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Jennifer Paige | |
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| Birth name | Jennifer Paige Scoggins |
| Born | (1973-09-03)September 3, 1973 (age 51) Marietta,Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | jenniferpaige |
Jennifer Paige Scoggins (born September 3, 1973) is an American singer. She is best known for her international number-one pop hit "Crush" and another singles "Sober", "Always You" andTa Voix (The Calling) in duet with French singerLââm.[1][2]
Jennifer's career as aBillboard 100 pop singer began with her first single, "Crush". The song, written by Andy Goldmark,Mark Mueller and Cosgrove & Clark was initially played byKIIS-FM in Los Angeles in April 1998 and went on to be the most-requested song on the radio station that summer. It became a number 3 Billboard chart hit in the U.S., logged 17 weeks in Billboard magazine's Top 10. "Crush" also topped the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom.[3]
Her debut album,Jennifer Paige, was released in August 1998, and consisted of guitar-driven mid-tempo songs. Critics took notice of her voice.[4] "Crush" was followed by two other singles, "Sober" and "Always You", the latter reaching #6 on theBillboard Dance Chart.
In the summer of 2000, Paige recorded a new song for the soundtrack of the filmAutumn in New York, called "Beautiful".[citation needed]
Paige toured the world, sang at theVatican (thoughPope John Paul II was not present),[5] and performed at theWorld Music Awards. Her second album,Positively Somewhere, was anchored by the single "These Days", and was released in September 2001 in United States. The European release launched a modest hit, "Stranded".Positively Somewhere cracked the Top 10 in Japan and both singles became radio hits across Asia.[citation needed]
In October 2003, Paige confirmed she was no longer with eitherHollywood Records orEdel Records. Edel releasedFlowers: The Jennifer Paige Hits Collection as a result of her parting ways with the label. Paige continued writing for other artists, and compiling songs for a new studio effort.[citation needed]
In April 2006, "The Calling", was chosen by Lifetime Television for theirmade-for-TV movie,Augusta, Gone, based on the book of the same name. The song was written by Paige and co-writer/producer Chris Landon of Loudnoize Entertainment.[6][7]
In 2008, the song namedTa Voix (The Calling) in duet with french singerLââm top the french charts.[8]
In 2015, she releasedIs It Ever Enough on herYouTube channel.[9] In the same time, she launched a fundraising campaign to produce her upcoming albumStarflower throughKickstarter.[10] In December 2016, her songLet Me Love You, was included in the compilationNashville Indie Spotlight 2017.[11]The album was released on March 31, 2017, while the lead singleThe Devil's in the Details was released on February 17, 2017.
Paige has said that she has been influenced by singers such asAnnie Lennox,Mariah Carey,Sade,George Michael andEtta James.[12]
| Year | Awards | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | RSH Gold Awards | Herself | Best Newcomer | Won | [13] |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [14] | AUS [15] | GER [16] | NLD [17] | SWI [17] | UK [18] | ||
| Jennifer Paige | 1998 | 139 | 44 | 41 | 73 | 40 | 67 |
| Positively Somewhere | 2001 | — | — | 91 | — | — | — |
| Best Kept Secret | 2008 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Starflower | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [19] | US Adult [20] | AUS [15] | AUT [21] | CAN | FRA [22] | GER [23] | NLD [24] | NZ [25] | UK [26] | ||||
| 1998 | "Crush" | 3 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1999 | "Sober" | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | 78 | — | 45 | 68 | ||
| "Always You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 76 | — | — | 81 | |||
| 2001 | "These Days" | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Positively Somewhere | |
| 2002 | "Stranded" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 83 | — | 79 | ||
| 2008 | "Wasted" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Underestimated" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | — | — | |||
| "Ta Voix (The Calling)"(withLââm) | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "Beautiful Lie"(withNick Carter) | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | ||
| 2017 | "The Devil's in the Details" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Let Me Love You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Forget Me Not" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||||||
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Come, O Come Emmanuel" | A Musical Christmas from the Vatican |
| 2006 | "Hands and Hearts" | Groundbreakers – Songwriter Series 2 |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | "Now I Know" | Stephen Bishop | Now I Know |
| 1997 | "State of Independence" | Joe's Band | Listen |
| "My Life Is Mine" | |||
| "Betterman" | |||
| "Let Me Stand Next To Your Fire | |||
| "High with You | |||
| "Sleep Peacefully Tonight" | |||
| 1999 | "Wide Open Door" | Peter Wolf | Progression |
| "Different Is Beautiful" |
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | "Beautiful" | Autumn in New York |
| 2001 | "Power of Destiny" (English version) | TOKYOPOP Presents: Anime Trax, Vol. 1 |
| 2002 | "Kick It into Gear" | The Country Bears |
| 2007 | "Gimme Gimme" | Grace Is Gone |
| 2008 | "In the Sunshine" | Smart People |
| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Never Say Never" | Tomomi Kahara | Never Say Never (EP) |
| 2004 | "Free" | LaShell Griffin | Free |
| 2009 | "Forever Yours" | Yulianna | Yulianna |
| 2012 | "Magic" | Smash Mouth | Magic |
| 2014 | "Wicked Game" | Lauren Winans | "Wicked Game" (single) |
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