Jasmine Villegas

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Jasmine Marie Villegas (better known by her stage name Jasmine V * 7. December 1993 in San Jose , California ) is an American pop and R & B - singer Mexican - Filipino descent who sporadically before her real breakthrough as a singer and as an actress is working.

life and career

Jasmine Villegas, who was born in 1993 in San José, California, began her singing career at the age of four when her talent for singing was discovered and promoted. At the age of seven she won a Hawaiian Tropics song contest in her hometown and was discovered at the age of eleven by a passer-by who had connections with the Damon Dash Music Group . Through an employee of the record company, she was finally allowed to audition in front of his next superior Gabriella Mosci, who works directly under the producer and owner of the label Damon Dash . In the early stages of her career, Villegas was trained as an actress, was used in numerous commercials and was also booked for various television productions from the age of about ten. Her first job in advertising was a spot about the animated cartoon In a Land Before Time from 1988. After that, it wasn't long before the young singer, at the age of eleven, had her first professional gig as a singer than she did United States National Anthem sang at a LA Clippers game . From then on, Jasmine Villegas, who received private home tuition from the third grade onwards, began touring and in the course of about four and a half years she had a total of 400 concerts, most of them in the United States. She has also performed and gained experience in educational programs at schools across the country. She also worked with LA's Best , a non-profit after school program that allowed her to perform in around 100 elementary schools in the greater Los Angeles area. In addition, it has been working closely with other non-profit organizations such as Geffen Playhouse , Big Brothers Big Sisters , Boys & Girls Clubs of America , Special Olympics and Aspira Foster Care for years . While she appeared in one episode of the television series What's Up, Dad? , Threat Matrix - Red Alert , The Nine - Die Geiseln and Raven looks through and in the pilot Arwin! , which should have been a spin-off to the series Hotel Zack & Cody , was used to gain acting experience, she continued to tour as a singer during this time.

For example, she sang the national anthem at various sporting events, such as the Los Angeles Lakers , Los Angeles Clippers , Miami Heat , Sacramento Kings , Anaheim Angels , Los Angeles Dodgers , Los Angeles Kings , Golden State Warriors , Atlanta Falcons , Los games Angeles Galaxy , the 2009 World Figure Skating Championship , the PGA TOUR or the boxing matches between Winky Wright and Jermain Taylor , Paul Williams and Antonio Margarito , Manny Pacquiao and Juan Marquez , Manny Pacquiao and David Díaz , Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito or the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas in mid-2009, when the anthem was broadcast on several major networks such as HBO and seen by an estimated 100 million people. The next day, Jasmine V., as Jasmine Villegas had called herself for some time now, was the second most googled person in the United States in connection with boxing. Supported by her music career, Jasmine V. was booked by numerous well-known companies, brands and outlets to serve as a model for print campaigns. Among other things, she has already worked for the retail company Target and the fashion label of the two sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen , Mary Kate and Ashley . Other well-known brands and companies that Jasmine Villegas worked for include American Girl , Levi's , the Hilary Duff fashion label , Robinsons-May , Macy’s , Mervyns , Girl Scouts , Sparklets Drinking Water, Kohl’s and many more. She also shot commercials for Chevrolet , Kellogg’s , Marshalls and McDonald’s . In addition, she was also seen in the music videos for Kanye West's Jesus Walks and Frankie J's How To Deal in 2004 and 2005 .

According to international headlines she moved, not least because of their origin, for a few months to the Philippines , where the largest Filipino channels, which, for on a GMA Network belonging GMA-7 , was seen. In addition, she was often seen at the side of the Filipino professional boxer and from 2010 also as a politician Manny Pacquiao, during whose fights she sang the national anthem several times. It achieved greater popularity and fan base in the Philippines and the surrounding Asian states, and was featured many times on the country's largest television show. Jasmine Villegas released her first singles in 2010 with the songs "Serious", "All These Boys", "Jealous" and "Hello", after she had already featured in her own music videos for "Serious" and "I Own" the year before This “was seen. Their very first single was the aforementioned "All These Boys", which was released on October 19, 2010 on iTunes . In 2010, appearances in the music videos for Justin Bieber's baby and Sean Kingston's and Bieber's song Eenie Meenie followed . She toured with Bieber from the second part of his My World Tour (from September 2010) and appeared as the opening act. At the time she was just on the Epic Records label , which is part of Sony Music , the second largest record company in the world. In 2011 her singles "Werk" and "So Silly" were released, the latter being recorded with Tyga . In addition, the music videos for the songs "All These Boys", "Natural" and "Jealous" were released in 2011, and they were also featured in the video for "My Girl" (Remix) by Mindless Behavior ft. Ciara , Tyga & Lil Twist was seen in a cameo. She provided the song Walk Right In for the film My Friend Ted , which was released in 2009 . In September 2011 the mixtape S (he) Be (lie) ve (d) was published. A debut album announced for the end of 2012 did not appear. Instead, she released the EP That's Me Right There in November 2014 .

On February 19, 2016, Villegas gave birth to a daughter named Ameera Reign.

Discography

EPs

Mix tapes

  • 2011: S (he) Be (lie) ve (d)

Singles

Filmography

  • 2003: What's Up, Dad? ( My Wife and Kids , TV series, one episode)
  • 2004: Threat Matrix - Red Alert ( Threat Matrix , TV series, one episode)
  • 2006: House Broken (TV movie)
  • 2006: The Nine ( The Nine , TV series, one episode)
  • 2007: Arwin! (TV movie, pilot)
  • 2007: Raven Looks Through ( That's So Raven , TV series, one episode)
  • 2009: My friend Ted (Aussie and Ted's Great Adventure) → Performance by Walk Right In

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “All These Boys” ( English ) In: itunes.apple.com . iTunes . Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  2. ↑ Jasmine V hits the road on Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 Tour Second Leg ( English ) In: jasminevmusic.com . Jasmine V Music. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.justjaredjr.com/2016/02/19/jasmine-v-gives-birth-to-daughter-ameera-reign-with-ronnie-banks/
  4. ↑ Jasmine V at Allmusic
personal data
SURNAME Villegas, Jasmine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES V, Jasmine (stage name); Villegas, Jasmine Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pop and R&B singer and sporadic actress
DATE OF BIRTH 7th December 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH San Jose , California , United States