Jessica Hammond
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Jessica Hammond | |
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| Born | 1993/1994 (age 30–31)[1] |
| Origin | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
| Years active | 2009 – present |
Jessica Hammond is a singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland, who was the senior winner in the 2010 Northern Ireland Belfast CityBeat competition Young Star Search developed by Stuart Robinson. Before winning Young Star Search, Hammond was a finalist[2] on the Disney Channel UK talent search My Camp Rock in April 2009.[3]
Hammond is from Belfast, Northern Ireland.[4][1][5]
Singing by age six, by 10 Hammond had completed vocalist grades first to third with the British School of Music and by eleven she was playing the guitar. She began playing the saxophone, bass and drums at 16 and then became a fully qualified sound engineer "wanting to know her way around the studio".[6] She described her music style as rock-pop.[6]
Hammond fought off competition from thousands of hopefuls to secure her place in the Young Star Search contest, along with 7 other acts. The show aims to find a young music star aged 8 to 16. She sang Here I Am from the Camp Rock soundtrack at the Camp Jam, Gary Lloyd, Zoe Tyler and R&B star Craig David sat on the judging panel responsible for whittling the finalists down from eight to four, along with the head of Walt Disney Records in Europe, who released the winning track. The Final Jam aired on 24 April 2009.[6] Jessica Hammond has written songs, Try Again, No Doubt, My Boyfriend, Star and Cheater which received Radio play on Citybeat Radio & Q Radio. YouTube.[6]
In 2012, Hammond auditioned for the first UK series of The Voice, and progressed to the Battle Rounds as part of Jessie J's team. She was the youngest, and one of 140 out of over 20,000 applicants to get through, after all four judges turned around for her, but was eliminated in the "Battle Rounds" after losing to Vince Kidd. Hammond then signed with Julian White MGMT and toured in the UK and Ireland. She then took an extended break from touring, writing and working with artists at Power Studios, along with others such as Jake Gosling (Ed Sheeran and One Direction) and Benny D (Paloma Faith/ Stormzy & Anne Marie).
Hammond is currently signed to DWB Publishing London, and has had chart success with ‘Picture’ written by herself and Ollie Green.
Hammond currently works from ‘Black Studios’, a small recording studio in East Belfast in which many local acts have recorded. She also received a PRS songwriting award.[6] She released a single 'The Ugly Truth' in August 2020.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smyth, Lisa (18 April 2009). "Jessica drums up support for My Camp Rock final". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Talented girl in music final". Belfast Telegraph. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Teenage kicks Jessica books a place in Camp Rock". Belfast Telegraph. 17 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Jessica's on a roll as she rocks towards stardom". Belfast Telegraph. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2009. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Fox, Aine (20 April 2009). "Belfast girl rocks her way to Disney final". Irish News. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Jessica aims to rock her way to musical stardom". The News Letter. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ↑ "The Ugly Truth". Irish World. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021. Unknown parameter
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