Events

364 – Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of eight months. He is found dead in his tent at Tyana (Asia Minor) en route back to Constantinople in suspicious circumstances.

1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.

1500 – Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.

1600 – The philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori in Rome for heresy.

1621 – Myles Standish is appointed as first commander of Plymouth colony.

1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.

1801 – An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.

1809 – Miami University is chartered by the State of Ohio.

1814 – War of the Sixth Coalition: The Battle of Mormans.

1819 – The United States House of Representatives passes the Missouri Compromise for the first time.

1838 – Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.

1854 – The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Orange Free State.

1864 – American Civil War: The becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the .

1865 – American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina, is burned as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forces.

1871 – The victorious Prussian Army parades though Paris, France after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.

1904 – ''Madama Butterfly'' receives its première at La Scala in Milan.

1913 – The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.

1924 – In Miami, Florida, Johnny Weissmuller sets a new world record in the 100 meters freestyle swimming competition with a time of 57.4 seconds.

1933 – ''Newsweek'' magazine is published for the first time.

1933 – The Blaine Act ends Prohibition in the United States.

1944 – World War II: The Battle of Eniwetok Atoll begins. The battle ends in an American victory on February 22.

1944 – World War II: Operation Hailstone begins. U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk (Chuuk), Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion.

1959 – Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.

1964 – In ''Wesberry v. Sanders'' the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.

1964 – Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.

1965 – Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the ''Mare Tranquillitatis'' region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. ''Mare Tranquillitatis'' or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

1968 – In Springfield, Massachusetts, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame opens.

1972 – Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model-T.

1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.

1978 – The Troubles: The Provisional IRA detonates an incendiary bomb at the La Mon restaurant, near Belfast, killing 12 and seriously injuring 30.

1979 – The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.

1995 – The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a cease-fire brokered by the UN.

1996 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.

1996 – NASA's Discovery Program begins as the NEAR Shoemaker spacecraft lifts off on the first mission ever to orbit and land on an asteroid, 433 Eros.

1998 – Nagorno-Karabakh War: Armenian troops kill 70–90 Azerbaijani civilians in the village of Qaradağlı.

2003 – The London Congestion Charge scheme begins.

2006 – A massive mudslide occurs in Southern Leyte, Philippines; the official death toll is set at 1,126.

2008 – Kosovo declares independence.

2011 – Libyan protests begin

Births

1490 – Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (d. 1527)

1519 – Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician (d. 1563)

1524 – Charles of Guise, French cardinal (d. 1574)

1581 – Fausto Poli, Italian Catholic priest (d. 1653)

1646 – Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)

1653 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (d. 1713)

1718 – Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790)

1723 – Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (d. 1762)

1740 – Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, Swiss physicist and founder of alpinism (d. 1799)

1752 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German writer (d. 1831)

1754 – Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (d. 1803)

1781 – René Laënnec, French physician (d. 1826)

1792 – Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist (d. 1876)

1796 – Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (d. 1866)

1816 – Haller Nutt, Southern Plantation owner (d. 1864)

1820 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Catholic cardinal (d. 1898)

1820 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian composer (d. 1881)

1821 – Lola Montez, Irish dancer (d. 1861)

1836 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)

1844 – Aaron Montgomery Ward, American department store founder (d. 1913)

1848 – Louisa Lawson, Australian suffragist and writer (d. 1920)

1848 – Albert Gustaf Dahlman, Swedish executioner, the last to carry out capital punishment in Sweden (d. 1920)

1854 – Friedrich Alfred Krupp, German industrialist (d. 1902)

1861 – Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1922)

1862 – Mori Ōgai, Japanese novelist and poet (d. 1922)

1863 – Fyodor Sologub, Russian symbolist novelist and poet (d. 1927)

1864 – Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor (d. 1929)

1864 – Banjo Paterson, Australian poet (d. 1941)

1874 – Thomas J. Watson, American computer manufacturer (d. 1956)

1877 – Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)

1877 – André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)

1877 – Isidora Sekulić, Serbian prose writer, novelist and essayist (d. 1958)

1885 – Steve Evans, American baseball player (d. 1943)

1887 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947)

1888 – Otto Stern, German physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1969)

1890 – Sir Ronald Fisher, Statistician and Geneticist (d. 1962)

