Jamelia boeken? It seems unbelievable now that her first single was released in 1999 when she was at the tender age of 18. Even more unbelievable is that she'd been discovered by Parlophone at the age of 15, when she stood up in an A & R man's office and sang her own songs accapella, with a confidence that women twice her age would be proud to display. Parlophone signed her on the spot, but let her develop in her own time, until she was ready to release a single, which, 3 years later, she was.
June 2003 saw her return with the remarkable 'Bout', written by Jamelia and C Swing, a writing collaboration that had already spawned 'Money'. 'Bout' became Jamelia's fifth hit.
Then Jamelia releases the sure-fire smash hit single 'Superstar', followed by the album, as yet untitled. Both are classics, the album totally redefining what this artist is all about. If 'Superstar' is instantly commercial, the album pushes the R & B envelope so far that it bursts open at the sides. Not that it sacrifices tunes for innovation; at the heart of every track is a killer song, it's just everything sounds so fresh and new in a genre filled to capacity with genuine artists and those adopting R & B lite tendencies to get a hit. This is the real thing, not the diffusion line.
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