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Stage Name: JoJo
Name of Birth: Joanna Noëlle Levesque
Date of Birth: December 20th 1990
Place of Birth: Brattleboro, Vermont, USA
Residence: New Jersey
Profession: Singer, actress
Height: 5'3"/ 1.60 m
Parents: Joel Levesque and Diana Blagden (divorced)
Best Friend: Charlena “Nene” Kennedy
Ex-boyfriends: Freddy Adu
Pets: a dog called Sugarpie
Favourite Colour: white
Favourite Ice Cream Flavour: butter pecan
Favourite Computer Game: The Sims
Favourite Clothes Stores: Abercrombie, Baby Phat, Rocawear, Ecko Red
Favourite Thing in her Wardrobe: a good pair of high boots and a good fall coat
Favourite Ringtone: Hustling by Rick Ross
Favourite TV Show: The Office
Favourite Breakfast: toasts
Her stage name, JoJo, comes from a childhood nickname.
JoJo is French, Irish, American Indian and Polish.
JoJo's surname at birth was Blagden, her mother's, and she later changed it for her father's, Levesque.
JoJo's parents divorced when she was 5 years old.
JoJo's mum earned a living as a cleaning lady and singing for churches.
JoJo lived with her mother and moved often when growing up.
JoJo's recording studio is in Manhattan, NYC, but she lives in New Jersey with her Mum.
JoJo is a contralto and a coloratura.
JoJo started singing at age 2.
JoJo was offered a record deal at age 6 but her mother turned it down because she was too young.
JoJo landed a record deal after competing in America's Most Talented Kids, even though she lost to Diana DeGarmo.
JoJo has first signed by the label Background, where she had recording sessions with famed producers like The Underdogs and Soulshock & Karlin.
JoJo wrote three songs on her debut album.
JoJo became the youngest solo artist to have a number-one single in the USA at age 13.
JoJo's debut album peaked at number 4 in the Billboard charts.
JoJo's second album, The High Road, debuted at number three on the Billboard 200.
JoJo's "Too Little Too Late" went from #60 to #3 in Billboard Hot 100, on its fifth week on the chart.
JoJo's "Too Little Too Late" reched #1 on iTunes Top Songs when release for download on September 12th 2006.
JoJo has stated that her third album will not be released until she turns eighteen because she wants fans to "see growth" in her music.
JoJo became the youngest nominee for a MTV Video Music Award, as "Best New Artist" for "Leave (Get Out)" on 2004.
JoJo is not only a singer but a songwriter and a record producer.
JoJo listened to Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and 'N*sync' while growing up.
JoJo performed Aretha Franklin's 1967 hit "Respect" on Kids Say the Darndest Things amusing the audience, and soon after, The Oprah Winfrey Show invited her to perform too, as did Maury and many others.
JoJo acted locally in professional theaters in her early years.
JoJo's first movie starring role was on "Aquamarine", which was released on March 3rd 2006 and opened at #5 with $7.5 million.
JoJo's second movie, "RV", was released on April 28th 2006 opening at #1 and grossing $69.7 million.
JoJo audition 5 times for her role of Cassie Munro on "R.V.", beating off the actress who had already been cast for the part.
JoJo currently likes singing over acting.
JoJo is currently tutored and gets only A's and B's.
JoJo is mentioned in the Eminem song "Ass Like That".
JoJo is very involved in charities, she has donated many items to Rocky Stone, part of the Toy Mountain Campaign, for less fortunate kids.
JoJo participated "Come Together Now", a charity single to benefit the victims of the 2004 Asian Tsunami and the 2005 Hurricane Katrina.
JoJo was personally requested to perform at the 2004 Christmas in Washington special by First Lady Laura Bush.
JoJo was offered the role of the title character of Disney Channel's now hit tv show "Hannah Montana", but turned it down because of her hectic schedule.
JoJo celebrated her 16th birthday with her two best friends going to a basket ball game in front row, earlier in the day she went out to lunch with her family.
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