1891 – Abraham Fraenkel, German-born Israeli mathematician and recipient of the Israel Prize (d. 1965)

1893 – Wally Pipp, American baseball player (d. 1965)

1903 – Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian writer (d. 1951)

1904 – Hans Morgenthau, German political philosopher (d. 1980)

1908 – Red Barber, American baseball announcer (d. 1992)

1908 – Bo Yibo, Chinese politician (d. 2005)

1910 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (d. 1979)

1910 – Marc Lawrence, American actor (d. 2005)

1911 – Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born American literary scholar (d. 1984)

1911 – Orrin Tucker, American bandleader and composer (d.2011)

1912 – Andre Norton, American author (d. 2005)

1914 – Arthur Kennedy, American actor (d. 1990)

1914 – Wayne Morris, American actor (d. 1959)

1916 – Raf Vallone, Italian actor (d. 2002)

1916 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and Rugby Union footballer (d. 1940)

1917 – Abdur Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher (d. 2002)

1917 – Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)

1919 – Kathleen Freeman, American actress (d. 2001)

1920 – Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (d. 2001)

1922 – Enrico Banducci, American nightclub owner (d. 2007)

1922 – Tommy Edwards, American singer (d. 1969)

1922 – Valentino Mazzia, American forensic anesthesiologist (d. 1999)

1924 – Margaret Truman, American novelist (d. 2008)

1925 – Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)

1925 – Hal Holbrook, American actor

1928 – Marta Romero, Puerto Rican actress & singer

1929 – Paul Meger, Canadian ice hockey player

1929 – Chaim Potok, American author (d. 2002)

1929 – Patricia Routledge, English actress

1930 – Roger Craig, American baseball player and manager

1930 – Ruth Rendell, English writer

1933 – Bobby Lewis, American singer

1933 – Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007)

1934 – Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)

1934 – Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian

1935 – Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress

1936 – Jim Brown, American football player

1938 – Buck Trent, American banjo player

1938 – Martha Henry, American/Canadian actress

1939 – John Leyton, British singer

1939 – Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen

1940 – Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006)

1941 – Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director

1942 – Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989)

1943 – Costas Azariadis, Greek macroeconomist

1944 – Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer

1945 – Zina Bethune, American actress

1945 – Brenda Fricker, Irish actress

1946 – Dodie Stevens, American singer

1948 – José José, Mexican singer and actor

1948 – Rick Majerus, American basketball coach

1948 – Don Scardino, American television director and actor

1949 – Fred Frith, English musician and composer

1951 – Rashid Minhas, Pilot officer in Pakistan Air Force during Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (d. 1971)

1952 – Karin Janz, East German gymnast

1953 – Norman Pace, British actor and comic

1954 – Rene Russo, American actress

1955 – Mo Yan, Chinese novelist

1956 – Richard Karn, American actor

1957 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician

1959 – Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician

1959 – Rowdy Gaines, American swimmer

1959 – Neil Lomax, American football player

1962 – Samuel Bayer, American music video director

1962 – David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (d. 1999)

1962 – Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor

1963 – Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995)

1963 – Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman

1963 – Michael Jordan, American basketball player

1963 – Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian and actor

1963 – Rene Syler, American journalist

1964 – Buster Olney, American sports columnist

1965 – Michael Bay, American film director

1966 – Michael Lepond, American musician (Symphony X)

1966 – Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004)

1966 – Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player

1967 – Chanté Moore, American singer

1968 – Bryan Cox, American football player

1969 – David Douillet, French judoka

1969 – Tuesday Knight, American actress

1969 – Willi Kronhardt, German footballer

1970 – Tommy Moe, American skier

1970 – Dominic Purcell, English/Australian actor

1971 – Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005)

1971 – Jeremy Edwards, British actor

1971 – SaRenna Lee, American pornographic actress

1971 – Denise Richards, American actress

1972 – Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day)

1972 – Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater

1972 – Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)

1972 – Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (Judy and Mary)

1972 – Ralphie May, American comedian

1972 – Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model

1972 – LG Petrov, Swedish singer (Entombed)

1973 – Drew Barry, American basketball player

1973 – Raphaël Ibañez, French rugby player

1974 – Kaoru, Japanese musician

1974 – Jerry O'Connell, American actor

1974 – Bryan White, American singer

1975 – Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress

1975 – Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player

1975 – Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player

1976 – Kelly Carlson, American actress

1976 – William Roussel, French musician (Mütiilation)

1976 – Scott Williamson, American baseball player

1977 – Wong Choong Hann, Malaysian badminton player

1978 – Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim

1979 – Dee, Puerto Rican pornographic actress

1979 – Sarah Lee Guthrie, American musician

1979 – Josh Willingham, American baseball player

1980 – Al Harrington, American basketball player

1980 – Jason Ritter, American actor

1980 – Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer

1981 – Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor

1981 – Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress

1982 – Adriano, Brazilian footballer

1982 – Brian Bruney, American baseball player

1982 – Daniel Merriweather, Australian singer

1983 – Gérald Cid, French footballer

1983 – Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer

1983 – Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter

1983 – Nguyen Tien Minh, Vietnamese badminton player

1984 – Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler

1984 – Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and voice actor

1984 – Drew Miller, American ice hockey player

1984 – Sadha, Indian film actress

1984 – AB de Villiers, South African cricketer

1985 – Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and model

1985 – Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper

1986 – Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer

1986 – Ricardo Rodriguez, American wrestler and ring announcer

1988 – Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim

1989 – Rebecca Adlington, English swimmer

1989 – Stacey McClean, British singer

1989 – Chord Overstreet, American actor

1991 – Ed Sheeran, English signer

1991 – Bonnie Wright, English actress

1992 – Meaghan Jette Martin, American actress and singer

1993 – AJ Perez, Filipino actor and model (d. 2011)

1993 – Philip Wiegratz, German actor

1996 – Sasha Pieterse, South African/American actress

Deaths

364 – Jovian, Roman Emperor (b. 331)

440 – Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk and linguist (b. 360)

1339 – Otto, Duke of Austria (b. 1301)

1371 – Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

1596 – Friedrich Sylburg, German classical scholar (b. 1536)

1600 – Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher (burned at the stake) (b. 1548)

1609 – Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1549)

1624 – Juan de Mariana, Spanish historian (b. 1536)

1659 – Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)

1673 – Molière, French playwright (b. 1622)

1680 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer (b. 1599)

1680 – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist (b. 1637)

1715 – Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)

1732 – Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669)

1768 – Arthur Onslow, English politician (b. 1691)

1780 – Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (b. 1706)

1841 – Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist (b. 1770)

1854 – John Martin, English painter (b. 1789)

1856 – Heinrich Heine, German writer (b. 1797)

1874 – Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, Belgian mathematician (b. 1796)

1883 – Napoleon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)

1883 – Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, Indian revolutionary (b. 1845)

1890 – Christopher Sholes, American inventor (b. 1819)

1905 – William Bickerton, Mormon prophet (b. 1815)

1909 – Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)

1912 – Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876)

1919 – Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)

1934 – King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)

1934 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862)

1939 – Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)

1943 – Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888)

1943 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)

1958 – Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876)

1961 – Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897)

1962 – Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876)

1970 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)

1970 – Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1900)

1977 – Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)

1982 – Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)

1982 – Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)

1982 – Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901)

1986 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895)

1989 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)

1990 – Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)

1990 – Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)

1994 – Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. 1951)

1996 – Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911)

1997 – Zein Isa, Palestinian militant

1998 – Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)

1998 – Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)

2001 – Barry Burman, English artist (b. 1943)

2001 – Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)

2001 – Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)

2003 – Steve Bechler, American baseball player (b. 1979)

2004 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920)

2005 – Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)

2005 – Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)

2006 – Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)

2006 – Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)

2007 – Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)

2007 – Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)

2007 – Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)

2007 – Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)

2008 – Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)

2009 – Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (b. 1931)

2009 – Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter (b. 1922)

2009 – Mike Whitmarsh, American volleyball player (b. 1962)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

*Seven Founders of the Servite Order

**Alexis Falconieri

*Constabilis

*Fintan of Clonenagh

*Lommán of Trim

*February 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence declaration of Kosovo in 2008, still under dispute.

Quirinalia, in honor of Quirinus (Roman Empire)

The first day of Hachinohe Emburi (Hachinohe)

External links

BBC: On This Day

On This Day in Canada

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Coordinates	53°20′9″N14°26′18″N
position	Goaltender
catches	Left
height ft	5
height in	11
weight lb	175
team	Fort Wayne Komets
league	CHL
nationality	Canada
birth date	December 29, 1980
birth place	Leduc, AB, CAN
career start	2003
draft	280th overall
draft year	2000
draft team	Pittsburgh Penguins
former teams	Basingstoke BisonElmira JackalsMuskegon LumberjacksPee Dee PrideSydney BearsTilburg TrappersWheeling NailersWilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins }}

Nick Boucher (born December 29, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Fort Wayne Komets of the Central Hockey League.

Playing career

Boucher started his career playing for the Cowichan Valley Capitals of the BCHL in 1997. Midway through the 1998-99 BCHL season, Boucher was traded to the Fort Saskatchewan Traders of the AJHL.

Boucher would later commit to Dartmouth College, where he became the starting goaltender. Although Boucher would only win 8 games in his freshman season, the Pittsburgh Penguins made him their final pick of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, choosing him 280th overall. Boucher's totals would improve in his remaining years with Dartmouth, winning 16, 9, and 17 games respectively.

Signing to play with the Penguins farm team, Boucher would start his professional career with the Wheeling Nailers, the ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, with a late season recall to Pittsburgh's primary minor league affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins of the AHL . Boucher would record 20 wins in his rookie season and was named to the ECHL All-Rookie Team. Due to the NHL Lockout of 2004-05, many pros that would normally have played in the NHL chose to play in the AHL, forcing pros in the AHL down to the ECHL. As a result, Boucher was left out of the Penguins plans and he became an unrestricted free agent

Boucher would remain in the minors for several years, playing in Pee Dee (Florence, SC), Elmira and Muskegon before traveling to Europe. Boucher would split his 2006-07 season between the Basingstoke Bison of the EIHL and the Tilburg Trappers of the Eredivisie in the Netherlands, where he won his first championship. He would return to North America for the 2007-08 IHL season as a member of the Fort Wayne Komets. With the exception of an 18 game stint with the Sydney Bears of the Australian Ice Hockey League , Boucher has remained with the team, being named the team's MVP in the 2008-2009 season, the IHL's Goalie Of the Year and First Team All Star, as well as runner up for the league MVP (winner was Todd Robinson). He has since won 3 championships with the Komets.

Awards

2003-2004: ECHL All-Rookie Team

2006-2007: Eredivisie Champion

2007-2008: IHL Champion

2008-2009: IHL Champion

2008-2009: IHL First All-Star Team

2008-2009: IHL Goaltender of the Year

2009-2010: IHL Champion

Records

1999-2003: Dartmouth College, career saves (2,803)

1999-2003: Dartmouth College, career wins (50)

2000-2001: Dartmouth College, single season saves (867)

References

External links

Category:1980 births Category:Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Category:Elmira Jackals players Category:Fort Wayne Komets players Category:Living people Category:Muskegon Fury players Category:Pee Dee Pride players Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta Category:Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks Category:Wheeling Nailers players Category:Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins players Category:People from Leduc (city), Alberta

Coordinates	53°20′9″N14°26′18″N
name	Jessie J
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background	solo_singer
birth name	Jessica Ellen Cornish
alias	Jessie J
birth date	March 27, 1988
birth place	Chadwell Heath, London, England
genre	R&B;, pop, hip hop, soul
years active	2006–present
label	Lava, Universal Republic, Island, Gut
website
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Jessica Ellen Cornish (born on 27 March 1988), better known by her stage name Jessie J, is an English singer-songwriter, currently signed to Island Records. She began her career as a songwriter for artists including Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus. Her debut single, "Do It Like a Dude", was released in November 2010 and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Charts. Follow-up single "Price Tag" reached number one in the United Kingdom, France, Ireland and New Zealand, and reached the top 10 in nineteen other countries. Her debut album, ''Who You Are'', was released in February 2011 and charted at number two on the UK Albums Chart. In February 2011 Jessie J won a BRIT Award, Critics' Choice. It was revealed in October 2011 that Jessie J will be a coach and a mentor on the television show, ''The Voice UK''.

Early life

Jessie J was born Jessica Ellen Cornish in Chadwell Heath, London and was educated at Mayfield High School in the London Borough of Redbridge. She attended Colin's Performing Arts School and as an eleven year old was cast in Andrew Lloyd Webber's West End production of ''Whistle Down the Wind''. Jessie has two sisters, who are five and seven years older than her, who were both head girls at school.

Unlike her academic sisters, Cornish has stated she was "never really 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 for someone, or hair, make-up, acting, write 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 also said she was always good at singing and it was her "thing".

At the age of 16 she began studying at the BRIT School and at 17 she joined a girl group named "Soul Deep". She graduated in the class of 2006 along with singers Adele and Leona Lewis. At 18 she suffered a stroke.

Music career

2006–2009: Career beginnings

Jessie J was signed to Gut Records, recording an album for the label, but the company went bankrupt before any material was released. She then found success as a songwriter, gaining a Sony ATV publishing contract. She was also the support act for Cyndi Lauper during Lauper's UK dates of her 2008 Bring Ya To The Brink tour (Lauper invited J to join her on stage for the performances of Girls Just Want To Have Fun). Jessie has also written lyrics for artists such as Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus, including "Party in the U.S.A.".

Jessie J was also part of a girl band, called 'Soul Deep', for two years, however she left due to thoughts that "it wasn't going anywhere". Despite people thinking that her first notoriety was through YouTube, Jessie was signed for four years before her first video was posted.

Jessie first came to the attention of Lava Records when her publisher at Sony/ATV, Rich Christina, sent Lava president Jason Flom a link to her MySpace page, which the record executive loved. After seeing an impressive U.S. showcase, Lava was, along with several other labels, keen to sign the artist but progress was hampered by her management's insistence on, what Flom called, a "crazy deal", and their refusal to let Jessie speak to any labels directly. Despite this, Senior Director of A&R; at Lava, Harinder Rana, made surreptitious efforts to meet Jessie on her own in winter of 2008. Later in the year a change in management to Sarah Stennett and Nadia Khan of Crown Music allowed record deal negotiations to take place. Jessie eventually signed with Lava as part of a joint venture with Universal Republic.

2010–present: ''Who You Are''

Jessie J began recording her debut studio album in 2006 and it was completed on 19 January 2011. She revealed that "Big White Room" would be on the album and was written from an experience she had when she was 11 years old, although she wrote the song at age 17, in hospital, where a ward mate, a little boy, died. Jessie J says the album's title track, "Who You Are", is one of her proudest creations, she said the song is a "positive role model for young people" and "I always say that I'm half-artist, half-therapist"

In late 2010 Jessie J released her first single, "Do It Like a Dude" which was co-written with George Astasio, Tj Normandin, Jason Pebworth, Jon Shave, Kyle Abrahams and Peter Ighile. Originally, she wrote the song with Rihanna in mind because "Rude Boy" was released at the time, partly inspiring the song. She then sent the song to her label, Island Records, before sending it to Rihanna's management. Island insisted the song become Jessie J's first single. She wishes to perform the song with Rihanna at one point. The single gained positive reception from critics. The single charted at number two on the UK Singles Charts. Her follow-up single "Price Tag" was released in late January 2011. This was written by Jessie J, Lukasz Gottwald, Claude Kelly, and Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr. and charted at number one in the top of the charts. "Price Tag" was released in the United States on 1 February 2011 and peaked at 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Price Tag" also charted at number-one in New Zealand and Ireland and is the most successful online video J has released. As of October 2011, the video has generated over 148 million views on Youtube and Vevo, making it the 22nd most viewed music video of all time. Her first American television appearance was as the musical guest on the 12 March 2011 episode of NBC's ''Saturday Night Live''.

On 25 February 2011 her debut album, ''Who You Are'', was released. The album first entered the charts on 6 March 2011 where it charted on the UK Album Charts at number two. The album charted into the top ten in a number of countries and number 11 in the United States.After the release she went on to release a third single from the album, "Nobody's Perfect". MTV reported that the single is, so far, only confirmed for release in the United Kingdom. The album's fourth single was "Who's Laughing Now". "Domino" was her second US single. The Dr. Luke-produced track was sent to mainstream radio on 6 September 2011. With the success of ''Who You Are'' in North America, Jessie was chosen to tour as the opening act for American pop artist Katy Perry's ''California Dreams Tour'' in 2011 but after she was unable to fully recover from her injuries during rehearsals she was forced to pull out under the doctor's orders.

Jessie J served as the house artist at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, performing several of her original songs along with covers around commercial breaks.

