaWash Commercial |publisher=Rap-Up.com |date=2011-12-22 |accessdate=2012-01-16cite web|author=Meld je aan of registreer je om een reactie te plaatsen& #33; |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=BW2Ri-JlQPE& eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clearasil.us%2Fperfectawash& feature=player_embedded |title=Popstar JoJo Reviews the New Clearasil PerfectaWash |publisher=YouTube |date=2011-12-14 |accessdate=2012-01-16 JoJo revealed via her official Twitter account that the April 3 release date for the album has not been 100% confirmed yet. http://twitter.com/#!/JoJoistheway/status/159234067131400192 However the album is set for an April release date under Blackground Records|Blackground , Interscope Records|Interscope and Streamline Records. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rTtsrgBgHAU& list=UUi-VF6Jc2d385v-j-oQwFjA& index=7& feature=plcpcite web|author=2.30 PM EST 12.19.2011 |url= http://www.hollywoodlife.com/2011/12/19/jojo-clearasil-skincare/ |title=JoJo Named The New Face Of Clearasil PerfectaWash |publisher=Hollywoodlife.com |date=2011-12-19 |accessdate=2012-01-16 JoJo is scheduled to tour with Big Time Rush for a 5 dates of their 16 date Better With You Tour beginning February 17, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada and ending on February 22, 2012 in Broomfield, Colorado.cite web|url= http://www.jojoonline.com/events/default.aspx |title=JoJo : Events |publisher=Jojoonline.com |date= |accessdate=2012-01-16
Acting career
JoJo has acted since age four. She did local theater, radio, and TV commercials in the New England area, and national TV shows from age seven. JoJo made her professional stage debut at eight in Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream as Mustardseed at the Huntington Theater. She received her first union card from the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA) at ten.
After appearing on the television series The Bernie Mac Show and American Dreams , JoJo was cast opposite Emma Roberts and Sara Paxton in Aquamarine (film)|Aquamarine , playing Hailey. The film opened on March 3, 2006, opening at number five with $7.5& nbsp;million.cite web |url= http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1525423/story.jhtml |title=Grandma Madea Fights Off Bruce Willis, Holds Box Office No.& nbsp;1 |accessdate=2006-03-12 |work=MTV Movie News |date=2006-03-06
Her second major film, RV (film)|RV , a comedy starring Robin Williams , was released on April 28, 2006. It opened at number one and grossed $69.7& nbsp;million. JoJo had to audition for the part five times, and eventually replaced an actress who had already been cast in the role.
JoJo stated that "no one hired an acting coach for me on the set of Aquamarine ." She announced that she will be billed as "Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque" in her film roles, but that she will still be credited as simply "JoJo" for her music work.
In 2005, she was offered a role as Zoe Stewart in the hit television series Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel , but she turned down the role because she was not really interested doing a television show. She was more concerned with being a legitimate artist, and a film career was not really what she saw for herself.cite web|url= http://www.popcrunch.com/jojo-hannah-montana-offer-i-turned-down-hannah-montana-role/|title=JoJo "Hannah Montana" Offer: "I Turned Down ‘Hannah Montana’ Role!"cite web|url= http://www.disneysociety.com/2008/02/20/the-truth-about-jojo-and-hannah-montana-tv-series/|title=The Truth About JoJo and "Hannah Montana" TV Seriescite news|url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/08/08/2008-08-08_jo_jo_said_no_no_to_hannah_montana_role.html|title=Jo Jo said no no to 'Hannah Montana' role | location=New York | work=Daily News | date=2008-08-08cite web|url= http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2008/08/jojo.php|title=JoJo – Hannah Montana?
On August 28, 2007, in an interview with BOP and Tiger Beat online, JoJo stated that she was working on a new film. On September 10, JoJo revealed that she would be traveling to Toronto to film a small screen adaptation of Lola Douglas' True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet and play the role of Morgan Carter with Golden Globe winner Valerie Bertinelli and 90210 (TV series)|90210 -star Shenae Grimes , to be broadcast on Lifetime television.cite news|url= http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/08/08/2008-08-08_true_confessions_of_a_hollywood_starlet_.html|title='True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet' unrealistic but fun|accessdate=2009-02-28 |date=2009-02-28 | location=New York | work=Daily News The film was released on August 9, 2008 on Lifetime Television and on DVD on March 3, 2009.cite web|url= http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001MEJTU0|title=Amazon.com: True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet: Valerie Bertinelli, Justin Louis, Lynda Boyd, Ian Nelson, Joanna 'Jojo' Levesque, Shenae Grimes, David Herrington, David Schwartz, Tim Matheson, Barbara Lieberman, Chalres Bornstein: Movies & amp; TV
On January 7, 2011, JoJo had been cast in a special episode of CBS's Hawaii Five-0 that will air after the AFC Championship game on Sunday, Jan. 23. JoJo will play Courtney Russell, the daughter of a Tsunami Warning Center scientist who goes missing on the eve of a big storm hitting the Honolulu coast.cite web|url= http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-JoJo-1027450.aspx |title=Keck's Exclusives: JoJo Goes Hawaii Five-0 – Today's News: Our Take |publisher=TVGuide.com |date=January 7, 2011 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 This is JoJo's first acting role since 2008.
