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Joanna Noëlle Blagden "JoJo" Levesque (born December 20, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ethnicelebs.com/joanna-levesque )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celeb/singer/jojo-net-worth/ )〕 Raised in Foxborough, Massachusetts, she performed in various singing competitions as a child, and after competing on the television show ''America's Most Talented Kids'' in 2003, she was noticed by record producer Vincent Herbert who asked her to audition for Blackground Records. JoJo released her eponymous titled debut album in June 2004. "Leave (Get Out)", her debut single, reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Pop songs chart, which made her the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in the United States, at thirteen years old. The song peaked at 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/304749/jojo/chart?sort=position&f=379 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gold & Platinum – January 01, 2011 )〕 The album has since sold over four million copies worldwide to date. JoJo's second album, ''The High Road'', was released in October 2006. The album's lead single, "Too Little Too Late", was released in August 2006 and reached number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The single was certified platinum by the RIAA in March 2007 and became her first platinum-selling single. The album has since sold over three million copies worldwide. She has also released two mixtapes independently, ''Can't Take That Away from Me'' in 2010 and ''Agápē'' in December 2012, as well as an EP following her signing to Atlantic Records. As of November 2013, she has sold more than 7 million albums worldwide and has sold over 2.1 million albums and 4 million digital downloads in the United States alone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JoJo grows up )〕 In addition to her music career, JoJo also launched a career in acting. She made guest appearances on several television series, beginning with the 2002 American sitcom ''The Bernie Mac Show'', and later in ''American Dreams'' in 2004 and ''Romeo!'' in 2006. That same year, JoJo made her feature film debut in two major Hollywood films ''Aquamarine'', and ''RV''. She starred in the Lifetime Television film ''True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet'' in 2008. ==Early life== JoJo was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, and raised in Keene, New Hampshire and Foxborough, Massachusetts. She has English, Irish, Polish, French, Scottish, and Native American ancestry. 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. JoJo's stage name comes from 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.〔 On the A&E 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. At age seven, 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 from singer Cher. After auditioning in the television show ''Destination Stardom'', JoJo sang Aretha Franklin's 1967 hit "Respect" and "Chain of Fools". Soon after, ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' contacted her, inviting her to perform.〔 She performed on ''Maury'', on one of the "kids-with-talent" episodes, as well as many others. Reminiscing, she has stated that "when it came to performing, I just had no fear." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「JoJo (singer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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