Person in history
JoJo (singer)
JoJo, American singer and actress
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1990 · December 20
- Age this year
- 36No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- singer, actor, composer, television actor, and model. Citizenship: United States
- Born
- 36th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life JoJo lived in Edgewater, New Jersey with her mother, until age 18, when she moved out, living in Boston on her own for a year. As of 2014, she resided in Los Angeles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] JoJo dated American soccer player Freddy Adu from May 2005 until September 2006. [ 3 ] The couple met on the MTV show Fake ID Club while JoJo was hosting it. JoJo made an appearance in the commentary box at a New England Revolution home game when they were playing D.C. United. In November 2006,
Joanna Noëlle "JoJo" Levesque is an American singer, songwriter, 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 America's Most Talented Kids and asked her to audition for his record label Blackground Records. After signing with the label, JoJo released her debut album JoJo in 2004. It peaked at number four on the U.S.
Early life
Early life Joanna Noëlle Levesque [ 1 ] was born on December 20, 1990, [ 2 ] in Brattleboro, Vermont , but raised in Foxborough, Massachusetts . She is of Polish, French and Irish descent. [ 3 ] Her father, Joel Maurice Levesque (January 8, 1955   –   November 14, 2015), [ 4 ] sang as a hobby, and her mother, Diana Levesque (née Blagden) sang in a Catholic church choir and was trained in musical theater. [ 3 ] JoJo's parents divorced when she was four years old,
Path and career
Career 2003–2005: JoJo Main article: JoJo (album) In mid-2003, JoJo competed on the television show America's Most Talented Kid (losing to Diana DeGarmo ). Record producer Vincent Herbert contacted her and asked her to audition for Blackground Records . [ 1 ] In 2003, at age 12, JoJo signed with Blackground Records and its imprint Da Family Entertainment and began working with producers for her first album. JoJo's gold-certified debut single " Leave (Get Out) " was released in 2004. [ 2 ]
Why this date
JoJo (singer) appears on our December 20 calendar for 1990 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1990.
- September 12Allied Control Council
- September 91990 Batticaloa massacre
- September 11Faucett Perú
- November 17Mount Unzen
- July 22Greg LeMond
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1990Matt ShivelySeptember 15
- 1990Lelisa DesisaJanuary 14
- 1990Robert Griffin IIIFebruary 12
- 1990Petar FilipovićSeptember 14
- 1990Lachlan CooteApril 6
- 1990Shaun JohnsonSeptember 9
- 1990Godfrey OboabonaAugust 16
- 1990Megan StalterSeptember 15
Sources
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Questions about JoJo (singer)
When was JoJo (singer) born?
December 20 1990.
How old would JoJo (singer) be today?
36 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on December 20?
Chay Genoway, Marta Xargay, De'Aaron Fox and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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