Personal life
JoJo and her mother reside in Edgewater, New Jersey , and her recording studio is in Manhattan, New York City. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-97264830.html "This Week's Winners and Losers: JoJo", The Record (Bergen County) , August 2, 2004. Accessed March 17, 2011. "At 13, the Edgewater resident is the youngest solo artist to receive an MTV Video Music Award nomination." She was home schooled for three years, has stated that "school was definitely a big part of my life". She performs well academically, receiving marks in the As and Bs.cite news | date=2009-01-12 | url= http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/000577.html/ | title=JoJo Quits School | accessdate=2005-01-12Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot
JoJo dated American soccer player Freddy Adu from May 2005 until September 2006.cite news | date=2006-06-02 | url= http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060102250.html | title=Freddy Adu Celebrates a Sweet 17 |work=Washington Post | author=Argetsinger A, Roberts R | page = C03 | accessdate=2006-11-06 Both met on the MTV show Fake ID Club while she was hosting it. 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. A Washington Post article in November 2006 reported that the couple split after one year. JoJo mentioned on American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest that she and Adu were still good friends.
JoJo stated that she was single on the October 18, 2006 episode of Live with Regis and Kelly . She was also in the October 2006 issue of Teen People magazine confirming her breakup with Freddy Adu. She said: ''"I'm single right now and it's good. I'm so young. I'm going to be 16 in December and I'm just so busy. It's hard if you also want to date someone who has a high-profile profession; we were just both consumed with our own world..."
Since 2006 she is a good friend with actress Emma Roberts , Sara Paxton and Robin Williams' daughter Zelda Williams . She appeared with her father on the Behind the scene of JoJo's " Too Little Too Late ".
On February 28, 2007, she was ranked at number ten in the list of Forbes top twenty earners under 25 with an annual earning of $1& nbsp;million.
In August 2009, she confirmed that she graduated from high school and will focus very hard on her future projects.cite web|url= http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1946987 |title=Jojo and Jo!!& #33; 08/07/09 09:48& nbsp;pm, Jojo and Jo!!& #33; 08/07/09 09:48& nbsp;pm TheRealJordin on USTREAM. Pop |publisher=Ustream.tv |accessdate=October 17, 2011 JoJo was accepted to Northeastern University but did not attend; she considered majoring in cultural anthropology .cite web|last=Kearnan|first=Scott|title=JoJo: Pop singer on her new album and Northeastern U. |url= http://stuffboston.com/daily/archive/2010/05/08/jojo-chatting-with-boston-pop-singer-before-her-show-at-the-estate.aspx|work=Stuff Boston|accessdate=November 8, 2010|date=May 8, 2010
In July 2009, JoJo was ranked at number five in the list " Barely Legal: The 10 Hottest ’90s Babies " by Complex.com , after Emma Roberts and Willa Holland .cite news | date=2009-07-18 | url= http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/07/14/barely-legal-the-10-hottest-90s-babies/6/ | title=Barely Legal: The 10 Hottest ’90s Babies | accessdate=2009-07-18
Aside from singing and acting, JoJo is also a supporter of various charitable organizations such as Boys and Girls Club of America , World Vision , She's the First , Make A Wish Foundation , and many more.cite web|url= http://www.cambio.com/artists/jojo |title=Jojo – Cambio |publisher=Cambio.com |accessdate=October 17, 2011
Filmography
Film
Year
Film
Role
Notes
2002
2004
2006
RV
Film Made for Television or Video
Year
Title
Role
Channel
2008
Television guest appearances
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1998
1999–2000
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2010
2011
The Dance Scene
Discography
Main|JoJo discography
Studio albums
2004: JoJo (album)|JoJo
2006: The High Road
2012: Jumping Trains
Mixtapes
'' Can't Take That Away from Me (2010)
Awards and nominations
Year
Presenter
Awards
Result
2004
Billboard Music Awards cite web
Female New Artist Of The Year
Mainstream Top 40 Single Of The Year with Leave (Get Out)
2006
2007
Hollywood Life 9th Annual Young Hollywood Awards
Young Artist Awards
2008
Boston Music Awards
|2009
Tours
col-begincol-2;As the headline act
2007: The High Road|The High Road Tour
2010: Then & Now Concert Tour
2011: Jumping Trains#Tour|Pinktober
;As a special guest
2010: Timbaland – Shock Value II Tour
col-2;As supporting act
2004: Usher (entertainer)|Usher – The Truth World Tour
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