Jessie Chris

Jessie Chris
2018 Billboard Artist to Watch Jessie Chris
Background information
Born 1997 (age 20–21)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres Country
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2014–present
Website www.jessiechris.com

Jessie Chris (born 1997 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American country musician and published author who was named 2018 BillBoard Artist To Watch and Elvis Duran's TODAY Show Artist of The Month.

Career

In October 2018, Jessie Chris released her first children's book "DREAMS".[1]

In September 2018, TLC Network Honored Jessie with a major award for her efforts to reduce bullying in schools at the Give A Little TLC Awards in New York City.[2]

In January 2018, Jessie Chris was named BillBoard Artist to Watch[3]

In June 2017, she was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month appearing on NBC's Today show with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford performing her hit "Burn" live on the program.

In April 2018, Jessie was named one of the faces of The Ad Council's national Anti-Bullying & Harassment Campaign #BeMore

Jessie is visiting 100 Middle Schools in 2018 to speak to students about her experiences with bullying.

On August 9, 2018 Jessie released her empowerment anthem single "ROME" which she first performed as the featured artist at this year’s Gracie Awards. “ROME” was written by Jessie Chris, Summer Overstreet (daughter of Paul Overstreet), and David Spencer and Produced by Spencer (Hunter Hayes, Jacob Whitesides) and Mixed by Matt “McV” McVaney (Kane Brown, Levi Hummon).

on August 9, 2018.

Jessie released her second album "In It For You" on January 5, 2018.

At just 18 years old, Jessie Chris was one of the youngest artists to perform at the 2015 Country Music Association Festival.[4] In 2015, she recorded a new version of 98 Degrees' 1999 song "I Do (Cherish You)" with Jeff Timmons, a member of the band. She has opened for several artists including Luke Bryan, Chris Young and John Rich; and has performed with Billy Ray Cyrus and Jeff Timmons. Chris has headlined a Walmart Tour, and has performed at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Her debut album Wildfire[5] was recorded at the well-known Dark Horse Studios in Nashville and her single "In the Meantime" was released to radio nationwide on May 16, 2016 and that first week it was the #6 song on the Play MPE Top Country Chart. "In the Meantime" made its debut on Radio Disney in August and Chris became a member of the Radio Disney Country Family on September 24, 2016.

Chris released her single "1963" to radio on November 9, 2016, and reached #4 on the PlayMPE Country Top 20 Chart.

On April 14, 2017 she released her single "Burn" to iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, and other music retailers worldwide after releasing it to radio on March 27, 2017. Chris co-wrote "Burn" with producer David Spencer. The song was written by Chris and Spencer and Spencer produced the track.[6]

In July 2017, Chris was invited to attend the 2017 National Scout Jamboree to play immediately after President Donald Trump's speech. She played a variety of songs including her April 2017 single "Burn" to all of the Boy Scouts, Venturers and Sea Scouts and that decided to stay (~1800).[7]

Following the horrific attack on the country music festival in Las Vegas, Chris joined Trace Adkins and Parmalee the next week to perform at the WIOV Fall Fest in Lancaster, PA. [8]

Chris is managed by former White House Staffer and Media Strategist Jeff Gulko of The Gulko Group[9] who found the country artist on Facebook back in 2014.

Chris was one of the artists to record Disney's song "The Human Race" which hit #4 on the iTunes Hot Tracks Chart on November 29, 2016. Other artists on the track include Kelsea Ballerini, LOCASH, and Scotty McCreery.[10]

Chris has headlined both a National Anti-Bullying Tour and Walmart Tour. Her National Anti-Bullying Tour included her headlining an arena show in Toms River, NJ, on April 28, 2018 at the RWJBarnabas Health Arena with special guest Nina Lee performing as the opening act, as well as pre-show performances by four local students selected by Chris and her team through a panel-judged competition.[11] Chris was also one of the faces of Disney's #choosekindness National Anti-Bullying Campaign.[12] Chris was featured in a three-part anti-bullying feature by AOL on December 14, 2016 [13]

In 2017, Chris became a face of Sylvania LEDVANCE's "Be the Light Campaign".

She is a Brand Ambassador for Durango Boots.[14]

Discography

Albums

  • 2016: Wildfire
  • 2018: In It For You

Singles

  • 2016: "In the Meantime"
  • 2016: "1963"
  • 2017: "Burn"

References

  1. ↑ ""DREAMS" Children's Book by Jessie Chris". Jessie Chris. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Rewarding TLC". Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  3. ↑ "15 Country Artists to Watch in 2018". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  4. ↑ "Jessie Chris CMA Festival Performance". allevents.in. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  5. ↑ "Wildfire by Jessie Chris on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  6. ↑ "Jessie Chris – BURN". Daily Play MPE®. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  7. ↑ "2017 Jamboree a blast!". Conejo Valley Scouts, Ventura County Council. July 31, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  8. ↑ Writer, JENELLE JANCI | Staff. "Fallfest crowd remains 'country strong,' honors Las Vegas victims". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  9. ↑ "Home". The Gulko Group. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  10. ↑ "Review: Jessie Chris collaborates with country stars on 'The Human Race' (Includes first-hand account)". 2016-11-20. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  11. ↑ "Cat Country 107.3 presents Jessie Chris w special guest Nina Lee". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  12. ↑ "Country star Jessie Chris: A Radio Disney face for anti-bullying (Includes interview)". 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  13. ↑ Staff, AOL. "How up-and-coming musician Jessie Chris dealt with bullying and turned it into positivity". AOL.com. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  14. ↑ Reana Ashley (2016) http://www.reanaashley.com/2016/08/radio-disneycma-artist-jessie-chris.html
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