Joe Cotton

Joe Cotton
Birth name	Joanne Monique Cotton
Also known as	Joe
Born	1983
Genres	Pop
Instruments	Vocals
Associated acts	True Bliss, The Mermaids Danceband.

Joanne Monique "Joe" Cotton, is a Canadian born New Zealand pop singer who gained recognition as one fifth of the girl group TrueBliss, formed in 1999 on Popstars. Cotton has since joined a cover band, The Mermaids Danceband. She also works as a Radio DJ, currently for More FM in Auckland City in New Zealand, and previously for The Edge.

Cotton was born in Vancouver Canada, she relocated with her family to Wellington, New Zealand in 1985.

She studied music throughout her time at Wellington Girls College leaving at the start of her seventh form year to do a three-year diploma in Rock and Commercial music at Whitireia Community Polytechnic.

Joe enjoyed performing from an early age and during fifth form her school choir attended the Australasian Choral Championships which they were the joint winners of. In late 1998 she auditioned for Popstars - she made the cut and eventually became a member of True Bliss, the first band to be formed out of Popstars.

The five girls went on to cut a #1 single followed by a #1 album, before they (unofficially) parted in late 2000.

Joe worked as an assistant manager at Sounds CD store in Johnsonville, Wellington before appearing on Popstars and has subsequently found work on the C4 television station and in radio, first with The Edge and most recently with More FM.

She also has a career alongside Amber Claire, Pauline Berry, guitarist Martin Winch and Becks Wright as a member of the cover band Mermaids Danceband which she joined in July 2000 after moving from Wellington to Auckland.

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