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Jennifer Paige | |
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| Birth name | Jennifer Scoggins |
| Born | September 3, 1973 Marietta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
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| Website | jenniferpaige |
Jennifer Paige (née Scoggins) (born September 3, 1973) is an American singer best known for her international number one pop hit "Crush" (1998), as well as other charted songs including "Sober" (1999) and "Always You" (1999), from her debut album, Jennifer Paige.[1]
Jennifer's career as a Billboard 100 pop singer began with her first single, "Crush". The song, written by Andy Goldmark, Mark Mueller and Cosgrove & Clark was initially played by KIIS-FM in Los Angeles in April 1998 and went on to be the most-requested song on the radio station that summer. It ultimately became a Top 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.[2]
Her debut album, Jennifer Paige, was released in August 1998, and consisted of guitar-driven mid-tempo songs such as "Questions", "Between You and Me", "Get to Me", and "Just to Have You". Critics took notice of her voice, and Billboard magazine declared that "Paige succeeds in the nearly impossible task of oozing smouldering sensuality without resorting to typical groans and moans; instead, she uses her notably flexible vocal range to convey the emotion of the tune. As a result, she breathes a refreshing intensity into the song."[3]
The lead single, "Crush", was a hit, and was followed by two other singles, "Sober" and "Always You", the latter reaching #6 on the Billboard Dance Chart.
In the summer of 2000, Paige recorded a new song for the soundtrack of the film Autumn in New York, called "Beautiful".
Paige toured the world, sang at the Vatican (though Pope John Paul II was not present),[4] and performed at the World Music Awards. Her second album, Positively Somewhere, was anchored by the single "These Days", and was released in September 2001 in United States. It was not noticed until its European and Asian release in the summer of 2002, due to bad timing and a lack of promotion by her American label.
The European release launched a modest hit, "Stranded". The single made an instant impact on radio in countries such as Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and Scandinavia. Positively Somewhere cracked the Top 10 in Japan and both singles became radio hits across Asia.
In 2003, Edel released Flowers: The Jennifer Paige Hits Collection as a result of her parting ways with her record label. In October of the same year, Paige admitted she was no longer with either Hollywood Records or Edel Records. Paige continued writing for other artists, and compiling songs for a new studio effort. In April 2006, "The Calling", was chosen by Lifetime Television for their made-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.[5][6]
In 2015, she released Is It Ever Enough on her YouTube channel.[7] In the same time, she launched a fundraising campaign to produce her upcoming album Starflower through Kickstarter.[8] In December 2016, her song Let Me Love You, was included in the compilation Nashville Indie Spotlight 2017.[9] The album was released on March 31, 2017, while the lead single The Devil's in the Details was released on February 17, 2017.
Paige has said that she has been influenced by singers such as Annie Lennox, Mariah Carey, Sade, George Michael and Etta James.[10]
| Year | Awards | Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 1999 | RSH Gold Awards | Herself | Best Newcomer | Won | [11] |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | |||||
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| US [12] |
AUS [13] |
GER [14] |
NLD [15] |
SWI [15] |
UK [16] | ||
| 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 [17] |
US Adult [18] |
AUS [13] |
AUT [19] |
CAN | FRA [20] |
GER [21] |
NLD [22] |
NZ [23] |
UK [24] | ||||
| 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)" (with Lââm) | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "Beautiful Lie" (with Nick 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) |