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Jade Ewen
Background information
Birth name	Jade Almarie Louise Ewen
Born	24 January 1987 (1987-01-24) (age 23)
Origin	Plaistow, London, England, United Kingdom
Genres	pop, R&B
Occupations	Singer, songwriter, actress
Instruments	vocals
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Sony BMG, Make Noise, Polydor, Island, Roc Nation
Associated acts	Trinity Stone, Sugababes
Website	www.jadeewen.com

Jade Almarie Louise Ewen (born 24 January 1987) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and member of the Sugababes after replacing Keisha Buchanan in September 2009. Ewen had represented the UK at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest performing the Andrew Lloyd-Webber penned "It's My Time". She achieved fifth place, cementing her as the most successful British Eurovision act since 2002.

Life and career

1987-2009: Early life and career beginnings

Ewen was born and brought up in Plaistow, London, to a Jamaican mother, Carol and a Scottish/Sicilian father, Trevor. Trevor is blind and partially deaf, while Carol is partially blind. Because of her parents' disabilities, Ewen is a carer to both her parents and two younger siblings, Shereen and Kiel.^[1][2] After being spotted by a drama school, she was enrolled and subsequently received a scholarship to the Sylvia Young Theatre School. As a student at Sylvia, she appeared in The Bill, Casualty and Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle.^[1][2] Ewen also auditioned for and won the part of Nala in The Lion King at the West End at the age of twelve.^[1]

Ewen featured briefly in the video for Busted's "What I Go to School For". Between 2003 and 2004, Ewen appeared in the Australian series Out There.^[3] In 2005, Ewen became a member of the girl group Trinity Stone^[1] which was signed to Sony BMG.^[2] The group disbanded in 2007.^[3] She later went solo and was soon recording with Kwamé, who was impressed with her work on MySpace.^[1] She released a digital single, "Got You" in 2008^[3] under Kwame's Make Noise label. Ewen had co-written the song "A Little Bit" for the girl group Booty Luv and also "Let Me Be Me" for Jessica Mauboy. In early 2009, Ewen acted in the first episode of the series, Myths.

In January 2009, Ewen was approached^[1] and participated in the UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.^[3] She was eventually selected to represent the UK with the song "It's My Time" composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber who accompanied her on piano onstage.^[1] Ewen was signed with Polydor Records in February and began working on her debut album.^[3] In May Ewen finished in fifth place, the highest placing for the United Kingdom since 2002.^[4]

2009-present: Sugababes

In September 2009, it was announced that Ewen had joined the Sugababes as the replacement for Keisha Buchanan.^[5] While her second single, "My Man" had been released in the same week, promotional activities for the single were cancelled.^[6] In an interview with the BBC, Ewen confirmed her commitment to the Sugababes as her main priority and that her solo album was put on hold. It was also revealed Ewen had not met the remaining members of the Sugababes until two days before the video shoot for their single "About a Girl" in Los Angeles. She had been flown there without being notified that she would be replacing Buchanan.^[7] "About a Girl" later debuted at number eight in the UK.^[8]

Personal life

Since 2009, Ewen has been in a relationship with actor Ricky Norwood.^[9]

Discography

Singles

Music videos

Filmography

Television

References

External links

Official website