JoJo

Joanna Noëlle Levesque born December 20 1990 known professionally as JoJo is an American singer and actress She began performing in singing competitions and local talent shows as a child In 2003 record producer Vincent Herbert noticed her after she competed on the television show Americas Most Talented Kids and asked her to audition for his record label Blackground Records After signing with the label JoJo released her eponymous debut studio album in 2004 It peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200 and was later certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA selling over four million copies worldwide to date With her debut single Leave Get Out peaking atop the US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart JoJo became the youngest solo artist in history to top the chart at age 13 The song peaked at 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified gold by the RIAA along with its followup single Baby Its You Her second studio album The High Road 2006 spawned her first topfive Hot 100 hit Too Little Too Late peaking at number three becoming her first single to be certified platinum by the RIAA The album was later certified gold selling over three million copies worldwide to date Record label disputes delayed JoJo from commercially releasing her third studio album she released two mixtapes independently Cant Take That Away from Me 2010 and Agápē 2012 After her contractual release JoJo signed with Atlantic Records in 2014 and released her first commercial EP III 2015 followed by her third studio album Mad Love 2016 which became her third topten album in the US She left Atlantic in 2017 and founded her record label Clover Music through a joint venture with Warner Records where she rerecorded and rereleased her debut and second albums as the labels first project in 2018 JoJos fourth studio album Good to Know was released in May 2020 preceded by its first single Man In October she released her first Christmas album called December Baby By 2007 JoJo had sold more than seven million records worldwide including 21 million albums and four million digital downloads in the United States In addition to her music career JoJo has also pursued an acting career In 2006 she made her onscreen feature film debut in Aquamarine and RV alongside Robin Williams She has also had guest appearances on the television shows The Bernie Mac Show 2002 American Dreams 2004 Romeo 2006 Hawaii Five0 2011 and Lethal Weapon 2017 Other films JoJo has appeared in include the Lifetime Television film True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet 2008 and GBF 2013 Description above from the Wikipedia article JoJo singer licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia