Jessie J
Jessie J
Jessica Ellen Cornish, better known by her stage name Jessie J, is an English singer and songwriter. Born and raised in London, she began her career on stage, aged 11, with a role in the West End musical Whistle Down the Wind. She studied at the BRIT School before signing with Gut Records and striking a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing where she wrote for artists including Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth27 March 1988
CityLondon, England
I used to live in a gap jumper, tracksuit bottoms and a fake flower in my hair. Shocking.
But I love singing live. Nothing beats the feeling of going out on stage and going, 'I can really sing.'
When I was 10 or 11 people started saying there was something special about my voice. But when I was 15 or 16 is when I really thought my hobby could become my career.
I'm not afraid to say I'm very comfortable with who I am and I love who I love.
I also surround myself with people who make me laugh. If I'm not laughing, it upsets my day.
Sometimes you have to be a diva. All the artists I admire from Madonna to Whitney to Mariah have all been called divas. If you are strong, if you have vision, if you are an artist, you have to do what you believe in. And if you get called a diva for it, then so what.
I see my music as Emotional Therapeutic Pop music that bleeds into loads of different genres.
I never stop working when I'm on stage, and that's my fitness.
I love getting dressed up, but I want to be remembered for my singing.
I do my own make-up a lot of the time, and I'm very involved in what I wear.
I like stripper shoes. I like being tall because I'm claustrophobic.
I have always been the first on the dance floor. Before fame, people thought it made me a good laugh; now, people point and call me an attention seeker! I'm very aware of the way people can view me, but I'm very aware that I have to just enjoy my life.
You should never, ever apologize for anything that makes you happy.
I want everybody to think I'm a hard worker as an aunt, a sister, a friend, a daughter, a niece, everything. I want to be great at every role, because every role in my life is as important as being Jessie J.