Jade Ewen

Jade Ewen
Jade Ewen (2011)
Background information
Birth name	Jade Louise Ewen
Born	(1988-01-24) 24 January 1988 (age 29)
Origin	Plaistow, London, England, United Kingdom
Genres	Pop, electropop, dance-pop, Europop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, actress
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Polydor (2009) Solo Island (2009–11) Sugababes RCA (2011) Sugababes
Associated acts	Sugababes

Jade Louise Ewen (born 24 January 1988) is an English singer, songwriter, actress and a former member of the band Sugababes. Ewen began her singing career in a girl group named Trinity Stone, which signed with Sony BMG in 2005 but disbanded in 2007 without releasing an album. In 2009, after winning the right, she represented the United Kingdom in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest by performing the Andrew Lloyd Webber penned "It's My Time". She finished in fifth place, making her the most successful British Eurovision act since 2002. She is well known for her Connie Francis-like vocals.

Ewen replaced Keisha Buchanan in the group Sugababes in September 2009. Since joining, the group has achieved two UK top-ten singles and a top fifteen album.

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 caregiver to both of her parents as well as her two younger siblings, Shereen and Kiel. Ewen started singing and taking dance classes before she was even four. She attended New City Primary School then Brampton Manor Academy before transferring to the Sylvia Young Theatre School (SYTS) after receiving a scholarship. While a student at SYTS, she appeared in the television productions The Bill, Casualty and Mr. Harvey Lights a Candle. At the age of ten, Ewen went to an open audition for The Lion King. She was offered the part of Young Nala.