american singer-songwriter jasmine marie sullivan was born and raised in philadelphia pennsylvania
she began singing at the age of three in connection with her super christian upbringing
one standout experience she recalls was performing a solo in front of the entire congregation at her
church when she was eight years old since her family were so heavily into the church it's no
surprise that most of jasmine's musical influences growing up were gospel artists namely kim burrell
and the clark sisters soon after jasmine took to the apollo stage at the age of 11 and by 15
she had signed her first record deal she spent the better part of the next two years recording
an album that ended up never getting released then she was dropped from the label that was a big blow
i was angry everybody was going off to school and i had already decided i wasn't going to college
because singing was going to be my career they didn't know what to do with me i was young and i
didn't know what to do with my own self i didn't know who i was so i couldn't take control of my
career and tell them what i wanted to do after a good cry though she got right back to work while
working on her own projects jasmine also provided background vocals for other artists during one
of these sessions she would meet melissa missy elliott missy would go on to produce the majority
of jasmine's debut album jasmine's breakthrough song also co-written by missy called need you bad
was released in may 2008 it became a top 40 hit on the billboard hot 100. her successful momentum
would continue with the release of the album's second single buster windows it would become
her most successful single ever one week later her debut album titled fearless was released
jasmine still wasn't done a third single lions tigers and bears dropped at the end of 2008 it
became her third hit in a row and scored another top 10 position on the r b hip-hop songs chart two
years later her sophomore album love me back was released in november 2010 the album's lead single
holding you down going in circles released that previous summer would later be nominated for a
grammy award for best female r b vocal performance in early december billboard honored jasmine as the
rising star for 2010 as well as things seemed to be going though by january jasmine made a
shocking declaration via twitter that confused and concerned many people i'm making an official
announcement that i'm taking a break from music i'm trying to figure out who i am without a mic
paper or pen i promised myself when it wasn't fun anymore i wouldn't do it and here i am i'm
not saying i won't ever sing again in my life because i don't believe that but in this moment
right now i got some things to figure out the tweets were deleted quickly after leaving fans
to speculate that she had perhaps changed her mind however she would in fact not be heard from for
many years in 2015 jasmine finally resurfaced from her five-year hiatus with her third album
reality show the project was somewhat based on her addiction to watching the television genre
during her hiatus which inspired the title during her absence from the spotlight she was also in an
abusive and toxic relationship that caused her to lose her love for music she also felt very alone
after leaving her city family and friends as she detailed in her the making of jasmine sullivan's
reality show series on her youtube channel she sunk solo that she considered doing drugs to cope
luckily she decided that wasn't the answer she ended that chapter of her life and started on
the journey to finding herself again another issue jasmine had to deal with was stage fright
her confidence was shot and she had developed a phobia of sorts of performing live she eventually
gained the strength to make her way back to the stage on the backs of all her supporters who
missed her and were anxious to see her perform again reality show would earn jasmine three
grammy award nominations towards the end of 2019 jasmine's family was hit with a devastating blow
her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer the news motivated her family to band together to
support her on her journey back to health they even changed their eating habits going vegan
jasmine reported that the diet change was not only a great benefit to her mother
but to herself as well and helped her lose a significant amount of weight
jasmine then appeared back on the music scene after three years with the song lost
one along with the release of the song there was confirmation of a brand new ep on the way
jasmine rang in the new year with that ep titled hotels in january 2021 it debuted at number four
earning jasmine her highest peaking album on the 200 chart by the following month the album had
reached number one on the r b albums chart and helped jasmine land an opportunity of a lifetime
she brought the house down with her rendition of the star-spangled banner at super bowl 55
accompanied by country singer eric church jasmine has accomplished something that many musical
artists have tried and failed to do take long breaks and still come back with music that is
critically acclaimed by fans and critics alike she's also in a much better place romantically
jasmine and her boyfriend musician and producer dave watson have been together and seemingly in
a happy and healthy union for the last four years in june 2021 jasmine released tragic
as the lead single off her upcoming fourth studio album she performed the song at that year's bet
awards and also walked away a winner that night grabbing the award for album of the year so far
recording on her next album is going well and fans should look forward to hearing it sooner rather
than later at least according to an interview she did in july with rolling stone magazine
where she said that she's become more conscious of how she uses her time
and doesn't expect to take as long of a break as she has in the past between projects
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