Jessie J

With talent recognised at a young age, Cornish began performing at the age of four starting with ballet, modern dance and jazz dancing before venturing down the acting route. Along with her siblings, they formed a girl group known as The Cornish Pasties aged seven and would perform for their family at gatherings. At nine, Cornish joined the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage production of “Whistle down the Wind” but having a heart condition meant that whilst on day leave from the hospital she would spend it at rehearsals.

From there she joined the National Youth Theatre continuing with stage and at 15 she entered ITV’s talent show “Britain’s Best Pop Prodigy” going home with the top prize presented by Bee Gee, Robin Gibb. Once leaving school at 16 Cornish joined the prestigious performing arts institute, BRIT school whose alumni would include Adele, Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis. At 17 Jessie joined pop girl group Soul Deep, however not feeling comfortable with the manufactured girl group status, she decided to go her own way.

In 2006, she signed a record deal with GUT Records but it wasn’t long before the label went bankrupt. Joining Sony/ATV with a publishing contract as a songwriter, she began penning tracks for other artists (including Miley Cyrus’ debut single “Party in the USA”) while continuing to work on her solo stuff and uploading content through YouTube. In 2008 Cornish caught the attention of Lava Records who fervently pursued her which eventually led to a joint venture with Universal Records, and thus the beginning of Jessie J’s path to stardom.

Although the writing process of her debut album began in 2008, “Who You Are” was released in 2011 which featured her first single “Do It like a Dude” hitting the UK charts at number two. Her follow up single “Price Tag” charted at number one in the UK and peaked at 23 in the US Billboard charts as Jessie J rapidly began making her way across the pond.

Caught up in the whirlwind of success, Jessie relentlessly promoted the album’s release touring across the world whilst garnering an unprecedented following. In 2012 Jessie shaved off all her hair on national television for BBC’s Children In Need helping to raise a record-breaking 75 million pounds for the charity event. Later that year she would join the BBC’s new talent show “The Voice” as a regular judge alongside Sir Tom Jones and Will.i.am.

In 2013 she released her second album “Alive” which peaked at number three on the UK album charts featuring the hit singles “Wild” and “It’s My Party”. The following year came album number three “Sweet Talker” with the lead single “Bang Bang” featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj debuting at number one in the UK and number three in the US, sending Jessie J into the stratosphere as she made her mark across the pond.

Within her career, Jessie has collaborated with a host of artists such as: James Morrison, Robin Thicke, Dizzee Rascal and David Guetta as well as playing: iTunes festival, V Festival, Glastonbury, The Big Chill and even took part in the 2012 London Olympic Games closing ceremony.

As well as winning over the hearts of audiences across the world, Jessie has amassed an incredible number of accolades including: six MOBO awards, the critic’s choice BRIT award, a Grammy nomination and to top that all off has achieved almost 15 million sales. On top of the world, there’s no stopping the tenacious, sassy and incredibly talented Jessie J.