In early 2011 she suffered a panic attack on stage after she was forced to perform in the dark. "I did a gig recently and had a panic attack on stage," she told ''NOW''. "The night was called 'Black Out' and I had to perform in the dark. I asked them to turn on the lights and they didn't. I was onstage in pitch black and, because I couldn't see anything, I started to panic. It was awful." James Morrison's third studio album, ''The Awakening'' features a collaboration with Jessie J called "Up", the song was released as a single on 4 December 2011. On 4 October Jessie announced that she will be one of four coaches for new BBC program, ''The Voice UK''.Jessie J re-released "Who You Are" on 9 November 2011, featuring the regular tracks plus "Domino" and two new songs. "Domino" became her second top 30 hit in the U.S., following the success of "Price Tag". The song also peaked at number 1 in January 2012 in the UK, before it was even officially released there.

Personal life

On 12 June 2011 at the Capital Radio Summertime Ball, Jessie ruptured several tendons in her foot during rehearsals, and performed her set the following day while sitting on a gilded throne. For her appearance at Glastonbury Festival 2011 on 25 June 2011, she performed on the throne again, claiming her physician had told her not to perform with her broken foot which would take six weeks to heal. Jessie J was scheduled to play at several festivals throughout the summer, however it was reported on 1 July 2011 that she would not be able to attend T in the Park, T4 On The Beach, Wembley:Orange, iTunes Festival, Lovebox and Oxegen due to the injuries to her foot. Jessie J personally tweeted before surgery; "Keep making nervous jokes with the doctor and he keeps looking at me blankly. Which is making me laugh even more. It's getting serious. I just took my nose stud out." Tweeting after the surgery, she wrote: "Can't keep tweeting. Still very dizzy and being sick. But I'm OK, I got through it." Her record label released an official statement on 30 June 2011 that under strict orders from her doctor, she will not be able to perform for a number of weeks so she can heal and recuperate properly. She returned to the concert circuit in late August, including sets at the V Festival and The Big Chill. For the 2011 VMA's she was still in a cast and using the throne to keep off of it.

Jessie J confirmed on 2 August 2011 that she would be shaving her hair off for charity in 2012. Speaking via her official Twitter account she said: “It’s hair, It will grow back. Even if it takes 2 years, if it saves lives it’s worth it. Even if its 1 life that’s something.”

Jessie J is openly bisexual and stated in an interview on the "In Demand" radio show on March 3, 2011, "I've never denied it. Whoopie doo guys, yes, I've dated girls and I've dated boys – get over it."

Music and voice

Although she was first identified as a soul singer, she primarily records songs of contemporary R&B; and pop music with hip-hop influences.

Music critic Matthew Perpetua of Pitchfork Media compared Jessie J to her peers Adele and Amy Winehouse, but admitted she was missing something: "Whereas Adele and Winehouse also have powerhouse voices, they fit into clear aesthetic niches and invest their songs with depth and humanity. Jessie J doesn't have even a fraction of their restraint." Perpetua added: "Her idea of showcasing her gift is to shoot for a blaring melisma on "Mamma Knows Best" that makes Christina Aguilera seem as subtle as Joni Mitchell by comparison." Ailbhe Malone of the music magazine NME also recognized Cornish's "undeniably potent voice". However, she pointed out the possible "identity crisis" that might have been caused by Jessie's songwriter past: "This is an album of singles for other artists. There’s Rihanna Jessie (‘Do It...’), Perry Jessie (‘Abracadabra’), Pixie Jessie (‘Mamma Knows Best’), Ellie Jessie ('Big White Room')."

Caroline Sullivan of The Guardian shared her positive opinion about the singer, saying that "if any singer has the potential to be the British Katy Perry or Pink, with the accompanying millions of sales, it's her". Sullivan also complimented Cornish's attitude: "[Her songs] are delivered with a confidence that money can't buy." Entertainment Weekly's music critic Adam Markovitz said of Jessie: "The 23-year-old Brit has all the tools, from a monster voice to an ear for hooks — she co-wrote Miley Cyrus' Party in the U.S.A. — and a manic persona that's equal parts Katy Perry, Kristin Chenoweth, and Alice Cooper.

Discography

''Who You Are'' (2011)

Filmography

+Television	Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2012	''The Voice UK''	Herself

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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