Jessica Ellen Cornish

Jessica Ellen Cornish better known by her stage name Jessie J, is a British singer and songwriter. She signed a record deal withIsland Records and began recording her first debut album, Who You Are.She first saw fame when she began writing tracks for Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera and Miley Cyrus. Her most successful track she co-wrote is "Party in the U.S.A.", whichgained Platinum certification in many countries. On January 7 2011 Jessie J came top of the BBC's Sound of 2011list. She followed this in February by picking up for a Critic's Choice.
She released her firstsingle, "Do It Like a Dude" which missed the top-spot by Bruno Mars. Jessie released her follow-up single, "Price Tag" which went straight to number-one on the UK Singles Chart. It remained atnumber-one for two exclusive weeks. Her debut album was released on 25 February 2011 and charted a number-two on the UK Albums Chart.
essie J was born Jessica Ellen Cornish in Redbridge, London. Sheattended Colins Performing Arts. She was cast as an eleven year old in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End production of Whistle Down the Wind. Educated at Mayfield High School in the London Borough of Redbridge.Cornish revealed she had two sisters which are five and seven years older than her Her two sisters were both head girls at school. Unlike her academic sisters, Cornish was stated she was "neverreally that good at anything". She said "At school they were like 'oh, you're a Cornish girl' and they kind of expected me to be the same as my sisters. Give me something to draw or an outfit to pick forsomeone, or hair, make-up, acting, writes a song, I'm fine with it, but anything to do with sums – it was never my thing." She also said she never based her intelligence on her exam results. She alsosaid she was always good at singing and it was her "thing", however she got banished from the school choir, for being too loud. She stated "I was in it for a day and some of the adults were moaning...